The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has placed 6,458 results from the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination under investigation following suspected high-tech cheating.
Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, inaugurated a 23-member committee yesterday in Abuja to review extraordinary infractions, including biometric fraud, image blending, albinism falsification, and breaches of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres’ Local Area Networks.
He stressed that unchecked malpractice could damage multiple sectors and Nigeria’s global reputation. “Examination malpractice must be fought with every pinch of blood in our veins,” Oloyede warned.
While 141 regular cases are already before JAMB’s disciplinary panel, the new committee will focus on advanced cases. Oloyede said the panel has three weeks to determine culpability so that innocent candidates are not denied admission opportunities.
Committee chairman, Dr. Jake Epele, described the assignment as a national duty. “Examination malpractice is not just a breach of rules. It is a direct assault on integrity, merit, and the future of our youth,” he said.
The federal government has separately imposed a three-year ban on offenders across JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and NABTEB, enforced through National Identification Numbers.
