Quote from Golden on May 12, 2026, 9:21 am

A candidate, Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin, has emerged as the overall top scorer in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scoring 372 marks.

The result was contained in a list of top-performing candidates announced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) during the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja on Monday.

Owoeye, who sat for the examination in Ogun State but hails from Ekiti State, chose the University of Lagos (University of Lagos) to study Medicine and Surgery (MBBS).

The ICIR reports that 2,243,816 candidates registered for the 2026 UTME, representing a 10.5 per cent increase when compared with those who registered to write the examination in 2025.

Lagos State recorded the highest number of registrations for the 2026 edition with 381,814 candidates, followed by Ogun (137,156), Oyo (122,662), Kaduna (103,498), and the Federal Capital Territory (102,961).

Outside Nigeria, candidates also registered from Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso, the United Kingdom, Ghana, Gambia, and South Africa, though in small numbers.

The 2026 UTME was conducted across about 966 Computer-Based Test centres nationwide, with examinations split into four daily sessions to ease congestion and improve monitoring.

The board described the exercise as one of the most coordinated large-scale examinations in the country, involving extensive logistics, personnel deployment, and digital verification systems.

According to the released data, top candidates scored between 367 and 372, with their performance spread across various institutions of choice and states of origin.

The candidate with the highest score, Jesudunni, was followed by Enwere Kingsley Ikenna, who scored 370 and chose NILE University for Computer Science, and Bamisile Ayomide Emmanuel with 369, who opted for the Federal University of Technology, Akure (Federal University of Technology Akure) to study Software Engineering.

Below is the verified ranking of the top candidates, including their State of Exam, State of Origin, institution choices, and scores:

Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin
State of Exam: Ogun
State of Origin: Ekiti
UTME Score: 372
Institution: UNILAG
Course: MBSS

Enwere Kingsley Ikenna
State of Exam: Lagos
State of Origin: Imo
UTME Score: 370
Institution: NILE
Course: Computer Science

Bamisile Ayomide Emmanuel
State of Exam: Ogun
State of Origin: Ondo
UTME Score: 369
Institution: FUTA
Course: Software Engineering

Olabiyisi Olanrewaju Oluwatimileyin
State of Exam: Not clear
State of Origin: Oyo
UTME Score: 368
Institution: Pan-Atlantic
Course: Mechatronics Engineering

Victor-Onyeka Daniel Ifeanyi
State of Exam: Rivers
State of Origin:Imo
UTME Score: 368
Institution: UNIPORT
Course: Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Osagiobare Daniel Osahenrumwen
State of Exam: Edo
State of Origin: Edo
UTME Score: 368
Institution: UNIBEN
Course: Mechanical Engineering

Ademiluyi Adebowale Anthony
State of Exam: Osun
State of Origin: Osun
UTME Score: 368
Institution: OAU
Course: Computer Engineering

Azuike Kenechukwu Anthony
State of Exam: Lagos
State of Origin: Anambra
UTME Score: 368
Institution: ABUAD
Course: Software Engineering

Offorkile Michael Okechukwu
Gender: Male
State of Exam: Anambra
State of Origin: Abia
Score: 367
Programme: Computer Science

Adebisi Eniola Sonari
Gender: Male
State of Exam: Osun
State of Origin: Ogun
Institution: Covenant University
Programme: Computer Science
Score: 367

Umukoro Gift Orhenevovwero
Gender: Male
State of Exam: Edo
State of Origin: Delta
Institution: University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Programme: Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Score: 367

 

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