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#1 University of Ibadan<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe origin of the University of Ibadan can be traced to the Yaba College which was founded in 1932. At some point, this college was transferred to Ibadan after which it evolved to become the University of Ibadan.<\/p>\n
Initially, the University of Ibadan<\/a> was established as a college under the University of London in 1948. It would later become a full-fledged university in 1962 when it cut ties with the University of London. UI as it is popularly called took off with academic programmes in Arts, Science and Medicine.<\/p>\nIn September 2016, the University of Ibadan became the first university to make the list of the top 1000 universities in the world based on the Time Higher Education ranking.<\/p>\n
The University Library is named after its first Nigerian Vice Chancellor, Kenneth Dike. UI has a total of 13 faculties namely:<\/p>\n
\n- Agriculture and Forestry<\/li>\n
- Arts<\/li>\n
- Basic Medical Science<\/li>\n
- Clinical Science<\/li>\n
- Dentistry<\/li>\n
- Education<\/li>\n
- Law<\/li>\n
- Pharmacy<\/li>\n
- Public Health<\/li>\n
- Science<\/li>\n
- Technology<\/li>\n
- Social science and<\/li>\n
- Veterinary Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Some of the notable alumni from the first ever university in Nigeria include Chinua Achebe, Grace Alele-Williams, William Kumuyi, Wole Soyinka, J.P Clark, Niyi Osundare and many others.<\/p>\n
#2 University of Nigeria, Nsukka<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe University of Nigeria, Nsukka<\/a> was the second university to be established in the country but it was the first full-fledged indigenous and independent university in Nigeria.<\/p>\nPopularly called UNN, the University of Nigeria was established in 1955 in Nsukka in Enugu. The university has four campuses which include Nsukka, Enugu, Ituku-Ozalla and Aba.<\/p>\n
The Aba campus currently serves as base for the Institute of Nigerian Languages<\/p>\n
The origin of this prestigious university can be traced to when a law was passed to establish a university in the Eastern region. This law was passed on the 18th<\/sup> of May, 1955. The premier of the Eastern region at that time, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was a pivotal figure in the enactment of this law.<\/p>\nEventually, classes began in October 1960 with an initial enrolment of 220 students and 13 members of the academic staff were involved in teaching these students. By 1965, the university had produced two sets of graduates which coincided with the time the University of Ibadan was producing its first set of graduate after the university had cut ties with the University of London.<\/p>\n
Some of the notable alumni from UNN include Dora Akunyili, Chris Ngige, Chimaroke Nnamani, Fabian Osuji, Godwin Emefiele, Obi Ezekwesili etc<\/p>\n
#3 Obafemi Awolowo University<\/strong><\/h2>\nFounded in 1961, the Obafemi Awolowo University<\/a> was initially called University of Ife. The university was renamed in 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the first Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria.<\/p>\nPopularly called the Great Ife, the decision to establish the university was due to several reasons, one of which was to cover some of the inadequacies of the premier university, the University of Ibadan. At that time, the University of Ibadan had no faculty of Engineering, no law school. Also, UI didn\u2019t have a pharmacy school or a management training school.<\/p>\n
As a result, Great Ife was established. The University started the first pharmacy school in the whole of West Africa as well as the first Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments.<\/p>\n
Currently, the university has over 60 academic departments and was once affiliated with the Loma Linda University in the United States of America.<\/p>\n
The university performed the feat of being the first to carry out an indigenous renal transplant. This was carried out at the teaching hospital in May 2002.<\/p>\n
Over the years, alumni from Ife have gone on to hold faculty positions and full professorship positions in world class universities like John Hopkins, Baylor, Haverford etc.<\/p>\n
Prominent alumni from OAU include Akinwunmi Adeshina, Oluremi Tinubu, Segun Mimiko, Jimi Agbaje, Abike Dabiri, Femi Otedola, Ibukun Awosike aand Jimoh Ibrahim.<\/p>\n
#4 Ahmadu Bello University<\/strong><\/h2>\nFounded on the 4th<\/sup> October 1962, the Ahmadu Bello University<\/a> was initially called the University of Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\nWhen the university was established, many of the lecturers at that time were British and most of the early appointments were professorial in nature. As a matter of fact, there were only 2 Nigerian lecturers at ABU at that time.<\/p>\n
The university has two campuses in Samaru and Kongo. The main campus is at Samaru and this location houses the administrative offices, faculties of; physical sciences, life sciences, social-sciences, arts and languages, education, environmental design, engineering, medical sciences. agricultural sciences and research facilities.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the Kongo campus hosts the faculties of Law and Administration.<\/p>\n
The university is named after the first premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello.<\/p>\n
The university is reputed to have one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country which the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n
