The Rivers State University, University of Port Harcourt and Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, were among the 114 universities approved to run law programs in Nigeria. This was revealed in a list released by the Council of Legal Education on Friday, March 13, 2026.
According to the council, only listed universities are authorised to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) programme in the country.
The council through its Secretary and Director of Administration, Aderonke Osho, warned that any university running a law programme without approval would face sanctions.
The council of legal education noted that only “students admitted into unapproved law programmes would not be eligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School.
“The public is further informed that any university that admits students into a law programme without the approval of the Council of Legal Education is acting contrary to the provisions regulating legal education in Nigeria and will be subject to appropriate sanctions.”
Further, the council assured that it would continue to update the list in line with its mandate to regulate legal education in Nigeria.
The Council of Legal Education, established under the Legal Education Act, is the statutory body responsible for the professional training and regulation of aspiring lawyers in Nigeria.
It oversees the Nigerian Law School and ensures that legal education standards are maintained across the country.
Universities approved to run law programmes in Nigeria are 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.
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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 for three (3) years with effect from 2023/2024 till 2025/2026 session as approved by the Council)
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 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, Oyo State (Moratorium on admission for five (5) years with effect from 2023/2024 till 2027/2028 session as approved by the Council)
Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State
Maduka University, 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, 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/Onnch, Anambra State
Philomath University, Abuja, FCT
Plateau State University, Bokkos, Plateau State
Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State (Moratorium on admission for two (2) years with effect from 2024/2025 till 2025/2026 session as approved by the Council)
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 on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State
Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, Sokoto State
Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja
Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State
Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State
