JAMB Publishes 1.26 Million More UTME Results

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

The update was shared on Sunday in Abuja in a statement signed by the board’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin.

So far, JAMB has made public the results of 1,897,692 candidates since the exam started on April 16, 2026.

The board noted that 632,752 results were first released on Friday evening for candidates who wrote the exam on Thursday, April 16, 2026.

The new batch covers 1,264,940 candidates who sat for the exam on April 17 and April 18. Those results are now available.

Candidates can check their scores by texting 'UTMERESULT' to 55019 or 66019. They must use the phone number they provided during 2026 UTME registration.

In summary, the released results include 632,752 from Thursday, April 16, and 1,264,940 from Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18. That brings the total to 1,897,692.

Source: The Nation

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