About 1.2 million Nigerians have so far registered for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, according to statistics from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.

Speaking on the registration process on Monday, the JAMB's Head of Media, Dr Benjamin stated that candidates could pick a College of Education, the Nigeria Defence Academy or the Police Academy as their institution of first choice.

He also gave the assurance that the examination would not fall short of the expectations of Nigerians.

The examination is expected to hold between March 9th - 17th, 2018.