JAMB 2024: Intelligent 18-Year-Old Boy Scores 313 in UTME, Wants to Study Medicine and Surgery

JAMB 2024: Intelligent 18-Year-Old Boy Scores 313 in UTME, Wants to Study Medicine and Surgery

  • 18-year-old, Ebeniro Akachi is on his way to study his dream course, medicine and surgery at the University of Port-Harcourt (UNIPORT)
  • The brilliant teenager scored 313 in the just-released 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result
  • Akachi, who graduated from Federal Government College, Okigwe in 2023, scored 64 in English Language, 84 in Physics, 80 in Biology and 85 in Chemistry

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FCT, Abuja - 18-year-old Ebeniro Akachi has proven with his 313 score in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that hard work does work.

Legit.ng recalls that The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the 2024 UTME results on Tuesday, April 29.

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18-year-old boy, Akachi scores 313 in UTME 2024
Akachi wants to study medicine and surgery at UNIPORT Photo credit: Paschal Ebeniro
Source: UGC

Akachi scored 313 in his second attempt after recording impressive scores in all four subject combinations.

The graduate of the Federal Government College, Okigwe in Imo state scored 248 on his first attempt.

His father, Paschal Ebeniro, made this known during an exclusive chat with Legit.ng on Wednesday evening, April 30.

Teenage boy scores 313 in 2024 UTME

The intelligent teenager scored 64 in English Language, 84 in Physics, 80 in Biology and 85 in Chemistry to make an aggregate score of 313.

The Imo state indigene from Ihitte Uboma local government area applied to study medicine and surgery at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) in Rivers state.

Akachi had outstanding WASSCE result

Akachi’s outstanding result in the 2024 UTME is not much of a surprise as he has 2 A, 6 B and just a credit in his 2023 WASSCE results.

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He had an A in Mathematics and Animal Husbandry, B’s in Civil education, English language, Biology, Chemistry and computer science and a credit in further mathematics.

JAMB 2024: Award-winning teenager scores 345 in UTME

Legit.ng earlier reported that a 16-year-old Nwokoro Munachimso Nnanna got the attention of Nigerians with his outstanding performance of 345 in the just-released 2024 UTME results.

The award-winning student of the Federal Government Academy, Suleja had an aggregate score of 345.

Munachimso scored 69 in English Language, 95 in Mathematics, 86 in Chemistry and 95 in Physics

Source: Legit.ng

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.