Nigeria, May 26 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, 13 June, for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up exercise following technical glitches and examination infractions that disrupted the main examination.

The board said the mop-up examination would cater to candidates who were biometrically verified during the main UTME but could not sit the examination "for one reason or another."

The 2026 UTME was conducted between 23 and 29 April.

In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the board acknowledged that some examination centres and candidates faced challenges that prevented them from sitting the examination.

JAMB added that all affected candidates had...