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The Benue State Police Command and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board have issued separate clarifications stating that passengers abducted along the Makurdi-Otukpo Road on April 15 were not students travelling to sit the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The statements, both released on Saturday, aimed to correct widespread media and social media reports…
Over 632,000 candidates who sat for the opening day of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination received their scores hours after leaving the test hall, in what examination observers are describing as the fastest result turnaround in the board’s history. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announced late Friday that results for candidates who took…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released 632,788 results from the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted this past Thursday. Candidates can now access their performance data by sending “UTMERESULT” to the official service numbers, 55019 or 66019. The Board specifies that this access remains limited to viewing only; official printing options remain unavailable…
Gunmen have abducted passengers, including candidates of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination being conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, along the Makurdi–Otukpo Road in Benue State. The victims were travelling in a Benue Links bus from Makurdi to Otukpo when the vehicle was attacked on Wednesday night. A source, who spoke…
Nigeria’s largest single coordinated academic assessment commenced Thursday with the opening session of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, marking the beginning of a seven-day logistical operation spanning 966 accredited facilities nationwide. The examination cycle, administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, will conclude April 22 after processing approximately 2.2 million prospective university…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revised the arrival time for candidates sitting the first session of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, moving the scheduled reporting time from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. In a notice issued via its official X handle on Monday, the board stated that candidates for the first…
Candidates sitting the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination can now access their personalised examination credentials through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s digital portal, the examination body confirmed on Thursday. The activation of the slip printing function marks the final preparatory phase for an assessment cycle that will see hundreds of thousands of prospective…
A false press release claiming the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination had been postponed is circulating online, and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has moved swiftly to shut it down, warning over two million candidates not to be misled. In a statement issued on Saturday, the board described the circulating notice as malicious and…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has ordered 94 candidates and 43 tertiary institutions to appear before separate virtual investigative panels over alleged examination malpractices and the presentation of fraudulent academic credentials during the 2026 registration cycle. The examination body announced on Tuesday through its official social media account that the affected candidates face…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed reports of an increase in registration fees for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement released on Friday, the board described such claims as “entirely unfounded.” Fabian Benjamin, the board’s spokesperson, clarified that the fee structure has remained static since 2019. This stability…