How to Change JAMB Phone Number 2025

This post is exclusively about JAMB Phone Number. It is specially written for candidates asking, “Can I change my JAMB Phone Number online?” You will get the necessary answers and also learn how to change JAMB phone number (or retrieve your phone number) even after your JAMB registration.

For successful JAMB registration, there are basic requirements. You can read up on the requirements and registration procedure here. From the link, you will see that one of the basic requirements is an active phone number. This is particularly so because without an active phone number, you will not be able to request for JAMB Profile Code. In addition to that, you will not be able to check your JAMB result when they release it.

More so, without an active phone number, you won’t be able to link your JAMB email address to your JAMB profile. These go to show the importance of phone numbers as far as you are aspiring to get admission through JAMB.

Reasons Why Candidates May Want to Change their JAMB Phone Number

Over time, there are a series of reasons why some candidates want to change their JAMB Phone Number. Some of the reasons include…

1. Use of a wrong phone number for JAMB registration.
2. Using the phone number of a friend whom you can no longer reach.
3. Loss of phone or SIM card.
4. Blockage of SIM by network providers.

So you will do well to avoid the above mistakes if you are yet to register for JAMB.

Can I Change my JAMB Phone Number Online?

But if you have already fallen into any of the above mistakes after registering for JAMB, you may be asking if there is a way out. You want to know if you can change your JAMB phone number online.

Now, here’s the answer.

JAMB has made it clear that you cannot change the phone number linked to your JAMB profile after registration.

If you lose the number, the best option is to contact your network provider to recover it. However, you can use another phone number to generate a profile code. The new number, along with your email address, will then serve as your unique identifiers with JAMB.

Since the introduction of the use of NIN for JAMB registration, the board does not allow candidates to apply for change of phone number. Caveat: candidates are still allowed to apply for changes in other JAMB data like course, institution, names and so on.

The simple reason is because the phone number in question is linked to the data in the candidate’s profile via NIN. Actually, the data was exported from the candidate’s NIN to the JAMB profile. The implication of this is that the candidate cannot change their JAMB Phone number on their profile (at least, not from their own end). This is JAMB’s position.

How to Change JAMB Phone Number

So does it mean there is no solution to a problem of this nature? Should JAMB candidates with phone number issues just give up on their admission pursuit?

No, there is certainly a solution to every problem in life. Actually, there are steps you can take to resolve your JAMB phone number issue depending on the cause.

That’s actually the intent of this post… to guide you through the necessary process to resolve the problem.

How to Change Your JAMB Phone Number

We have come to the crux of the matter in discourse. But before I delve into it, I want to let you know that the steps I would be recommending will depend on the peculiarity and technicality of your issue. Some of these are stated in the section on the reasons candidates may want to change their JAMB Phone Number.

So let’s go…

1. You Lost or Misplaced The SIM (Phone Number) You Used To Register JAMB

Some candidate’s JAMB phone number gets blocked due to SIM registration issues. Others lose or misplace their SIM cards for one reason or the other.

If you have any of the above issues after registering JAMB, the board recommends that you retrieve your SIM from your Network service provider.

The process of retrieving your SIM from your network service provider is called SIM Welcome Back. It’s actually a very simple process. All that is required is to have your SIM Pack. But in case you no longer have your SIM Pack, you need to…

• get an affidavit from a court.
• have your national ID card.
• remember at least four phone numbers you use to call.

Once you can present these three requirements at the office of your network provider, they will retrieve your SIM. Then you can start using it on JAMB Portal to do the needful.

Note that there is a cost implication to this service. If you have your SIM Pack, you will only have to pay N1000 for the service. Otherwise, you will pay an additional N1500 for an affidavit. In this case, your total expenses will amount to N2500. This is for someone who may need to know how much it costs to change JAMB phone number.

2. You Used Someone’s SIM (or Phone Number) to Register for JAMB

The solution in (1) above only applies to candidates who used their own phone number for JAMB registration but lost it later.

I now need to proffer solution for those who used someone else’s phone number for their JAMB registration. Such candidates have no option of retrieving the phone number because it doesn’t belong to them. So they need to change it.

But according to JAMB, it is not possible to change the phone number on a JAMB profile once it has been used for registration.

Final Thoughts on “How to Change JAMB Phone Number in 2025”

There are several reasons why candidates may need to change their JAMB phone number even after registration. Sadly, JAMB change of phone number is no longer possible. This has been JAMB’s position since the integration of NIN in the registration process.

We trust that you found what you were looking for in this informative article? Here’s the summary. You can only retrieve your SIM from your network service provider if you lost or misplaced it.

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