By JAMB Suspends Admission for Law Programme in 8 Universities, Including KWASU
Ghazali Ibrahim
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will not conduct admissions for the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in Kwara State University (KWASU) and seven other universities in Nigeria.
This decision follows the suspension of the Law programme at these institutions by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the 2025/2026 academic session.
JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday.
According to Dr. Benjamin, the suspension of the LL.B programme is effective for the 2025/2026 academic session at the affected universities. The list of impacted institutions includes: Kwara State University, Malete, 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
However, the suspension of the Law programme at the Nigerian Police Academy will last for two academic sessions: the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 sessions.
JAMB further clarified that, as a result of this suspension, it will not approve any admissions for candidates seeking to enroll in the Law programme at these universities for the specified period.
JAMB has also released key details regarding the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Registration for the examination will open on January 31, 2025, and close on March 5, 2025. The examination is scheduled to begin on March 8, 2025, with a mock exam set to take place on February 23, 2025, for candidates who choose to participate.
