JAMB has listed eight universities where candidates will not be admitted to study law for the 2025/2026 academic sessionTwo of the universities would not also be allowed to admit law students in the 2026/2027 academic calendarsAccording to the examination board, the universities have been informed and prospective 2025 UTME candidates are to take notes
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has told the 2025 candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that they should not select some listed universities for their law programmes.
This is as the examination board said it would not conduct law admission into the listed universities because the Council of Legal Education (CLE) has suspended law programmes for the 2025/2026 academic session in the affected universities.
The affected universities are:
S/NNames of UniversityState1Kwara State University, MaleteIlorin2Bingham University, KaruNasarawa3Redeemers University, EdeOsun4Western Delta University, OgharaDelta5Taraba State University, JalingoTaraba6Arthur Jarvis University, AkpabuyoCross River7Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeEbonyi8Nigerian Police Academy, WudilKan
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JAMB noted that the affected universities have been informed that candidates seeking admission into their law programmes would not be approved for the 2025/2026 academic session.
According to the examination board, the Law programme at the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano state, was suspended for two academic sessions. The sessions are 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 academic calendars.
JAMB explained that the decision was a result of the suspension of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programmes at the affected universities by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the 2025/2026 academic session.
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Source: Henzodaily.ng