FULL LIST: FG to probe 107 universities over fake degrees

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it would launch an investigation into private universities established in the last 15 years.

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known in Abuja while inaugurating the investigative panel on fake degrees and activities of degree mills in the country.

Mamman said the investigation would show if the private institutions under investigation have prescribed facilities, adequate management structure, and adequate funding of programmes, among others, in the place.

He noted that the inter-ministerial committee set up to look into the activities of illegal universities would also examine “the veracity of the allegations of degree certificate racketeering within both foreign and local private universities in Nigeria.”

Nigeria currently has a total of 147 private universities. Checks on the National Universities Commission’s website indicate that 107 of them were established in the last 15 years.

Below are the 107 private universities established in the last 15 years that may fall under the searchlight of the FG’s investigative panel.

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. Michael & Cecilia Ibru University, Owhode, Delta State
16. Mountain Top University, Makogi/Oba, Ogun State
17. Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwalbom State
18. Summit University, Offa, Kwara State
19. Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State
20. Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo State
21. Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos State
22. Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State
23. Clifford University, Abia State
24. Coal City University, Enugu state
25. Ojaja University, Ilorin, Kwara state
26. Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State
27. Kola Daisi University., Ibadan, Oyo State
28. Legacy University, Okija, Anambra State
29. Spiritan University, Neochi, Abia State
30. Precious Cornerstone, Ibadan, Oyo 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
37. Trinity University, Laloko, Ogun 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
44. Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo 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. Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State
52. University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State
53. Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State
54. Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
55. Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja
56. Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State
57. ANAN University, Kwall, Plateau State
58. Pen Resource University, Gombe, Gombe State
59. Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno
60. Margaret Lawrence University, Galilee, Delta State
61. Khalifa Isiyaku Rabiu University, Kano, Kano State
62. Sports University, Idumuje, Ugboko, Delta State
63. Baba-Ahmed University, Kano, Kano State
64. Salsa University Of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sokoto, Sokoto State
65. Nigerian British University, Asa, Abia State
66. Peter University, Achina-Onneh, Anambra State
67. Newgate University, Minna, Niger State
68. European University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
69. Northwest University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
70. Rayhaan University, Kebbi State
71. Muhammad Kamalud-Deen University, Ilorin, Kwara State
72. Sam Maris University, Supare, Ondo State
73. Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
74. Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State
75. Maduka University, Ekwegbe, Enugu State
76. Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State
77. Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State
78. Vision University, Ikogbo, Ogun State
79. Azman University, Kano, Kano State
80. Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State
81. Franco British International University, Kaduna, Kaduna State
82. Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
83. Miva Open University, Abuja, FCT
84. Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-ljebu, Ogun State
85. British Canadian University, Obudu, Cross River State
86. Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State
87. Phoenix University, Agwada, Nasarawa State
88. Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State
89. Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State
90. University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
91. Elrazi University of Medical Sciences, Kano, Kano State
92. Venite University, Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State
93. Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State
94. Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State
95. Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State
96. Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT
97. Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
98. West Midland Open University, Ibadan, Oyo State
99. Amaj University, Abuja, FCT
100. Prime University, Abuja, FCT
101. El-Amin University, Niger State
102. College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna, Kaduna State
103. Jewel University, Gombe, Gombe State
104. Nigerian University of Technology and Management, Apapa, Lagos State
105. Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja, FCT
106. Al-Bayan University, Kogi state.

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