JAMB 2012/2013 NEWS UPDATE

The result of the 2012 UTME
has been released by the
Joint Admissions and
Matriculations Board(JAMB), with the record of
only 3 candidates of the 1,503,931 registered
candidates scoring above 300
while the results of 27,266
candidates across eight states
were withheld. The JAMB Registrar/Chief
Executive, Prof. Dibu
Ojerinde, who stated this at a
news conference in Abuja,
listed the following state's Abia, Benue, Cross
River, Delta, Imo, Lagos, Nasarawa and Rivers as the
affected states, due to exam
malpractice such as extortion
of money by some
examination officials. “In 2012 UTME, we had some
disturbing news of extortion
of money from innocent
candidates by greedy
proprietors and supervisors
all these persons will be brought to book,” he said,
adding that the outcome of
investigation would
determine if more results
would be released. According to Professor
Ojerinde, 72,243 scored 250
and above while 336,330
scored below 170. “For the 2012 UTME, Imo had
the highest number of
applicants with 123,865
candidates, Delta came second
with 88,876 candidates while
Anambra placed third with 84,204 candidates and FCT
recorded the lowest number
with 3,380 candidates. Also at the North The University of Lagos
recorded the highest
applicants with 83,865
candidates Nnamdi Azikiwe
University came second with
82,148 candidates and the University of Benin came
third with 80,048
candidates." He also said arrangements
have been made for
candidates to check their
results online using JAMB
web site @ www.jamb.org.ng/
unifiedtme
That is all for now, stay turned.