Universities Approved to Admit into Law in Nigeria 2026

The Council of Legal Education has released the official list of universities approved to admit students into the Bachelor of Laws, LL.B, programme in Nigeria.

The Council says only universities accredited by it are authorised to admit students into the LL.B programme. That point is plain; it matters for any Student, parent, guardian, or school adviser checking a law admission.

The notice also states that any university admitting students into a Law programme without the Council’s approval is acting against the rules that govern legal education in Nigeria and may face sanctions under existing regulations and policy.

There is another part that stands out. Students admitted into Law programmes in universities that do not have approval from the Council of Legal Education will not be eligible for admission into the Nigerian Law School.

What the Council’s notice means

For the public, the message is simple:

• only Council-approved universities can admit students into the LL.B programme in Nigeria
• any school running a Law programme without that approval is acting outside the rules
• students admitted into unapproved Law programmes will not be eligible for the Nigerian Law School

The Council adds that it will keep updating the list in line with its statutory mandate to regulate legal education in Nigeria.

Approved universities for LL.B admission in Nigeria

A

• 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

B

• 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

C

• 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

D

• Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State

E

• 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

F

• 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

G

• Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu State
• Gombe State University, Gombe State
• Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State

H

• Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State

I

• Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State
• Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State
• Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State

J

• Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State

K

• Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Ogboko, Imo State
• Koladaisi University, Ibadan, Oyo State
• Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State

L

• 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)

M

• 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

N

• 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
• 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)

O

• Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State
• Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
• Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State

P

• Peter University, Achina/Onneh, Anambra State
• Philomath University, Abuja, FCT
• Plateau State University, Bokkos, Plateau State
• Prime University, Kuje, FCT Abuja
• Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State

R

• 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

S

• Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State
• Sam Maris University, Supare-Akoko, Ondo State
• Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State
• Skyline University, Kano, Kano State

T

• Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State
• Thomas Adewunmi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State
• Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State

U

• 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

V

• Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja

W

• Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State
• Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State

Y

• Yobe State University, Damaturu, Yobe State

Final note from the Council

The Council of Legal Education says this list may be updated from time to time as part of its statutory role in regulating legal education in Nigeria. For students and families, that makes the approved list the first thing to check before any Law admission decision is made.

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