JAMB has extended the sale of its 2026 Direct Entry application documents to May 8, 2026, giving prospective candidates more time to register. The board said on Wednesday that the move is meant to make sure no Direct Entry applicant is shut out of tertiary education in Nigeria.
Fabian Benjamin, speaking for the board, said the extension was part of JAMB’s effort to widen access to tertiary education and ease registration across the country. He said the board had also approved five additional registration centres to reduce pressure in high-demand locations.
The new centres are the Centre for Open and Distance Learning at the University of Ilorin in Kwara, Bells University of Technology in Ota, Olabisi Onabanjo University Centre 1 in Ago-Iwoye, the Prof. Usman E-Learning Centre at the Federal College of Education Special in Oyo, and Human Development Initiatives at Grace House in Lagos. Human Development Initiatives began operations on April 30, 2026.
JAMB said all Professional Registration Centres nationwide remained open for the ongoing exercise, along with all Professional Testing Centres. That matters because the extension is not just a longer deadline; it is also a test of whether the board can keep registration moving without the bottlenecks that often build up near the closing date.
The decision gives more room to applicants who have not completed the process, but it also raises the stakes for the remaining days before the new deadline. With the sale now running until 8th May 2026 and extra centres in place, the board is betting that access, not delay, will define the final stretch of the registration period.
