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JAMB Registers 845,517 UTME & 38,886 DE Candidates Across 104 Towns (Full Breakdown)

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Emmanuel Charles

Senior Admissions Analyst

May 12, 2021

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed in its official weekly bulletin that 845,517 UTME candidates and 38,886 Direct Entry (DE) candidates had completed their registration across 104 examination towns nationwide as of Sunday, 9th May 2021.

JAMB registers over 845,517 UTME candidates and 38,886 DE candidates, deadline remains May 15th

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Full Breakdown of Registered UTME Candidates by Examination Town (As of May 9, 2021)

S/NStateExamination TownTotal Registered
1AbiaAba9,542
2AbiaUmuahia / Umudike / Umunneochi4,384
3AdamawaMubi2,715
4AdamawaYola8,307
5Akwa IbomAfaha Nsit / Eket / Onna1,670
6Akwa IbomIkot-Ekpene / Ikono3,351
7Akwa IbomUyo11,026
8AnambraAwka-Etiti / Nnewi / Nnobi / Ihiala / Oba / Obosi3,449
9AnambraAwka / Enugwu-Ukwu5,051
10AnambraNanka / Uga / Umunze1,208
11AnambraOnitsha / Nkpor / Nsugbe7,771
12BauchiAzare / Gadau / Misau2,084
13BauchiBauchi10,272
14BayelsaYenagoa / Otuoke / Imiringi / Toru-Orua7,526
15BenueGboko / Katsina-Ala / Adikpo / Anyiin7,475
16BenueMakurdi13,331
17BenueOju / Otukpo / Otukpa / Iga-Okpaya6,547
18BornoBiu2,363
19BornoMaiduguri10,176
20Cross RiverCalabar / Akpabuyo / Akamkpa7,752
21Cross RiverOgoja / Okuku / Obudu3,340
22DeltaAsaba / Ibusa6,669
23DeltaEffurun / Udu / Ovwian9,848
24DeltaOgulagha153
25DeltaOgwashi-Uku / Kwale / Issele-Uku1,725
26DeltaOzoro / Oleh / Emevor / Ughelli / Agbarha-Otor / Kiagbodo4,575
27DeltaWarri / Sapele / Abraka7,308
28EbonyiAbakaliki / Ikwo5,809
29EbonyiAfikpo / Ishiagu825
30EdoAuchi / Iyamho / Igarra4,579
31EdoBenin / Okada / Usen18,366
32EdoEkpoma / Igueben / Uromi / Ubiaja3,610
33EkitiEkiti11,279
34EnuguEnugu / Agbani / Eha-Amufu / Oji-River9,865
35EnuguNsukka5,382
36FCT AbujaAbuja I (Municipal)18,325
37FCT AbujaAbuja II (Bwari / Dutse / Kubwa / Dei-Dei)12,420
38FCT AbujaAbuja III (Gwagwalada / Kuje)11,178
39FCT AbujaJikwoyi / Karu / Kurudu (Auta Balefi / Karu - Nasarawa)7,649
40GombeBajoga / Dukku417
41GombeGombe / Deba / Kaltungo10,646
42ImoOkigwe / Orlu2,447
43ImoOwerri / Nekede / Mbaise11,005
44JigawaDutse / Hadejia / Kafin Hausa / Gumel5,537
45JigawaKazaure / Bichi / Danbatta (Kano State)602
46KadunaKaduna35,453
47KadunaKafanchan7,417
48KadunaZaria15,339
49KanoBichi / Danbatta / Kazaure (Jigawa State)748
50KanoKano / Wudil32,295
51KatsinaDutsin-Ma1,208
52KatsinaFuntua / Malumfashi3,736
53KatsinaKatsina / Daura7,198
54KebbiBirnin Kebbi / Argungu / Aliero / Jega4,766
55KebbiZuru1,390
56KogiAnkpa / Anyigba / Idah9,763
57KogiLokoja6,954
58KogiOkene / Kabba5,575
59KwaraAran-Orin / Oko / Omu-Aran952
60KwaraIlorin22,301
61KwaraOffa2,201
62LagosAbule Egba / Agege / Ikeja25,129
63LagosAjah / Epe6,659
64LagosAlimosho20,876
65LagosBadagry5,452
66LagosFestac / Ojo15,475
67LagosIkorodu18,799
68LagosIkoyi / Lagos Island3,676
69LagosMainland26,473
70NasarawaAkwanga / Keffi9,552
71NasarawaAuta Balefi / Karu (Jikwoyi / Karu / Kurudu - FCT)7,648
72NasarawaLafia / Doma9,531
73NigerLapai / Bida / Mokwa3,997
74NigerMadalla / Suleja6,868
75NigerMinna / Zungeru / Kontagora9,192
76OgunAbeokuta / Ayetoro / Igbo-Ora (Oyo State)8,244
77OgunIjebu / Ososa / Ago-Iwoye5,927
78OgunOta / Ifo / Ilaro / Owode / Igbesa / Ijoko18,137
79OgunRemo / Mowe / Ibafo8,316
80OndoAkungba / Ikare-Akoko / Owo4,539
81OndoAkure / Ilara-Mokin13,386
82OndoOndo / Ore / Agadagba / Okitipupa / Ile-Oluji6,624
83OsunEde / Iwo3,277
84OsunIla-Orangun / Esa-Oke / Igbajo888
85OsunIle-Ife / Ikire7,010
86OsunIlesa / Ikeji-Arakeji2,340
87OsunOsogbo / Erin-Osun7,923
88OyoIbadan29,464
89OyoIgbo-Ora / Eruwa / Abeokuta / Ayetoro (Ogun State)243
90OyoOyo4,702
91OyoOyo North / Ogbomoso8,528
92PlateauBarkin Ladi / Bokkos / Mangu / Gindiri2,641
93PlateauJos19,167
94PlateauPankshin / Langtang / Shendam5,670
95RiversBonny532
96RiversPort Harcourt North8,029
97RiversPort Harcourt South28,659
98SokotoSokoto / Tambuwal7,163
99TarabaGembu392
100TarabaJalingo / Takum / Wukari8,957
101YobeDamaturu / Potiskum4,437
102YobeGashua / Nguru930
103YobeGeidam11
104ZamfaraGusau / Maru / Talata Mafara / Kaura Namoda3,199
TotalAll 36 States & FCT104 Examination Towns845,517
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Candidate Comments & Inquiries (2)

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Kelvin Sani

May 12, 2021

Kaduna town (35,453) and Kano/Wudil (32,295) have the highest numbers of any single examination town in Nigeria!

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Mentra Admissions Team

May 12, 2021

Yes, Kelvin! Because Lagos State is split into 8 separate examination towns (totaling over 122,500 across Mainland, Ikeja/Agege, Alimosho, Ikorodu, Festac/Ojo, etc.), Kaduna and Kano/Wudil top the single-town list.

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