CLE Updates Approved Law Faculties List to 117, Warns Students Against Unaccredited Programmes

June 4, 2026

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S/N	University	Location
1	Abia State University	Uturu, Abia State
2	Achievers University	Owo, Ondo State
3	Adamawa State University	Mubi, Adamawa State
4	Adekunle Ajasin University	Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State
5	Adeleke University	Ede, Osun State
6	Admiralty University	Ibusa, Delta State
7	Afe Babalola University	Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
8	Ahmadu Bello University	Zaria, Kaduna State
9	Ajayi Crowther University	Oyo, Oyo State
10	Al-Ansar University	Maiduguri, Borno State
11	Al-Hikmah University	Ilorin, Kwara State
12	Aletheia University	Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
13	Alex Ekwueme Federal University	Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State
14	American University of Nigeria	Yola, Adamawa State
15	Ambrose Alli University	Ekpoma, Edo State
16	Anchor University	Ayobo, Lagos State
17	Arthur Jarvis University	Akpabuyo, Cross River State
18	Ave-Maria University	Piyanko, Nasarawa State
19	Azman University	Kano, Kano State
20	Babcock University	Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State
21	Bauchi State University	Gadau, Bauchi State
22	Bayero University	Kano, Kano State
23	Baze University	Abuja. Moratorium on admission for three years from 2023/2024 to 2025/2026
24	Benson Idahosa University	Benin City, Edo State
25	Bingham University	Karu, Nasarawa State
26	Bowen University	Iwo, Osun State
27	Caleb University	Imota, Lagos State
28	Chrisland University	Abeokuta, Ogun State
29	Christopher University	Mowe, Ogun State
30	Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University	Igbariam, Anambra State
31	Confluence University of Science and Technology	Osara, Kogi State
32	Crescent University	Abeokuta, Ogun State
33	Delta State University	Abraka, Delta State
34	Ebonyi State University	Abakaliki, Ebonyi State
35	Edwin Clark University	Kiagbodo, Delta State
36	Edo University	Iyamho, Edo State
37	Ekiti State University	Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
38	El-Amin University	Minna, Niger State
39	Elizade University	Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State
40	Enugu State University of Science and Technology	Agbani, Enugu State
41	Federal University	Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State
42	Federal University	Lokoja, Kogi State
43	Federal University	Otuoke, Bayelsa State
44	Federal University	Wukari, Taraba State
45	Fountain University	Osogbo, Osun State
46	Godfrey Okoye University	Enugu State
47	Gombe State University	Gombe State
48	Gregory University	Uturu, Abia State
49	Hensard University	Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State
50	Ibrahim Babangida University	Lapai, Niger State
51	Igbinedion University	Okada, Edo State
52	Imo State University	Owerri, Imo State
53	Joseph Ayo Babalola University	Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State
54	Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University	Ogboko, Imo State
55	Koladaisi University	Ibadan, Oyo State
56	Kwara State University	Malete, Kwara State
57	Lagos State University	Ojo, Lagos State
58	Lead City University	Ibadan, Oyo State. Moratorium on admission for five years from 2023/2024 to 2027/2028
59	Lux Mundi University	Umuahia, Abia State
60	Madonna University	Okija, Anambra State
61	Maduka University	Ekwegbe-Nsukka, Enugu State
62	Margaret Lawrence University	Abuja, FCT
63	Maryam Abacha American University	Kano, Kano State
64	McPherson University	Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State
65	Mewar International University	Masaka, Nasarawa State
66	Modibbo Adama University	Yola, Adamawa State
67	Nasarawa State University	Keffi, Nasarawa State
68	Newgate University	Minna, Niger State
69	Niger Delta University	Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State
70	Nigerian-British University	Asa, Abia State
71	Nile University	Abuja
72	Nnamdi Azikiwe University	Awka, Anambra State
73	North-Eastern University	Gombe State
74	Northwest University, Kano	Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano State
75	Northwest University	Kalambaina, Wamakko, Sokoto State
76	Novena University	Ogume, Delta State
77	Obafemi Awolowo University	Ile-Ife, Osun State
78	Olabisi Onabanjo University	Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
79	Osun State University	Osogbo, Osun State
80	Peter University	Achina/Onneh, Anambra State
81	Philomath University	Abuja, FCT
82	Plateau State University	Bokkos, Plateau State
83	Nigeria Police Academy	Wudil, Kano State. Moratorium on admission for two years from 2024/2025 to 2025/2026
84	Prime University	Abuja, FCT
85	Prince Abubakar Audu University	Anyigba, Kogi State
86	Rayhaan University	Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State
87	Redeemer’s University	Ede, Osun State
88	Renaissance University	Ugbawka, Enugu State
89	Reverend Father Moses Orshio Adasu University	Makurdi, Benue State
90	Rivers State University	Port Harcourt, Rivers State
91	Salem University	Lokoja, Kogi State
92	Sam Maris University	Supare-Akoko, Ondo State
93	Shanahan University	Onitsha, Anambra State
94	Skyline University	Kano, Kano State
95	Taraba State University	Jalingo, Taraba State
96	Thomas Adewunmi University	Oko-Irese, Kwara State
97	Topfaith University	Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State
98	Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University	Katsina, Katsina State
99	University of Abuja	Abuja, FCT
100	University of Benin	Benin City, Edo State
101	University of Calabar	Calabar, Cross River State
102	University of Delta	Agbor, Delta State
103	University of Ibadan	Ibadan, Oyo State
104	University of Ilesa	Ilesa, Osun State
105	University of Ilorin	Ilorin, Kwara State
106	University of Jos	Jos, Plateau State
107	University of Lagos	Akoka, Lagos State
108	University of Maiduguri	Maiduguri, Borno State
109	University of Nigeria	Nsukka, Enugu State
110	University of Port Harcourt	Port Harcourt, Rivers State
111	University of Uyo	Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
112	University on the Niger	Umunya, Anambra State
113	Usman Danfodio University	Sokoto, Sokoto State
114	Veritas University	Bwari, Abuja
115	Wesley University	Ondo, Ondo State
116	Western Delta University	Oghara, Delta State
117	Yobe State University	Damaturu, Yobe State

The Council stated that the list will continue to be updated as necessary in line with its statutory mandate to regulate legal education in Nigeria.

— Newspot Nigeria

Source: Council of Legal Education Public Notice, June 3, 2026.

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