Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday announced the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results.
JAMB has however withheld the results of 39,834 candidates.
Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made the announcement on Friday during the official release of the 2025 UTME results.
Oloyede, who revealed that the seizure of results was due to suspected examination malpractices, added that no fewer than 80 individuals are being probed for exam-related offences.
He identified Anambra State as having the highest number of the suspects.
Oloyede said JAMB has 39,834 unreleased UTME results, with 1,426 under scrutiny and processing. Out of these, 96 candidates’ results were withheld due to exam malpractices, a decrease from 123 in the previous year.
He also said 2,157 candidates experienced fingerprint rejections due to suspected registration infractions, and the figure is far above margin, and currently under investigation.
He further stated that a total of 1,957,000 candidates were verified for the exam, with 71,705 candidates absent.
The JAMB registrar said,”The new trends observed this year were in the Registration and Examination processes, and they were mainly in the following categories; Identity Fraud, and Biometric Fraud of Combined Thumbprint of Candidate.
“Other infractions were impersonator at the point of registration with the active involvement of few CBT Centres, double registration, and attempted substitution of self by candidates.”
He disclosed that 244 candidates were caught in “WhatsApp runs” and had their results withheld as a deterrent.
Oloyede further stated that some CBT centers colluded with syndicates to register candidates with multiple fingerprints.
This, he said affected 3,656 candidates whose results were withheld due to “extraneous fingerprints” as every implicated centre will be sanctioned.
He identified the centres as Tigh Technologies Limited, Sascon International School, Maitama, Abuja, and Wudil Computer Information Technology. Wudil, Kano State and Penta M &Amp; Centre 2, Tambuwal LGA, Sokoto, Sokoto State.
He added that 80 suspects were being interrogated by the police for their involvement in the examination malpractices, and most of them would be prosecuted.
The registrar reported 41,027 underage candidates registered, with 467 meeting high-performance criteria and one disqualified for malpractice.
He confirmed the board supported 501 candidates with disabilities through JAMB Equal Opportunity Group, but unfortunately, one of these candidates was involved in impersonation.
Oloyede also said Four CBT centers were delisted and blacklisted due to technical deficiencies and substandard performance.
He listed the centres as: Adventure Associate, Behind Sheshe Supermarket, Kano, Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria.
Others are Soronara Ventures Nigeria Limited, Foundation Road, Umudagu Mbieri, Mbaitoli, Imo State, and HSS Amazing, Holy Saviour School 30/32, Old Ota Road, Adeleye, Aparadija, Isunba, Lafenwa, Itele, Ogun State.
He therefore said that a list of those blacklisted for fraudulent practices would soon be made public with details of their nefarious activities.
Despite the controversy surrounding the 2025 JAMB results, Oloyede concluded that it was the one of the most successful in recent times
The JAMB boss reaffirmed the board’s zero-tolerance policy on exam malpractice and promised to continue innovating to maintain exam credibility.
He also explained how to check UTME results: candidates should text ‘UTMERESULT’ to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number used for registration, with result printing available later.
