The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted four Computer-Based Testing (CBT) centres and arrested 27 impersonators during the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
This was disclosed in a statement released on Friday in Abuja by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin.
According to Benjamin, the affected CBT centres were removed from the list of approved venues for failing to meet JAMB’s stringent technical and ethical standards required for the conduct of the UTME.
The delisted centres are:Adventure Associate, behind Sheshe Supermarket, off Hadejia Road, Kano, Kano State, and Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Zaria Road, Naibawa, Kano, Kano State
Also delisted are Penta M & F Technical Services Ltd., Centre 1 and Centre 2, both located at 96km Sokoto-Jega Road, Tambuwal, Sokoto State
“While JAMB commends the 883 CBT centres that have demonstrated outstanding performance so far, it will not hesitate to blacklist any centre—regardless of ownership—that fails to meet the required standards,” the statement read.
Benjamin urged all candidates previously assigned to the delisted centres to urgently reprint their examination notification slips to obtain their new venue and date.
“We regret any inconvenience this may cause, but we will not entertain excuses from candidates who fail to reprint their slips and miss their rescheduled exams,” he warned.
As of Friday, April 25, 2025, more than 900,000 candidates out of the 2,083,600 registered for the 2025 UTME had successfully completed their exams.
In a related development, Benjamin confirmed that 27 individuals had been arrested for impersonation and handed over to the Nigeria Police for immediate prosecution.
Commenting on a recent incident at Caleb University, where some candidates were reportedly barred from entering the exam venue for wearing hijabs, Benjamin said the Board had taken swift action.
He explained that the restriction was the result of an overzealous security officer and was not a directive from the university. The Vice-Chancellor, he noted, had condemned the action and ensured it was quickly addressed.
“We sincerely apologise to the affected candidates and commend the prompt intervention of both the centre and university leadership, which ensured that no candidate was unfairly disadvantaged,” he added.
