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  • BREAKING: JAMB releases new requirements for candidates granted admission

    BREAKING: JAMB releases new requirements for candidates granted admission

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released requirements for candidates granted admission into universities to be listed on the national matriculation list.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports JAMB released the requirements during the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.

    According to the admissions and matriculation board, candidates granted admission, before clearance at the institution, must meet certain requirements.

    The requirements, according to JAMB, are that such candidates must accept the offer of admission within the stipulated period, print original JAMB result slip and also print original JAMB admission letter.

    “Recent events have justified the need for protection of the clearance process,” JAMB stated at the ongoing 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions.

    2025 UTME result to carry each candidate’s rank among peers – JAMB

    Meanwhile, at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, JAMB disclosed that 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results will carry each candidate’s rank among peers.

    This, JAMB said, is to curb the menace of celebrating top scorers in UTME and also help institutions determine the quality of candidates being admitted.

    “It will also discourage candidates who parade fake scores as one of the best,” JAMB stated.

    For the 2025 UTME, out of 1,905,539, scores of 370 is ranked 16th, 320 is ranked 5,806th, 250 is ranked 107,819th, 200 is ranked 533,805th, 180 is ranked 948,026th, 140 is ranked 1,855,607th, 120 is ranked 1,900,872th, and 100 is ranked 1,903,661th.

    Details shortly…

  • JAMB sets new rules for students’ matriculation

    JAMB sets new rules for students’ matriculation

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set aside new rules for students’ matriculation in tertiary institutions.

    The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede was speaking at the 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions, in Abuja on Thursday.

    Oloyede ordered tertiary institutions across the country to henceforth inform the Board of their matriculation ceremonies as well as submission of matriculation lists.

    He also urged institutions to forward date of matriculation ceremonies and list to the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and National Colleges of Education Commission (NCCE).

    According to him, two weeks notification must be issued by institutions notifying JAMB before embarking on matriculation.

    He said that any institution that did not submit its matriculation list would not be considered for any degree.

    He also identified that communication with the Board using the Central Admissions Processing Systems (CAPS) and Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System (IBASS) was necessary for admissions processes.

    “We have observed that many institutions still send in correspondences through other means apart from the established channels of CAPS and IBASS.

    “Those who are engaged in such are advised to redirect correspondences through the recognised and acceptable channels.

    “With effect from this year, the manuscript that will be used has now been automated,” he said.

    Meanwhile, the Acting Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, called on stakeholders for collective efforts to shape the educational landscape of the country.

    Maiyaki pledged the commitment of the commission to improve access to education while also urging institutions to key into the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) of  the commission.

  • Petroleum institute matriculates 1,793 students

    Petroleum institute matriculates 1,793 students

    The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State, on Friday matriculated 1,793 students for the 2023/2024 academic session.

    Dr Samuel Onoji, the Acting Principal/Chief Executive of the Institute, administered the matriculation oath on the students.

    Addressing the students, Onoji urged them to abstain from social vices in the campus, advising them to concentrate on their studies.

    Onoji told the students that the management does not condone social vices as provided in the Institute’s Handbook and warned them of the consequences.

    According to him, such vices include examination malpractices, physical abuse, bullying, cultism, use of drugs, narcotics and drug peddling.

    Others are certificate forgery, indecent dressings, stealing and misuse of social media.

    He said PTI is a specialised institute for the training of manpower for the oil, gas and allied industries.

    Onoji said that the process of repositioning PTI had commenced and emphasised the advantages the students had over their peer in other tertiary institutions.

    In his remark, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, assured the matriculants that Nigeria would always need their services being the largest producer of Oil and Gas in Africa.

    The minister who was represented by his Special Adviser, Mr Pereotubo Oweilami, said that Nigeria needed steady influx of competent technicians and technologists to sustain the current levels of production in the oil and gas industry.

    “Globally, Nigeria is the 12th largest producer of oil and largest in Africa. Nigeria also holds the largest natural gas reserves on the continent.

    “The Oil and Gas sector plays a significant role in the economy, contributing about 65 percent of government revenue and over 85 percent of total exports in Nigeria.

    “Further more, the petroleum contributes 6.63 percent to the nation Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

    “This implies that Nigeria needs steady influx of competent technicians and technologists to sustain the current levels of production and ensure greater ability in harnessing our vast hydrocarbon potentials,” he said.

