Ilorin, Nigeria – E be like say everybody wan enter University of Ilorin as 21,971 admission seekers dey jostle for just 13,000 spaces for di 2025/2026 Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Na di Director of Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centre, Professor Kamilu Rauf, carry dis gist come share with journalists yesterday.
Di Post-UTME wey start on August 28 go end on September 4, 2025. Rauf talk say di exercise start with 26 underage candidates, but e get total of 20,220 for di UTME group and 1,751 for Direct Entry (DE) candidates. Na big numbers wey show say university get sharp reputation, no be lie!
“Dis year we don see increase from last year wey get 15,946 UTME candidates plus 1,175 for DE. Na about 12,856 candidates dem admit for di 2024/2025 session. Dis year, we don add over 4,200 UTME candidates and 576 DE applicants wey fit show say plenty people dey choose Unilorin as dem first option,” na wetin Rauf talk.
Professor Rauf don connect di increase to di university reputation wey dey grow like fire, wey dey show academic excellence plus dem no dey waste time for academic calendar. “Our slogan na ‘Better by Far’ and as e be, if you come Unilorin, four years na four years, no wahala,” he add.
Chairman of di university Admissions Committee, Professor Abdulazeez Muhammad-Lawal, don praise di first day of di exercise as successful as candidates obey dem rules. “We expect 30 underage applicants but 26 come show face. Di exam smooth like butter, and di students display good discipline,” e talk.
But make we no forget say di university dey warn parents make dem no crowd di venue wey dem go do di exams. Rauf don talk say anyone wey wan enter must follow di rules, including not taking gadgets like phones into di exam hall. Mamas and papas, una fit wait outside, abeg!
As di university dey prepare wella for di exercise, Mr. Abdulkareem Sanni, di University Admission Officer, don assure candidates say nobody need to know anybody or pay any money before dem fit get admission. “As long as you fit meet di requirements for your program, dem go give you chance,” he talk. Make everybody know say to gain admission, dem need minimum 180 for UTME plus five O’level credits and also pass di Post-UTME screening. So, no be joke, o!
If you dey hustle for admission, just make sure say you dey read well and follow di guidelines. You fit check di university website, www.unilorin.edu.ng, for all di info wey you need. E go better for everybody!”
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