As Parents Cry Out Over Lead City University’s Alleged Fraudulent Admissions Despite Moratorium
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The Council of Legal Education has released a comprehensive list of 114 universities approved to run law programmes in Nigeria, warning that students admitted into unapproved programmes will not be eligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School and that any university operating without authorization will face sanctions.
The public notice, dated March 12, 2026, and signed by the Council’s Secretary and Director of Administration, Aderonke Osho, comes amid growing concerns about institutions allegedly admitting students into law programmes without regulatory approval, most notably Lead City University in Ibadan, Oyo State, whose law programme is currently under a five-year moratorium.
The Approved List And Moratoriums
Of the 114 universities listed, 111 have full approval to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws programme, while three institutions are listed with moratoriums restricting admissions for specified periods.
Baze University, Abuja, is under a three-year moratorium on admissions from the 2023/2024 to the 2025/2026 academic session. Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, carries the most severe restriction — a five-year moratorium on admissions from the 2023/2024 to the 2027/2028 academic session. The Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, is under a two-year moratorium from the 2024/2025 to the 2025/2026 session.
The Council emphasized that only the listed universities are authorized to admit students into the LL.B programme and that any institution running a law programme without approval is acting contrary to the provisions regulating legal education in Nigeria.
The release of the approved list comes against the backdrop of a petition by concerned parents and guardians of students at Lead City University who have accused the institution of running what they described as a fraudulent admission exercise despite the five-year moratorium on its law programme.
In a petition dated February 19, 2026, and addressed to the Director General of the Nigerian Law School, the parents, represented by Chief J. A. Omigbure, alleged that the university repeatedly admitted students into its Faculty of Law for both the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions despite lacking approval from the Council of Legal Education.
The parents described the university’s actions as driven by a selfish, profit-making interest that exploits the desperation of students seeking admission to study law.
In what the parents described as an attempt to cover up the unauthorized admissions, they alleged that after some parents confronted the university management over the deception, the institution convened a meeting with the affected students and instructed them to carry out temporary transfers to other faculties while retaining admission letters indicating they were admitted into the Faculty of Law.
According to the petition, the university promised to move the students back to the Law Faculty once the situation with regulators was resolved.
Despite these developments, the parents alleged that the university went ahead and admitted a fresh set of law students for the 2025/2026 academic session and even proceeded to matriculate them, in apparent defiance of the Council’s moratorium.
The parents further claimed that the university management had been telling students that the regulatory issues would be resolved following the appointment of a new Director General of the Nigerian Law School.
The parents appealed to the newly appointed Director General and the Council of Legal Education to intervene immediately and halt what they described as an annual fraudulent admission exercise that benefits no one but the university management.
Copies of the petition were sent to the Chairman of the Council of Legal Education.
Full List Of 114 Universities Approved By The Council Of Legal Education To Run LL.B Programmes In Nigeria
| S/N | University | Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abia State University | Uturu, Abia State | Approved |
| 2 | Achievers University | Owo, Ondo State | Approved |
| 3 | Adamawa State University | Mubi, Adamawa State | Approved |
| 4 | Adekunle Ajasin University | Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State | Approved |
| 5 | Adeleke University | Ede, Osun State | Approved |
| 6 | Admiralty University | Ibusa, Delta State | Approved |
| 7 | Afe Babalola University | Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State | Approved |
| 8 | Ahmadu Bello University | Zaria, Kaduna State | Approved |
| 9 | Ajayi Crowther University | Oyo, Oyo State | Approved |
| 10 | Al-Ansar University | Maiduguri, Borno State | Approved |
| 11 | Al-Hikmah University | Ilorin, Kwara State | Approved |
| 12 | Alex Ekwueme Federal University | Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State | Approved |
| 13 | American University of Nigeria | Yola, Adamawa State | Approved |
| 14 | Ambrose Alli University | Ekpoma, Edo State | Approved |
| 15 | Anchor University | Ayobo, Lagos State | Approved |
| 16 | Arthur Jarvis University | Akpabuyo (Calabar), Cross River State | Approved |
| 17 | Ave-Maria University | Piyanko, Nasarawa State | Approved |
| 18 | Azman University | Kano, Kano State | Approved |
| 19 | Babcock University | Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State | Approved |
| 20 | Bauchi State University | Gadau, Bauchi State | Approved |
| 21 | Bayero University | Kano, Kano State | Approved |
| 22 | Baze University | Abuja, FCT | Moratorium (3 years): 2023/2024 – 2025/2026 |
| 23 | Benson Idahosa University | Benin City, Edo State | Approved |
| 24 | Bingham University | Karu, Nasarawa State | Approved |
| 25 | Bowen University | Iwo, Osun State | Approved |
| 26 | Caleb University | Imota, Lagos State | Approved |
| 27 | Chrisland University | Abeokuta, Ogun State | Approved |
| 28 | Christopher University | Mowe, Ogun State | Approved |
| 29 | Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University | Igbariam, Anambra State | Approved |
| 30 | Confluence University of Science and Technology | Osara, Kogi State | Approved |
| 31 | Crescent University | Abeokuta, Ogun State | Approved |
| 32 | Delta State University | Abraka, Delta State | Approved |
