UTME 2025: JAMB suspends admissions into law programmes at eight Nigerian universities

• The board will not approve any admissions for candidates seeking to enroll in the Law programme at the listed universities for the 2025/2026 academic session
  

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has informed prospective candidates for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations that it would not conduct admissions for Law programme in some selected universities.

The universities are Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin, Kwara State; Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State; Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State; Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State; Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State; Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State; Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State and Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.

To this end, it has told the affected universities that it will not approve any admissions for candidates seeking to enrol in their Law programme for the 2025/2026 academic session.

The board said the suspension of the Law programme at the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, will last for two academic sessions: specifically, the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 sessions.

JAMB, in a statement on Wednesday, tagged: Suspension of Law programmes at selected universities “, explained that its decision followed the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the 2025/2026 academic session at the mentioned universities.

The terse statement, released through its
Public Communications Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, , read:”The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will not be conducting admissions for the Law programme in some selected universities following the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the 2025/2026 academic session.

“Please note that the suspension of the Law programme at the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, will last for two academic sessions: specifically, the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 sessions.

“As a result, JAMB will not approve any admissions for candidates seeking to enrol in the Law programme at the aforementioned universities for the 2025/2026 academic session.

” Furthermore, the ban on registration for the Law programme at the Nigerian Police Academy will extend into the 2026/2027 academic session.”