JAMB Suspends Law Admissions in Eight Universities

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has put a stop to Law admissions in eight universities for the 2025/2026 academic year.

This decision follows the Council of Legal Education (CLE)’s suspension of the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in these institutions due to breaches of regulatory guidelines.

JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, announced that the universities affected include Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin; Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State; Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State; and Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State.

The other institutions listed are Taraba State University, Jalingo; Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State; Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State; and the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State.

The suspension of the Law programme at the Nigerian Police Academy will extend through both the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 academic 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,” Benjamin stated in a press release.

A source from one of the affected universities revealed: “We violated admission quota some five years ago.”

The source further added: “We are being punished alongside the listed Universities as deterrence to future violators.”