Kano, Oyo universities top list of schools awarding illegal admissions, see full details

• Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) cracked down connected institutions awarding unauthorised admission
• Kano and Oyo universities topped the database of schools awarding fake admissions to students, with a combined 3,430 units awarded
• Education Minister, Tunji Alausa, sent beardown words to tertiary institutions violating JAMB protocols

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has flagged a full of 9,469 admissions crossed 20 tertiary institutions successful Nigeria successful the 2024 world twelvemonth arsenic fake.

According to the introspection body, the institutions conducted admittance extracurricular the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS).

The JAMB has flagged a full fig of 9,469 admissions crossed 20 tertiary institutions successful Nigeria successful the 2024 world twelvemonth arsenic fake, arsenic reported by The Punch. Photo recognition - @JAMBHQ
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JAMB introduced CAPS arsenic a centralised mean to oversee transparency and fairness successful admittance processes crossed each tertiary institutions nationwide. This helps guarantee that each candidates are fixed just information based connected merit and organization requirements.

A database acquired from JAMB reveals that Kano State University of Science and Technology tops the database with 2,215 cases of fraudulent admissions, portion Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ranks 2nd with 1,215 instances.

Others are Gombe State University, 1,164; Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, 761; Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 534; Ambrose Alli University, 514; Igbinedion University, 365; Akwa-Ibom Polytechnic, 340 and College of Nursing, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, 281.

Also connected the database are Achievers University, 267; Nigeria Police Academy, 263; Abia State Polytechnic, 256; Osun State University, 224; Federal University, Lafia, 189; Niger State Polytechnic, 182; Federal Polytechnic, Idah, 171 and Edo State Polytechnic,166.

JAMB has consistently cautioned institutions against making unauthorised admissions extracurricular the CAPS, noting that candidates admitted done specified unofficial channels would beryllium ineligible for the National Youth Service Corps program.

War connected amerciable admission

At the 2025 argumentation gathering of JAMB successful Abuja, education curate Dr. Tunji Alausa reaffirmed that admissions granted extracurricular the JAMB model are unauthorised and invalid.

He warned that immoderate institutions oregon individuals recovered engaging successful specified practices volition look strict penalties and prosecution.

“Any admittance conducted extracurricular CAPS, careless of its intentions, is illegal.“Both institutions and the candidates progressive successful specified practices volition beryllium held accountable.“Sanctions whitethorn see withdrawal of organization assets and prosecution of culpable officers oregon governing assembly members,” helium said.

The JAMB has flagged a full fig of 9,469 admissions crossed 20 tertiary institutions successful Nigeria successful the 2024 world twelvemonth arsenic fake, arsenic reported by The Punch. Photo recognition - @JAMBHQ
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JAMB sets admittance guidelines

Legit.ng antecedently reported that JAMB has outlined 3 captious steps candidates indispensable fulfil to beryllium included successful the National Matriculation List.

The announcement, made during its 2025 Policy Meeting connected Admissions, follows mounting concerns implicit admittance irregularities that precocious affected thousands of graduates crossed the country.

According to the caller directive, candidates indispensable judge their admittance connection wrong the stipulated period, people their archetypal JAMB effect gaffe and people their archetypal JAMB admittance letter.

JAMB compiles database of malpractice centres

Legit.ng besides reported that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the information of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centres successful Imo and Anambra states, topping its database of CBT centres caught successful the fingerprinting malpractices during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

According to the data, 19 states were nabbed crossed the state during the 2025 UTME exercise. At the apical of the database is Anambra with six centres, and Imo has 4 centres. Other states with 1 each included Abia, Edo, Ebonyi, Delta, Kaduna, Rivers, and Enugu, portion Kano has two.

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Source: Legit.ng