Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, said on Monday over 420,674 candidates have been successfully registered for the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Mr Oloyede, a professor of Islamic Studies, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Ilorin after monitoring some Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in the Kwara State capital.

"Going around, I'm very proud of those on the fields, CBT centres, my staff and everyone involved. I think it's better by far. People know we'll not take anything less than standard and they've done very well. We also thank the security agencies. They've assisted us well," he said.

He said the board expects up ...