JAMB Syllabus for History is Out | Download PDF

JAMB 2025/2026 Syllabus for History is Out | Download PDF

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the official syllabus for the 2025 examination session for history. This guide will help you navigate the syllabus and how to download the syllabus in PDF format.

Syllabus Overview

Examination TypeUTME / Direct Entry
Examination Year2025/2026
SyllabusHistory
File FormatPDF
File Size84KB

The JAMB History syllabus outlines the topics and themes you need to study to prepare for the History section of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

It provides clear objectives, detailed topics, and recommended areas of focus. Outside that, the syllabus is divided into three key sections, which makes it well explanatory.

General Objectives

  1. Impart knowledge of Nigerian history from earliest times to the present
  2. Identify the similarities and relationships among the peoples of Nigeria as they relate to the issues of national unity and integration
  3. Appreciate Nigerian history as the basis to understand West African and African history
  4. Apply history to understand Nigerian and Africa’s relationship with the wider world
  5. Analyse issues of modernization and development
  6. Relate the past to the present and plan for the future.

JAMB Syllabus for History 2025

TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTESOBJECTIVES
SECTION A: THE NIGERIA AREA UP TO 1800

1. Land and Peoples of the Nigeria Area:

a. Geographical zones and the people.
b. The people’s relationship with the environment
c. Relations and integration among the peoples of different zones.
Candidates should be able to;

i. identify the geographical zones and the people within them
ii. establish the relationship between the people and the environment
iii. Comprehend the relationships among the various peoples of the Nigeria area.
2. Early Centres of Civilization:

a. Nok, Daima, Ife, Benin, Igbo Ukwu and Iwo Eleru
b. Monuments and shelter systems: (Kuyambana, Durbi-ta-Kusheyi, city walls and palaces)
Candidates should be able to;

i. examine the significance of various centres
ii. establish the historical significance of the various monuments such as caves and rocky formations
3. Origin and formation of States in the Nigeria Area

a. Central Sudan –Kanuri and Hausa, states.
b. Niger-Benue Valley – Nupe, Jukun, Igala, Idoma, Tiv and Ebira
c. Eastern Forest Belt – Igbo and Ibibio
d. Western Forest Belt – Yoruba and Edo
e. Coastal and Niger–Delta – Efik, Ijo, Itsekiri and Urhobo

i. Factors influencing their origin and migration
ii. Social and political organizations
iii. Inter-State relations, religious war and peace.
Candidates should be able to;

i. relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of originii. determine the inter-state relationsiii. account for their social and political organizations.

Download JAMB 2025 Syllabus for History

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, unless JAMB announces changes, the 2024 syllabus remains valid for 2025. Confirm on the official JAMB website.

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Yes, the syllabus includes a list of recommended textbooks that provide detailed explanations of the outlined topics.

History, as an elective subject, usually contains 40–50 multiple-choice questions in the UTME exam.

The official syllabus can be downloaded from the JAMB website jamb.gov.ng or on this page.

No, History is not compulsory for JAMB. Only some Art students are to write it depending on their preferred course of studies.

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