JAMB releases 2025 UTME mop-up results across Nigeria.
The results of the 2025 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which was administered on Saturday, June 28, 2025, for candidates who were unable to attend both the main and retake exams, those impacted by biometric verification issues, and a spillover group from previous sessions, have been made public by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Public Communication Advisor (PCA) Fabian Benjamin, Ph.D., informed the Board of this in a statement.
Only 11,161 of the 96,838 candidates who were scheduled for the exercise actually took the test.
They have now published their findings.
“The results of 11,161 candidates who were present out of the 96,838 scheduled for the mop-up exercise have been released,” the board said.
According to JAMB, candidates who are unable to view their results most likely did not follow the necessary procedure, which is to text “UTMERESULT” as a single word to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number they used to register.
According to Naijaeyes, 96,838 applicants were rescheduled for the mop-up exam, which took place in 183 locations throughout Nigeria. This one-time concession was only offered for the 2025 entrance cycle and covered 91,742 participants who missed the main and retake exams.
An update on the syndicate of phony admission letters
A thorough report on the campaign against a gang that produced phony admission letters for prospective applicants in exchange for cash was also given by JAMB.
A complaint from JAMB and a joint news conference with the Nigeria Police Force on April 13, 2024, served as the catalyst for this investigation.
“The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) helped the police capture the five scammers who were responsible for the scheme.”
The Federal High Court in Abuja is currently prosecuting the five arrested ringleaders who admitted to creating the phony acceptance letters.
Over 17,000 fake admission letters
JAMB revealed that a total of 17,417 candidates were flagged as beneficiaries of the fake admission letter scheme. Between 2024 and May 2025, 6,903 of them were cleared after rectifying minor discrepancies.
- 5,669 candidates were confirmed to have procured forged letters outrightly.
- 4,832 candidates had initially undisclosed admissions and were being processed under a ministerial waiver covering 2017 to 2020 but attempted to bypass the process by engaging the syndicate.
- 13 candidates flagged due to errors, asked to rectify anomalies
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JAMB also flagged 13 other candidates over omissions or commissions in their admission process. Twelve of them registered in 2017, the year the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) was introduced.
The affected candidates are from:
- Bayero University Kano (2)
- Enugu State University of Science and Technology (2)
- Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri (1)
- Federal University of Technology, Akure (1)
- Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (1)
- Yaba College of Technology (1)
- Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye (1)
- Osun State Polytechnic, Ire (1)
- Ben Idahosa University, Benin City (1)
- Obong University, Obong Ntak (1)
- University of Ilorin (1)
JAMB stated that at its meeting on July 5, 2025, it resolved to allow the 13 candidates to rectify their anomalies and print new letters of admission, as they belong to the condoned batch of 6,903.
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The board disclosed that 1,532 candidates were warned but condoned. According to the Board, while their defence was difficult to believe, their institutions eventually processed their condonement properly.
“A total of 1,532 candidates, whose essential defence (though difficult to believe) was that they were not a party to the commissioning of the syndicate which helped facilitate their admission letters, are hereby warned and condoned because their institutions had eventually processed their condonement of initially undisclosed admission…”
The board said that 3,300 candidates who were not processed for legitimate or undisclosed admissions by their institutions remain under investigation.
JAMB also emphasized that its screening will continue and warned that candidates involved in admission fraud will face prosecution under the Examination Malpractices Act, regardless of age or who assisted them.
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