The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered resit for 387,000 candidates who were affected by technical glitches in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede gave the order on Wednesday in Bwari, Abuja after admitting that errors were made during the 2025 UTME after investigations that were conducted.

“It has been established that the technical glitch affected 157 centres out of the 887 centres in the 2025 UTME. This was basically responsible for the general low performance of the candidates scheduled to sit the examination in those centres.

“As such, all the affected candidates will be contacted to reprint their examination slips towards retaking their examinations starting from 16th May, 2025,” JAMB stated.

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is withholding 39,834 UTME results after uncovering irregularities, with over 80 suspects currently being interrogated nationwide during the 2025 examinations.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it is withholding 39,834 results from the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The results are being withheld due to several cases of exam malpractice.

This update came as the board officially released the results of the 2025 UTME. It had earlier reported that around 1.9 million candidates participated in the exam across Nigeria.

According to JAMB, about 80 suspects are currently being questioned in different parts of the country for their alleged involvement in cheating during the exam. The highest number of suspects so far has come from Anambra State, with 14 individuals under investigation.

While announcing the release of the results, the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, shared more details about the situation. He revealed that only 467 underage candidates were able to meet the required rminimum score for admission. He also said that 50 of those underage candidates had been caught cheating.

GWG.ng reports that the decision of JAMB to withhold the 39,834 results from the UTME trails claims by a senior government official that the increased failure from the exam was a result of the administration’s tough measures against malpractises.

A teenage girl, Lawal Hameedat Adenike, has filed a lawsuit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the PEFTI Computer-Based Test Centre, alleging that she was compelled to remove her hijab before sitting the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The suit, filed through her mother and legal representative, challenges the alleged violation of her religious rights during the exam held on April 25, 2025, at the PEFTI CBT Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, the girl’s mother, Basirat Ojo, described the incident as distressing and degrading.

“My daughter was told she could not write the exam unless she removed her hijab, which she wears for religious reasons. It was a painful experience for her and unacceptable to us as a family,” she said.

The legal team is seeking a public apology from both JAMB and PEFTI, to be published in two national newspapers, as well as financial compensation.

The suit also asks the court to declare that any policy requiring female candidates to remove their hijabs is unconstitutional.

Lawal’s lawyer, Qousim Opakunle, stated that the action violated Section 38 of the Nigerian, which guarantees freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.

“This case is about upholding the fundamental rights of citizens, particularly minors who may not have the capacity to assert those rights on their own,” he said.

The case has sparked discussions around religious freedom and examination protocols in Nigeria.