fThe 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.
The 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, and 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 reveal 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.
- 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
- Mountain Top University, Makogi/Oba, Ogun State
- Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State
- Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State
- Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State
97. Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT
- Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
- West Midland Open University, Ibadan, Oyo State
- 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