While Jamb Candidates Prepare to Write UTME, FG Probes More Nigerian Universities for Degree Racketeering. See Full list

The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed that it would probe more and more Nigerian Universities until it gets to the root of the fake degree certificate matter. 

The new information has thrown potential jamb candidates into confusion as some of them have shared how skeptical they have been since the saga began. This is mostly associated with their higher institution of choice as they want to be sure that they are making the best decision. 

The committee set up to handle investigations for this case includes Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, the Minister of Youths, and Yusuf Tuggar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and many others.

According to the committee's main directive, their task involves evaluating private universities founded within the past 15 years. This evaluation entails assessing their infrastructure, management frameworks, financial support for programs, and the composition of their staff, which includes full-time, contract, adjunct, visiting, and other personnel.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) regularly performs accreditation assessments, but this extra examination is to guarantee compliance with particular standards. The inquiry focuses on 147 private universities operating in Nigeria, 107 of which were established in the past 15 years. Below is the full list of these 107 universities that the federal government will investigate.

•  Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State
• Baze University, FCT Abuja
•  Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State
• Glorious Vision University (formerly Samuel Adegboyega University), Ogwa, Edo State
• McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ajebo, Ogun State
• Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State
• Southwestern University, Oku Owa, Ogun State
• Evangel University, Ebonyi State
• Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State
• Augustine University, Ilara, Lagos State
• Chrisland University, Owode, Ogun State
• Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State
• Hallmark University, Ijebu-Itele, Ogun State
• Kings University Ode-Omu, Osun State
• Mountain Top University, Makogi/Oba, Ogun State
• Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State
• Summit University, Offa, Kwara State
• Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State
• Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo State
• Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos State
• Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State
• Clifford University, Abia State
• Coal City University, Enugu state
• Ojaja University, Ilorin, Kwara state
• Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State
• Kola Daisi University., Ibadan, Oyo State
• Legacy University, Okija, Anambra State
• Spiritan University, Neochi, Abia State
• PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
• Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State
• Eko University of Medical Sciences, Ijanikin, Lagos
• Skyline University, Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
• Greenfield University, Kasarami-Kaduna, Kaduna State
• Dominion University, Ibadan, Oyo State
• Westland University, Iwo, Osun State
• Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa-Ibom State
• Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State
• Maranatha University, Lekki, Lagos State
• Ave-Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State
• AL-Istiqama University, Sumaila, Kano State
• Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State
• Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State
• Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State
• Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State
• James Hope University, Lekki, Lagos state
• Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano state. 
• Capital City University, Kano, Kano State
• Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State
• University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State
• Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State
• Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
• Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja
• Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State
• ANAN University, Kwall, Plateau State
• Pen Resource University, Gombe, Gombe State
• Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno
• Margaret Lawrence University, Galilee, Delta State
• Khalifa Isiyaku Rabiu University, Kano, Kano State.
• Sports University, Idumuje, Ugboko, Delta State
• Baba-Ahmed University, Kano, Kano State
• Nigerian British University, Asa, Abia State
• Peter University, Achina-Onneh, Anambra State
• Newgate University, Minna, Niger State
• European University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
• Northwest University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
• Rayhaan University, Kebbi State
• Sam Maris University, Supare, Ondo State
• Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
• Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State
• Maduka University, Ekwegbe, Enugu State
• Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State
• Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State
• Azman University, Kano, Kano State
• Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State
• Franco British International University, Kaduna, Kaduna State
• Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
• Miva Open University, Abuja, FCT
• Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-ljebu, Ogun State
• Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State
• Phoenix University, Agwada, Nasarawa State
• Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State
• Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State
• University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
• Elrazi University of Medical Sciences, Kano Kano State
• Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State
• Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State
• Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State
• Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT
• Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
• West Midland Open University, Ibadan, Oyo State
• Prime University, Abuja, FCT
• El-Amin University, Niger State
• College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna, Kaduna State
• Jewel University, Gombe, Gombe State
• Nigerian University of Technology and Management, Apapa, Lagos State
• Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja, FCT
• Al-Bayan University, Kogi State

Potential UTME candidates are therefore advised not to panic about the ongoing stories. Instead, they can take time to make their decisions and also do proper findings before completing the registration next month. Check our previous UTME-related articles to find answers to your questions.