JAMB SUSPENDS LAW PROGRAMME IN 8 INSTITUTIONS DUE TO VIOLATION

Following the suspension of the Bachelor of Laws programme, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not conduct admissions for Law programme in eight institutions.

This was announced in a statement signed by the Public Communications Advisor of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja. According to him, the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the 2025/2026 academic session had suspended law programmes for violating regulatory procedures.

Benjamin listed the affected universities as follows: Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State and Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State.

Others are 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.

The Public Communications Advisor stated that the suspension of the programme at the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, would last for two academic sessions, specifically, the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 sessions.

He added that in effect, 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.

For the Nigeria police academy, the ban on registration for the Law programme will extend into the 2026/2027 academic session, he stated.