Nigeria, May 16 -- The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has come out swinging, calling for the immediate resignation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, over the recent technical blunder that marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and led to widespread student failure.

In a strongly-worded statement issued Wednesday, YPP expressed grave concern over what it described as a national embarrassment, following JAMB's own admission of technical errors that affected candidates in Lagos and Owerri zones. The glitch, the party noted, has stirred a hornet's nest and tragically, reportedly led to the suicide of a female candidate overwhelmed by the psychological toll...