Jamb

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended the appointment of a staff member accused of extorting unsuspecting candidates, reinforcing the testing agency’s stated zero-tolerance policy for corruption and wrongdoing. This development was announced in a bulletin released by the Board on Monday, when JAMB said it was intensifying efforts to protect the integrity of the admission and examination process. …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has clarified the various admission statuses that candidates may face in the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS. The board explained the meaning of “Not Accepted”, “Acceptance In Progress” and “Acknowledged” in an explanatory video released on Thursday. JAMB also urges candidates awaiting admission to monitor their CAPS profiles regularly as their status may change …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the release of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results for candidates deemed to be minors, while stressing that access to the results does not automatically qualify them for tertiary admission. The council disclosed the development in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by its Public Communications Adviser, Dr Fabian …

The Federal Government has introduced major changes to the tertiary admissions process in Nigeria by removing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) requirement for candidates applying to certain Education and Agriculture programs. The announcement was made on Monday during the ongoing admissions policy meeting and was later shared via the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) official X account. “Candidates …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rejected a widely shared result slip claiming that a candidate from Cross River State scored 394 in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), describing the document as completely fake. The alleged results, which gained attention on social media after being posted by X user @Onsogbu, stated that the female candidate, Okon …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of 632,788 candidates who sat on the first day of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, in what observers described as one of the fastest results releases in the history of the examination body. JAMB revealed on Friday evening that candidates who sat the exam on Thursday, April …

The Nigerian Police have intensified security measures across the country ahead of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), deploying rapid response units to examination centers across the country. Authorities also dismissed widespread rumors that there was a threat to the candidate’s safety, describing the claims as baseless. In a statement issued …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revised the arrival times for candidates taking the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with slight adjustments from the schedule scheduled in the first session. In an announcement made via X’s official platform on Monday, the board stated that candidates are now required to arrive at their exam centers at 7:00 am, …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has successfully completed the automation of the test item development process for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and other board exams. The innovation, known as the Remote Authoring and Moderation System (RAMS), marks the end of the manual method previously used in developing exam items. According to the council’s weekly bulletin …

The Joint Revenue and Matriculation Council (Jamb) has increased the alarm over the surge of sophisticated and driven -driven inspection malpractice and is driven by technology, warning that the integrity of the Nigerian reception system is under a serious threat. This concern follows the submission of a report by the Jamb Special Committee on Examination Violations (SCEI), which was presented …