The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has dismissed a circulating press release claiming that the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination had been postponed, describing it as malicious and fake.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the board warned candidates to disregard the false notice.

“Our attention has been drawn to the malicious press release stating that the 2026 UTME has been postponed. The general public, particularly the candidates, are by this notice informed that the press release is fake and did not emanate from us. Kindly disregard it. All activities on the 2026 UTME continue as scheduled,” it read.

JAMB had previously revealed that the main 2026 UTME is scheduled to hold from Thursday, April 16, to Saturday, April 25, 2026.

The clarification follows the 2026 UTME Mock examination conducted on Saturday, March 28, which faced technical challenges at several Computer-Based Test centres.

A total of 224,597 candidates registered for the mock, of which 152,586 successfully sat for the test across 989 CBT centres nationwide.

“Over 20 CBT centres that experienced technical challenges have been delisted due to technical inadequacies,” JAMB added.

Candidates were also cautioned against fraudulent individuals or groups on WhatsApp claiming to facilitate score inflation.

“Such claims are false and criminal. Any candidate found engaging in these activities risks cancellation of registration or withholding of results,” the board warned. (The PUNCH)