The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said no fewer than 9,469 admissions across 20 tertiary institutions nationwide have been identified as fake for the 2024 academic session. The board said the admissions were conducted outside the popular Central Admission Processing System, popularly known as CAPS. CAPS was introduced to enhance transparency and efficiency, and serves as an online platform where prospective university students can monitor and manage their admission status. By centralizing the admission...

Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU, has now commenced a diploma certificate course in herbal medicine, domiciled at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University. The University now offers a professional Diploma in Herbal Medicine and Nutrition, following its first matriculation for students of herbal medicine, which was held at the university campus in Igbariam, Anambra State. This move formalizes the learning and study of herbal medicine at COOU. With the matriculation, COOU...

JAMB Fixes 150 as Varsity Cut-Off, 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges The Federal Government has officially pegged the minimum age for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions at 16 years, with a stern warning to institutions to strictly comply with the new directive or face sanctions. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, made this known on Tuesday at the opening of the 2025 Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) held at the...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has secured a €38 million credit facility from the French Government to boost internet penetration in academics. The grant is set to be used in 10 selected federal universities across the six geopolitical zones of the country to drive digital transformation. The initiative, known as the Blueprint-ICT-Dev Project, was formally launched in Abuja on Tuesday. Funded through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the project aims to upgrade digital infrastructure...

Due to intensified security measures targeting impersonators and exam cheats, more than 80 percent of the 98,232 candidates eligible for Saturday’s nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) refused to show up. Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), who monitored the exercise at the Technology CBT Centre in NAF Valley Estate, Abuja, said the turnout was alarmingly low, with only about 12 percent of registered candidates showing up across the...