The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has released the official list of 114 universities authorised to run law programmes in Nigeria, warning institutions against admitting students into the course without its approval.
In a circular issued on Friday, the council stated that only universities listed by the regulatory body are permitted to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme, stressing that institutions operating law programmes without authorisation risk sanctions.
The circular, signed by Aderonke Osho, Secretary to the Council and Director of Administration, warned that any university admitting law students without the council’s approval would be in violation of regulations governing legal education in Nigeria.
“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 in accordance with extant regulations and policy,” the circular stated.
The council also advised prospective students and parents to verify the accreditation status of universities before seeking admission into law programmes.
According to the CLE, graduates of law from institutions not approved by the council will not be eligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School, which is mandatory for qualification as a legal practitioner in Nigeria.
The body added that the list of accredited universities would be reviewed and updated periodically in line with its statutory mandate to regulate legal education and maintain professional standards.
Universities Approved to Offer Law Programmes
The universities cleared by the council to admit law students are:
- 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, 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, FCT (moratorium on law admission)
- 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, 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, Bayelsa State
- Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State
- Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State
- Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State
- Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Osun State
- Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, 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)
- Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State
- Maduka University, Enugu State
- Margaret Lawrence University, Abuja
- Maryam Abacha American University, Kano
- McPherson University, Ogun State
- Mewar International University, Nasarawa State
- Modibbo Adama University, Yola
- Nasarawa State University, Keffi
- Newgate University, Minna
- Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State
- Nigerian‑British University, Abia State
- Nile University, Abuja
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
- North‑Eastern University, Gombe State
- Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano
- Northwest University Sokoto, Sokoto State
- Novena University, Delta State
- Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
- Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State
- Osun State University, Osogbo
- Peter University, Anambra State
- Philomath University, Abuja
- Plateau State University, Bokkos
- Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil (moratorium)
- Prime University, Abuja
- Prince Abubakar Audu University, Kogi State
- Rayhaan University, Kebbi State
- Redeemer’s University, Osun State
- Renaissance University, Enugu State
- Moses Orshio Adasu University, Benue State
- Rivers State University, Port Harcourt
- Salem University, Lokoja
- Sam Maris University, Ondo State
- Shanahan University, Onitsha
- Skyline University, Kano
- Taraba State University, Jalingo
- Thomas Adewunmi University, Kwara State
- Topfaith University, Akwa Ibom State
- Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina
- University of Abuja
- University of Benin
- University of Calabar
- University of Delta
- 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
- Usman Danfodio University
- Veritas University
- Wesley University
- Yobe State University
The council noted that some universities currently have temporary moratoria on law admissions, including:
- Baze University — three-year suspension of law admissions from the 2023/2024 to 2025/2026 academic sessions.
- Lead City University — five-year moratorium from the 2023/2024 to 2027/2028 academic sessions.
- Nigeria Police Academy — two-year suspension covering the 2024/2025 to 2025/2026 sessions.
The CLE reiterated that strict compliance with its guidelines is necessary to protect the integrity of legal education and ensure that graduates meet the standards required to practise law in Nigeria.
