The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that results for candidates who sat the first batch of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be released today, Friday, April 17.
In a statement, JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, said candidates who wrote the examination on Thursday, April 16, 2026, would have access to their results before midnight on Friday.
He added that the board would make an official announcement once the results are uploaded and available to the public.
He wrote, “This is to inform all candidates who sat for the 2026 UTME on Thursday, 16th April 2026, that their results will be released today before midnight.
“An official announcement will be made to the public and posted on this page as soon as the results are available.
“Thank you.”
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JAMB also addressed an incident involving the alleged restriction of hijab-wearing candidates at a CBT centre in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The board said it acted after receiving reports about the incident at the Esther Oshikoya CBT Centre during the screening exercise for the first session of the examination on Thursday, April 16.
In another statement signed by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the board said candidates wearing hijab should not be asked to remove or alter it.
Fabian said the action was not part of JAMB’s procedure but the decision of an “overzealous” ad hoc staff member who did not follow guidelines.
“The Board promptly intervened by calling the ad hoc official involved to order and issuing immediate instructions that no candidate wearing a hijab should be asked to remove or alter it.”