27 people have been arrested for impersonation during the current 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The Nigerian Police have been tasked with taking swift legal action against the suspects.
In addition, four Computer-Based Test (CBT) centers that failed to adhere to JAMB’s strict technical and ethical criteria were delisted.
Centers that have been delisted include:
Adventure Associate Off Hadejia Road, Kano, Kano State, behind Sheshe Supermarket.
The address of Saadatu Rimi College of Education is Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano, Kano State.
Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd., Center 1, Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal, 96 km.
Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd., Center 2, Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal, 96 km.
In a statement released Friday night, JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin stated, “While JAMB commends the 883 centers that have demonstrated exceptional performance, it unequivocally warns that any center which fails to meet ethical or technical standards, regardless of ownership, will be blacklisted.”
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To obtain updated information about their revised exam dates and locations, candidates who were initially assigned to the affected centers have been advised to reprint their exam slips as soon as possible.
The exam board expressed regret for any trouble this may have caused. Nevertheless, the board has declared that candidates who fail to reprint their slips will not be given any leeway.
In addition, JAMB stated that as of Friday, April 25, 2025, out of 2,083,600 registered candidates nationwide, over 900,000 had successfully finished the UTME.
The board also discussed a case at the Caleb University CBT center where some candidates were allegedly turned away because they were wearing hijabs. This activity was described as “unauthorized” by JAMB, which also attested to the fact that it was immediately fixed.
An aggressive security guard was responsible for this foolish move.
JAMB said, “We sincerely apologize to the impacted candidates and commend the leadership of the university and the center for their timely intervention, which ensured that no candidate suffered undue disadvantage.”
The testing organization reaffirmed that it will administer exams in a fair and open manner to all applicants across the country.
