2025 UTME: JAMB affirms 320 as cut off mark for under-16 candidates to be eligible for admission

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says candidates under the age of 16 can be considered for admission into tertiary institutions if they demonstrate that they are academically exceptional by scoring 80 per cent and above in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Given that the total score in the UTME is  400 marks, 80 represents…

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176 BAG FIRST CLASS AT BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO (BUK), SET TO HOLDS 39TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY

One hundred seventy-six graduands on Monday bagged first class across various faculties at Bayero University, Kano’s 39th convocation ceremonies. The vice chancellor of the university, Sagir Abbas, noted in a pre-convocation press conference that 275 PhD students also graduated, 2,590 students received master’s degrees, and 535 received postgraduate diplomas. Mr Abbas said 4,402 graduands would receive…

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UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN (UNILORIN) RELEASES 2025 SANDWICH ADMISSION FORM

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (IOE) ADMISSIONS INTO POSTGRADUATE, UNDERGRADUATE AND SUB-DEGREE PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2025 SANDWICH CONTACT SESSION Applications are hereby invited from qualified candidates for admissions into the under-listed programmes of the Institute of Education, University of Ilorin, for the 2025 Sandwich Contact Session. AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES AND COURSES AT THE INSTITUTE (A)          Bachelor Degree…

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JAMB BLACKLISTS SIX CBT OFFICIALS FOR EXAM MALPRACTICE

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has blacklisted six CBT officials for allegedly engaging in blank registration in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration. JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Monday while speaking with Journalists after monitoring some CBT centres in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Oloyede said, “Six CBT individuals engaged by JAMB…

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UTME 2025: JAMB registers 200,000 candidates in one week

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has announced that 201,867 candidates successfully registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) within the first week of registration. The JAMB-administered UTME registration began on Monday, 3 February and continues until Saturday, 8 March. The UTME is a computer-based entrance examination for candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. In…

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JAMB to allow exceptional candidates below 16 sit for UTME — Oloyede

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede has disclosed that “exceptional” students below the age of 16 can register for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as the board had opened the Exceptionally Brilliant Window for such candidates. He noted that while the examination body had enforced the minimum age requirement for any…

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JAMB cautions parents to stop false admission denial claims

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has called on parents to stop making unfounded allegations against universities over perceived unfair denial of admission to their children. JAMB issued the advisory on Sunday via a statement by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr. Fabian Benjamin following a series of complaints, including a recent case involving Mr. Godwin Nsan,…

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