THE Council of Legal Education (CLE) has released the list of universities approved to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws programme in Nigeria as of August this year, warning prospective students against enrolling in unaccredited institutions.
The Council said only universities accredited by it were authorised to admit students into the LL.B programme, adding that students admitted into unapproved Law programmes would not be eligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School. In a public notice dated August 14, signed by the Secretary to the Council and Director of Administration, Aderonke O. Osho, issued on Monday, August 17, CLE warned that any university admitting students into a Law programme without its approval would be acting contrary to the provisions regulating legal education in Nigeria and could face sanctions. According to the notice: “The Council of Legal Education hereby informs the general public, prospective students, parents, guardians and other stakeholders that only universities accredited by the Council of Legal Education are authorised to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in Nigeria. “Furthermore, students admitted into Law programmes in universities that are not accredited by the Council of Legal Education will not be eligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School.” It said the list was published “for the guidance of the public” and would be updated as necessary in line with its statutory mandate to regulate legal education in Nigeria. The list contains universities under moratorium on admission, meaning they are not permitted to admit new students into their LL.B programmes during the periods specified by the Council. For example, Baze University, Abuja, is listed with a three-year moratorium covering the 2023/2024 to 2025/2026 sessions; Lead City University, Ibadan, a five-year moratorium running from 2023/2024 to 2027/2028; and Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, a two-year moratorium covering the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 sessions, as approved by the Council’s governing body. Here is the full list of approved universities: 1. Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State 2. Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State 3. Adamawa State University, Mubi, Adamawa State 4. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State 5. Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State 6. Admiralty University, Ibusa, Delta State 7. Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State 8. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State 9. Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State 10. Akwa-Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, Akwa Ibom State 11. Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno State 2. Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State 13. Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State14. Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State 15. Amadeus University, Amazi, Abia State 16. American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State 17. Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State 18. Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos State 19. Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo (Calabar), Cross River State 20. Ave-Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State 21. Azman University, Kano, Kano State 22. Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State 23. Bauchi State University, Gadau, Bauchi State 24. Bayero University, Kano, Kano State 25. Baze University, Abuja 26. Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State 27. Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State 28. Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State 29. Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State 30. Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State 31. Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State 32. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State 33. Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State 34. Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State 35. Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State 36. Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State 37. Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State 38. Edo University, Iyamho (Uzairue), Edo State 39. Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State 40. El-Amin University, Minna, Niger State 41. Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State 42. Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Agbani, Enugu State 43. European University of Nigeria, Abuja 44. Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State 45. Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State 46. Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State 47. Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State 48. Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State 49. Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu State 50. Gombe State University, Gombe State 51. Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State 52. Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State 53. Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State 54. Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State 55. Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State 56. Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State 57. Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Ogboko, Imo State 58. Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State 59. Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State 60. Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State 61. Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State 62. Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State 63. Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State 64. Maduka University, Ekwegbe-Nsukka, Enugu State 65. Margaret Lawrence University, Abuja, FCT 66. Maryam Abacha American University, Kano, Kano State 67. McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State 68. Mewar International University, Masaka, Nasarawa State 69. Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Adamawa State 70. Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State 71. Newgate University, Minna, Niger State 72. Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State 73. Nigerian-British University, Asa, Abia State 74. Nile University, Abuja 75. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State 76. North-Eastern University, Gombe State 77. Northwest University, Kano (Yusuf Maitama Sule University), Kano State 78. Northwest University, Kalambaina, Wamakko, Sokoto State 79. Novena University, Ogume, Delta State 80. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State 81. Oduduwa University, Ipetu-Modu, Osun State 82. Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State 83. Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State 84. Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State 85. Peter University, Achina/Onneh, Anambra State 86. Philomath University, Abuja, FCT 87. Plateau State University, Bokkos, Plateau State 88. Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State 89. Prime University, Kuje, FCT Abuja 90. Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State 91. Rayhaan University, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State 92. Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State 93. Renaissance University, Ugbawka, Enugu State 94. Reverend Father Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, Benue State (formerly Benue State University) 95. Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State 96. Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State 97. Sam Maris University, Supare-Akoko, Ondo State 98. Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State 99. Skyline University, Kano, Kano State 100. Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State 101. Thomas Adewunmi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State 102. Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State 103. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, Katsina State 104. University of Abuja, Abuja, FCT 105. University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State 106. University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State 107. University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State 108. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State 109. University of Ilesa, Ilesa, Osun State 110. University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State 111. University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State 112. University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State 113. University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State 114. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State 115. University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State 116. University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State 117. University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State 118. Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, Sokoto State 119. Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja 120. Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State 121. Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State 122. Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State
