Degree Certificates Racketeering: 107 private varsities to be investigated by FG (FULL LIST) 

The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday, January 9, launched a probe of degree racketeering in foreign and local private universities.

 

A seven-member inter-ministerial committee will investigate the allegations within eight weeks, reports The Nation.

 

Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, mandated it to review the role of any ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) or their officials in the facilitation of the recognition and procurement of fake certificates in question.

 

The committee includes members such as the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), 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 key terms of reference is to examine private universities established in the last 15 years.

 

The focus Is on assessing whether these institutions have the required facilities, appropriate management structures, adequate funding for programs, and the necessary staff (full-time, contract, adjunct, visiting, among other types).

 

The National Universities Commission (NUC) periodically conducts accreditation exercises, but this additional scrutiny aims to ensure compliance with specific criteria.

 

Nigeria currently has a total of 147 private universities, as indicated on the NUC website.

 

Checks by the Nation reveals that 107 of these private universities were established within the last 15 years.

 

Here is a full list of 107 private universities to be investigated by the federal government.

 

1. Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State

 

2. Baze University, FCT Abuja

 

3. Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State

 

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

 

5. McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ajebo, Ogun State

 

6. Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State

 

7. Southwestern University, Oku Owa, Ogun State

 

8. Evangel University, Ebonyi State

 

9. Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State

 

10. Augustine University, Ilara, Lagos State

 

11. Chrisland University, Owode, Ogun State

 

12. Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State

 

13. Hallmark University, Ijebu-Itele, Ogun State

 

14. Kings University Ode-Omu, Osun State

 

15. Mountain Top University, Makogi/Oba, Ogun State

 

16. Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State

 

17. Summit University, Offa, Kwara State

 

18. Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State

 

19. Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo State

 

20. Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos State

 

21. Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State

 

22. Clifford University, Abia State

 

23. Coal City University, Enugu state

 

24. Ojaja University, Ilorin, Kwara state

 

25. Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State

 

26. Kola Daisi University., Ibadan, Oyo State

 

27. Legacy University, Okija, Anambra State

 

28. Spiritan University, Neochi, Abia State

 

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

 

32. Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State

 

33. Eko University of Medical Sciences, Ijanikin, Lagos

 

34. Skyline University, Nigeria, Kano, Kano State

 

35. Greenfield University, Kasarami-Kaduna, Kaduna State

 

36. Dominion University, Ibadan, Oyo State

 

38. Westland University, Iwo, Osun State

 

39. Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa-Ibom State

 

40. Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State

 

41. Maranatha University, Lekki, Lagos State

 

42. Ave-Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State

 

43.AL-Istigama University, Sumaila, Kano State

 

45. Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State

 

46. Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State

 

47. Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State

 

48. Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State

 

49. James Hope University, Lekki, Lagos state

 

50. Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State

 

51. Capital City University, Kano, Kano State

 

52. Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State

 

53. University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State

 

54. Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State

 

55. Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State

 

56. Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja

 

57. Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State

 

58. ANAN University, Kwall, Plateau State

 

59. Pen Resource University, Gombe, Gombe State

 

60.Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno

 

61. Margaret Lawrence University, Galilee, Delta State

 

62. Khalifa Isiyaku Rabiu University, Kano, Kano State

 

63. Sports University, Idumuje, Ugboko, Delta State

 

64. Baba-Ahmed University, Kano, Kano State

 

66. Nigerian British University, Asa, Abia State

 

67. Peter University, Achina-Onneh, Anambra State

 

68. Newgate University, Minna, Niger State

 

69. European University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT

 

70. Northwest University, Sokoto, Sokoto State

 

71. Rayhaan University, Kebbi State

 

73. Sam Maris University, Supare, Ondo State

 

74. Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State

 

75. Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State

 

76. Maduka University, Ekwegbe, Enugu State

 

77. Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State

 

78. Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State

 

80. Azman University, Kano, Kano State

 

81. Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State

 

82. Franco British International University, Kaduna, Kaduna State

 

83. Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT

 

84. Miva Open University, Abuja, FCT

 

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

 

87. Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State

 

88.Phoenix University, Agwada, Nasarawa State

 

89. Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State

 

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

 

91. University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State

 

92. Elrazi University of Medical Sciences, Kano Kano State

 

94 Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State

 

95. Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State

 

96. Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State

 

97.Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT

 

98. Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State

 

99. West Midland Open University, Ibadan, Oyo State

 

101. Prime University, Abuja, FCT

 

102. El-Amin University, Niger State

 

103. College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna, Kaduna State

 

104. Jewel University, Gombe, Gombe State

 

105. Nigerian University of Technology and Management, Apapa, Lagos State

 

106. Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja, FCT

 

107. Al-Bayan University, Kogi state