JAMB result 2025: 16-year-old Abuja student among top scorers in UTME, result trends

• 16-year-old Olamide Aderibigbe, a pupil of Starville International School, Jabi, Abuja, scored an outstanding 98 successful Mathematics and 336 wide successful the 2025 UTME
• JAMB registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede said lone 12,414 retired of implicit 1.9 cardinal candidates scored supra 300 successful the 2025 UTME
• Olamide’s father, Niran Aderibigbe, expressed gratitude to God and disclosed that his lad hoped to survey architecture astatine Covenant University oregon the University of Ibadan

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FCT, Abuja - A 16-year-old candidate, Olamide Aderibigbe, has distinguished himself successful the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with an outstanding show successful Mathematics, scoring 98 retired of 100.

Brilliant teen scores 98 successful UTME Math

16-year-old Olamide Aderibigbe is among the apical scorers of this year's UTME. Photo credit: Olamide Aderibigbe, JAMB HQ
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Aderibigbe, a pupil of Starville International School, Jabi, Abuja, besides scored 86 successful Physics; 68 successful English and 84 successful Economics.

Speaking with The Punch, connected Saturday, May 10, Olamide’s father, Niran Aderibigbe, expressed gratitude to God implicit the effect of his son.

"He hopes to survey architecture successful Covenant University of the University of Ibadan," helium said.

The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, confirmed this connected Saturday, May 10.

While giving a breakdown of the 2025 UTME statistics, Prof. Oloyede noted that 12,414 of the implicit 1.9million who sat for the UTME scored 300 and above, with lone 4,756 scoring 320 and above.

Last year, retired of 1.9 cardinal candidates who sat the 2024 UTME, lone 8,000 candidates, oregon 0.5 per cent, scored supra 300 points successful the examination.

The 2025 UTME results were officially released to the nationalist connected Friday, May 9, with implicit 1.5 cardinal candidates scoring beneath 200, which is considered the mean benchmark.

The UTME, which is scored implicit a full of 400 marks, tests candidates crossed 4 halfway subjects.

While the Use of English is mandatory for all, candidates are allowed to take 3 different subjects applicable to their intended people of study.

Reacting to the show data, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said the results bespeak the effectiveness of authorities efforts to curb exam malpractice.

UTME 2025: How to cheque your results

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the statistical analysis of the 2025 UTME results.

On May 5, 2025, JAMB announced that much than 1.5 cardinal of the 1,955,069 candidates who wrote the 2025 UTME scored beneath 200.

Candidates tin present cheque their UTME results utilizing either the authoritative JAMB e-Facility portal oregon via SMS, and Legit.ng has provided a detailed guide for some methods.

Read much astir UTME 2025 here:

• JAMB results: What adjacent for UTME candidates? 5 steps that warrant admission, by Folaranmi A.
• 2025 UTME: 'How unsighted campaigner recruited different unsighted cause to constitute exam

Female pupil rejects her 2025 UTME people

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Nigerian woman shared her symptom connected societal media aft checking her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result.

In a trending video connected TikTok, she revealed that she scored an aggregate of 203 and intends to survey accounting successful higher institution.

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