VIEDO: Teary-eyed JAMB Registrar admits error in 2025 UTME, apologises to candidates

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, has admitted that there were errors in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which affected candidates across different centres in the country. Oloyede fought back tears as he made the admission during a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. He announced that no fewer than 379,997 candidates in the just concluded academic exercise would retake the examination, following widespre