Darkness And Despair: Students Sit WASSCE Exams By Torchlight At 11pm
Darkness And Despair: Students Sit WASSCE Exams By Torchlight At 11pm Students in various parts of Benue State were forced to write their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) papers in total darkness on Wednesday night, relying on phone torchlights to see. After completing the essay component of their English examination earlier in the […]
Don’t Rush WAEC Into Digital Disaster – Lawmaker Raises Alarm On CBT Plans
WAEC had recently announced plans to phase out the traditional pen-and-paper method in favor of CBT, mirroring the approach already in use by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). In response to the announcement during an interview in Abakaliki, Ogah voiced serious concerns over the feasibility and fairness of the plan, particularly for students […]
Association of Tutorial Schools Operators in Nigeria Commends JAMB Transparency, Encourage For Technological Improvement
The Association of Tutorial School Operators (ATSO) warmly commends Professor Is-haq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), for his courageous admission of the recent UTME marking glitch and his prompt action to rectify the situation. This display of accountability – publicly acknowledging errors and taking concrete steps to mitigate the impact […]
Human Rights Advocate Dele Farotimi Makes Bold Statement on JAMB Registrar
Human Rights Advocate Dele Farotimi Makes Bold Statement on JAMB Registrar Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi has called for the immediate sack of Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) following mass failure of candidates. Recall that over 300,000 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), […]
NELFUND Hints At Extending Student Loans To Private Institutions
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, has revealed that the agency may consider extending its student loan scheme to private institutions within the next three years. Sawyerr stated this during a strategic engagement and sensitisation campaign with heads of institutions and other stakeholders in Enugu on Thursday. The […]
FLASH: JAMB Releases 2025 UTME Results (See Step-By-Step Guide On Checking Results)
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. In this year’s UTME, over 1.5 million out of the 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scored below 200 in the just-concluded exam. This was revealed in the statistical analysis of the 2025 UTME results […]
Only 22% of Candidates Scored 200 and Above – JAMB 2025 Results Statistics
Thе Jоіnt Admіѕѕіоnѕ and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a соmрrеhеnѕіvе ѕtаtіѕtісаl brеаkdоwn оf thе 2025 Unified Tertiary Mаtrісulаtіоn Exаmіnаtіоn (UTME) rеѕultѕ, offering a full рісturе оf hоw Nigerian candidates реrfоrmеd in thе еxаmіnаtіоn conducted асrоѕѕ thе соuntrу. Aссоrdіng tо JAMB оffісіаl fіgurеѕ, a tоtаl of 1,955,069 candidates ѕаt fоr thе UTME, with performance across […]
Peter Obi Says JAMB Endangering Teenagers With ‘Reckless’ UTME Scheduling
Peter Obi has criticised the scheduling of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying the early start times are endangering the lives of young students. The 2025 UTME started on Thursday, April 24, 2025, and will end on Monday, May 5, 2025. In a strongly worded statement on Sunday, the former presidential candidate expressed […]
2025 UTME: JAMB Arrests 27 Impersonators, Delists Four CBT Centres
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed the arrest of 27 individuals for impersonation during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The suspects have been handed over to the Nigeria Police for immediate prosecution. In addition to the arrests, JAMB revealed that it has delisted four Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres found […]
FG to Relaunch School Feeding Programme in May, Targeting 10 Million Pupils
The Federal Government will relaunch the Renewed Hope National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (RH-NHGSFP) on May 29, 2025, as part of events marking President Bola Tinubu’s second year in office. The initiative, under the supervision of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, targets the daily feeding of 10 million public school pupils in […]