Council of Legal Education Approves 114 Universities to Run Law Programmes in Nigeria

The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has officially released a comprehensive list of 114 universities authorised to offer law programmes in Nigeria, reinforcing its regulatory role in maintaining professional standards for aspiring lawyers.

In a circular issued on Friday, the council stressed that only the listed institutions are permitted to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme. The circular, signed by Aderonke Osho, Secretary and Director of Administration, warned that any university operating a law programme without the council’s approval would face sanctions, and students enrolled in such unapproved programmes would be ineligible for admission to the Nigerian Law School.

“The public is further informed that any university that admits students into a law programme without the approval of the Council of Legal Education is acting contrary to the provisions regulating legal education in Nigeria and will be subject to appropriate sanctions,” the circular stated.

The council also pledged to continue updating the list of approved universities in line with its mandate to oversee legal education in Nigeria.

Universities Approved to Run Law Programmes:

• Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State

• Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State

• Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State

• Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State

• Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State

• Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State

• Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Adamawa State

• Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State

• University of Abuja, FCT

• University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State

• University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State

• University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State

• University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State

• University of Ilesa, Ilesa, Osun State

• University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State

• University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State

• University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State

• University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State

• University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State

• University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

• University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State

• University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State

• Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, Sokoto State

• Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State

• Adamawa State University, Mubi, Adamawa State

• Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State

• Bauchi State University, Gadau, Bauchi State

• Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State

• Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State

• Edo University, Iyamho (Uzairue), Edo State

• Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State

• Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Agbani, Enugu State

• Gombe State University, Gombe State

• Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State

• Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State

• Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State

• Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State

• Plateau State University, Bokkos, Plateau State

• Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

• Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State

• Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State

• Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State

• Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State

• Admiralty University, Ibusa, Delta State

• Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State

• Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State

• Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno State

• Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State

• American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State

• Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos State

• Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo (Calabar), Cross River State

• Ave-Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State

• Azman University, Kano, Kano State

• Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State

• Baze University, Abuja (Moratorium on admission 2023/24–2025/26)

• Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State

• Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State

• Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State

• Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State

• Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State

• Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State

• Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Anambra State

• Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State

• Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State

• Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State

• El-Amin University, Minna, Niger State

• Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State

• Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State

• Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu State

• Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State

• Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State

• Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State

• Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State

• Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State

• Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Ogboko, Imo State

• Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State

• Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State (Moratorium 2023/24–2027/28)

• Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State

• Maduka University, Enugu State

• Margaret Lawrence University, Abuja, FCT

• Maryam Abacha American University, Kano, Kano State

• McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State

• Mewar International University, Masaka, Nasarawa State

• Newgate University, Minna, Niger State

• Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State

• Nigerian-British University, Asa, Abia State

• Nile University, Abuja, FCT

• North-Eastern University, Gombe State

• Northwest University, Kano (Yusuf Maitama Sule University), Kano State

• Northwest University, Kalambaina, Wamakko, Sokoto State

• Novena University, Ogume, Delta State

• Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State

• Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State

• Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State

• Peter University, Achina/Onnch, Anambra State

• Philomath University, Abuja, FCT

• Prime University, Abuja, FCT

• Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State

• Rayhaan University, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State

• Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State

• Renaissance University, Ugbawka, Enugu State

• Reverend Father Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, Benue State

• Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State

• Sam Maris University, Supare-Akoko, Ondo State

• Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State

• Skyline University, Kano, Kano State

• Thomas Adewunmi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State

• Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State

• Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja

• Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State