FG sets 16 as minimum age for varsity admission

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... warns against age falsification ... JAMB reports best performance as 80.69% score 160 and above in 2025 The Federal Government has officially fixed 16 years as the minimum age for admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, in a move aimed at ensuring academic preparedness and maturi

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