The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned College candidates registering for the 2026 UTME that failing to reveal any current admission might consequence within the forfeiture of each affords.
The announcement was contained in a press release issued on Monday, January 28, 2026, by Fabian Benjamin, Ph.D, JP, Public Communication Advisor to JAMB.
That is coming amid false narratives circulating on-line concerning candidates’ matriculation standing and compliance obligations.
In accordance with JAMB, in step with its statutory mandate to forestall a number of matriculations, all candidates registering for the 2026 UTME/DE are required to disclose their matriculation standing the place relevant.
“For the avoidance of doubt and for file functions, and in step with its statutory mandate to forestall a number of matriculations, the Board directed that every one candidates registering for the 2026 UTME/DE should disclose their matriculation standing, the place relevant,” they stated
“Disclosure merely implies that as soon as a candidate secures admission by way of the most recent registration, the previous admission robotically ceases to subsist.
“The regulation is express that no candidate is permitted to carry two admissions concurrently,” they stated
Some posts circulating on social media claimed that undergraduate college students had been banned from registering for the 2026 UTME and Direct Entry examinations, suggesting they may not sit the exams whereas nonetheless enrolled in a tertiary establishment.
In November final yr, the examination board launched the necessary admission standing disclosure for 2026 UTME candidates to forestall impersonation and examination malpractice.
