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JAMB2026· Scholar SC018

Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin

Overall Highest Scorer — UTME 2026 (First female top scorer in years)

The record · educational context

The overall best candidate in the 2026 UTME with 372/400. First female to emerge as the overall highest scorer nationwide in the period 2024-2026. Her performance sparked conversations about gender representation among top UTME achievers. Only female in the 2026 top 10.

Subjects

Sciences

Record

Exam

JAMB

Year

2026

Position

Overall Highest Scorer — UTME 2026 (First female top scorer in years)

Score

372 / 400

Gender

F

School

Ekiti State candidate

State

Ekiti

Interviews & media

Sources

Legit.ng (published May 2026)

https://www.legit.ng/people/1709647-jamb-top-scorers-from-2024-2026-interesting-facts-best-scorers/

National education context · 2026

What it took to pass that exam

The realities — political, fiscal, infrastructural — under which Nigerian candidates wrote this examination.

Federal Minister of Education

Dr. Morufu Olatunji (Tunji) Alausa

2024–present

Moved from Minister of State for Health in the October 2024 reshuffle. 2025–26 tenure includes the WAEC torchlight exams and JAMB CBT failures. Minister of State: Dr. Suwaiba Said Ahmad.

Federal education budget

Being compiled — 2026 Appropriation Act under review

Source: Federal Government 2026 Budget Proposal

State education budget · Ekiti

Ekiti state education budget for 2026 being compiled. Cross-reference the State Appropriation Acts.

Exam-year incidents

  • JAMBOwoeye Daniella Jesudunsin (Ekiti) emerged overall UTME best at 372/400 — first female top scorer in years. Sparked public conversation about gender representation among top achievers.

    Source: Legit.ng; Punch (May 2026)

    https://www.legit.ng

Global body response

No documented international body response on file for this year.

Nigeria's global education ranking

Ranking record for this year being compiled.

The kids passed in spite of these realities. The record stands so that the cost of their achievement is not lost.

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Redline

Wikipedia is never a source.