{
  "id": 670144,
  "title": "JAMB warns UTME, direct entry candidates against profile errors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/jamb-warns-utme-direct-entry-candidates-against-profile-errors",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:07:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/12/jamb-warns-utme-direct-entry-candidates-against-profile-errors/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cautioned prospective Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and Direct Entry candidates to ensure their personal details are accurate before creating their registration profiles. In an advisory released on Wednesday as part of its ‘JAMB Explained’ series, the board warned that seemingly minor mistakes in candidates’ names, dates…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "JAMB lists errors UTME, DE candidates should avoid during profile creation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/jamb-lists-errors-utme-de-candidates-should-avoid-during-profile",
        "published": "2026-08-12T10:42:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}