Education

2025 UTME: No deliberate attempt to undermine candidates from any part of Nigeria- Prof. Oloyede

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has dismissed claims of conspiracy theories against a part of the country following the technical glitch recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The technical glitch affected the five states of the South-East zone and Lagos, with many alleging that the Board deliberately compromised results…

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2025 UTME: Southeast Reps caucus seeks resignation of JAMB Registrar

The South-East Caucus of the 10th House of Representatives has called for the resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, over the technical glitch recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. It also called for the examination to be completely cancelled and a new date fixed for the exercise across the country. In…

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SSANU, NASU reject distribution formulae adopted for disbursement of FG’s N50bn

The joint action committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non Academic Staff Union of Allied institutions (NASU) has rejected the recent distribution formula adopted for the disbursement of the ₦50 billion approved by the Federal Government for University based unions. The ₦50 billion is to be shared among SSANU, NASU, and the National Association…

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Kalu urges JAMB to undertake independent audit of examination infrastructure

  The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to undertake a comprehensive, independent audit of its examination infrastructure to address technical glitches experienced during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking with journalists, Kalu faulted the hurried rescheduling of the resit exams, particularly as they…

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FG determined to streamline tertiary education for improved efficiency – Alausa

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has said the Federal Government was determined to streamline tertiary education for improved efficiency and value. Alausa urged tertiary institutions across the country to phase out satellite campuses, describing them as unsustainable and inefficient. Speaking at a Tertiary Education Trust Fund one-day strategic engagement with heads of institutions, bursars, and directors of procurement in…

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Education Ministry denies report on BEA scholars’ reintegration

The Federal Ministry of Education has denied claims circulating in the media suggesting that the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, inaugurated a committee to reintegrate returning Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholars into Nigerian universities. In a statement released on Saturday, the Ministry described the report titled “BEA: Education Minister receives committee’s report” as false and misleading, stressing that…

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JAMB commences rescheduling of UTME for affected candidates

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the rescheduling of the 379,997 affected candidates for another Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination. The rescheduling began on Friday morning after the registrar of the examination body, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made it known at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. At one of the biggest CBT Centers in Lagos located…

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2025 UTME: Ex-Provost attributes JAMB’s error to human failure

Former Provost of the College of Education, Ilesa, now University of Education, Ilesa, Osun State, Professor Kolawole Kola-Kazeem, has described the error by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as a clear case of human failure. He demanded that those responsible for the error be held accountable to prevent a recurrence.…

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Unilorin VC praises Oloyede’s handling of UTME glitches

By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The University of Ilorin management has commended the leadership of JAMB Registrar, Emeritus Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, for his handling of the recent controversy over glitches in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Reacting to Prof. Oloyede’s televised public apology to affected candidates on Wednesday, UNILORIN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, said only a…

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2025 UTME: Reps canvass establishment of one CBT centre in each LG

The House of Representatives has called for the establishment of at least one computer-based testing (CBT) in each of the 774 local government areas of the country for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).  The lawmakers made the resolution during plenary on Thursday, following the admission by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that there were glitches in this…

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