WATCH THE VIDEO HERE The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a comprehensive list of the top-performing candidates in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from 2013 to 2024. JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, acknowledged the technical errors affecting some candidates’ 2025 scores. Despite these issues, he noted that the highest score in the 2025 UTME (374) was the best in the last fifteen years. Don’t miss out on any real-time information. Join our WhatsApp group to stay updated. .. During the briefing, Professor Oloyede presented the list of candidates with the highest scores over the past twelve years: List of best UTME candidates from 2013 to 2024 and their scores Professor Oloyede stated that despite the complaints surrounding the 2025 results, the overall performance statistics were within the established patterns of previous years. He presented a comparison of UTME results since 2013. The Registrar also addressed the technical issues experienced in the 2025 UTME, explaining that a service provider’s error in applying a patch to some center servers in Lagos and Owerri zones caused the disruption. He apologised for the inconvenience and announced that affected candidates in 157 centers would be contacted to retake the examination starting Friday, May 16, 2025. “I apologise and take full responsibility not just in words,” Professor Oloyede stated. He also thanked the Minister of Education and other stakeholders for their support. Meanwhile, reactions have begun pouring in after the the exam body admitted that system errors were responsible for the mass failure experienced during the recently held UTME. Don’t miss out on any real-time information. Join our WhatsApp group to stay updated. .. In a statement, the former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, lauded the board for upholding institutional integrity. “I commend JAMB for its consistent commitment to upholding institutional integrity. Unlike many other public agencies, JAMB did not resort to the all-too-familiar refrain of ‘Go to court,’” he wrote. “Instead, it acknowledged its shortcomings, invited critical stakeholders for dialogue, and subjected its internal processes to external review.” Chidoka extended solidarity and best wishes to the affected candidates ahead of the retest. Former presidential candidate and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, in a post on X, called for the abolishment of JAMB. “Time to scrap these extracurricular bureaucratic busybodies …JAMB, NYSC, TETFUND, NELFUND, they are all useless!” he wrote.
2013 Chukwunalu, 2018 Zakari, 2022 Tofunmi – List of best UTME candidates from 2013 to 2024 and their scores
