The National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB said a total of 34,060 candidates obtained five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics in the 2025 November/December examination results.
Dr Mohammed Aminu Mohammed, Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB disclosed this on Monday, February 9, 2026, at a press briefing to announce the release of the results in Benin City.
Mohammed, said the performance represents 60.00 per cent of candidates that sat for the examination as against the 29,880 candidates, representing 67.56 per cent in 2024.
He also disclosed that 54,009 candidates obtained five credits and above with or without English Language and Mathematics, representing 94.74 per cent as against 42,431 candidates representing 95.94 per cent in 2024.
He said a total of 61,591 candidates registered for the examinations that were held between Monday, November 3, 2025 and Saturday, December 6, 2025, in 2,079 centres across the country compared to the 48,825 candidates in 1,825 centres in 2024.
He said the registration represented a significant increase of 28.42 per cent in enrollment and 13.92 per cent in the number of examination centres which demonstrated the growing confidence in NABTEB examinations.
Mohammed explained that of the 61,591 candidates, 34,185 were male, representing 55.50 per cent and 27,406 female, representing 44.50 per cent
The NABTEB boss added that 57,444 were O-level candidates while 4,147 were A-level candidates.
He also disclosed that a total of 259 candidates were involved in examination malpractice representing 0.42 per cent compared to 256 candidates representing 0.53 per cent in 2024.
He also added that examination malpractices slightly decreased compared to the 2024 November/December NBC/NTC and ANBC/ANTC examinations.
According to him, the release of examination results is a significant milestone that reflects the exam body’s institutional commitment to integrity, transparency, and credibility in the conduct of public examinations.
“The timely release of these results, accomplished within 64 days from the conduct of the last paper and 24 days from the completion of the marking exercise, demonstrates our commitment to excellence and efficiency”, he said.
He urged candidates to access the NABTEB portal to view the released 2025 results of the examination.
He, however, announced that NABTEB has commenced registration of candidates for the 2026 in-school NBC/NTC certificate examinations.
34,060 candidates score five credits in English, Mathematics in 2025 NABTEB exams
