Prof. Oloyede After admitting to glitches, the making of the examination body, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede said on Wednesday that a total of 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East geographical zone and Lagos, who were affected by the glitches in the 2025…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday finally admitted to errors which affected the performance of students during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede admitted to this during a press briefing in Abuja. “What should have been a moment of joy has changed due to one…
Fifty eight students alleged to be involved in cult-related activities between 2022 till date have been expelled by the authorities of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State. The institution said the punitive measure was to tame the magnitude of cult related activities in the polytechnic. Rector of the institution, Dr. Salisu Shehu Umar, who disclosed this…
A teenager, Opesusi Faith Timilehin has reportedly lost her life battle after consuming rodent poison for scoring low in the just-released 2025 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result. Timilehin death occurred barely 30 minutes before her family received her administration notification letter after she was confirmed dead at Kolak Hospital in Odogunyan, Lagos. The…
By Prosper Okoye Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Alia, has assured members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to the state of their safety, regardless of their places of primary assignment. He gave the assurance during the closing ceremony of the 2025 Batch A Stream 1 orientation course, held in Wannune,…
Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN), a private university in Kano, has ordered its students to immediately vacate two privately-run female hostels following what it described as serious security threats and breaches of university standards. The hostels—Al-Ansar Indabo Female Students Hostels located had their approvals withdrawn by the university over issues ranging from immoral…
The De Imperial Philanthropic Family, Nigeria, has announced the launch of a N50 million scholarship fund aimed at rewarding the highest-performing students in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country. The initiative was officially unveiled on Saturday in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State. Speaking at the event, the National President of the…
Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo has ordered a “one-month sanction” on Blossom Fount School, Awka, for allegedly selling the position of head prefect during a student election. This was disclosed in a statement on Saturday by the Commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh. According to the commissioner, the school reportedly demanded N5,000 from each pupil…
When 17-year-old Deborah Ajayi saw her 2025 UTME score of 187 out of 400, her silence said everything. Just months earlier, she had excelled in the WASSCE with strong grades in Mathematics and Physics. She dreamed of studying engineering. But one exam crushed that dream not because she was unprepared, but because the system was…
A 16-year old candidate during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Olamide Aderibigbe scored 98 in mathematics. Aderibigbe, a student of Starville International School, Jabi, Abuja, also scored 86 in Physics; 68 in English and 84 in Economics. The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while giving a breakdown of…
