Amidst explanations for the 2025 UTME result glitches, 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.

During the briefing, Professor Oloyede presented the list of candidates with the highest scores over the past twelve years:

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S/N YEAR REGISTRATION NUMBER NAME SCORE

1 2024 202440343695GA Olowu Joseph Oluwasijibomi 367

202440097040EF Alayande David 367

202440089418GA Orukpe Joel Ehijele 367

2 2023 202330325356GA Umeh Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere 360

3 2022 202211075576JA Adebayo Eyimofe Oluwatofunmi 362

4 2021 10054281ID Monwuba Chibuzo Chibuikem 358

5 2020 21398306DF Maduafokwa Egoagwuagwu Agnes 365

6 2019 96630270JC Ezeunala Ekene Franklin 347

7 2018 86034528DA Galadima Israel Zakari 364

8 2017 75902784CB Akingbulugbe Precious Ayomide 353

9 2016 65290500BI Akenbor Adesuwa Osarugue 359

10 2016 65740193BF Anonye Victory Emenike 359

11 2015 55395199EB Ilukwe Lottachukwu Geraldine 332

12 2014 47049891HB Onomejoh Princewill 299

13 2013 37207292AB Olise Israel Chukwunalu 299

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 apologized 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. (The Guardian)

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