The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of results for candidates who participated in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, a total of 1,264,940 results from the two examination days have been processed and made available to candidates.
*“The results of candidates who sat the examination on Friday, 17 April and Saturday, 18 April 2026 have now been released.
“A total of 1,264,940 results from these two days are available for candidates to check/view,”* the statement read.
JAMB further explained that this batch follows an earlier release of results for candidates who wrote the exam on Thursday, April 16.
“The board had earlier released 632,752 results of candidates who sat the examination on Thursday, 16 April 2026. This brings the total number of results released so far to 1,897,692,” it added.
Candidates have been advised to check their results using the official SMS method by sending UTMERESULT to 55019 or 66019 from the phone number used during registration.
“To view their results, candidates should send UTMERESULT to 55019 or 66019 using the phone (SIM) number they used to register for the 2026 UTME,” the statement noted.
JAMB confirmed that the released results cover the first three days of the nationwide examination exercise, which is expected to accommodate over two million candidates across approved Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide.
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