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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says candidates are now free to access their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results on-line. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head, media and information, said this during an interview with NAN on Wednesday night in Lagos. According to him, already, over 1.5 million candidates that sat for the UTME had accessed their results, using the result checker code (55019). He said that the board had commenced posting the results to the portal, adding that they were now also free to go on-line, view and print their results. “Candidates can now check their results on the portal,” he said. “They must first log in their profile and then, click on ‘check UTME Examination Results’.” Since the board announced the release of its results, candidates have decried the technical challenges faced when trying to check their results via phone. The spokesman, however, dismissed rumours that the result checker code (55019) was not functional. Is...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Friday that the results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination would be released formally on Saturday ( today ) . Prof. Oloyede Oloyede said the breakdown of the UTME results would be revealed at a detailed briefing on Saturday . The 2019 UTME held between April 11 and April 18 in 698 computer -based test centres nationwide with over 1 ,886 ,000 candidates sitting the exam. The board had said it was screening the UTME results for malpractices , saying 123 suspects had been arrested and were standing trial nationwide .

Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said that it had set May 26 for rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for more than 12, 000 candidates across the country. The Board’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to Benjamin, more than 12, 000 candidates are expected to sit for the mop up examinations in few of its centres across the country. This category of candidates, he explained, are those whose biometrics were not captured during the initial period of the UTME in March.

• The upcoming mock exam is scheduled to hold on on Monday, February 26, 2018, while the definite UTME will hold between March 9 and 17. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB has announced that only 245,753 out of over one million candidates that registered for 2018 UTME will sit for the upcoming mock exams. The 2018 UTME mock exam is scheduled to hold on Monday, February 26. Meanwhile, the Board's spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin in a statement released on Sunday, February 18 said that the mock examination would commence as planned, despite the ongoing strike by members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of universities. He said, “The board has concluded arrangements for the conduct of the mock UTME, slated for Monday, February 26. This is irrespective of the ongoing strike embarked upon by members of non-academic unions of federal universities nationwide. “We are still hopeful that an amicable resolution of the crisis would be reached before the date of the examin...

JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede. Eniola Akinkuotu and Olaleye Aluko The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Sunday that it had suspended its employee , Philomina Chieshe, on account of N 36m which was reported to have been swallowed by a snake in the board ’ s office in Makurdi , Benue State . The JAMB Head of Information , Fabian Benjamin, told our correspondent on Sunday that the board was taking her through other disciplinary measures while security agencies were investigating the matter . Benjamin said , “ She has been suspended and she is going through all other disciplinary procedures while investigation is ongoing on the matter . Her claim was that a snake came into the office and swallowed the N 36m proceeds. ” It was learnt that Chieshe explained in her statement that a “ mystery snake” sneaked into JAMB accounts office and made away with the N 36m cash . The money was said to be from the purchases of scratch cards from JAMB state offices and other desi...