Nigeria, March 10 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has received applications from over two million (2,030,627) candidates for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin, which was published on Monday.

According to the bulletin, it registered 201,867 candidates in the first week, 560,025 in the second week, 528,823 in the third week, 397,145 in the fourth week, and 325,313 in the final week of registration.

JAMB added that 200,115 candidates expressed interest in taking the optional mock UTME, which is set for 5 April.

The 2025 UTME registration, which began on Monday, 3 February, closed on Saturday, 8 February.

"With the closure of the UTME registr...