The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced 26th February 2026 as the final deadline for 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, registration.

This was disclosed in a statement by JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday.

According to him, the sale of e-PINs, which enables a candidate to proceed to the Centre for registration, will end at 12:00 midnight on Thursday, 26th February, 2026, while actual registration at accredited centers for those who already procure the e-PIN will cease on Saturday, 28th February, 2026.

He noted that over 1.5 million candidates have so far registered for the 2026 UTME as of Tuesday.

“This indicates that a significant number of prospective candidates are yet to take advantage of the opportunity to register.

“Candidates are therefore strongly advised to obtain their e-PINs before the vending deadline and proceed immediately to accredited centers to complete their registration. Waiting until the last few days may result in avoidable challenges, and the Board will not entertain any appeals for extension after the deadline,” the statement reads.
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The Federal Government has dismissed as false and misleading reports circulating on some media platforms claiming that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is no longer required for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

In a statement issued on Thursday by the Federal Ministry of Education through its Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, described the publication as “baseless and entirely fabricated,” stressing that the Ministry never issued or authorized any such announcement.

According to the Minister, JAMB remains the legally recognized and sole authority empowered to conduct entrance examinations and coordinate admissions into all tertiary institutions in the country.

“For the avoidance of doubt, JAMB remains the statutory and legally empowered body responsible for conducting entrance examinations and coordinating admissions into all tertiary institutions in Nigeria,” Dr. Alausa said. “The established admission processes through JAMB remain fully operational, and any contrary information should be disregarded in its entirety.”

He reaffirmed the Ministry’s unwavering partnership with JAMB and other relevant agencies to uphold transparency, fairness, and merit in Nigeria’s tertiary education admission system, noting that the Federal Government is committed to maintaining the integrity of the process.

The Ministry also urged students, parents, and tertiary institutions to rely solely on official communication channels of the Ministry and JAMB for accurate information regarding admission policies and education-related matters.

Furthermore, it cautioned media outlets, bloggers, and online platforms against spreading unverified information, warning that such actions could cause unnecessary confusion in the education sector.

“The Federal Ministry of Education reiterates that there has been no change in the existing role of JAMB, which remains central and indispensable in Nigeria’s tertiary education framework,” the statement added.

The Ministry encouraged members of the public to visit the official websites and verified social media handles of both the Federal Ministry of Education and JAMB for authentic updates on educational matters.

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The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this on Friday during the official release of the 2025 UTME results at JAMB headquarters, Bwari.

Oloyede revealed that the seizure of results was due to suspected examination malpractices, and about 80 individuals are being probed for exam-related offences, with Anambra State having the highest number of suspects.

He said JAMB has 39,834 unreleased UTME results, with 1,426 under scrutiny and processing. Out of these, 96 candidates’ results were withheld due to exam malpractices, a decrease from 123 in the previous year.

Oloyede said 2,157 candidates experienced fingerprint rejections due to suspected registration infractions, and the figure is far above margin, and currently under investigation.

He added that a total of 1,957,000 candidates were verified for the exam, with 71,705 candidates absent.

Oloyede said,”The new trends observed this year were in the Registration and Examination processes, and they were mainly in the following categories; Identity Fraud, and Biometric Fraud of Combined Thumbprint of Candidate.

“Other infractions were impersonator at the point of registration with the active involvement of few CBT Centres, double registration, and attempted substitution of self by candidates.”

He stated that 244 candidates were caught in “WhatsApp runs” and had their results withheld as a deterrent.

The registrar also cited that some CBT centers colluded with syndicates to register candidates with multiple fingerprints, affecting 3,656 candidates whose results were withheld due to “extraneous fingerprints” and every implicated centers will face sanctions.

He identified the centres as Tigh Technologies Limited, Sascon International School, Maitama, Abuja, and Wudil Computer Information Technology. Wudil, Kano State and Penta M &Amp; Centre 2, Tambuwal LGA, Sokoto, Sokoto State.

Oloyede added that 80 suspects were being interrogated by the police for their involvement in the examination malpractices, and most of them would be prosecuted.

The registrar reported 41,027 underage candidates registered, with 467 meeting high-performance criteria and one disqualified for malpractice.

He confirmed the board supported 501 candidates with disabilities through JAMB Equal Opportunity Group, but unfortunately, one of these candidates was involved in impersonation.

