By Mariam Abeeb
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released another batch of results for candidates who sat for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18.
In a statement issued on Sunday and signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Board disclosed that 1,264,940 results from the two days have been released, bringing the total number of results released so far to 1,897,692.
It will be recalled that the examination body had earlier released 632,752 results for candidates who wrote the examination on Thursday, April 16.
JAMB had also announced that over 2.2 million candidates registered for the examination, which is expected to conclude on Wednesday, April 22.
According to Dr Benjamin, candidates can check their results by sending “UTMERESULT” to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number used during registration.
He emphasised that only SIM cards registered and linked to candidates’ profiles will be able to access the results.
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