| 33 | Ebonyi State University | Abakaliki, Ebonyi State | Approved |
| 34 | Edwin Clark University | Kiagbodo, Delta State | Approved |
| 35 | Edo University | Iyamho (Uzairue), Edo State | Approved |
| 36 | Ekiti State University | Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State | Approved |
| 37 | El-Amin University | Minna, Niger State | Approved |
| 38 | Elizade University | Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State | Approved |
| 39 | Enugu State University of Science and Technology | Agbani, Enugu State | Approved |
| 40 | Federal University | Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State | Approved |
| 41 | Federal University | Lokoja, Kogi State | Approved |
| 42 | Federal University | Otuoke, Bayelsa State | Approved |
| 43 | Federal University | Wukari, Taraba State | Approved |
| 44 | Fountain University | Osogbo, Osun State | Approved |
| 45 | Godfrey Okoye University | Enugu State | Approved |
| 46 | Gombe State University | Gombe State | Approved |
| 47 | Gregory University | Uturu, Abia State | Approved |
| 48 | Hensard University | Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State | Approved |
| 49 | Ibrahim Babangida University | Lapai, Niger State | Approved |
| 50 | Igbinedion University | Okada, Edo State | Approved |
| 51 | Imo State University | Owerri, Imo State | Approved |
| 52 | Joseph Ayo Babalola University | Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State | Approved |
| 53 | Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University | Ogboko, Imo State | Approved |
| 54 | Koladaisi University | Ibadan, Oyo State | Approved |
| 55 | Kwara State University | Malete, Kwara State | Approved |
| 56 | Lagos State University | Ojo, Lagos State | Approved |
| 57 | Lead City University | Ibadan, Oyo State | Moratorium (5 years): 2023/2024 – 2027/2028 |
| 58 | Madonna University | Okija, Anambra State | Approved |
| 59 | Maduka University | Ekwegbe-Nsukka, Enugu State | Approved |
| 60 | Margaret Lawrence University | Abuja, FCT | Approved |
| 61 | Maryam Abacha American University | Kano, Kano State | Approved |
| 62 | McPherson University | Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State | Approved |
| 63 | Mewar International University | Masaka, Nasarawa State | Approved |
| 64 | Modibbo Adama University | Yola, Adamawa State | Approved |
| 65 | Nasarawa State University | Keffi, Nasarawa State | Approved |
| 66 | Newgate University | Minna, Niger State | Approved |
| 67 | Niger Delta University | Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State | Approved |
| 68 | Nigerian-British University | Asa, Abia State | Approved |
| 69 | Nile University | Abuja, FCT | Approved |
| 70 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University | Awka, Anambra State | Approved |
| 71 | North-Eastern University | Gombe State | Approved |
| 72 | Northwest University (Yusuf Maitama Sule University) | Kano, Kano State | Approved |
| 73 | Northwest University | Kalambaina, Wamakko, Sokoto State | Approved |
| 74 | Novena University | Ogume, Delta State | Approved |
| 75 | Obafemi Awolowo University | Ile-Ife, Osun State | Approved |
| 76 | Olabisi Onabanjo University | Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State | Approved |
| 77 | Osun State University | Osogbo, Osun State | Approved |
| 78 | Peter University | Achina/Onneh, Anambra State | Approved |
| 79 | Philomath University | Abuja, FCT | Approved |
| 80 | Plateau State University | Bokkos, Plateau State | Approved |
| 81 | Nigeria Police Academy | Wudil, Kano State | Moratorium (2 years): 2024/2025 – 2025/2026 |
| 82 | Prime University | Abuja, FCT | Approved |
| 83 | Prince Abubakar Audu University | Anyigba, Kogi State | Approved |
| 84 | Rayhaan University | Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State | Approved |
| 85 | Redeemer’s University | Ede, Osun State | Approved |
| 86 | Renaissance University | Ugbawka, Enugu State | Approved |
| 87 | Reverend Father Moses Orshio Adasu University | Makurdi, Benue State | Approved |
| 88 | Rivers State University | Port Harcourt, Rivers State | Approved |
| 89 | Salem University | Lokoja, Kogi State | Approved |
| 90 | Sam Maris University | Supare-Akoko, Ondo State | Approved |
| 91 | Shanahan University | Onitsha, Anambra State | Approved |
| 92 | Skyline University | Kano, Kano State | Approved |
| 93 | Taraba State University | Jalingo, Taraba State | Approved |
| 94 | Thomas Adewunmi University | Oko-Irese, Kwara State | Approved |
| 95 | Topfaith University | Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State | Approved |
| 96 | Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University | Katsina, Katsina State | Approved |
| 97 | University of Abuja | Abuja, FCT | Approved |
| 98 | University of Benin | Benin City, Edo State | Approved |
| 99 | University of Calabar | Calabar, Cross River State | Approved |
| 100 | University of Delta | Agbor, Delta State | Approved |
| 101 | University of Ibadan | Ibadan, Oyo State | Approved |
| 102 | University of Ilesa | Ilesa, Osun State | Approved |
| 103 | University of Ilorin | Ilorin, Kwara State | Approved |
| 104 | University of Jos | Jos, Plateau State | Approved |
| 105 | University of Lagos | Akoka, Lagos State | Approved |
| 106 | University of Maiduguri | Maiduguri, Borno State | Approved |
| 107 | University of Nigeria | Nsukka, Enugu State | Approved |
| 108 | University of Port Harcourt | Port Harcourt, Rivers State | Approved |
| 109 | University of Uyo | Uyo, Akwa Ibom State | Approved |
| 110 | University on the Niger | Umunya, Anambra State | Approved |
| 111 | Usman Danfodio University | Sokoto, Sokoto State | Approved |
| 112 | Veritas University | Bwari, Abuja, FCT | Approved |
| 113 | Wesley University | Ondo, Ondo State | Approved |
| 114 | Yobe State University | Damaturu, Yobe State | Approved |
The Council of Legal Education is the statutory body established under the Legal Education Act responsible for the professional training and regulation of aspiring lawyers in Nigeria.
Releases List Of 114 Approved law UniversitiesIt oversees the Nigerian Law School and ensures that legal education standards are maintained across the country. The Council said it would continue to update the list in line with its mandate.
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