Education

JAMB Alerts Candidates on Scam Texts

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has dissociated itself from the ongoing circulation of false, misleading, and criminal messages targeting candidates who registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

The JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja, said the messages were being disseminated by suspected fraudsters to defraud unsuspecting individuals.

Benjamin noted that the perpetrators had exploited the numerical variant of UTME, 8863, and merged it with the Board’s short code, 55019, to create a deceptive code that mimics JAMB’s official messaging system.

According to him, through this fraudulent scheme, they have been sending misleading messages to candidates, falsely claiming to detect manipulations in their JAMB details and urging them to contact certain individuals who would “assist” in resolving these fabricated issues.

“We want to emphasise that these messages are not from JAMB. Security agencies have been notified and are actively tracking the perpetrators behind this scam.

“Candidates are strongly advised to ignore such messages. This is a common tactic employed by fraudsters who seek to exploit the examination period to deceive and defraud innocent candidates.”

He, therefore, urged the general public to remain vigilant and critically assess the messages they receive, adding that any communication that does not align with JAMB’s official channels or uses suspicious language or instructions should be treated as fraudulent.

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Education

2025 UTME: JAMB Announces Remaining States for Optional Mock Examination

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said no candidate would sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, outside their state of registration.

The JAMB Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a telephone interview with newsmen in Abuja.

Dr Benjamin explained that some candidates, who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, outside their state of registration and residence, were sent to the available mock centres closer to their areas.

He said this was because not all the Computer-Based Test, CBT, centres were available to conduct the mock examination, adding that, however, all registered centres would be available for the main exercise.

“If centres for mock in Abuja are filled up and there are available centres in Nassarawa State, candidates will be sent there.

According to him, this is not likely to happen in the main examination because there will be more centres conducting the main examination and so, no candidate will be sent outside their state of residence.

Dr Benjamin explained that early registration of the UTME also determined how close a candidate’s centre would be to him or her, adding that once a closer centre was already filled up, the candidate may be assigned any available centre within the state.

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