The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the arrest of 27 impersonators during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The individuals have been handed over to the Nigerian police for immediate prosecution.
In a statement issued on Friday by the board’s spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB also disclosed that it had delisted four Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for failing to meet the technical and ethical standards required for conducting the UTME.
The centres affected are:
- Adventure Associate, Behind Sheshe Supermarket, Off Hadejia Road, Kano, Kano State
- Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano, Kano State
- Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd, Centre 1, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal
- Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd, Centre 2, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal
While commending the 883 centres that demonstrated exceptional performance, JAMB reiterated that any centre failing to uphold its ethical or technical standards would be blacklisted, irrespective of ownership.
Candidates previously scheduled to take their examinations at the delisted centres have been advised to urgently reprint their examination notification slips to find their new centres and rescheduled dates.
“As of Friday, 25th April, 2025, over 900,000 candidates have successfully completed the UTME out of the 2,083,600 registered for the examination,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, JAMB confirmed it has addressed the incident at the Caleb University CBT Centre involving unauthorised restrictions on candidates wearing hijabs. The Board apologised to the affected candidates and affirmed its commitment to protecting the rights of all candidates.
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