    Lokpobiri, however, assured that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources would continue to render the much needed support to PTI through collaborations and provision of facilities to train middle-level manpower.

  • Insecurity: Obi decries deteriorating situation, says abduction of school children unacceptable

    Insecurity: Obi decries deteriorating situation, says abduction of school children unacceptable

    The main opposition voice and the presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has decried the worsening security situation in the country.

    Obi said it’s unacceptable that Nigerian children will not be allowed to learn in a secure environment because of criminals.

    The LP standard bearer charged relevant authorities to put no stone unturned and ensure that children go to school and learn in a conducive atmosphere and citizens worship their creator and go about their businesses without hindrance.

    Writing on the X handle platform, the former Anambra State Governor said “Just yesterday, I was lamenting the horrible spate of killings, terror attacks, and abductions in the country, while calling for more concerted efforts to combat the menace.

    “We are again confronted with the ugly news of the abduction of over 200 pupils and students plus a teacher of local primary and junior secondary schools in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government area of Kaduna State.
    And an attack on a Mosque in the same Kaduna, on Friday. He said it’s curious the situation in Kaduna State with the highest number of military and other security institutions in the country.
    “While every effort should be directed towards the safe release of the children, better security measures need to be implemented to avoid future occurrences.

    Obi noted that “insecurity has continued to bear down on every sector of our national existence, its negative impact on education will be more devastating for the nation.

    “We are already contending with an army of over 18 million out-of-school children, arising from the closure of schools due to insecurity. Further attacks on schools will only aggravate these numbers, drive more children into the streets, and add to the insecurity situation of the country.

    “I once again appeal to the government, both state and federal, to explore all possible means to ensure the safe release of the abducted school children. I urge every Nigerian to continue to work and pray for the nation so that we can collectively conquer our challenges.

    “We must ensure that every Nigerian child can pursue their dreams and aspirations in a safe and secure nation. This is our duty in the New Nigeria which is possible.

  • DSUST matriculates 2,450 students for 2023/2024 Academic Session

    DSUST matriculates 2,450 students for 2023/2024 Academic Session

    The Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, has matriculated 2,450 newly admitted students who sought admission into the institution for the current academic session.

    Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Jacob Oboreh, announced this during the matriculation ceremony held at the University’s events and convocation arena in Ozoro on Friday.

    Professor Oboreh, while congratulating the new intakes, charged them to be worthy ambassadors of their parents, adding that university degree is conferred on students who are found worthy in learning and in character

    He expressed optimism that the students will imbibe the virtues of discipline and diligence that will distinguish them as worthy undergraduates of DSUST.

    He warned that the institution would not condone any form of nefarious activities and urged the students to obey the University’s rules and regulations in and out of campus.

    The Vice Chancellor reminded the new students that they were in school to study and must take their education seriously, adding, “I urge you to continue to apply your mind diligently to your studies and make self-discipline your watch word.

    “You should focus on the reasons why you have come to the University and therefore shun all acts of misconduct which have been clearly stated in the Students’ Information Handbook, such as examination malpractice, cultism, sexual harassment, ‘blocking’ or ‘sorting’ and leakage of examination materials.”

    The Vice Chancellor extolled Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his outstanding contributions to the establishment of the university during his tenure as Speaker of the State House of Assembly and now Governor and visitor to the nascent University.

    “The incumbent Governor of the state, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori was Mr. Speaker, who presided over the Delta State House of Assembly that passed the bill establishing the Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, and two other universities in 2021. The University therefore is the creation of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and the Governor is ever prepared to fund the university maximally to meet the requirements of our time” The Vice Chancellor added.

    “In his one hundred days in office, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Thursday, 14th September, 2023, commissioned what could be described as legacy projects in the history of the new Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro.

    “The projects were: New Administrative Building; 2 Kilometre internal Road; Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge; University Guest House; Staff School Building and Principal Officers’ Residential Quarters.

    “The Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, has identified with Governor Oborevwori’s MORE agenda as a holistic roadmap for the advancement of Delta State.”

    Prof. Oboreh said the vision of the University is to challenge the status quo in technology and produce bright minds, prepared for the generation of technological innovations, while the Mission is to nurture, groom and set the pace in the lives of our students in forging their desired career paths.

