Each year, a handful of candidates rise above nearly two million others in Nigeria’s most competitive examination. Here is the complete official record of UTME top scorers since 2013, as published by JAMB. 2026Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin State: Ekiti372 / 400The latest…

The West African Examinations Council has assured candidates and educational stakeholders that the technical and operational glitches recorded during the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination will not recur, saying it has introduced stricter safeguards and strengthened its systems…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that the public university system could face another wave of industrial unrest if the Federal Government and state governments fail to fully implement the December 2025 agreement reached with the union. ASUU,…

A female candidate seeking admission to study Medicine at the University of Lagos, Owoeye Jesudunsin, has emerged as the highest scorer in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination after scoring 372 out of a possible 400 marks. This emerged when…

There is a question many people recently got wrong in our homework series. It centres on the choices that ‘neither’ makes when used with ‘nor’ to connect two or more negative alternatives. The outcome shows that many believe only singular…

The Federal Government has declared that any admission conducted outside the Central Admissions Processing System is illegal, warning tertiary institutions across the country that violations of approved admission procedures will attract sanctions. The Minister of Education, Maruf Alausa, issued the…

The Kwara State Government has concluded arrangements to organise a science exhibition competition aimed at encouraging secondary school students in Kwara Central Senatorial District to develop innovative solutions to challenges in energy and security. The programme, scheduled for May 13…

May 11, 2026 1:53 pm The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and stakeholders in the tertiary education sector have approved 150 as the minimum admission benchmark for universities for the 2026 admission exercise. The decision was reached on Monday during…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination cut-off marks approved by universities across the country for the 2026 admission exercise. The submitted institutions’ minimum admissible score was displayed to journalists during the 2026…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released a detailed breakdown of the 2025 UTME admission exercise, showing that 1,009,044 candidates were admitted out of 2,007,312 applicants across Nigerian tertiary institutions. The data, presented at the 2026 National Policy Meeting…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the list of top-performing candidates in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, featuring some outstanding candidates who scored between 367 and 372 marks. The list was presented at the 2026 Policy Meeting…

Lagos State University has declared that its emergence as Nigeria’s most subscribed university for the second consecutive year confirms its status as the country’s “University of First Choice” and reflects its rapid rise as one of Africa’s fastest-growing institutions. The…

The Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Dr Amos Dangut, has said female candidates have outnumbered their male counterparts in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. Dangut disclosed this on Monday during…

Lagos State University has emerged as the most preferred university by candidates in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination first-choice applications, according to statistics released at the ongoing policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Abuja…

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, on Monday 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…