Nigeria, April 18 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB, has released the results of 632,788 candidates who sat for the first day of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME,.

The development many observers described as one of the fastest result releases in the history of the examination body.

JAMB disclosed on Friday night that candidates who wrote the examination on Thursday, April 16, can now check their scores.

In a statement posted on his X handle, JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said candidates are to send "UTMERESULT" via SMS to either 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number used during registration.

He explained that candidates can currently only view their scores, noting that the pri...