The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted four Computer-Based Testing (CBT) centres and arrested 27 impersonators amid the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
This was announced in a statement released on Friday in Abuja by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin. He explained that the centres were removed from the list for failing to meet the strict technical standards required for the UTME.
The affected centres include:
- Adventure Associate, located 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 1, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal.
- Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd., Centre 2, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal.
“While JAMB commends the 883 centres that have maintained exceptional standards, we firmly warn that any centre, regardless of ownership, that falls short of ethical or technical requirements will be blacklisted,” Benjamin stated.
He urged candidates initially assigned to the delisted centres to reprint their examination notification slips immediately to access updated centres and rescheduled dates.
“We regret any inconvenience this may cause,” he added, “but candidates who fail to reprint their slips will not be excused.”
As of Friday, April 25, 2025, more than 900,000 candidates had successfully completed the UTME out of the 2,083,600 candidates registered for this year’s examination.
In a related development, Benjamin reported that 27 impersonators had been arrested and handed over to the Nigeria Police for immediate prosecution.
Addressing the incident at Caleb University, Benjamin confirmed that the Board had received complaints about candidates wearing hijabs being restricted by security personnel.
He assured that prompt action was taken, with the Vice-Chancellor of the university condemning the unauthorized behavior of an overzealous security officer.
“We sincerely apologize to the affected candidates and appreciate the swift intervention by the university’s leadership, which ensured that no candidate was unfairly disadvantaged,” he said.
