2025 UTME: 20 Suspects In DSS, Police Custody Over Hacking Of Results

… As DSS Pays N20m Compensation To Bizman Over Accidental Shooting 20 suspects have been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) and the police for hacking the 2025 Computer-based test (CBT) examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Meanwhile, DSS has paid N20 million compensation to a Sokoto businessman, who was accidentally shot during an operation. According to a security source, the suspected hackers are part of a syndicate believed...

Prof. Kingsley Moghalu Joins Board of African Security Conference

Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the President of the African School of Governance, has joined the Board of Directors of the International Security Conference on Africa – ISCA. Moghalu’s nomination to the Board of the continental African Security Conference came during the ISCA’s inaugural conference at Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The ISCA board is chaired by Clotilde Mbaranga Gasarabwe, who had served as an Assistant Secretary-General for Security Services, at the United Nations. Other members of...

JAMB To Conduct Mop-up Examination Candidates who Missed 2025 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is planning to conduct a mop-up examination for candidates who missed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Professor Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar disclosed this in Abuja at a meeting with key stakeholders to address challenges encountered during the exercise, explaining that this would afford the over 5% of candidates who were unable to sit for the examination for whatever reason the opportunity to do so. He emphasized...

NUC Bans Redundant Accreditations by Professional Bodies in Universities

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued a directive to all Nigerian universities, ordering an immediate stop to the practice of multiple accreditations of academic programmes by various professional bodies. This move follows a formal notification from the Federal Ministry of Education, which raised concerns over the increasing trend of independent accreditations by professional bodies, separate from the NUC’s oversight. In a circular dated 20th May 2025 and signed by Jubril Abu Momoh, Acting Director,...

JAMB Boss Oloyede Fires Back At Critics, Says ‘Truck Pushers Can’t Direct Pilots’

In the wake of heated criticism and calls for his resignation, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has fired back at those questioning his leadership, saying they lack the credibility to advise him. “Truck pushers cannot direct pilots,” Oloyede said during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday. The gathering included JAMB’s chief external examiners and representatives of civil society organisations. The backlash follows glitches and complaints...

Student Expelled from UNICAL for Stealing a Cellphone

The University of Calabar has expelled a student from the Department of Public Health over alleged involvement in phone theft. In a statement released on Monday and signed by the Registrar and Secretary to Council, Dr Chukwuka Icha, the university said the decision followed a detailed investigation by the Senate Students Disciplinary Committee (SSDC), which found the student guilty. “The Vice Chancellor has received the report of the Senate Students Disciplinary Committee (SSDC), which investigated...

Varsity Unions Reject N50bn Sharing Formula

The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has rejected the sharing formula of the recently approved N50 billion Earned Allowances for both teaching and non-teaching staff in the institutions. It was gathered that the N50 billion is to be shared among the university-based unions, which include SSANU, NASU, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the National...

2025 UTME: Aggrieved Candidates Demand Total Cancellation as JAMB Admits Glitch Affected Results

…Parents, Ohanaeze Youth kick as Board orders resit for over 200,000 candidates Some candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have called for the total cancellation of the results following the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) admission of technical errors that affected the performance of over 379,000 candidates. The aggrieved candidates, speaking with Daily Trust on Wednesday, expressed their frustration, disappointment and heartbreak after JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, publicly...

UTME 2025: JAMB Acknowledges Error, Promises Remedy

…Thousands to Resit Exam Following System Failures The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has addressed the nation amid mounting complaints over the recently released results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking during a press conference held at the Board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, on Wednesday, 14th May 2025, Professor Oloyede acknowledged that a technical error affected the scores of thousands of candidates, particularly in...

UTME 2025: JAMB Engages Experts to Review Exam as  Candidates Reject Poor Results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has come under intense fire following widespread complaints over alleged technical glitches, incomplete questions, and shockingly low scores in the recently concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). What started as murmurs of dissatisfaction from candidates has now snowballed into a national controversy, with over 1.5 million candidates petitioning JAMB for an immediate review of the examination. Many have threatened to take legal action if their demands are...

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