    “Our focus, therefore, is to provide excellent hands-on skills training of students and improve our capacity to create ground breaking research directed towards solving the socio-economic developmental problems of our society, Nigeria, and the world at large.”

    He said the University currently has six (6) faculties, namely: Administration and Management; Agriculture; Computing; Engineering; Environmental Science and Science.

    “I am also pleased to inform you that the University has forty-five (45) departments with forty-five (45) programmes duly approved by the National Universities Commission of Nigeria (NUC)

    “Let me assure our dear students that the university shall continue to place premium on the conducive environment needed to undertake teaching and research activities.

    “Qualified lecturers have been recruited in all the 45 programmes approved by NUC for the University. It might interest you to know that the Delta State Government has also procured several equipment for workshops and laboratories of the university.

    “The University, therefore, is set to compete favourably with other universities in terms of teaching, research and development especially with the rapid infrastructural development that is on-going in the University, including the on-going construction of 3 gigantic faculty complexes of the University.”

  • UNICAL suspends 4 students over “water ritual”

    UNICAL suspends 4 students over “water ritual”

    The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in an unlawful act of water ritual on a fellow female student.

    The announcement of the suspension is contained in a release signed on Saturday in Calabar by Mr Gabriel Egbe, Registrar of the institution.

    Egbe said that the unlawful act was carried out by the four students during the last matriculation ceremony of the institution on Dec. 2, 2022.

    Egbe mentioned the affected students to include Stephen Usen, a student of Accounting Department, year 4, and Aniefiok Idorenyin, a student of Computer Science, year 2.

    Others are Miracle Adeyemi, a student of Political Science, year 2 and Blessing Queen, a student of Genetics and Biotech, year 4.

    “Management deliberated extensively on the report of the committee on Gender-Based Violence and the strength of its findings and has accordingly directed the affected students to proceed on suspension with effect from the 2020/2021 academic session.

    “Deans, Heads of Departments and other relevant officers of the university have been tasked with the duty of full compliance with the given directive,” Egbe said.

  • Why we cannot extend validity of JAMB result – Registrar

    Why we cannot extend validity of JAMB result – Registrar

    Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has faulted calls for extension of the validity of JAMB results beyond one year.

    Oloyede said this at a hearing on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Wednesday in Abuja.

    He said that those calling for the extension of the validity of the result have not considered its nature and many factors involved.

    “Somebody who takes our exams this year and scores 240 and wants to read medicine, he knows that without 280, he cannot go, and you tell him not to take exams, even though he waits for 10 years, he cannot have it because, some other new sets will take exams and score higher marks and the man will remain where he is.

    “For those who read education, we have two types of examinations in which you would have determined the pass mark; you will say 50 per cent is a credit, anybody who attains it goes. And anybody who does not, has failed.

    “But the examination we are conducting, if you like, it is a one chance examination, it cannot be banked because it is a ranking examination; it is not an examination that determines the full assessment of the candidate,” he said.

    “Our examination does not qualify you for any placement, it is your five credits in 0’level that places you in the university or polytechnic, our own exams is to say there are more people who are qualified, let us rank them

    “If you have 400 over 400 in JAMB and you do not have five credits in 0’level, you are going nowhere”.

    Oloyede urged the committee to remove JAMB from the annual national budget by granting it total autonomy to reduce the burden on the national treasury.

    The registrar, however, said that as condition for the autonomy, JAMB should be allowed to jerk its fees to N5,000 as it was a few years ago.

    He said that the board decided to review the fees downward in 2017 from N5000 to N3500 after remitting N7.5 billion into government coffers as operating surplus.

    Oloyede said given the current economic realities, JAMB should be allowed to revert back to N5,000, saying that except in Finland, no country’s examination body charged low fees as that of Nigeria.

    “There is nowhere that government funds this type of examination. They actually provide some support for the institution because students pay some token as registration fees and from it, they bear the responsibility of salaries and provide some succours.

    “We are comfortable to be taken off the budget but there are conditions. One of the conditions for example, when students registered in 2016, we collected N5,000 and that had been on for fives years before I joined.

    “When we came in, we remitted N7.5 billion. We felt it was too much and approached the federal government to reduce the fees. We have not added a kobo since,” he said.

    “I believe we should revert to the N5000 we were charging. Given the inflation, if we charge N10, 000, I am just giving it as example, nobody will ask the federal government for one kobo.