Oloyede also said Four CBT centers were delisted and blacklisted due to technical deficiencies and substandard performance.

He listed the centres as: Adventure Associate, Behind Sheshe Supermarket, Kano, Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria.

Others are Soronara Ventures Nigeria Limited, Foundation Road, Umudagu Mbieri, Mbaitoli, Imo State, and HSS Amazing, Holy Saviour School 30/32, Old Ota Road, Adeleye, Aparadija, Isunba, Lafenwa, Itele, Ogun State.

He therefore said that a list of those blacklisted for fraudulent practices would soon be made public with details of their nefarious activities.

Despite the controversy surrounding the 2025 JAMB results, Oloyede concluded that it was the one of the most successful in recent times

The JAMB boss reaffirmed the board’s zero-tolerance policy on exam malpractice and promised to continue innovating to maintain exam credibility.

He also explained how to check UTME results: candidates should text ‘UTMERESULT’ to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number used for registration, with result printing available later.

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released a comprehensive statistical breakdown of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results.

The breakdown offers a full picture of the performances by Nigerian candidates in the examination conducted across the country.

According to JAMB, out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, over 1.5 million of them scored less than 200 in the exam.

It, however, announced that 4756 candidates scored above 320, 7658 candidates scored between 300 and 319.

In the statement accompanying the data, the Board said that 40,247 underage candidates were permitted to demonstrate their exceptional abilities.

JAMB further stated that only 467 of these candidates (1.16%) achieved scores that meet the threshold for exceptional ability as defined for the UTME, with their performance in the subsequent three stages still pending.

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By Amaechi Agbo

Agbani – The Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, has began offering admission into four of its new courses.

This was contained in a circular issued by the Registrar of the university, Mr Ambrose Ugwu and made available to ESUT Monitor.

According the the statement, the new programmes approved for the university by the National Universities Commission, NUC, include: Radiography, Public Health, Human Nutrition and Dietetics and Biomedical Engineering.

The admission process which commenced on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 ends on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

Candidates who are eligible to apply for admission are expected to have scored 200 or above for Radiography and Public Health, while

Human Nutrition and Dietetics and Biomedical Engineering should have a scored 180 or above in their last JAMB.

Candidates are also expected to have selected ESUT as their choice of institution or changed to ESUT

Prospective candidates already offered admission into current 100 level programmes in ESUT can also apply by buying redeployment forms from portal.esut.edu.ng.

Read below the full application details:

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO NEWLY APPROVED COURSES

Enugu State University of Science and Technology invites applications for admission into the underlisted courses which were newly approved for the University by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The courses are:
(a) Radiography
(b) Public Health
(c) Human Nutrition and Dietetics and
(d) Biomedical Engineering

Eligibility to Apply
To be eligible to apply, candidates must have met the following conditions:

1. Scored 200 and above in the 2024 UTME for Radiography and Public Health, or scored 180 and above for Human Nutrition/Dietetics and Biomedical Engineering respectively.
2. Taken Physics, Chemistry and Biology as their subjects in the 2024 UTME examination.
3. Selected ESUT or changed to ESUT as their most preferred and/or First choice institution in the 2024 UTME but not yet offered admission into the regular undergraduate academic programmes for 2024/2025 academic year.

Procedure for Admission
Eligible candidates must have:

1. Changed their choice of course to any of the newly approved courses listed above on JAMB CAPS. Applications for admission into courses not listed above will not be processed.
2. Registered for ESUT Post-UTME screening and paid the application fee of Two Thousand naira only (₦2,000.00) by generating an invoice from ESUT portal, portal.esut.edu.ng and making payment in any commercial bank or by online payment. Candidates who had previously registered for ESUT Post-UTME 2024 screening do not need to register again.
3. Met the University minimum SSCE O’ level entry requirements which they must have uploaded on JAMB CAPS.
   NB: Those already offered admission into current 100 level programmes in ESUT can also apply by buying redeployment forms from portal.esut.edu.ng.

Closing date: This offer will start from Wednesday 22nd January, 2025 and end on Wednesday 29th January, 2025.

Signed: AMBROSE G. UGWU
Registrar

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The National Assembly have resolved to remove the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from the Federal Government’s 2025 budget grant, citing concerns over the board’s financial management.

