The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed a circulating press release claiming that the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been postponed, describing it as false and malicious.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the board urged candidates and the general public to disregard the notice, stressing that it did not originate from the examination body.
“Our attention has been drawn to the malicious press release stating that the 2026 UTME has been postponed. The general public, particularly candidates, are hereby informed that the release is fake and did not emanate from us. Kindly disregard it. All activities on the 2026 UTME continue as scheduled,” the statement read.
JAMB reaffirmed that the 2026 UTME will hold as planned from April 16 to April 25, 2026.
The clarification comes after the conduct of the 2026 UTME Mock Examination on March 28, which recorded technical challenges at several Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide.
According to the board, a total of 224,597 candidates registered for the mock examination, with 152,586 successfully participating across 989 CBT centres.
JAMB disclosed that more than 20 centres affected by technical issues have since been delisted due to inadequate infrastructure.
The board also warned candidates against engaging with fraudulent individuals or groups, particularly on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, who claim to assist in inflating examination scores.
“Such claims are false and criminal. Any candidate found engaging in these activities risks cancellation of registration or withholding of results,” the board cautioned.
