The young Delta born Anthony Chinecherem Toruka approximately 16 years old has made history in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
From available records, he is now the first ever student of Delta State to have put in such an impressive performance in UTME in the history of JAMB.
Anthony Toruka an SS3 student of St Augustine College new Karu Nasarawa, near Abuja, sat for the 2025 UTME exam at Ansar – Ud- Deen Society Centenary Resource ( CBT) Centre in Maitama, Abuja on 26th April.
In the results officially released by JAMB last Friday, the young Anthony Toruka scored 76 in the Use of English, 94 in Mathematics, 98 in Chemistry and 96 in Physics with an aggregate score of 364 out of overall score of 400.
With this whopping score, he has become the first Deltan to clinch such a prestigious score in the history of JAMB.
With this uncommon high score, Anthony Toruka has made history in St Augustine College, New Karu Nasarawa state as the top best in UTME since inception of the highly revered Catholic Missionary school.
He is a rare gem; a gift to St Augustine College New Karu , a gift to his parents and a gift to his generation.
Our investigations revealed that
Anthony Toruka has been confirmed a genius by the authority of St Augustine College New Karu and his academic records and laurels speak volume of his intellectual capacity and prowess.
Additionally, our findings at St Augustine College New Karu Nasarawa state disclosed that the young Anthony Toruka has maintained steady and consistent academic flow since his SS 1 and has been exposed to writing external examinations.
In 2022, the College Principal granted about five most brilliant students in his class to sit for the General Certificate of Education, GCE alongside with the SS3 students of that year to test their capabilities of course that was the first time such privilege was given to any student.
Amazingly, Anthony Toruka got the top best result in that GCE which he wrote in SS1, with four A’s and four B’s.
In the same vein, the school authority encouraged him to sit for the Scholastic Aptitude Test examination, SAT in December 2024. Infact he was the only student in his set who sat for that international examination. Again, Anthony Toruka got a whopping score of 1510 out of 1600.
In February, 2024 while he was in SS2, he won an award of outstanding performance in lQ Mathematics and English Language competition in Nigeria in SSS category where he took first position in the whole of Nasarawa State.
Similarly, in February 2025 in the same examination for Senior Secondary category tagged ” lQ Mathematics and English Language Academic Exposure Nigeria”, young Anthony Toruka scored 44 out of 50 in Maths and 43 in English out of 50 with a total score of 87 out of 100 thereby clinching the 4th position in the Federation and first in the entire northern states , including FCT.
Moreso, our findings from St Augustine College, New Karu Nasarawa state further revealed that Anthony Toruka who hails from Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State has maintained straight A’s in all his subjects and has also maintained first position in his class from SS1 to date.
Judging by his academic feat over the years, his school confirmed him a genius and he remains the top best in his set with a cumulative Point Average of 5/5.
Considering his academic strength and honour the young Anthony Toruka has brought to St Augustine College, New Karu, the College Principal officially branded him a ‘Special Student ‘ and placed him on special meals on Sundays.
It is germane and instructive to affirm that St. Augustine College New Karu Nasarawa state is the school to beat in Nigeria. The UTME result just recently released by JAMB has placed them on a high pedestal.
While the young Anthony Toruka got a whopping and historic score of 364, two other students in the same school also score 352 and 348 respectively which explains why St Augustine College New Karu Nasarawa state remains one of the best in the country.
The young Anthony Toruka plans to study Software Engineering in the University.
He is God fearing , loving, humble and soft spoken.
Position held in school, ICT Prefect.
His hobbies include reading, singing and performing some culinary activities whenever he has the opportunity to do so.
Extra Curricular activities, playing volleyball.
Indeed, Anthony Toruka deserves to be recognized and celebrated by the Delta State Government for this unprecedented feat and for making the state proud, considering the abysmal poor performance of candidates in this year’s 2025 UTME examination as disclosed by the Registrar of JAMB while giving the breakdown of the UTME result.
Such recognition will spur other students of the state to up their games in striving for excellence.
Anthony Toruka no doubt is a worthy Ambassador of Delta State and his labour should not be in vain.
While we await the overall ranking of the 2025 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, we congratulate Anthony Chinecherem Toruka for making us proud and for being an academic Colossus.
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