When ABU opened in 1962, a total of 462 students were admitted into the 15 departments distributed across 4 faculties.<\/p>\n
Some of the notable alumni of ABU include Atiku Abubakar, Jerry Gana, Nuhu Ribada, Ibrahim Shekarau, Dino Melaye and many others.<\/p>\n
#5 University of Lagos<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe need to create more universities post-independence was what led to the establishment of the University of Lagos<\/a> in 1962.<\/p>\nThis puts the University of Lagos among the first generation universities in the country. With over 57000 enrolled students, the university of Lagos has one of the largest student enrolment in the country.<\/p>\n
The school is highly sought after by many high school leavers and has been publicly acclaimed as the university of First Choice.<\/p>\n
The university has two campuses with the main campus located in Akoka and the medical campus located in the Idi-Araba.<\/p>\n
University of Lagos has a total of 13 faculties and currently offers undergraduate programs, post graduate and Distance Learning Institute programs to its students. The Post Graduate Program has both full time and part time options.<\/p>\n
Some of the notable alumni include Chike Obi, Lazarus Ekwueme, Wale Adenuga, Wole Olanipekun, Funke Akindele, Omowunmi Akinnifesi, Tony Momoh, Joke Silva and Akinwunmi Ambode.<\/p>\n
#6 University of Benin<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe University of Benin is popularly called UNIBEN<\/a> and it was founded in 1970. Initially, the school started out as an Institute of Technology before evolving into a full-scale university in 1971.<\/p>\nThe university is the first in Nigeria to appoint a female vice Chancellor in the person of Professor Grace Alele-Williams. She held this position for over 6 years.<\/p>\n
The university is highly sought after in the country with a total student enrolment of over 40 000 students.<\/p>\n
Currently, the University of Benin has 13 faculties. The faculty of Pharmacy is the only pharmacy school in the country that prepares its student for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D). The university also has a College of Petroleum and Gas Engineering which was approved by Federal Government in 2006.<\/p>\n
The College of medicine at the University of Benin comprises the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and the School of Basic Medical Science.<\/p>\n
The popular actor, Richard Mofe Damijo is an alumnus of the University of Benin. Other notable alumni include Babatunde Fashola, Bright Okpoch (Basketmouth) and James Ibori.<\/p>\n
#7 University of Maiduguri<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe University of Maiduguri<\/a> was established in 1975. The university consists of a college of medicine and 11 faculties which include faculties of agriculture, arts, pharmacy, law, engineering, social science, management science, science, veterinary medicine, education and dentistry.<\/p>\nCurrently, the university is one of the Federal Government owned universities that is focused on agricultural research and conflict resolution.<\/p>\n
The current Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai is an alumnus of this prestigious institution.<\/p>\n
In recent times, the university has suffered bomb attacks due to the insurgence of the Boko Haram sect. In January 2017, there was a bomb attack the University mosque which led to the death of 4 people including a professor at the university. Also, there were a couple of suicide bomb attacks in June 2017.<\/p>\n
This has led to over 70 lecturers resigning from the university due to the fears of insecurity. Also, the admission figure has been on the low since 2012 when the Boko Haram insurgency became rampant.<\/p>\n
However, the state government has been making efforts to safeguard the lives of students and staff of the university. Currently, the governor has approved the construction of a 10.3km perimeter fence which is ongoing.<\/p>\n
#8 University of Calabar<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe University of Calabar<\/a> is a second generation federal university and was established in 1975.<\/p>\nThe university has an interesting history. The male students are called Malabites while the female students are called Malabresses. This comes from the name Malabo which is the capital of Equatorial Guinea. The history of this name is linked to the challenges the students of UNICAL were suffering which coincided with that of the Nigerian deportees in Malabo.<\/p>\n
The University of Calabar has 14 faculties which have been listed below<\/p>\n
\n- Faculties of Management Sciences<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Agriculture<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Arts<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Education<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Engineering<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Law<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Physical Sciences<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Social Sciences<\/li>\n
- Graduate School<\/li>\n
- Institute of Oceanography<\/li>\n
- Institute of Public Policy and Administration<\/li>\n
- The college of Medical Sciences<\/li>\n
- University of Calabar Consultancy Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The university scores a first has been one of the first in the country to automate the process of student registration through the College\u2019s portal. The school has taken this a step further by also automating its transcript application and processing.<\/p>\n
