Degree Racketeering: FG Lists Adeleke, Baze, Landmark, 104 other Private Varsities to Be Investigated

The 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.

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, 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 by the Nation reveals 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

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

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

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