Nigeria, April 17 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has condemned the actions of an ad-hoc member instructing a Muslim candidate to adjust her hijab in a video circulating on social media.

The incident, which occurred during the first session of the examination day on Thursday, 16 April, at the Esther Oshikoya Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centre in Ibadan, adds to renewed scrutiny of screening practices at CBT centres regulated by JAMB.

JAMB, has on multiple occasions, said asking candidates to remove their Hijab is not part of its policies and asked centres to desist from such act.

The footage, which circulated on X shows the candidate being stopped during screening ahead of biometric capture for the Unified Tertiary...