About 536 blind candidates and others with special needs are participating in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME

“They gave us garri with salt and sometimes mangoes. On the third day, we had no food and were forced to drink unsafe water”

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the first batch of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ,JAMB, has released the results of candidates who sat for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ,UTME,on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18.

The Founder and General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, has called on the Federal Government to scrap the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), describing its examination process as burdensome for students and parents.

The father of two victims abducted Wednesday from a Benue Links bus en route Otukpo has cried out over ransom demands by their captors, who he said are insisting on N9 million for each of his kidnapped children.

“Currently, two candidates and one parent are in custody for engaging in result falsification using AI and other electronic means,” the statement said.

“It is regrettable that government institutions, particularly JAMB, are often unfairly maligned in situations like this without proper verification,” the statement said.

He described the exercise as largely successful, noting that only a few centres experienced issues, mainly related to power supply and minor technical faults.

JAMB disclosed on Friday night that candidates who wrote the examination on Thursday, April 16, can now check their scores.