The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has unveiled the top candidates in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin emerging as the highest scorer countrywide with an impressive 372 out of 400 points.
JAMB released the data during its 2026 Policy Meeting on Admission in Abuja on Monday.
The female candidate, Jusudunsin, who sat for the exam in Ogun State and hails from Ekiti, listed Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as her first-choice programme.
Following closely behind Jesudunsin is Enwere Kingsley Ikenna (male) from Imo State , who garnered 370 points and applied to NILE University of Nigeria to study Computer Science.
In third place is Bamisile Ayomide Emmanuel from Ondo State with 369 points, applying to Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) to study Software Engineering.
In a related development, the Heads of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria have unanimously agreed on new minimum admissible scores for candidates seeking admission into higher institutions across the country.
The decision was reached during the annual admission policy meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja on Monday, May 11, 2026.
“The Heads of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria had unanimously agreed that the Minimum Admissible Scores for admissions into Universities should be 150, Colleges of Nursing, 150, and Polytechnics, 100,” JAMB stated after the meeting.
However, institutions are free to set higher cut-off marks for applicants seeking admission.
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