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 said 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 (3) years with effect from 2023/2024 till 2025/2026 session as approved by the Council)

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, Oyo State (Moratorium on admission for five (5) years with effect from 2023/2024 till 2027/2028 session as approved by the Council)

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

Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Adamawa State

Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State

Newgate University, Minna, Niger State

Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State

Nigerian-British University, Asa, Abia state.

Nile University, Abuja

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State

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

Plateau State University, Bokkos, Plateau State

Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State (Moratorium on admission for two (2) years with effect from 2024/2025 till 2025/2026 session as approved by the Council)

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 (formerly Benue State University)

Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State

Sam Maris University, Supare-Akoko, Ondo State

Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State

Skyline University, Kano, Kano State

Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State

Thomas Adewunmi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State

Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, Katsina State

University of Abuja, 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

Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja

Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State

Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State

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

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