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82 Chibok girls freed, 1.7m UTME candidates | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

82 – The number of Chibok girls released by Boko Haram terrorists after being held hostage for three years. 258 – The number of Nigerians who arrived Nigeria on Thursday after facing deportation from Libya. N125 billion – The National Assembly published a copy of its 2017 budget and it totalled this amount. 1.7 million... Read More

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UTME has not been postponed, JAMB tells candidates

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) scheduled for today has not been postponed. Spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Friday night, urged the public to disregard such “misleading messages” suggesting otherwise. He said, “The JAMB UTME scheduled for between... Read More

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UTME 2017: 120 prison inmates to write exam

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says 120 prison inmates will sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) on Saturday. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. Oloyede also said that the UTME examination scheduled for Friday May 13... Read More

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JAMB registers 1.7 million candidates for UTME – highest in history

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said 1.7 million candidates registered for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The examination body said the figure is the highest in its 39-year existence. In a statement on Sunday, Fabian Benjamin, head, media and publicity, said: “We registered a number that has... Read More

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Crosscheck your data before Saturday midnight | JAMB urges candidates

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged prospective candidates for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to crosscheck their registration forms before Saturday midnight. The board’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the call in an interview with the News Agency if Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. The 2017... Read More

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JAMB registers over 1.5 million candidates for UTME

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said it had so far registered 1.5 million candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination across the country. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday at side line of activities marking the pre-JAMB mock examinations. Oloyede said:... Read More

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How I will save at least N5billion in 2017 UTME – JAMB registrar

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said arrangements have been made for those writing the mock examination of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Registrar of JAMB, Is-haq Oloyede, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja during a training session organized for 1600 staff. Oloyede said internal and external personnel... Read More

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NSCDC arrests five for UTME registration fraud

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five persons for various infractions in the ongoing registration exercise for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in some parts of the country. Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, said, “Some of the registration thieves are owners... Read More

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ASUU wants JAMB registrar to resign over UTME registration hitches

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, on Wednesday asked Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, to resign. The union said the registrar has failed due to issues during the registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and mock examination. Deji Omole, chairman of the union, said... Read More

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JAMB seeks deployment of troops to UTME CBT centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pleaded with the Nigerian Army to help secure its computer based tests (CBT) centres for the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME). According to a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at a meeting with the Chief of Army... Read More

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JAMB cancels mock examination

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has postponed the mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to hold today. JAMB registrar, Prof Is’haq Oloyede disclosed this through a text message sent to the supervisors at the various centres in the FCT on Saturday in Abuja. He said a new date would... Read More

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Just In: JAMB extends UTME registration by two weeks

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the extension of registration for the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) by two weeks. The examination body also said it had postponed the UTME exam to 13th and 20th of May. Details later…

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JAMB cancels N700 fee for mock examination

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all computer based test (CBT) centres not to collect money from candidates who would be sitting for the mock exam which will take place across the nation. Fabian Benjamin, spokesman of the board, disclosed this in an interview with reporters. Benjamin said the... Read More

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JAMB suspends 2017 UTME registration for 52 hours

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Abuja have announced the suspension of registration for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 52 hours. The announcement was made by the Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede. The examination body, said the registration will be on hold between 8:00pm on April 7 (Friday) and 12:00am... Read More

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UTME: JAMB registers 600,000 candidates

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has so far registered 600,000 candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country. The organisation’s Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin, made this known on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, FCT. He said... Read More

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We have not dumped CBT – JAMB

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday said reports that it had dumped the Computer-Based Test mode in the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination were “misleading”. The examination body said contrary to the report, it would continue all its examinations using CBT mode. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday... Read More

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JAMB reduces hours, questions for UTME

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday said candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination would now spend two hours instead of three hours. The examination body said it has reduced Use of English questions from 100 questions to 60 questions, while the other three subjects would be 40 questions... Read More

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How I wrote UTME 7 times | LASU best graduating student says

The best graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU), Elizabeth Orefuwa said she wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) seven times before gaining admission into the institution. Orefuwa graduated with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 4.74 in Accounting education. The Chartered Accountant who is pregnant got married at the beginning of her... Read More

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Candidates awaiting results can apply for UTME – JAMB

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board on Thursday said candidates awaiting results are eligible to register and sit for the forthcoming Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contrary to reports that candidates still awaiting their ordinary level results cannot sit for the examination. Spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, said candidates who... Read More

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UTME to hold from May 6, 2017

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the 2017 Unified Matriculation Tertiary Examinations will begin on May 6. The board said it will begin the sale of application forms on March 20 and end on April 19. The exams will end on May 20, excluding May 12 to allow candidates write further mathematics examination... Read More

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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

by Dolapo Adelana These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Court strikes out 6 charges against Nnamdi Kanu A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed six charges brought against leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government. 2. “God’s precious gift to Nigeria” | Ambode is... Read More

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Candidates with awaiting results can apply for UTME – JAMB

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed reports that it has scrapped awaiting results for prospective candidates. There had been reports that the examination body has barred candidates awaiting their ordinary level results from sitting for the UTME exams. But on its Twitter page on Wednesday, JAMB said candidates with awaiting results can... Read More

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February 28, 2017

UTME: JAMB bars awaiting results

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said effective from 2017, candidates awaiting results would no longer be eligible to apply for the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The examination body made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja. The organisation said it had concluded restructuring and will begin sales of forms in March. A... Read More

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November 9, 2016

JAMB too broke to conduct UTME – Registrar

The registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede has said the agency cannot afford the cost of conducting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede said this during a visit by a delegation of the senate committee on tertiary institutions and Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETFund) to his office on Wednesday. He said:... Read More

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October 20, 2016

Omofuma Cosmos: It turned out right [Nigerian Voices]

It was on the 21st that I heard the most shocking news of my teenage life. On the 21st of the month of July, 2014. I was at home as usual watching television when I got a call from my mom that I was to be in Benin on the 26th for my post-UTME examination... Read More

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October 11, 2016

Blessing: I jammed JAMB [Nigerian Voices]

by Blessing “Repent! For the kingdom of God is at hand!” Screamed the preacher into a portable speaker. I wake up and check the time. It’s 4:30am. It’s too early. When the second preacher passes, I’ll wake up. Who needs alarm clocks, when we have living and breathing religious clocks moving from street to street... Read More

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This is how JAMB’s new point system works

There have been considerable changes in the admission processes for tertiary institutions in the country in the past year. Early in 2016, the government outrightly banned the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to the surprise of more than afew observers. Perhaps, the ban was only to make way for a new system of qualification for... Read More

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Mother petitions JAMB over poor UTME result of ‘brilliant son’

A petition has been submitted to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board in Abuja by Victoria Oshibowale on behalf of her son, Isaac Oluwatobi Oshibowale, disputing the result credited to him upon the release of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. In the petition, Victoria revealed that Isaac has, through primary and secondary education, been... Read More

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1.1 million JAMB candidates will NOT gain university admission

Based on a recent revelation made by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, there’s no provision for 1.1 million people who sit yearly, for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Prof Julius Okojie said on Wednesday, that only 400,000 out of the 1.5 million candidates that sit yearly manage to gain admission to Nigerian... Read More

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How 20-year-old JAMB candidate was raped, stabbed to death in Ogun

A 20-year-old female, Joan Egemba, was on Thursday, March 3, stabbed and strangled to death in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun state. According to Punch Newspapers, Joan, who was a candidate for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), had left her home in the Odo Eran, Sabgo-Ota area, for Awa Ijebu -where she was supposed to... Read More

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