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- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) arrested 27 impersonators during the 2025 UTME and handed them implicit to the constabulary for prosecution
- The committee besides delisted 4 CBT centres implicit method failures, urging affected candidates to reprint their exam slips for caller venues and dates
- Meanwhile, JAMB addressed and apologised for a hijab-related incidental astatine Caleb University, blaming an overzealous information serviceman
Abuja, FCT - The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said connected Friday, April 25, it had arrested 27 individuals for impersonation during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB said the arrested impersonators had been handed implicit to the Nigeria Police for prosecution. The introspection assemblage reaffirmed its committedness to maintaining the integrity of the UTME process, Vanguard reported.
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UTME 2025: Centres delisted implicit method failures
The committee announced the delisting of 4 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres implicit method failures and failing to conscionable its method standards. The centres are:
- Adventure Associate, Behind Sheshe Supermarket, Off Hadejia Road, Kano, Kano state;
- Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano, Kano state;
- Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd, Centre 2, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal and
- Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd, Centre 1, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal.
Candidates scheduled to beryllium for their exams astatine the delisted centres person been urged to reprint their introspection notification slips to corroborate their caller venues and dates.
"We regret immoderate inconvenience this whitethorn origin but volition not tolerate excuses by candidates who neglect to reprint their slips," the committee said.JAMB reported that, arsenic of Friday, April 25, much than 900,000 candidates had successfully completed the UTME retired of the 2,083,600 registered for the 2025 examination.
UTME 2025: Hijab prohibition astatine Caleb University centre addressed
Meanwhile, the committee said it had addressed an incidental involving unauthorised restrictions connected candidates wearing hijabs astatine its Caleb University CBT centre.
JAMB attributed the incidental to the actions of an "overzealous information officer" and said the university’s Vice-Chancellor had condemned the move.
"We widen our sincere apologies to the affected candidates and commend the enactment of some the centre and the assemblage for their punctual intervention, which ensured that nary campaigner suffered undue disadvantage," the committee added.
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JAMB kicks disconnected 2025 UTME nationwide
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) began astatine assorted Computer-Based Test centres successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and different states of the federation.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), which monitored the development successful the FCT and its environs, reported that much than 2 cardinal candidates would beryllium penning the introspection nationwide.
JAMB adjusted the 2025 UTME commencement day to April 24, a time earlier than initially announced.
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