Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has issued comprehensive guidelines for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, outlining the registration steps and the challenges candidates often face. The update, posted on JAMB’s official X account on Sunday, is intended to help prospective applicants prepare ahead of the registration window. Registration ProcedureJAMB advises candidates to confirm…
The Federal Government has explained that it scrapped the national policy requiring schools to use indigenous languages as the medium of instruction due to poor learning outcomes and widespread failure in national examinations. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Wednesday at the 2025 Language in Education International Conference organised by the British…
The Federal Ministry of Education has dismissed reports in some newspapers and online platforms claiming that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is no longer mandatory for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, described the report as false, baseless, and…
JAMB releases 10 new requirements for foreign students applying to study in Nigeria. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced ten new criteria for the admission of foreign students to Nigerian universities, as reported by Sunday PUNCH. These fresh requirements replace the previous set of criteria that were released by the board in…
Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday on charges of money laundering amounting to N5 billion. Ojerinde was arraigned with his three sons and daughter-in-law before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Dibu Ojerinde, a professor, of his appointment as the registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Bem Goong, deputy director of press at the ministry of education, disclosed this in a statement, saying Ishaq Oloyede, a former vice-chancellor (VC) of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), had been appointed…
