107 Private Varsities to be Investigated by FG’s Panel 

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday, inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee to look into the activities of private and foreign universities operating in the country.

The committee has, as some of its members, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; the Minister of Youths, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar among others.

One of the committee’s terms of reference stated that private universities established in the last 15 years be investigated.

“Without prejudice to the periodic accreditation exercise of the NUC, examine whether or not private universities established in the last 15 years have in the place prescribed facilities, appropriate management structure, adequate funding of programmes, requisite staff (nature of staff-full time, contract, adjunct, visiting, other types),” the term of reference read.

Already, Nigeria has a total of 147 private universities as listed on the website of the NUC.

Analysis of the dates of establishments revealed that 107 private universities were established in the last 15 years.

In this piece, PUNCH online highlights the private universities established in the last 15 years that may fall under the searchlight of the FG’s investigative panel.

They are;

Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State

Baze University, FCT Abuja
Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State

Glorious Vision University (formerly Samuel Adegboyega University), Ogwa, Edo State

McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ajebo, Ogun State

Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State

Southwestern University, Oku Owa, Ogun State

Evangel University, Ebonyi State

Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State

Augustine University, Ilara, Lagos State

Chrisland University, Owode, Ogun State

Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State

Hallmark University, Ijebu-Itele, Ogun State

Kings University Ode-Omu, Osun State

Michael & Cecilia Ibru University, Owhode, Delta State

Mountain Top University, Makogi/Oba, Ogun State
Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwalbom State

Summit University, Offa, Kwara State

Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State
Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo State

Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos State

Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State

Clifford University, Abia State
Coal City University, Enugu state

Ojaja University, Ilorin, Kwara state

Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State

Kola Daisi University., Ibadan, Oyo State

Legacy University, Okija, Anambra State

Spiritan University, Neochi, Abia State

Precious Cornerstone, Ibadan, Oyo State

PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State

Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State

Eko University of Medical Sciences, Ijanikin, Lagos
Skyline University, Nigeria, Kano, Kano State

Greenfield University, Kasarami-Kaduna, Kaduna State

Dominion University, Ibadan, Oyo State

Trinity University, Laloko, Ogun State

Westland University, Iwo, Osun State

Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa-Ibom State

Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State
Maranatha University, Lekki, Lagos State

Ave-Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State

43.AL-Istigama University, Sumaila, Kano State

Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State
Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State

Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State

Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State

Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State

James Hope University, Lekki, Lagos state

Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State

Capital City University, Kano, Kano State

Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State

University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State

Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State

Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State

Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja

Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State

ANAN University, Kwall, Plateau State
Pen Resource University, Gombe, Gombe State

60.Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno

Margaret Lawrence University, Galilee, Delta State

Khalifa Isiyaku Rabiu University, Kano, Kano State
Sports University, Idumuje, Ugboko, Delta State

Baba-Ahmed University, Kano, Kano State

Salsa University Of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sokoto, Sokoto State

Nigerian British University, Asa, Abia State
Peter University, Achina-Onneh, Anambra State
Newgate University, Minna, Niger State

European University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
Northwest University, Sokoto, Sokoto State

Rayhaan University, Kebbi State

Muhammad Kamalud-Deen University, Ilorin, Kwara State
Sam Maris University, Supare, Ondo State

Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State

Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State

Maduka University, Ekwegbe, Enugu State

Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State

Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State

Vision University, Ikogbo, Ogun State

Azman University, Kano, Kano State

Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State
Franco British International University, Kaduna, Kaduna State

Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
Miva Open University, Abuja, FCT

Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-ljebu, Ogun State

British Canadian University, Obudu, Cross River State
Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State

88.Phoenix University, Agwada, Nasarawa State

Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State

Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State

University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
Elrazi University of Medical Sciences, Kano Kano State

Venite University, Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State

94 Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State

Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State

Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State
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Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT

Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
West Midland Open

University, Ibadan, Oyo State
Amaj University, Abuja, FCT

Prime University, Abuja, FCT

El-Amin University, Niger State

College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna, Kaduna State

Jewel University, Gombe, Gombe State

Nigerian University of Technology and Management, Apapa, Lagos State

Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja, FCT

Al-Bayan University, Kogi state