NITDA Shutdown All Illegal Websites Bearing "JAMB" As Domain Name

According to the information reaching us now The National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA) have suspended all news blogs and websites bearing “jamb” as domain name suspected of defrauding Nigerians.

The suspension came as a result of complaints filed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) to NITDA requesting for a shutdown of all such websites in Nigeria.

This was disclosed by one of the owners of the affected sites.
According to him, he received a mail from his web host concerning the development.

The mail reads, “We got a complaint from JAMB through National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on a number of domain names that are defrauding Nigerians using different variant of their name (JAMB),
your website was listed among them, and we were instructed to investigate and suspend all
the domain names involved”.

“We communicated the information to the Registrars of the domain names in question and requested them to kindly also investigate and
take the appropriate action”.

The warning mail further stated: “We understand that this domain names may not indulge in any fraudulent activity. However, we advice that you
take down the contents of this site as requested by NITDA to avoid immediate suspension of the
domain name”.

“Please note that if this is not done within 12 hours of this report, we will be forced to suspend the domain”.

Further investigation by our reporter shows that all websites having “jamb” in their domain name has been shutdown as at the time of filling this report.

It has been observed by JAMB and also our investigative team that such websites are prone to spreading false news about the activities of
JAMB and may also be involved in fraudulent activities and sales of fake JAMB forms.