JUST IN: JAMB extends Direct Entry registration deadline

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the Direct Entry registration will not be closing on Thursday, contrary to earlier indications.

The Board in a post on its X handle on Thursday evening acknowledged that its offices were closed for Direct Entry registration throughout the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise which will therefore, it will provide candidates with the opportunity to make up for those lost days by extending the registration period.

It post read “Direct Entry registration would not be closing today. The Board is aware of the fact that all through the UTME exercise its offices were closed for DE registration. As such it would avail candidates the opportunity to utilise those lost days.”