List of Approved 114 Universities to Run Law Programmes in Nigeria (Full List)

• The Council of Legal Education has released the list of 114 universities authorised to run Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programmes in Nigeria.

The Council of Legal Education has released the list of 114 universities approved to run law programmes in Nigeria.

In a circular issued on Friday, the council said only the listed universities are authorised to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in the country.

The circular, signed by the council’s Secretary and Director of Administration, Aderonke Osho, warned that any university running a law programme without approval would face sanctions.

The council also stated that students admitted into unapproved law programmes would not be eligible for admission into 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 added that it would continue to update the list in line with its mandate to regulate legal education in Nigeria.

Below is the full list of universities approved to run law programmes in Nigeria:

• Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State
• Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State
• Adamawa State University, Mubi, Adamawa State
• Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State
• Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State
• Admiralty University, Ibusa, Delta State
• Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
• Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State
• Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State
• Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno State
• Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State
• Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State
• American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State
• Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo 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
• Bauchi State University, Gadau, Bauchi State
• Bayero University, Kano, Kano State
• Baze University, Abuja (Moratorium on admission for three years: 2023/2024–2025/2026)
• 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
• Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State
• Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State
• Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State
• Edo University, Iyamho (Uzairue), Edo State
• Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
• El-Amin University, Minna, Niger State
• Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State
• Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Agbani, Enugu State
• Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State
• Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State
• Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State
• Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State
• Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State
• Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu State
• Gombe State University, Gombe State
• Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State
• Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State
• Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State
• Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State
• Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State
• Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State
• Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Ogboko, Imo State
• Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State
• Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State
• Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State
• Lead City University, Ibadan (Moratorium on admission for five years: 2023/2024–2027/2028)
• Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State
• Maduka University, Enugu State
• Margaret Lawrence University, Abuja
• Maryam Abacha American University, Kano
• McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State
• Mewar International University, Masaka, Nasarawa State
• Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Adamawa State
• Nasarawa State University, Keffi
• Newgate University, Minna
• Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island
• Nigerian-British University, Asa, Abia State
• Nile University, Abuja
• Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
• North-Eastern University, Gombe
• Northwest University (Yusuf Maitama Sule University), Kano
• Northwest University, Kalambaina, Sokoto State
• Novena University, Ogume, Delta State
• Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
• Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
• Osun State University, Osogbo
• Peter University, Achina/Onneh, Anambra State
• Philomath University, Abuja
• Plateau State University, Bokkos
• Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil (Moratorium: 2024/2025–2025/2026)
• Prime University, Abuja
• Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba
• Rayhaan University, Birnin-Kebbi
• Redeemer’s University, Ede
• Renaissance University, Ugbawka
• Reverend Father Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi
• Rivers State University, Port Harcourt
• Salem University, Lokoja
• Sam Maris University, Supare-Akoko
• Shanahan University, Onitsha
• Skyline University, Kano
• Taraba State University, Jalingo
• Thomas Adewunmi University, Kwara State
• Topfaith University, Mkpatak
• Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina
• University of Abuja
• University of Benin
• University of Calabar
• University of Delta, Agbor
• University of Ibadan
• University of Ilesa
• University of Ilorin
• University of Jos
• University of Lagos
• University of Maiduguri
• University of Nigeria, Nsukka
• University of Port Harcourt
• University of Uyo
• University on the Niger, Umunya
• Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto
• Veritas University, Bwari
• Wesley University, Ondo
• Yobe State University, Damaturu

The Council of Legal Education is the statutory body responsible for the professional training and regulation of aspiring lawyers in Nigeria.

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Established under the Legal Education Act, it oversees the Nigerian Law School and ensures that legal education standards are maintained across the country.