The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed a circulating press release claiming that the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has been postponed.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the board described the notice as malicious and urged candidates to ignore it.
“Our attention has been drawn to the malicious press release stating that the 2026 UTME has been postponed. The general public, particularly the candidates, are by this notice informed that the press release is fake and did not emanate from us. Kindly disregard it. All activities on the 2026 UTME continue as scheduled,” it said.
JAMB maintained that the examination will hold from Thursday, April 16, to Saturday, April 25, 2026, as earlier announced.
The clarification comes after the mock UTME conducted on March 28 recorded technical glitches in some Computer-Based Test centres.
According to the board, 224,597 candidates registered for the mock, with 152,586 successfully sitting for the exam across 989 centres nationwide.
“Over 20 CBT centres that experienced technical challenges have been delisted due to technical inadequacies,” JAMB added, warning that “such claims are false and criminal” regarding score inflation scams, noting that offenders risk cancellation of registration or withholding of results.
