JAMB releases list of top 10 universities with illegal admissions

Following JAMB's complaints about admissions done outside the Central Admissions Processing System, the board has released the names of ten Nigerian universities with the highest illegal admissions.

The board released the names in Abuja on Thursday, July 21, in a statistic that covered a four-year period (2017-2020).

According to the board, a total of 58,698 fake admissions were conducted by the 10 institutions during the period under review.

The universities are; Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, with 20,162 illegal admissions; University of Jos, 7,600; Benue State University, 6,171; University of Nigeria, Nsukka 5,457; Kwara State University, 5,070; Novena University, 3,432; Alex Ekueme University, 2,902; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, 2,795; Olabisi Onabanjo University, 2,586, and University of Calabar, 2,523.

Covenant University was crowned as the best university that adheres to JAMB's admission requirements.