The Federal Government has blacklisted 18 foreign universities operating in Nigeria and cautioned Nigerians against enrolling in such institutions.
This came about as a result of a recent investigative story detailing how a Daily Nigerian writer went undercover to engage in the NYSC program and graduated in six weeks from a Cotonou institution.
On Tuesday, January 2, 2024, the Federal Government, acting through the Ministry of Education, halted the assessment and approval of degree certificates from universities in the Benin Republic and Togo.
The National University Commission called the foreign universities on its blacklist “degree mills” in a statement posted on its website.
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.
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.
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.