Council for Legal Education (CLE) has released the full list of 114 universities in Nigeria authorised to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme.
Gatekeepers News reports that it warned that institutions not on the list are not permitted to run law programmes and their graduates will be ineligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School.
The approved universities include Abia State University, Uturu in Abia State, Achievers University, Owo in Ondo State, Adamawa State University, Mubi in Adamawa State, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko in Ondo State, Adeleke University, Ede in Osun State, Admiralty University, Ibusa in Delta State, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Kaduna State, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo in Oyo State, Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri in Borno State, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin in Kwara State, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike in Ebonyi State, American University of Nigeria, Yola in Adamawa State, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in Edo State, Anchor University, Ayobo in Lagos State, Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo (Calabar) in Cross River State, Ave-Maria University, Piyanko in Nasarawa State, and Azman University, Kano in Kano State.
Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo in Ogun State, Bauchi State University, Gadau in Bauchi State, Bayero University, Kano in Kano State, Baze University, Abuja, Benson Idahosa University, Benin City in Edo State, Bingham University, Karu in Nasarawa State, Bowen University, Iwo in Osun State, Caleb University, Imota in Lagos State, Chrisland University, Abeokuta in Ogun State, Christopher University, Mowe in Ogun State, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam in Anambra State, Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara in Kogi State, Crescent University, Abeokuta in Ogun State, Delta State University, Abraka in Delta State, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo in Delta State, Edo University, Iyamho (Uzairue) in Edo State, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State, El-Amin University, Minna in Niger State, and Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin in Ondo State are also approved.
Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Agbani in Enugu State, Federal University, Dutsin-Ma in Katsina State, Federal University, Lokoja in Kogi State, Federal University, Otuoke in Bayelsa State, Federal University, Wukari in Taraba State, Fountain University, Osogbo in Osun State, Godfrey Okoye University in Enugu State, Gombe State University, Gombe State, Gregory University, Uturu in Abia State, Hensard University, Toru-Orua in Bayelsa State, Ibrahim Badamasi University, Lapai in Niger State, Igbinedion University, Okada in Edo State, Imo State University, Owerri in Imo State, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji in Osun State, Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Ogboko in Imo State, Koladaisi University, Ibadan in Oyo State, and Kwara State University, Malete in Kwara State are included.
Lagos State University, Ojo in Lagos State, Lead City University, Ibadan, Madonna University, Okija in Anambra State, Maduka University in Enugu State, Margaret Lawrence University, Abuja, Maryam Abacha American University, Kano in Kano State, McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo in Ogun State, Mewar International University, Masaka in Nasarawa State, Modibbo Adama University, Yola in Adamawa State, Nasarawa State University, Keffi in Nasarawa State, Newgate University, Minna in Niger State, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island in Bayelsa State, Nigerian-British University, Asa in Abia State, Nile University, Abuja, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka in Anambra State, and North-Eastern University, Gombe State are also approved.
Northwest University, Kano, Northwest University, Kalambaina in Sokoto State, Novena University, Ogume in Delta State, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun State, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State, Osun State University, Osogbo in Osun State, Peter University, Achina/Onnch in Anambra State, Philomath University, Abuja, Plateau State University, Bokkos in Plateau State, Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil in Kano, Prime University, Abuja, and Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba in Kogi State are on the CLE list.
Rayhaan University, Birnin-Kebbi in Kebbi State, Redeemer’s University, Ede in Osun State, Renaissance University, Ugbawka in Enugu State, Reverend Father Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi in Benue State, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Salem University, Lokoja in Kogi State, Sam Maris University, Ondo State, Shanahan University, Onitsha in Anambra State, Skyline University, Kano, Taraba State University, Jalingo in Taraba State, Thomas Adewunmi University, Oko-Irese in Kwara State, Topfaith University, Mkpatak in Akwa Ibom State, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina in Katsina State, University of Abuja, Abuja, University of Benin, Benin City in Edo State, and University of Calabar, Calabar in Cross River State are approved to admit law students.
University of Delta, Agbor in Delta State, University of Ibadan, Ibadan in Oyo State, University of Ilesa, Ilesa in Osun State, University of Ilorin, Ilorin in Kwara State, University of Jos, Jos in Plateau State, University of Lagos, Akoka in Lagos State, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri in Borno State, University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Enugu State, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt in Rivers State, University of Uyo, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, University on the Niger, Umunya in Anambra State, Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto in Sokoto State, Veritas University, Bwari in Abuja, Wesley University, Ondo in Ondo State, and Yobe State University, Damaturu in Yobe State complete the list.
CLE said the list will be updated periodically to reflect new approvals or changes in accreditation status and urged prospective law students to confirm the accreditation of their university before applying to ensure eligibility for the Nigerian Law School.
