JAMB unveiled the top candidates in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination during its 2026 Policy Meeting on Admission in Abuja on Monday, and Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin emerged as the highest scorer nationwide with 372 out of 400 points.
Jesudunsin, who sat for the exam in Ogun State and hails from Ekiti, listed Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Lagos as her first-choice programme. Close behind her was Enwere Kingsley Ikenna with 370 points; he applied to Nile University of Nigeria to study Computer Science. Bamisile Ayomide Emmanuel scored 369 and applied to the Federal University of Technology, Akure to study Software Engineering, while Bryan Ogbonnayo scored 360 in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The jamb 2026 top scorers list released Monday included data about institutional clusters: Fountain Heights Secondary School had 44 students registered for the 2026 JAMB examination, of whom 13 scored above 300 and the remaining candidates recorded scores of 260 and above. Mrs. Oluwaseun Ogundare commented on one of the school’s highest achievers: "With Bryan Ogbonnayo’s 360 score, Fountain Heights students have once again demonstrated academic excellence in the 2026 JAMB examination".
The weight of those numbers matters for a simple reason: the UTME is the examination used for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Scores announced at a policy meeting that also considers admission rules will now feed into how universities match candidates to programmes and how school reputations are recalibrated for this admission cycle.
Fountain Heights framed its results as the product of a long-running culture of achievement. The school said the results reflected a strong culture of academic achievement, and the principal linked the results to the institution's tradition of excellence. Thirteen candidates above 300 from a single cohort is an outsized concentration and will be a point of interest for universities profiling hotbeds of prepared applicants.
There is a clear tension between individual national leaders and the broader spread of strong performances. Jesudunsin’s 372 sits at the very top of a tight cluster — the next two scores are 370 and 369 — while a school like Fountain Heights produced both a top-of-the-range 360 and a deep group of candidates scoring 260 and above. That pattern underscores how admission outcomes will depend not only on headline scores but on institutional choices, programme capacities and how admissions authorities weigh UTME alongside other requirements.
For now, the names and numbers are set: Jesudunsin, Enwere, Bamisile and Ogbonnayo lead the published list and have each identified the institutions and programmes they will pursue. With 372 out of 400 and MBBS at the University of Lagos as her first choice, Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin is the candidate to watch as universities apply the 2026 admission rules discussed at the Abuja meeting and compile offers for the coming academic session.
