The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said the National Hajj Commission has requested the details of some top scoring candidates in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to perform the holy pilgrimage for free. The board said some commercial…
Brain drain! Ghanaian varsity offers $40,000 scholarship to UTME best, Ekene (Nation)
Academic City College, a private university in Accra, Ghana, has offered scholarship worth $40,000 to Ekene Franklin Ezeunala, the candidate who scored 347 – the highest score – in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The College Senior Admissions…
UTME: Five jailed for exam fraud,123 facing trial (Punch)
Five suspects from Zamfara and Kebbi states, who were arrested for engaging in examination malpractices during the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, have been jailed for periods between three months and two years. JAMB disclosed this in its bulletin released…
Expect UTME results this week, JAMB tells candidates (Punch)
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Monday it had not yet released any results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as claimed by some fraudulent websites. It, however, said the results would be released by the end…
JAMB gives update on 2019 UTME exams process, results (Guardian)
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it would ensure a smooth and successful conduct of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Head of Media and Publicity, disclosed this to News Agency of…
UTME: Prof arrested in Abuja for aiding daughter to cheat (Punch)
A self-acclaimed professor, identified only as Jide, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, after he was caught assisting his daughter during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in the Jabi area of the Federal…
2019 UTME: JAMB reschedules printing of exam slips to April 4 (Punch)
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board have rescheduled the printing of the 2019/2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination slip to Thursday, April 4. JAMB’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of…
UTME: JAMB fixes January for registration, sales of forms (Nation)
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has fixed January 2019 for the sales of its forms and registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Governing Board Chairman Dr. Emmanuel Ndukwe stated this at an event to celebrate some…
Mixed reactions trail FG’s reduction of JAMB, NECO fees (Punch)
Mixed reactions have trailed the Federal Government’s review of fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and Basic Education Certificate Examination. Some stakeholders, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday, commended…