UNILAG, LASU, UniAbuja... JAMB names varsities yet to submit 2025 underage candidates for vetting

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for the submission of Post-UTME screening scores for underage candidates who took the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

This decision, JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin said on Thursday, was made in collaboration with the affected universities.

JAMB noted that up to 23 out of the 71 institutions had failed to submit the Post-UTME scores of the candidates for final assessment by the initial deadline of September 15, as agreed.

The schools yet to comply, Benjamin said, are among the universities chosen by the candidates for admission.

In emails sent to the defaulting universities, the board urged them to submit their scores without delay.

S/N	INSTITUTION	NO. OF UNDER-AGE CANDIDATES
1.	UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, LAGOS STATE	39
2.	NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ABUJA, FCT	18
3.	NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE	15
4.	UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA, GWAGWALADA, ABUJA, FCT	12
5.	UNIVERSITY OF UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE	9
6.	FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE	8
7.	DAVID UMAHI FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, UBURU, EBONYI STATE	6
8.	UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE	6
9.	LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO, LAGOS STATE	5
10.	BINGHAM UNIVERSITY, KARU, NASARAWA STATE	3
11.	FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE	2
12.	LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE	2
13.	McPHERSON UNIVERSITY, SERIKI SOTAYO, OGUN STATE	2
14.	ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE	1
15.	BAYELSA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE	1
16.	CLARETIAN UNIVERSITY, NEKEDE, IMO STATE	1
17.	DENNIS OSADEBAY UNIVERSITY, ASABA, DELTA STATE	1
18.	FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, IKOT-ABASI, AKWA IBOM STATE	1
19.	MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE, ABIA STATE	1
20.	MODIBBO ADAMA UNIVERSITY, YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE	1
21.	RHEMA UNIVERSITY, ABA, ABIA STATE	1


TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES		135

JAMB also called on all public universities to submit their recommended candidates on the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) by September 30.

Private universities, it said, have until October 31 to submit their recommendations.

This, it added, is to ensure that the final admission deadlines of October 30 for public universities and November 30 for private universities are met.

In August 2025, JAMB disclosed that it would begin screening for over 500 exceptional admission-seeking candidates under 16 years of age for the 2025/2026 academic session between September 22 and 26.

The exercise, it said, would be conducted by a special technical committee set up by JAMB.

Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of JAMB, said three venues had been selected for the screening: Lagos, Abuja, and Owerri.

He noted that out of 41,027 underage candidates who sat for the 2025 UTME, more than 40,000 did not scale the first hurdle.

The screening, Oloyede added, is to ensure that only exceptional and well-prepared underage candidates gain admission.