    “I am not aware of anywhere in the world, except maybe Finland— that charges as low as JAMB is charging. In Finland, we know that everything is free.

    “We are hearing that you are planning to borrow billions. We are all going to sink at the end of the day. If there is any way anybody believes he can save this country, we should start doing that. The earlier we start the better for us.”

    The Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Saidu Abdulahi (APC-Niger) commended the registrar for his financial prudence.

  • JAMB scraps mop-up UTME

    JAMB scraps mop-up UTME

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will no longer conduct mop-up examination for candidates of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) who are not bio-metrically verified.

    The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. It said the move was to further strengthen the noose around examination malpractice.

    “The board has decided that the era whereby some candidates will present themselves at the examination venue and claim difficulty to be biometrically verified and expect the system to allow them to sit for the examination is gone for good.

    “It will be recalled that the board, out of magnanimity has allowed such candidates to be rescheduled for the mop-up UTME introduced in 2017.

    “However, the board has of late, realised the futility of such an arrangement after assessing the process and its impact on the entire examination value chain.

    “Consequently, the management of the board has regrettably resolved that all candidates must be verified to sit for their examination as there will be no more mop-ups UTME for whatever reason.

    “To cater for the few that may have genuine cases of inability to be captured, such candidates are to clearly indicate such difficulty from the point of registration.

    “This is so that they can be assigned to a centre situated within the National headquarters of the board for close monitoring,” it said.

    The bulletin noted that measure was not only to sanitise the examination process but also to ensure that the hard-earned reputation of the board was not impugned.

    JAMB said that the decision emanated from the management’s rigorous review of the 2022 UTME exercise with the need to close all loopholes noticed during the examination.

    “Examination malpractice remained one of the major obstacles faced by all public examination bodies globally, hence, the need for it to consistently take steps to confront the monster.

    “No candidate of the UTME will be allowed to sit for its examination without first being biometrically verified. All 10 fingers of the candidate must be captured at the point of registration.

    “To combat the menace of examination malpractice, the board has taken full advantage of technology by introducing, among others, biometric capturing of a candidate’s 10 fingers during UTME registration.

    “This is to ensure that there is a convincing match between the fingerprints captured and those presented by the candidate at the examination venue,” it said.

    The board said that any scenario other than the above was an invitation to examination security breach.

    It said the management had scheduled a five-day annual retreat from Sept.18 to Sept. 23 to review and assess its performance in all facets of its operational processes, including the 2022 UTME.

    “This is with a view to appraising the challenges faced and fashion strategies to addressing them, while charting a way forward,” JAMB said.

  • OAU postpones matriculation indefinitely

    OAU postpones matriculation indefinitely

    The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun, has postponed the 2021/2022 matriculation ceremony earlier scheduled for Wednesday until further notice.

    A statement by Mr Murtala Agbaje, Director, Academic Affairs of the university, on Monday, in Ile-Ife, said a new date would be communicated to the general public, especially to those concerned in due course.

    “The University’s authorities have decided to postpone the matriculation ceremony in the interest of all.

    “We, therefore, apologise for any inconvenience this postponement might have caused.

    “Students are hereby advised to continue attending their lectures and other academic activities,” he stated.

  • DJ Cuppy celebrates matriculation into Oxford University

    DJ Cuppy celebrates matriculation into Oxford University

    Popular DJ, Florence Otedola a.k.a DJ Cuppy, has taken to social media to announce her matriculation ceremony into the prestigious Oxford University, England.

    While sharing several pictures of her matriculation ceremony on Instagram, Cuppy noted that the event legitimized her studentship in the university.

    In a post via her verified Instagram account, she wrote, “Matriculation Day at @Oxford_Uni. This ceremony confers my membership as a student! Worked my ass off to get in and it’s paid off! #CuppyOnAMission.”

    In another post where the disc jockey wore her matriculation gown, she further shared her enthusiasm.

    She wrote, “Black Excellence at Oxford University. Love to see it. Love to be it. It’s OFFICIAL and written in HISTORY! I’ve now been MATRICULATED.” (sic).

    TheNewsGuru recalls that in March, the singer revealed that she had been accepted into the prestigious Oxford University, England, for a master’s degree in African Studies.

    The star took to her verified Instagram page to share the news with her fans where she posted a video of when she informed her parents about the development.