{
  "id": 9620645,
  "title": "JAMB’s CAPS shuts down as admission begins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/jambs-caps-shuts-down-as-admission-begins",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T20:10:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/24/jambs-caps-shuts-down-as-admission-begins/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has temporarily halted the operation of its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) as the admission exercise for tertiary institutions kicks off nationwide. CAPS serves as the central platform through which JAMB processes admissions into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education.\n\nDr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB's Acting Director of Public Affairs and Protocols, revealed that the technical difficulties arose due to hosting arrangements. JAMB is actively engaged with the organization responsible for hosting CAPS in a bid to restore the system. The disruption comes at a critical time as CAPS is the central platform for processing admissions across the country.\n\nAcknowledging the timing of the disruption, JAMB emphasized the importance of keeping candidates, institutions, and other stakeholders informed. Rather than allowing speculation to prevail, the board is providing this update while making all necessary efforts to restore the platform.",
  "summary": "The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB,has announced the temporary shutdown of its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). This comes amid the ongoing admission exercise into tertiary institutions nationwide. CAPS is the central platform JAMB uses to process admissions into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The platform became unavailable due to technical…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "JAMB confirms CAPS outage, cites hosting technical glitches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/jamb-confirms-caps-outage-cites-hosting-technical-glitches",
        "published": "2026-09-24T17:12:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}