Lawmakers argued on Monday that it is unjustifiable for JAMB to remit N4 billion to the federation account while receiving N6 billion from the government in 2024.

This decision followed a presentation by JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, before the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, led by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), during an interactive session on revenue projections for 2025.

Oloyede revealed that JAMB remitted N4 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund but received N6 billion from the Federal Government in 2024. This prompted committee members, including Abiodun Faleke and Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo), to question the rationale behind funding a self-sustaining agency with government grants.

“You remitted N4 billion and received N6 billion from the Federal Government. Why not keep the N4 billion and stop the government from funding JAMB?” asked Faleke, Chairman of the House Committee on Finance.

Senator Oshiomhole criticized JAMB for spending N1.1 billion on meals and refreshments in 2024.

“Are you being freely fed by the government? This money comes from poor students, many of whom are orphans,” he said.

He also questioned the N850 million spent on security, cleaning, and fumigation, and N600 million on local travels, challenging the justification for these expenses.

Further scrutiny was directed at the N6.5 billion allocated for local training and N1 billion for a staff housing scheme. Oshiomhole called for a breakdown of these expenditures.

Meanwhile, the Senate expressed concern over the low remittances from MDAs in 2024, pointing to a significant gap between the revenue generated and amounts remitted to the federation account.

This was disclosed by Senator Sani Musa, the Chairman of the Joint Finance Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, during an interactive session on revenue projections by MDAs for 2025.

Musa highlighted the Senate’s deep concern over the significant gap between the substantial revenues accrued by these agencies and their consistently low remittances to the federation account.

He pointed out that this discrepancy hampers the government’s ability to fund critical infrastructure projects and social services, raising issues of inefficiency, mismanagement, and potential revenue leakages.

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The management of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) this week shifted the resumption date for the 2024/2025 academic session by one week.

Both returning and fresh students of the university were expected to return to the institution for academic activities on Monday, October 7, 2024. However, in a circular issued by the university and signed by the Registrar, Chief Ambrose Ugwu on October 2nd, the new date is now Monday, October 14, 2024.

ESUT Monitor gathered that the postponement became ineluctable due to none release of list of admitted students for the new session

Speaking with our reporter in his office on Thursday, the university scribe noted that there was no way the first semester could have stated without the list of admitted students.

“The issue is that we want to release the list for admission for 2024/2025 academic session, and there’s no way you can resume while you have not released admission list,” the Registrar said.

He expressed optimism that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB would expedite action on the release of the list latest on Monday, October 7 adding that all continuing and new students will resume same day with three weeks deadline for their payment of school fees and registration

“We are hopeful that by next week, being Monday the 7th, the 2024/2025 candidates would see their names in JAMB Central Admission Processing System, CAPS and ESUT portal. All the continuing and fresh students will resume at the same time.

“We are giving them three weeks for registration and payment of the required fees. The portal will be closed on the 4th of November”.

The registrar further warned that once the portal is closed, there will be no room to reopen it and advised the students to make hair while the sun is shining. He also hinted that the management is planning to conduct the 44th Matriculation in December.

“The portal would close on the 4th of November. Once the portal closes, if you are still interested in continuing in the university, you have to write an application for voluntary withdrawal. So, we are urging the students to alert their fellow students.

“It is our hope that even before December, we would do matriculation, immediately after convocation,” Mr Ugwu concluded.

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The Federal Ministry of Education has directed all Nigerian universities to exclude persons with disabilities from the compulsory post-UTME.

Minister Of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu gave the directive at the African Regional Conference on Equal Opportunities, organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB

Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu who gave the directive on Tuesday in Abuja during the first Africa Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education (ARCEAHED), said the move was necessary to ensure equal access to education for all, particularly persons living with disabilities.

“JAMB also sought and obtained approval at the 67th National Council on Education meeting to exempt candidates with disabilities from Post/UTME Screening. I, therefore, reiterate, as already announced, that all tertiary institutions in Nigeria are to offer admissions to all candidates with disabilities who possess minimum admissible scores into the programmes of their choice after writing UTME.

“This initiative, together with the ambitious target to enrol 825,000 students with disabilities cumulatively over the next five years, demonstrates our unwavering commitment to realizing equal access to education.

