Nigeria, May 15 -- On Wednesday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) admitted a technical error that affected over 300,000 candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.

Speaking during a press conference, JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, a professor, expressed deep regret over what he described as a disappointing setback in an exercise that had, until the glitch, been considered one of the most successful in recent years.

"So, I appeal to the candidates and those affected by the error of our system to accept this explanation as the truth of the matter without embellishment, please. I apologise and take full responsibility, not just in words," he said.

Mr Oloyede said the issue aff...