FG Set Panel To Investigate 105 Private Universities In Nigeria

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Following the report on fake professors flooding higher institutions in the nation, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education has inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee to look into the activities of foreign and private universities operating in Nigeria.

Some of the members of the Committee are, 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.

The committee noted that from the terms of reference, private universities established in the last 15 years in the country will be investigated.

In the last 15 years over 107 private universities have been established and below are some that may fall under the investigative searchlight of the committee.

They are:

1.       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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