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SIM cards enable prospective candidates for the 2021 UTME and Direct Entry (DE) to acquire profile codes required for the registration for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Borad (JAMB)-organised examination. Recall that the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy had lifted the ban on registration of new SIM cards and directed the MNOs to begin issuing new ones to the general public. The candidates expressed worries on the development, noting that they were already feeling frustrated...

Remita, a leading electronic payment company, has said it began the sale of 2021 Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ePINs to prospective candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The company revealed this in a statement at the weekend, noting noted that the decision followed a recent announcement by the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), of the sale of ePINs for UTME and Direct Entry registrations till May 15. It said” “Prospective ca...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 April 2021 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that the use of email would no longer be required for the processing of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry. The Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said this while speaking with journalists on Tuesday evening. According to him, email would only be requested at the successful completion of the registration exercise by c...

Oloyede said, “ They gain access to profiles of these candidates under the pretense of creating an email address for them. Then they change and block the candidates from receiving messages from the board. They also extort them after they change their passwords. In view of this, the board has come up with adjustments to our operations. The first decision is that beginning from Thursday, April 15, candidates would no longer be required to provide any email address during registration from this ...

ABUJA- OVER N10 million meant to be paid to ad-hoc staff of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB,as allowance has been hijacked

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JAMB Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says candidates will no longer provide email addresses at the point of registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the board’s headquarters on Wednesday in Bwari, Abuja, said the change, would take effect from Thursday. He said the board made the adjustment to protect candidates from various forms of manipulation and distortion o...

JAMB busts a syndicate specialised in breaking into intranet site and altering profiles just as Board stopped use of email for UTME and DE.

By Joseph Erunke, ABUJA OVER N10 million meant to be paid to ad-hoc staff of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, as allowance has been hijacked into the accounts of over a dozen fraudsters who gained entry into the internet site of the board. To this end, the board has said the mobile phone would henceforth be the only major requirement for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and Direct Entry, DE registration processes. Registrar of JAMB, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, wh...

2021 UTME: JAMB stops candidates from providing email addresses during registration JAMB says providing email addresses at the point of UTME registration exposes candidates to various forms of manipulation and distortion of their personal details by fraudsters. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said candidates will no longer provide email addresses at the point of registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, who discl...