The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted four Computer-Based Testing (CBT) centres and arrested 27 impersonators during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Abuja.
In a statement issued on Friday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB announced that candidates previously assigned to the affected centres should immediately reprint their examination notification slips. He warned that the Board would not entertain excuses from candidates who fail to comply, despite regretting any inconvenience caused.
According to Dr Benjamin, the four centres were delisted for failing to meet the strict technical standards required for the UTME exercise. The centres affected include Adventure Associate, located behind Sheshe Supermarket off Hadejia Road, Kano, Kano State; Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano, Kano State; and two centres operated by Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd., both located at 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal.
Dr Benjamin commended the 883 other centres nationwide that have so far demonstrated exceptional performance. However, he reaffirmed that JAMB would not hesitate to blacklist any centre, regardless of ownership, if it failed to meet the Board’s ethical or technical standards.
As of Friday, April 25, over 900,000 candidates had successfully completed the UTME out of the 2,083,600 registered for the 2025 examination cycle.
In a related development, JAMB disclosed the arrest of 27 impersonators who attempted to sit for the UTME on behalf of others. Dr Benjamin confirmed that the suspects had been handed over to the Nigeria Police for immediate prosecution.
Meanwhile, JAMB addressed an incident at Caleb University involving the unauthorized restriction of candidates wearing hijabs. Dr Benjamin confirmed that the Board responded swiftly after being alerted to the situation and expressed sincere apologies to the affected candidates. He commended the leadership of both the centre and the university for their prompt intervention, which ensured that no candidate suffered undue disadvantage. The Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University was said to have condemned the actions of an overzealous security officer responsible for the restriction.
In its ongoing fight against examination malpractice, JAMB recently launched decoy websites to trap individuals attempting to cheat. These websites, which mimic those created by fraudsters, were instrumental in exposing at least 180 candidates who paid sums starting from N30,000 for leaked examination questions and fake score upgrades.
As part of preparations for the 2025 UTME, JAMB also disbursed a total of N397,030,900 as transport allowances to 1,909 officials who participated in conducting the mock examination nationwide on April 10, 2025.
