The Council of Legal Education has released an updated list of 114 universities across the country that have been given approval to admit students into the Law programmes, including the Northwest University Sokoto (NWUS).
The approval was contained in a public notice issued by the Secretary of the council through the Nigerian Law School and dated March 12, 2026.
According to the notice, only universities accredited by the council are authorised to admit students into law programmes in Nigeria.
“The Council of Legal Education hereby informs the general public, prospective students, parents, guardians and other stakeholders that only universities accredited by the council are authorised to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in Nigeria,” the statement said.
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The council warned that any university admitting students into a law programme without its approval would be acting contrary to the regulations governing legal education in the country and would be liable to sanctions.
It further stated that students admitted into law programmes in institutions not accredited by the council would not be eligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School.
Below is the full list of universities approved by the Council of Legal Education to admit students into the LL.B programme in Nigeria, as contained in the notice issued through the Nigerian Law School on March 12, 2026.
Full List of Approved Universities
- 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 (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 (moratorium on admission from 2023/2024 – 2025/2026)
- 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
- 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 Badamasi 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 (moratorium on admission from 2023/2024 – 2027/2028)
- 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 (Yusuf Maitama Sule University), Kano State
- Northwest University, Sokoto, Kalambaina, Wamakko, Sokoto State
- Novena University, Ogume, Delta State
- Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State
- Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
- Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State
- Peter University, Achina/Onneh, Anambra State
- Philomath University, Abuja, FCT
- Plateau State University, Bokkos, Plateau State
- Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State (moratorium from 2024/2025 – 2025/2026)
- Prime University, Abuja, 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 of the Niger, Umunya, Anambra state
- Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Sokoto state
- Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja
- Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo state
- Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe state
However, the council placed moratoriums on admissions into law programmes in some institutions. These include Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo state, which faces a five-year suspension of admissions from the 2023/2024 to the 2027/2028 academic session, and Baze University, Abuja, where admissions have been halted for three years from the 2023/2024 to the 2025/2026 session.
Similarly, the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano state, was placed on a two-year moratorium on admissions into its law programme from the 2024/2025 to the 2025/2026 academic session.
The council said the publication of the list was intended to guide prospective law students and ensure that only accredited institutions offer legal education in the country. It urged the public to verify the accreditation status of universities before seeking admission into any law programme.
