The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted on April 20.

The Board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, announced the development via his X handle on Tuesday morning, confirming that candidates who sat for the exam on that date can now check their results.

According to him, candidates are to send “UTMERESULT” to 55019 or 66019 using the same phone number used during registration to access their scores.

The 2026 UTME commenced on April 16 and is scheduled to conclude on April 23.

Candidates who wrote the examination on April 17 had earlier experienced difficulties accessing their results, with several reporting repeated unsuccessful attempts. The Board had initially indicated that results for that batch would be released the following day, but the delay led to frustration among candidates.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Benjamin apologised for the delay, explaining that the Chief Executive was unavailable due to an official engagement. He assured candidates that the results would be released later that day.

More than two million candidates registered for the 2026 Computer-Based Test nationwide. The Board disclosed that 2,243,816 candidates registered, representing a 10.5 percent increase compared to the 2.03 million recorded in 2025.

Lagos State recorded the highest number of candidates with 381,814, followed by Ogun State (137,156), Oyo State (122,662), Kaduna State (103,498), and the Federal Capital Territory (102,961).

Outside Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire recorded 32 candidates, followed by Equatorial Guinea (16), Burkina Faso (14), and the United Kingdom (12), while Gambia, Ghana, and South Africa recorded fewer than 10 candidates each.