US EditionNigeria: JAMB UTME Glitch - Majority of Affected Candidates Are in Lagos
- JAMB registrar Professor Is-haq Oloyede announced on May 14, 2025, that a technical glitch affected over 379,997 2025 UTME candidates in Lagos and South East Nigeria.
- The cause of the disruption was a failed patch intended to update examination servers across 157 centers in Lagos State and South East states.
- The glitch impacted 206,610 candidates at 65 centers in Lagos and 173,387 candidates at 92 centers in the South East, where many Igbo reside.
- Oloyede apologized and took full responsibility, stating, "I apologise, I take full responsibility," while candidates began receiving rescheduling notices from May 15.
- The board invited stakeholders to review results amid protests and threats of legal action from ASUU-UNN, which alleges deliberate mass failure targeting South East candidates.
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Nigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper.UTME 2025: Candidates for resit to get text messages from today
Candidates who have been scheduled to resit the 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination, UTME, will begin getting text messages from today (Thursday). In total, at least 379,997 candidates in the five states of the South East and Lagos are expected to participate. This was confirmed by the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. “206,610 in 65 centres were affected in Lagos and 92 centres i…
UTME mass failure intended to stop South-East children from getting admissions
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that the mass failure recorded in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam (UTME) was a deliberate attempt to sabotage candidates from the South-East region. The Chairman of ASUU-UNN, Comrade Óyibo Eze, made the claim while briefing reporters in Nsukka on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. He threatened to initiate a lawsuit against the Joint…
Candidates, Parents crowd JAMB CBT centre in Lagos
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has begun the rescheduling of the 379,997 affected candidates for another Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination. The rescheduling began on Thursday morning after the registrar of the examination body, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, made it known in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. Oloyede admitted errors in the […] The post Candidates, Parents crowd JAMB CBT centre in Lagos appeared first on Trend…
The Systematic Oppression of Biafrans by the Nigerian Government: JAMB’s Recent Actions as Evidence
The Systematic Oppression of Biafrans by the Nigerian Government: JAMB’s Recent Actions as EvidenceEASTERN PILOT: May 15, 2025.By BiafraFirstSonThe Biafran people have long endured systemic marginalization and oppression at the hands of the Nigerian government, and the recent events surrounding the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) are a glaring example of this calculated injustice. This is a deliberate attempt to stifle the educat…
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