The university has produced prominent figures like Godswill Akpabio, Reuben Abati, Kate Henshaw, Uche Jumbo and Stephanie Okereke.<\/p>\n
#9 University of Jos<\/strong><\/h2>\n
In September 2016, the University of Ibadan became the first university to make the list of the top 1000 universities in the world based on the Time Higher Education ranking.<\/p>\n
The University Library is named after its first Nigerian Vice Chancellor, Kenneth Dike. UI has a total of 13 faculties namely:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Agriculture and Forestry<\/li>\n
- Arts<\/li>\n
- Basic Medical Science<\/li>\n
- Clinical Science<\/li>\n
- Dentistry<\/li>\n
- Education<\/li>\n
- Law<\/li>\n
- Pharmacy<\/li>\n
- Public Health<\/li>\n
- Science<\/li>\n
- Technology<\/li>\n
- Social science and<\/li>\n
- Veterinary Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Some of the notable alumni from the first ever university in Nigeria include Chinua Achebe, Grace Alele-Williams, William Kumuyi, Wole Soyinka, J.P Clark, Niyi Osundare and many others.<\/p>\n
#2 University of Nigeria, Nsukka<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka<\/a> was the second university to be established in the country but it was the first full-fledged indigenous and independent university in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Popularly called UNN, the University of Nigeria was established in 1955 in Nsukka in Enugu. The university has four campuses which include Nsukka, Enugu, Ituku-Ozalla and Aba.<\/p>\n
The Aba campus currently serves as base for the Institute of Nigerian Languages<\/p>\n
The origin of this prestigious university can be traced to when a law was passed to establish a university in the Eastern region. This law was passed on the 18th<\/sup> of May, 1955. The premier of the Eastern region at that time, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was a pivotal figure in the enactment of this law.<\/p>\n
Eventually, classes began in October 1960 with an initial enrolment of 220 students and 13 members of the academic staff were involved in teaching these students. By 1965, the university had produced two sets of graduates which coincided with the time the University of Ibadan was producing its first set of graduate after the university had cut ties with the University of London.<\/p>\n
Some of the notable alumni from UNN include Dora Akunyili, Chris Ngige, Chimaroke Nnamani, Fabian Osuji, Godwin Emefiele, Obi Ezekwesili etc<\/p>\n
#3 Obafemi Awolowo University<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Founded in 1961, the Obafemi Awolowo University<\/a> was initially called University of Ife. The university was renamed in 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the first Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Popularly called the Great Ife, the decision to establish the university was due to several reasons, one of which was to cover some of the inadequacies of the premier university, the University of Ibadan. At that time, the University of Ibadan had no faculty of Engineering, no law school. Also, UI didn\u2019t have a pharmacy school or a management training school.<\/p>\n
As a result, Great Ife was established. The University started the first pharmacy school in the whole of West Africa as well as the first Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments.<\/p>\n
Currently, the university has over 60 academic departments and was once affiliated with the Loma Linda University in the United States of America.<\/p>\n
The university performed the feat of being the first to carry out an indigenous renal transplant. This was carried out at the teaching hospital in May 2002.<\/p>\n
Over the years, alumni from Ife have gone on to hold faculty positions and full professorship positions in world class universities like John Hopkins, Baylor, Haverford etc.<\/p>\n
Prominent alumni from OAU include Akinwunmi Adeshina, Oluremi Tinubu, Segun Mimiko, Jimi Agbaje, Abike Dabiri, Femi Otedola, Ibukun Awosike aand Jimoh Ibrahim.<\/p>\n
#4 Ahmadu Bello University<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Founded on the 4th<\/sup> October 1962, the Ahmadu Bello University<\/a> was initially called the University of Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n
When the university was established, many of the lecturers at that time were British and most of the early appointments were professorial in nature. As a matter of fact, there were only 2 Nigerian lecturers at ABU at that time.<\/p>\n
The university has two campuses in Samaru and Kongo. The main campus is at Samaru and this location houses the administrative offices, faculties of; physical sciences, life sciences, social-sciences, arts and languages, education, environmental design, engineering, medical sciences. agricultural sciences and research facilities.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the Kongo campus hosts the faculties of Law and Administration.<\/p>\n
The university is named after the first premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello.<\/p>\n
The university is reputed to have one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country which the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n
When ABU opened in 1962, a total of 462 students were admitted into the 15 departments distributed across 4 faculties.<\/p>\n
Some of the notable alumni of ABU include Atiku Abubakar, Jerry Gana, Nuhu Ribada, Ibrahim Shekarau, Dino Melaye and many others.<\/p>\n
