The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a list of foreign universities whose degree certificates are not recognised or acceptable in Nigeria.
The list was released to concretize the suspension of the accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates obtained from universities in Benin Republic and Togo.
The suspension came on the heels of a report detailing how a dubious degree was obtained under two months from a university in Benin Republic.
“This report lends credence to suspicions that some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a Degree with the end objective of getting graduate job opportunities for which they are not qualified,” the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Augustina Obilor-Duru, had revealed on Tuesday.
Below is the list of foreign universities banned by the National Universities Commission (NUC), according to data from the commission’s website:
1. University of Applied Sciences and Management, Port Novo, Republic of Benin, or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
2. Volta University College, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana, or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
3. The International University, Missouri, USA, Kano and Lagos study centers; or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
4. Collumbus University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria
5. Tiu International University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria
6. Pebbles University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria
7. London External Studies UK operating anywhere in Nigeria
8. Pilgrims University operating anywhere in Nigeria
9. West African Christian University operating anywhere in Nigeria
10. EC-Council University, USA, Ikeja Lagos Study Centre
11. Concept College/Universities (London) Ilorin or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
12. Houdegbe North American University campuses in Nigeria.
13. Irish University Business School London, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
14. University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
15. Cape Coast University, Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria
16. African University Cooperative Development, Cotonou, Benin Republic, operating anywhere in Nigeria
17. Pacific Western University, Denver, Colorado, Owerri study centre.
18. Evangel University of America and Chudick Management Academic, Lagos