•Youths Getting admission into a Nigerian university without writing JAMB UTME is possible in 2026 through several approved alternatives. These routes are legal, recognised by many universities, and in some cases can even help students gain admission directly into 200 level, reports The Nation. Here are the six ways to enter Nigerian Universit...
•JAMB candidates The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, today announced that the federal government has retained 16 years as the minimum age for admission into tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Alausa made the announcement during the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja, noting that the decision follow...
•Students The Federal Ministry of Education has banned the admission and transfer of students into Senior Secondary School Three (SS3) in all public and private secondary schools nationwide. “Admission or transfer into SS3 will no longer be permitted under any circumstance,” the ministry said in a statement issued today by its Director, Press ...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cleared 85 underage candidates who participated in a special screening after scoring high marks in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for admission. The board announced the release of the results today in a statement by its Public Communication Adv...
•Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa Nigerian senior secondary school students in arts and humanities will no longer be required to present a credit in mathematics in their Senior School Certificate Examination, organised by the West African Examination Council and National Examination Council, as a condition for admission to univers...
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has released the results of its Post-UTME and Direct Entry screening exercises. Candidates can now view their performance on the university’s online portal. In a statement issued in Benin City yesterday, the institution’s spokesperson, Dr. Benedicta Ehanire, advised candidates to ignore the “NOT ADMITTED” messa...
•Nurses on strike The Adeoyo Hospital in Ibadan has discharged patients who were admitted following the nationwide strike embarked on by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), which began today. The association has directed its members to commence a seven-day warning strike due to the federal government’s failure to r...
•Tertiary institution students The federal government has formally set 16 years as the minimum age for admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa announced this during the opening session of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) 2025 Policy Meeting today in Abuja, reports The Nation. ”T...
•UTME candidates For many Nigerian students, the most daunting hurdle on the path to university admission is the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam. It’s a name that evokes anxiety, frustration, and, for some, even despair, because for countless students, JAMB has become a roadblock that delays their academic journey for year...
•Chidoka, Sowore and Adeyanju Reactions have begun pouring in after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) admitted today that system errors were responsible for the mass failure experienced during the recently held Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, said candidates from the Sout...

