The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the official release of results for the 2025 Mop-Up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on Saturday, June 28, 2025. This marks another critical step in JAMB’s mission to uphold transparency and integrity in Nigeria’s higher education admissions process.
Results Now Out for Compliant Candidates
According to a statement released by the board, results have been made available for 11,161 out of the 96,838 candidates scheduled for the mop-up exercise.
Candidates can check their results by sending UTMERESULT (typed as a single word) via SMS to 55019 or 66019, using the same SIM card used during UTME registration.
📎 How to Check JAMB Results via SMS – Official JAMB Guide
JAMB emphasized that candidates who cannot access their results likely failed to follow this specific instruction.
🚨 Fake Admission Letters: Syndicate Uncovered
In a separate but equally alarming development, JAMB gave a detailed update on the outcome of its ongoing investigation into fake admission letters—a scam affecting thousands of admission hopefuls.
At a joint press briefing in 2024, JAMB and the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) revealed that a syndicate fabricating fake admission letters had been uncovered. This led to the arrest of five suspects, currently being prosecuted in the Federal High Court, Abuja in the case titled:
Inspector General of Police vs. Effa Leonard & 4 Others
📎 Premium Times – JAMB Uncovers Fake Admission Syndicate
Over 17,000 Affected by Fraudulent Admissions
Following confessions by the suspects, JAMB identified 17,417 candidates as beneficiaries of the forged admission letters. Here’s the breakdown:
| Category | Number of Candidates |
|---|---|
| Cleared after rectification | 6,903 |
| Under police investigation | 10,514 |
| Other anomalies flagged | 13 |
| Conditionally pardoned | 1,532 |
| Still under probe | 3,300 |
Among the 10,514 under investigation:
- 5,669 were confirmed to have outrightly procured fake letters.
- 4,832 tried to bypass JAMB via an expired ministerial waiver policy (2017–2020).
📎 The Guardian – 17,000 Affected in JAMB Fake Admission Probe
13 Candidates to Rectify Errors Across Nigerian Schools
Thirteen candidates with various discrepancies were flagged for urgent rectification. Affected institutions include:
- Bayero University, Kano (BUK) – 2 candidates
- Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) – 2
- Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri
- Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA)
- Ekiti State University (EKSU)
- Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH)
- Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye
- Osun State Polytechnic, Iree
- Benson Idahosa University, Benin City
- Obong University, Obong Ntak
- University of Ilorin
JAMB resolved on July 5, 2025, that these students should proceed to print updated admission letters after correcting their records.
📎 Punch – JAMB Identifies 13 Institutions Linked to Fraud Cases
⚖️ JAMB Reaffirms Zero-Tolerance Policy
JAMB has reiterated its commitment to safeguarding the credibility of Nigeria’s tertiary admission system. The board stated:
“Any candidate found guilty of engaging in exam fraud or colluding with admission syndicates will be prosecuted under the Examination Malpractices Act. This also applies to underage candidates and complicit parents or guardians.”
📎 Vanguard – JAMB Warns Candidates on Syndicates, Admission Fraud
📎 SIM Verification Now Required for Admission Acceptance on CAPS
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