“It is also important that I inform this gathering that the DOTS policy takes into consideration the unique needs of the vulnerable groups vis-à-vis their needs for quality education and assurance that every child, including those with disability challenges, will have adequate opportunities to acquire adequate skills to realize their full potential later in life.”

Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, called for the establishment of a support centre for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to facilitate access to education.

He proposed that the centre, equipped with the necessary technology and support, should have at least one branch in each geo-political zones of the country, under the auspices of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD).

In another development, the Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu has revealed government’s decision to unbundle the country’s 115 unity colleges.

The Minister was speaking at the Annual General meeting of Principals of Unity Schools in Abuja

The Minister also encouraged Unity Colleges to work closely with their host communities to ensure there is a collaborative effort on safe school initiatives.

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The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) has announced sale of application forms for its admission-seeking candidates as well as cut-off marks for the 2024/2025 academic session.

In an advertorial released by the university and made available to Esut monitor, the sale of form will commence on Monday 19th August and end on Friday20th September, 2024.

The screening exercise, the released added, will be done online with no physical present of the candidates required.

The release further added that the cut-off mark for the prospective ESUT candidates is 200 JAMB score for medical-related courses and law while 160 is the minimum mark for other courses. The Courses with 200 cut-off mark include Medicine and Surgery, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nursing Sciences and Pharmacy.

“This is to inform all candidates who chose ESUT in the 2024 UTME and those and those who didn’t choose ESUT but now wish to apply, that there will be online screening of candidates for the admission. Please note candidates who now wish to change to ESUT should first apply to JAMB for change of institution.

“ESUT cut-off mark is 160 except for Medicine and Surgery, Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing Sciences, Pharmacy and Law which is 200. The screening will be online and candidates are not required to appear for physical screening or aptitude test.

“The screening processing fee is two thousand naira (₦2, 000.00) only. Candidate will be notified of their admission status through text message/ESUT portal

The registration fee is two thousand naira (₦2, 000.00) and candidates are advised to visit ESUT portal at portal.esut.edu.ng to fill their application forms. Online registration starts on Monday 19th August 2024 and end on Friday 20th September 2024. The portal closes on Friday 20th September,” the release said.

Students who are awaiting their May/June 2024 WAEC, NECO and NABTEB results are eligible to apply for the Post UTME screening. However, the university warned that any of the above-named results released later than 30th September, 2024 will not be accepted.

It further admonished that inconsistency in name will not be accommodated which could lead to disqualification. “Candidate’s names on their O’Level certificates and UTME results and other registration documents must be the same,” the university warned.

ESUT will be offering admission to prospective candidates into 65 regular programmes in the 2024/2025 Academic session across 12 faculties.

The new academic session will commence on October 8, 2024.

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Nigeria’s apex Universities regulatory body, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned universities in the country to cease offering admissions to underaged candidates.

The Registrar, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who gave the warning on Tuesday said that the illegal admission necessitate ‘regularisation’ after admission has been offered.

Prof Oloyede handed the warning in Lagos on Tuesday at the opening of the seventh biennial conference of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities in Nigeria.

JAMB regularisation is a process overseen by JAMB in Nigeria to validate and formalise the admission of students who were admitted into tertiary institutions without proper documentation or through informal means.

He lamented that the issue of regularisation had denied most candidates the opportunity to participate in the National Youth Service Corps.

Themed “Effective University Governance: Role of Stakeholders” JAMB boss said that for the sake of accountability, data protection and integrity of the nation, this act needed to stop, adding that anything irregular was illegal.

 “I want to discuss what I call illegal admission. Many Vice-Chancellors don’t like the word, the truth is that no need to regularise what is regular.

“Calling for regularisation after admission is illegal. Some candidates can’t go for NYSC because they were not properly admitted,” he said.

He also complained that admission of underaged and diploma candidates was also illegal admissions.

He said, “About two months ago, I received a letter from a European country to confirm if a student graduated from a particular university because she is 15 years old and applied for a postgraduate programme. The question they asked me was ‘Is this possible in Nigeria?’

“Also illegal admission of diploma students needs to stop because last year, we admitted 9,000 diploma students; I was alarmed that about 3,000 students came from a particular university.

“Every one of us should be accountable because all these acts can damage our education system.”

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