A bloody mayhem was averted in Makurdi, Benue State capital, on Monday,when 50 candidates of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board,JAMB,were arrested for staging a violent protest. Hyacinth Dagala, Commissioner of Police in the state, said the police intervened to prevent breakdown of law and order when the candidates started throwing stones at JAMB officials.…
Kano to Spend N17million on JAMB Forms
Maliki Umar, Kano State Commissioner for Justice, on Monday, disclosed that the state government has approved over N17 million for the purchase of JAMB forms and training of candidates who will sit for the examination. This was disclosed after the State’s Executive Council Meeting. Umar said it was also approved at the meeting that over…
JAMB Results To Be Valid For Up to 2 Years
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, is planning to make its examination result s now valid for use by students for up to 2 years. Dibu Ojerinde, JAMB Registrar disclosed that this would be possible if there was an aptitude test and that the JAMB board would use the Iris of the eye to…
FG To Review JAMB Admission Policy
The Federal Government on Tuesday, said admissions into tertiary institutions conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board may need to be reviewed, in order to adequately cater for colleges of education and other tertiary institutions. Ibrahim Shekarau, minister of Education, made this known in Katsina State. He said the process of admission into tertiary…
JAMB Fixes May 17 to 31 for 2014 CBT
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Wednesday, announced that the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination through Computer Based Test, CBT, would hold between May 17 and 31. According to a statement released by Fabian Gabriel,Head of Public Relations of the board, the CBT will take place in more than 163 centres in Nigeria and…