The Federal Government of Nigeria has published the names of banned 18 foreign universities operating in Nigeria.
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education had on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Togo and Benin Republic universities.
It cautioned Nigerians against enrolling in such institutions as their awarding degree, diploma or post graduate certificate is not recognized and most fake.
Government actions may have been elicited by a recent investigative report carried out by a Daily Nigerian reporter, who went undercover to bag a university degree from a university in Cotonou in six weeks and participated in the NYSC scheme.
In a statement on its website, the National University Commission labelled the blacklisted foreign universities as ‘degree mills.’
According to the statement, “The under-listed “degree mills” have not been licensed by the Federal Government and have therefore been closed down for violating the Education (National Minimum Standards, etc.) Act of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”
The affected institutions include five universities from the United States, three from the Republic of Benin, six from the United Kingdom, and three from Ghana.
Below is the list of the 18 foreign universities the Federal Government banned from operating within its borders.
1. University of Applied Sciences and Management, Port Novo, Republic of Benin or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
2. Volta University College, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
The statement reads in part, “The under-listed “degree mills” have not been licensed by the Federal Government and have therefore been closed down for violating the Education (National Minimum Standards, etc.) Act of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”
The affected institutions include five universities from the United States, three from the Republic of Benin, six from the United Kingdom, and three from Ghana.
Below is the list of the 18 foreign universities the Federal Government banned from operating within its borders.
1. University of Applied Sciences and Management, Port Novo, Republic of Benin or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
2. Volta University College, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
3. The International University, Missouri, USA, Kano and Lagos Study Centres, or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
4. Collumbus University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
5. Tiu International University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
6. Pebbles University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
7. London External Studies UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
8. Pilgrims University operating anywhere in Nigeria.
9. West African Christian University operating anywhere in Nigeria.
10. EC-Council University, USA, Ikeja Lagos Study Centre.
11. Concept College/Universities (London) Ilorin or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
12. Houdegbe North American University campuses in Nigeria.
13. Irish University Business School London, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
14. University of Education, Winneba Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
15. Cape Coast University, Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
16. African University Cooperative Development, Cotonou, Benin Republic, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
17. Pacific Western University, Denver, Colorado, Owerri Study Centre.
18. Evangel University of America and Chudick Management Academic, Lagos.
