SEE full list of 107 private universities facing probe for degree racketeering

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The Federal Ministry of Education launched an investigation into degree fraud in local and foreign private universities on Tuesday, January 9.

A seven-member inter-ministerial committee will conduct the probe over an eight-week period.

Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has tasked the committee with scrutinizing the involvement of any ministries, departments, or agencies (MDAs) and their officials in facilitating the acquisition and validation of fraudulent certificates.

The committee comprises members such as Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), as well as Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, the Minister of Youths, and Yusuf Tuggar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, among others.

The investigation targets a total of 147 private universities currently operational in Nigeria, with 107 of these institutions established within the last 15 years.

The complete list of 107 universities to be probed by the federal government is provided below.

1. Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State
2. Baze University, FCT Abuja
3. Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State
4. Glorious Vision University (formerly Samuel Adegboyega University), Ogwa, Edo State
5. McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ajebo, Ogun State
6. Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State
7. Southwestern University, Oku Owa, Ogun State
8. Evangel University, Ebonyi State
9. Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State
10. Augustine University, Ilara, Lagos State
11. Chrisland University, Owode, Ogun State
12. Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State
13. Hallmark University, Ijebu-Itele, Ogun State
14. Kings University Ode-Omu, Osun State
15. Mountain Top University, Makogi/Oba, Ogun State
16. Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State
17. Summit University, Offa, Kwara State
18. Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State
19. Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo State
20. Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos State
21. Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State
22. Clifford University, Abia State
23. Coal City University, Enugu state
24. Ojaja University, Ilorin, Kwara state
25. Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State
26. Kola Daisi University., Ibadan, Oyo State
27. Legacy University, Okija, Anambra State
28. Spiritan University, Neochi, Abia State
29. PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
30. Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State
31. Eko University of Medical Sciences, Ijanikin, Lagos
32. Skyline University, Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
33. Greenfield University, Kasarami-Kaduna, Kaduna State
34. Dominion University, Ibadan, Oyo State
35. Westland University, Iwo, Osun State
36. Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa-Ibom State
37. Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State
38. Maranatha University, Lekki, Lagos State
39. Ave-Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State

43.AL-Istigama University, Sumaila, Kano State

45. Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State
46. Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State
47. Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State
48. Nok University, Kachia, Kaduna State
49. James Hope University, Lekki, Lagos state
50. Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
51. Capital City University, Kano, Kano State
52. Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State
53. University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State
54. Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State
55. Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
56. Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja
57. Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State
58. ANAN University, Kwall, Plateau State
59. Pen Resource University, Gombe, Gombe State

60.Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno

61. Margaret Lawrence University, Galilee, Delta State
62. Khalifa Isiyaku Rabiu University, Kano, Kano State
63. Sports University, Idumuje, Ugboko, Delta State
64. Baba-Ahmed University, Kano, Kano State
65. Nigerian British University, Asa, Abia State
66. Peter University, Achina-Onneh, Anambra State
67. Newgate University, Minna, Niger State
68. European University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
69. Northwest University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
70. Rayhaan University, Kebbi State
71. Sam Maris University, Supare, Ondo State
72. Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
73. Lux Mundi University, Umuahia, Abia State
74. Maduka University, Ekwegbe, Enugu State
75. Peaceland University, Enugu, Enugu State
76. Amadeus University, Amizi, Abia State
77. Azman University, Kano, Kano State
78. Huda University, Gusau, Zamfara State
79. Franco British International University, Kaduna, Kaduna State
80. Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT
81. Miva Open University, Abuja, FCT
82. Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-ljebu, Ogun State
83. Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State

88.Phoenix University, Agwada, Nasarawa State

89. Wigwe University, Isiokpo, Rivers State
90. Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State
91. University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
92. Elrazi University of Medical Sciences, Kano Kano State

94 Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State

95. Duke Medical University, Calabar, Cross River State
96. Mercy Medical University, Iwara, Iwo, Osun State

97.Cosmopolitan University, Abuja, FCT

98. Iconic Open University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
99. West Midland Open University, Ibadan, Oyo State
100. Prime University, Abuja, FCT
101. El-Amin University, Niger State
102. College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna, Kaduna State
103. Jewel University, Gombe, Gombe State
104. Nigerian University of Technology and Management, Apapa, Lagos State
105. Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja, FCT
106. Al-Bayan University, Kogi state