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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has insisted that admission processes for 2016/2017 academic calendar year for both the Federal and state-owned universities will close tomorrow, Wednesday, November 30. The examination body’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Fabian Benjamin...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has indicated that it would soon appropriate to Nigerian varsities the freedom to set their own UTME cut off marks so that they could admit their preferred candidates. Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education shouldn't be...

The Senate last Thursday directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to extend the validity of its results to a period of three years. The news was received with joy from candidates who consider it a stress going through the process of writing exams many times and more from...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scrapped the use of scratch cards in any of its transactions and services, describing it as “archaic”, its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has announced. A statement issued by the Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin...

The Senate on Thursday passed the amendment to the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The law now extends the validity of the result of the board’s examination from one year to three years.

The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), will cancel the use of scratch cards to register for and check UTME results, the board's Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyode on Tuesday announced. Speaking at the National Executive Council meeting of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) in Abuja...

The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, today listed eight, 8 conditions that tertiary institutions must follow when admitting students. According to PREMIUM TIMES, the 8 conditions are: a. Guidelines stipulated by proprietors of the institutions b...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced a deadline for the admissions of students by Nigerian universities for the 2016/17 session. In a statement issued on Friday, JAMB said all universities must've admitted all its students by Wednesday, 30th November, 2016...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday said that rules and regulations at individual schools will be followed for admission process. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB's head of media and information team also announced that students who have been offered admission into...

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has assured that the 2016 admissions into the country’s tertiary institutions will be smooth even as he stipulated areas candidates will be assessed for admissions by the universities in the country. This...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that plans are underway to establishing more examination centres in the Diaspora to cater for candidates willing to study in Nigeria. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in an interview...

Prof. Chinwe Obaji has condemned the cancellation of Post UTMEs in Nigerian tertiary institutions by current Education Minister Adamu Adamu. Obaji is the education minister introduced the post-UTME exercise in 2005 under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. "We discovered that there was no...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in 2016 encountered myriad of problems, ranging from the conduct of the UTME examination, discrepancies in results to admission criteria. This according to analysts informed the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to axe the Registrar of...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as the new registrar of JAMB, relieving Dibu Ojerinde of his position. Here's the profile of the new JAMB registrar: Prof. Is-haq Olarewaju Oloyede was born in October 1954. He is married with 4 children and one grandchild...

President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Mr. Dibu Ojerinde as the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. According to a statement from the Ministry of Education, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the recommended lists of candidates for admission it earlier sent to Nigerian universities and other educational institutions. According to a statement released on Sunday, JAMB said the action was to "ensure that the...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has given conditions for the 2016 admissions, saying it will only give approval “after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions.” The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this in a statement on Sunday...

The Federal Government on Saturday clarified its ban on Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the general admission procedures, saying it “does not in any way affect the statutory role of the Senate of any University or the academic boards of any tertiary institution conducting its...

Are you confused about how JAMB will execute the 2016 admission placement? Did you also hear about the point-system? Yes! Many did and actually share in your state of Aporia. It is no longer news that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has introduced new measures for the 2016...

The Federal Ministry of Education on Monday sent a strong-worded statement to Nigerian universities, warning them that only the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) can admit students. The Director, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry, Mr. Ben Goong, stated that any...