The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted five Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres over technical failures during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Penpushing reports that the board spokesperson Fabian Benjamin made this known in a statement, explaining that the delisted centres, located in Kano, Sokoto, and Imo states, were found to have fallen short of the board’s minimum operational standards.
The statement stated that the affected centres include: Adventure Associate, Off Hadejia Road, Kano; Saadatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano; Penta M and F Technical Services Limited Centre 1, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal; Penta M and F Technical Services Limited, Centre 2, 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal and Soronara Ventured Nigeria Limited, Foundation Road, Umudagu Mbieri, Imo State.
Penpushing further reports that Benjamin said the Board advised candidates who were previously scheduled to take their examinations at the delisted centres to urgently reprint their examination notification slips to access their new centres and rescheduled dates.
The board in the statement said it regrated regret any inconvenience this may cause, but emphaised that it will not tolerate excuses by candidates who fail to reprint their slip to get their new schedules.
Penpushing also reports that the statement added that as of Friday, April, 25, 2025 over 900,000 candidates have successfully completed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) out of the 2,083,600 registered for the 2025 examination.
“We commend the 883 centres that have demonstrated exceptional performance and we unequivocally warn that any centre which failed the ethical or technical standards, regardless of ownership, will be blacklisted’, it added.
Penpushing reports that the examination body in a separate development, said 27 individuals have been apprehended for impersonation, adding that the suspects have been handed over to the police for immediate prosecution.
The statement stated that the arrests highlight the board’s increasing efforts on biometric verification and surveillance to combat examination malpractice, and on a recent controversy involving candidates wearing hijabs at Caleb University, Lagos, one of the approved UTME centres described the decision as unauthorised and misguided
Penpushing further reports that the board said the issue was quickly addressed following intervention by the university’s Vice-Chancellor, who categorically condemned the action.
“We extend our sincere apologies to the affected candidates and commend the leadership of both the centre and the university for their prompt intervention, which ensured that no candidate suffered undue disadvantage,” the statement read.
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