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JAMB TO RELEASE 2026 UTME FIRST-DAY RESULTS TODAY

April 17, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that results for candidates who sat the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Thursday will be released before midnight today.

On Friday, the spokesperson for the Board, Fabian Benjamin, issued a brief statement reassuring candidates that the results would be released promptly.

He stated that an official public announcement would follow once the release process is complete.

A total of 2,243,816 candidates registered for this year’s exercise, representing a 10.5 per cent increase from the 2.03 million recorded in 2025.

Benjamin said that candidates would be able to access their results as soon as the process is finalised.

“This is to inform all candidates who sat for the 2026 UTME on Thursday, 16th April 2026, that their results will be released today before midnight,” the statement read.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.