Adedokun Waliyu 
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked a widely circulated press release claiming that the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been postponed, describing the information as false and deliberately misleading.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the examination body urged candidates and the general public to ignore the report, stressing that it did not originate from the board.
“Our attention has been drawn to a malicious press release alleging that the 2026 UTME has been postponed. We wish to state clearly that the notice is fake and did not emanate from the board. Candidates and the general public are advised to disregard it. All arrangements for the 2026 UTME remain on course as scheduled,” JAMB stated.
The board had earlier announced that the main UTME would hold from Thursday, April 16 to Saturday, April 25, 2026.
JAMB’s clarification comes in the wake of the 2026 UTME mock examination held on Saturday, March 28, which was affected by technical issues in some Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country.
Out of the 224,597 candidates who registered for the mock exercise, 152,586 successfully sat for the test in 989 CBT centres nationwide.
According to the board, more than 20 CBT centres that encountered technical difficulties during the exercise have since been delisted due to inadequate infrastructure.
