Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

Nigeria: UTME 2026 - JAMB Releases More Results, Total Nears 1.9 Million

  • On Friday and Saturday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board released 1,264,940 additional results for candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination .
  • The UTME is Nigeria's centralized entrance examination held annually for tertiary institution admission, with over 2.2 million candidates registered for the 2026 exercise.
  • This latest release brings cumulative results to 1,897,692, following the initial 632,752 results released from Thursday, April 16 examination.
  • According to board spokesperson Fabian Benjamin, candidates can check results by sending "UTMERESULT" to 55019 or 66019 using their registration phone number.
  • With the examination still ongoing in multiple sessions daily at accredited CBT centres nationwide, JAMB expects to release additional results in phases until testing concludes.
Insights by Ground AI

19 Articles

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 50% of the sources lean Left, 50% of the sources are Center
50% Center

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

P.M. News Nigeria broke the news in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, April 19, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal