107 Private Universities To Be Investigated By FG 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.

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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

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
43. Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State
44. Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State
45. Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State
46. Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State
47. Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State
48. James Hope University, Lekki, Lagos state
49. Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
50. Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State
51. University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State
52. Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State
53. Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
54. Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja
55. Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State
56. ANAN University, Kwall, Plateau State
57. Pen Resource University, Gombe, Gombe State
    60.Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno
58. Margaret Lawrence University, Galilee, Delta State
59. Khalifa Isiyaku Rabiu University, Kano, Kano State
60. Sports University, Idumuje, Ugboko, Delta State
61. Baba-Ahmed University, Kano, Kano State
62. Salsa University Of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sokoto, Sokoto State
63. Nigerian British University, Asa, Abia State
64. Peter University, Achina-Onneh, Anambra State
65. Newgate University, Minna, Niger State
66. European University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
67. Northwest University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
68. Rayhaan University, Kebbi State
69. Muhammad Kamalud-Deen University, Ilorin, Kwara State
70. Sam Maris University, Supare, Ondo State
71. Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
72. Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State
73. Maduka University, Ekwegbe, Enugu State
74. Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State
75. Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State
76. Vision University, Ikogbo, Ogun State
77. Azman University, Kano, Kano State
78. Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State
79. Franco British International University, Kaduna, Kaduna State
80. Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
81. Miva Open University, Abuja, FCT
82. Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-ljebu, Ogun State
83. British Canadian University, Obudu, Cross River State
84. Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State
    88.Phoenix University, Agwada, Nasarawa State
85. Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State
86. Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State
87. University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
88. Elrazi University of Medical Sciences, Kano Kano State
89. Venite University, Iloro-Ekiti, Ekiti State
    94 Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State
90. Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State
91. Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State
    97.Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT
92. Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
93. West Midland Open University, Ibadan, Oyo State
94. Amaj University, Abuja, FCT
95. Prime University, Abuja, FCT
96. El-Amin University, Niger State
97. College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna, Kaduna State
98. Jewel University, Gombe, Gombe State
99. Nigerian University of Technology and Management, Apapa, Lagos State
100. Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja, FCT
101. Al-Bayan University, Kogi state