FULL LIST: 122 Nigerian universities approved to offer Law

The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has released the list of 122 universities approved to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in Nigeria as of August 2026.

The council warned prospective students, parents and guardians against enrolling in Law programmes at institutions that have not been accredited, stressing that graduates of unapproved programmes will not be eligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School.

In a public notice issued on Monday and dated August 14, 2026, the CLE said only universities accredited by the council are authorised to admit students into the LL.B programme.

It warned that universities admitting students into unapproved Law programmes would be acting contrary to the laws regulating legal education in Nigeria and could face sanctions.

The council also identified some universities currently under moratorium on admission, meaning they are temporarily barred from admitting new students into their Law programmes.

Baze University, Abuja, was placed under a three-year moratorium covering the 2023/2024 to 2025/2026 academic sessions. Lead City University, Ibadan, has a five-year moratorium covering 2023/2024 to 2027/2028, while the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, is under a two-year moratorium covering the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 sessions.

The council said the restrictions were approved by its governing body.

The approved universities 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; Akwa-Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, Akwa Ibom State.

Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno State; Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State; Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State; Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State; Amadeus University, Amazi, Abia 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, FCT; 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; European University of Nigeria, Abuja; 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; Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State; Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State; Maduka University, Ekwegbe-Nsukka, 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, now Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano State; Northwest University, Kalambaina, Wamakko, Sokoto State; Novena University, Ogume, Delta State; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Oduduwa University, Ipetu-Modu, Osun State; Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State; Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State; Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State; Peter University, Achina/Onneh, Anambra State; Philomath University, Abuja, FCT; Plateau State University, Bokkos, Plateau State; Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State; Prime University, Kuje, 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; Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State; Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State.

The Council of Legal Education said the list would be updated when necessary in line with its statutory responsibility of regulating legal education in Nigeria.

It urged prospective Law students to verify the accreditation status of any university before accepting admission to avoid enrolling in programmes that would not qualify them for entry into the Nigerian Law School.