JAMB Flags 2,658 Illegal Admissions Across Institutions

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has identified a total of 2,658 admissions conducted during the 2024/2025 academic session as illegal.

According to data from the board’s institutional analysis obtained on Friday in Abuja, the flagged admissions were traced to 17 universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across the country.

This comes as public universities concluded their admission processes for the 2025/2026 academic session on Friday.

The breakdown of affected institutions shows that Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University accounted for 1,847 illegal admissions, followed by Osun State University with 492, Abubakar Tafari Ali Polytechnic with 148, and the Federal College of Animal and Health Production with 66. Others include the University of Calabar (28), College of Education, Oro (12), Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (12), Redeemer’s University (five), Pan-Atlantic University (five), Nigerian Army College of Education (two), Kwara State Polytechnic (one), and Best Solution Polytechnic (one), among others.

JAMB classifies any admission processed outside its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) as illegal. The board has repeatedly warned institutions and candidates against conducting or accepting admissions outside the CAPS platform.

At the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, cautioned that institutions involved in such illegal admissions would face severe sanctions, including the withdrawal of accreditation and disciplinary action against culpable officials.

Introduced in 2017, the CAPS system was designed to promote transparency, fairness, and merit-based admissions. It allows candidates to monitor their admission status, accept or reject offers, and verify authenticity directly through the platform.

JAMB has also warned that students who accept admissions outside CAPS risk being ineligible for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.