The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that 2,243,816 candidates were successfully registered in the recently concluded 2026 UTME registration.
Following is the number of registered candidates in each State.
Number of registered candidates for 2026 UTME in each State
Abia – 44,394
Adamawa – 31,321
Akwa Ibom – 47,079
Anambra – 34,787
Bauchi – 27,963
Bayelsa – 27,245
Benue – 60,860
Borno – 33,483
Cross River – 34,605
Delta – 77,670
Ebonyi – 19,662
Edo – 59,605
Ekiti – 31,643
Enugu – 50,305
FCT (Abuja) – 302,963
Gombe – 23,012
Imo – 42,170
Jigawa – 28,166
Kaduna – 303,498
Kano – 83,167
Katsina – 37,973
Kebbi – 36,533
Kogi – 46,783
Kwara – 64,988
Lagos – 321,814
Nasarawa – 65,739
Niger – 47,679
Ogun – 137,156
Ondo – 66,270
Osun – 64,894
Oyo – 122,662
Plateau – 62,440
Rivers – 105,584
Sokoto – 20,243
Taraba – 38,093
Yobe – 20,583
Zamfara – 14,841
JAMB also recorded UTME registrations from foreign countries as shown below:
Burkina Faso – 14
Cameroon – 11
Cote D’Ivoire – 32
Equatorial Guinea – 16
Gambia – 3
Ghana – 5
Republic of Benin – 7
Saudi Arabia – 10
South Africa – 5
United Kingdom – 12
Earlier, the Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed that the Board uncovered syndicates using AI-generated fake images and videos of senior officials to defraud candidates.
He revealed that with the approval of the Minister of Education, the Board would delete no fewer than 100 UTME registrations of candidates found to have solicited score inflation through the syndicate.
According to the Registrar, investigations showed over 120 candidates had already paid the fraud network, which operated under the guise of an online platform promising direct system package and VIP assistance.
Meanwhile, candidates were informed that JAMB exam comes up on April 16, 2026.
