
2nd from right: Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, Governor, Kaduna State, commissioning the Naisru El-Rufai Holding Halls (1-4); flanked by the right, Senator Uba Sani, the Governor-elect, Kaduna State; second left, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar JAMB; and in between, Dr. (Mrs) Bosede Amoo, the representative of the Hon. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu

Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, Governor, Kaduna State with Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, JAMB inspecting the Muhammadu Buhari 1000-Seater Mega Professional Testing Centres

Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, JAMB; 3rd left, conducting a tour of the Muhammadu Buhari 1000-Seater PTCs and Nasiru El-Rufai Holding Halls 1-4, next to him by the left, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, Governor Kaduna State

Front view of the Muhammadu Buhari 1000-Seater Mega Professional Testing Centres

Registrar, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede (6th from right) and the paramount ruler of Erinmo land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Odunayo M. Ajayi, Arowotawaya II (6th from left) flanked by other delegates from Nigeria at the 10th ACLARS Conference in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire.

REGISTRAR OF JAMB, PROF. IS-HAQ OLOYEDE BEING CONFERRED WITH THE NATIONAL HONOUR OF THE COMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE NIGER (CON) BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADE BUHARI

WINNERS OF THE 2020 NATAP-M AWARD IN A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, MALAM ADAMU ADAMU, MINISTER OF STATE FOR EDUCATION, RT. HON. CHIEF GOODLUCK N. OPIAH AND REGISTRAR JAMB, PROF. IS-HAQ O. OLOYEDE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR, AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, RECEIVING THE 2ND RUNNER UP AWARD FOR THE MOST NATIONAL INSTITUTION IN 2020 ADMISSION PRESENTED TO HER BY MINISTER OF STATE FOR EDUCATION, RT. HON. CHIEF GOODLUCK N. OPIAH, WHILE THE HON. MINISTER OF EDUCATION MALAM ADAMU ADAMU AND OTHER DIGNITARIES LOOK ON IN ADMIRATION

FROM R-L: HON. MINISTER OF EDUCATION, MALAM ADAMU ADAMU; HON. MINISTER OF STATE FOR EDUCATION, RT. HON. CHIEF GOODLUCK N. OPIAH; REGISTRAR, JAMB, PROF. IS-HAQ OLOYEDE AND A CROSS SECTION OF DIGNITARIES DURING THE 2022 POLICY MEETING AND 2020 NATAP-M AWARDS.

(3RD FROM THE LEFT): RECTOR FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ZUBA, RECEIVING THE AWARD AS RUNNER UP WINNER 2020 MOST IMPROVED INSTITUTION IN GENDER BALANCE, NATAP-M AWARD 2020 BY MIN. OF STATE FOR EDUCATION WHILE HON. MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND OTHER DIGNITARIES LOOK ON IN ADMIRATION.

(3RD FROM LEFT) VICE CHANCELLOR CONVENANT UNIVERSITY, RECEIVING THE 2020 AWARD FOR MOST COMPLIANT INSTITUTION IN KEEPING TO THE GUIDELINES IN 2020 ADMISSION PRESENTED TO HIM BY HON. MINISTER OF EDUCATION, MALAM ADAMU ADAMU, WHILE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY NUC, PROF. ABUBAKAR ADAMU RASHEED AND OTHER DIGNITARIES LOOK ON IN ADMIRATION.

The Registrar JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede as a guest on NTA Programme TuesdayLive, with Anchor, Cyril Stober.



Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede is a Professor of Islamics and a Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Fellow, Academy of Entrepreneurship; Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Management; Fellow, Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies and Fellow, Association of Islamic Religious Studies and a Fellow, Nigerian Academic of Letters. He won the Arab League Prize for Best Final Year Certificate Student in Islamic Studies from the University of Ibadan in 1977.
He won Federal Government Undergraduate Merit Award (University of Ilorin) in 1981 and many other laurels both home and abroad. He has a first class degree in Arabic Language and Literature, a Masters degree in Islamic Studies and a Ph.D in Islamic jurisprudence. He also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education from University of Ilorin....read more
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