The Executive Secretary, NUC, Professor Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, FCVSN, on Tuesday, 29th July, 2025, inaugurated a 13- man committee, with the mandate to review the guidelines governing the establishment and operations of private universities in Nigeria.
To reinforce the drive towards broadening access to quality higher education in Nigeria, the Federal Government formally issued operational licenses to 11 newly established private universities on Wednesday, 30 April 2025.
The Commission, in its efforts at repositioning Private Universities in Nigeria to better meet the needs of the citizenry and for better co-ordination of the development of the Private University Education sub-sector of the Nigerian University System (NUS), has identified the need to review the guidelines for the establishment of private universities.
Following the recent retirement of two Directors and vacuum created in the positions in the affected Directorates, the duo of Dr. Mrs. Funmilayo Morebise and Barr. Samuel Adejoh have been appointed Ag. Directors of DODeL and DEPU, respectively
The NUC on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024, presented provisional licenses to 2 new private universities, following their approval by the Federal Executive Council. The newly licensed private universities were: Lighthouse University, Evbuobanosa, Edo State and African School of Economics FCT