JAMB issues stern warning to Nigerian universities as Tinubu approves 67 new institutions

• JAMB Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has showered praises connected President Tinubu for approving 67 caller tertiary institutions betwixt 2024 and 2025
• In a statement, Oloyede warned recently approved institutions against amerciable admissions, insisting connected compliance with the CAPS and IBASS platforms
• Oloyede spoke during an interactive league with main officers of the recently established tertiary institutions connected Monday successful Abuja

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FCT, Abuja - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has commended President Bola Tinubu for the support of 67 caller institutions successful the country.

Tinubu approves 67 caller tertiary institutions successful Nigeria. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Tinubu approved 22 caller universities, 33 caller polytechnics and monotechnics, and 12 caller colleges of education crossed the state betwixt precocious 2024 and 2025.

Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, successful a connection issued connected Monday, April 14, disclosed that the support of the caller higher institutions demonstrated Tinubu’s “commitment to expanding entree to tertiary education.”

JAMB registrar warns against amerciable admissions

JAMB brag hails Tinubu's govt implicit support of caller tertiary institutions, warns against amerciable admissions. Photo credit: JAMB
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During an interactive league with main officers of the recently established, upgraded, and precocious approved tertiary institutions successful Abuja, the JAMB registrar sternly warned the institutions against conducting amerciable admissions.

As reported by The Punch connected Tuesday, April 15, helium stressed that determination volition beryllium nary country for regularisation of specified entries, emphasing that each admissions indispensable spell done the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) and adhere strictly to owed process.

“CAPS ensures transparency, fairness, and integrity successful the admittance process. Any instauration attempting to bypass this level risks having specified admissions nullified,” Oloyede said.

However, Oloyede, clarified that lone world programmes approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and the National Commission for Colleges of Education, would beryllium activated connected the JAMB platforms.

He explained that CAPS, introduced successful 2017, automates and streamlines admittance processes, portion the Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System), launched successful 2018, enhances connection and ensures wide eligibility checks for world programmes.

Legit.ng earlier reported that JAMB, has released the results of the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

JAMB disclosed this successful an authoritative connection by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, connected Sunday morning, April 13.

According to JAMB, implicit 200,000 candidates registered for the Mock UTME conducted crossed Nigeria connected Thursday, April 10.

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They besides raised concerns astir the deficiency of accreditation for their world programmes, accusing the schoolhouse absorption of neglecting repeated NUC invitations.

The students judge the university’s challenges person worsened since the decease of its founder, Ahman Patigi, successful October 2024, leaving a enactment vacuum.

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