#5 University of Lagos<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The need to create more universities post-independence was what led to the establishment of the University of Lagos<\/a> in 1962.<\/p>\n
This puts the University of Lagos among the first generation universities in the country. With over 57000 enrolled students, the university of Lagos has one of the largest student enrolment in the country.<\/p>\n
The school is highly sought after by many high school leavers and has been publicly acclaimed as the university of First Choice.<\/p>\n
The university has two campuses with the main campus located in Akoka and the medical campus located in the Idi-Araba.<\/p>\n
University of Lagos has a total of 13 faculties and currently offers undergraduate programs, post graduate and Distance Learning Institute programs to its students. The Post Graduate Program has both full time and part time options.<\/p>\n
Some of the notable alumni include Chike Obi, Lazarus Ekwueme, Wale Adenuga, Wole Olanipekun, Funke Akindele, Omowunmi Akinnifesi, Tony Momoh, Joke Silva and Akinwunmi Ambode.<\/p>\n
#6 University of Benin<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The University of Benin is popularly called UNIBEN<\/a> and it was founded in 1970. Initially, the school started out as an Institute of Technology before evolving into a full-scale university in 1971.<\/p>\n
The university is the first in Nigeria to appoint a female vice Chancellor in the person of Professor Grace Alele-Williams. She held this position for over 6 years.<\/p>\n
The university is highly sought after in the country with a total student enrolment of over 40 000 students.<\/p>\n
Currently, the University of Benin has 13 faculties. The faculty of Pharmacy is the only pharmacy school in the country that prepares its student for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D). The university also has a College of Petroleum and Gas Engineering which was approved by Federal Government in 2006.<\/p>\n
The College of medicine at the University of Benin comprises the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and the School of Basic Medical Science.<\/p>\n
The popular actor, Richard Mofe Damijo is an alumnus of the University of Benin. Other notable alumni include Babatunde Fashola, Bright Okpoch (Basketmouth) and James Ibori.<\/p>\n
#7 University of Maiduguri<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The University of Maiduguri<\/a> was established in 1975. The university consists of a college of medicine and 11 faculties which include faculties of agriculture, arts, pharmacy, law, engineering, social science, management science, science, veterinary medicine, education and dentistry.<\/p>\n
Currently, the university is one of the Federal Government owned universities that is focused on agricultural research and conflict resolution.<\/p>\n
The current Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai is an alumnus of this prestigious institution.<\/p>\n
In recent times, the university has suffered bomb attacks due to the insurgence of the Boko Haram sect. In January 2017, there was a bomb attack the University mosque which led to the death of 4 people including a professor at the university. Also, there were a couple of suicide bomb attacks in June 2017.<\/p>\n
This has led to over 70 lecturers resigning from the university due to the fears of insecurity. Also, the admission figure has been on the low since 2012 when the Boko Haram insurgency became rampant.<\/p>\n
However, the state government has been making efforts to safeguard the lives of students and staff of the university. Currently, the governor has approved the construction of a 10.3km perimeter fence which is ongoing.<\/p>\n
#8 University of Calabar<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The University of Calabar<\/a> is a second generation federal university and was established in 1975.<\/p>\n
The university has an interesting history. The male students are called Malabites while the female students are called Malabresses. This comes from the name Malabo which is the capital of Equatorial Guinea. The history of this name is linked to the challenges the students of UNICAL were suffering which coincided with that of the Nigerian deportees in Malabo.<\/p>\n
The University of Calabar has 14 faculties which have been listed below<\/p>\n
- \n
- Faculties of Management Sciences<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Agriculture<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Arts<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Education<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Engineering<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Law<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Physical Sciences<\/li>\n
- Faculty of Social Sciences<\/li>\n
- Graduate School<\/li>\n
- Institute of Oceanography<\/li>\n
- Institute of Public Policy and Administration<\/li>\n
- The college of Medical Sciences<\/li>\n
- University of Calabar Consultancy Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The university scores a first has been one of the first in the country to automate the process of student registration through the College\u2019s portal. The school has taken this a step further by also automating its transcript application and processing.<\/p>\n
The university has produced prominent figures like Godswill Akpabio, Reuben Abati, Kate Henshaw, Uche Jumbo and Stephanie Okereke.<\/p>\n
#9 University of Jos<\/strong><\/h2>\n