{"id":10932,"date":"2023-05-09T11:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=10932"},"modified":"2023-05-09T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:34:07","slug":"nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nigerian Universities Commision(NUC) has recently exposed over 50 fake universities across the country. The list include the following institutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. University of Accountancy and Management Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Christians of Charity American University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. University of Industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. University of Applied Sciences and Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Blacksmith University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Volta University College<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Royal University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Atlanta University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. United Christian University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. United Nigeria University College<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Samuel Ahmadu University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. UNESCO University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Saint Augustine\u2019s University of Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. The International University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Columbus University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Tiu International University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Pebbles University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. London External Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Pilgrims University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Lobi Business School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. West African Christian University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Bolta University College<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. JBC Seminary Inc. (Wukari Jubilee University) Kaduna illegal campus<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Western University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. St. Andrews University College<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. EC-Council USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Atlas University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Concept College\/Universities (London)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Halifax Gateway University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Kingdom of Christ University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Acada University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Filfom University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. Houdegbe North American University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. Atlantic Intercontinental University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Open International University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. Middle Belt University (North Central University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Lead Way University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. Metro University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. Southend University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. Olympic University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. Temple University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. Irish University Business School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. National University of Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  45. University of Accountancy and Management Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  46. University of Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  47. Cape Coast University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  48. African University Cooperative Development (AUCD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  49. Pacific Western University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  50. Evangel University of America and Chudick Management Academic<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  51. Enugu State University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  52. Career Light Resources Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  53. University of West Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  54. Coastal University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  55. Kaduna Business School<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  56. Royal University of Theology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  57. West African Union University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  58. Gospel Missionary Foundation (GMF), Theological University<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In addition to the closure, the NUC has also begun further investigations and court actions against the following Degree Mills:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    1. National University of Nigeria, Keffi, Nasarawa State<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. North Central University, Otukpo. Benue State<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Christ Alive Christian Seminary and University, Enugu<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Richmond Open University<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Illegal institutions are operating in Nigeria and defrauding unsuspecting students of their money and time. Prospective students and parents are advised to check with the NUC to verify the legitimacy of any university before enrolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Source: Goldennewsng.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Nigerian Universities Commision(NUC) has recently exposed over 50 fake universities across the country. The list include the following institutions: In<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"\nNUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria - PressPayNg Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria - PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerian Universities Commision(NUC) has recently exposed over 50 fake universities across the country. The list include the following institutions: In\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-09T11:33:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-09T11:34:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NUC.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1603\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\"},\"headline\":\"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-09T11:33:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-09T11:34:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/NUC.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"EDUCATION\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/\",\"name\":\"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria - PressPayNg Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/NUC.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-09T11:33:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-09T11:34:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/NUC.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/NUC.webp\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1603},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"description\":\"News and Updates From PressPayNg\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"width\":468,\"height\":117,\"caption\":\"PressPayNg Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\",\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"press_admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/blog-api\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/author\\\/press_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria - PressPayNg Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria - PressPayNg Blog","og_description":"Nigerian Universities Commision(NUC) has recently exposed over 50 fake universities across the country. The list include the following institutions: In","og_url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/","og_site_name":"PressPayNg Blog","article_published_time":"2023-05-09T11:33:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-09T11:34:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1603,"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NUC.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"press_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"press_admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/"},"author":{"name":"press_admin","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e"},"headline":"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria","datePublished":"2023-05-09T11:33:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-09T11:34:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/"},"wordCount":322,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NUC.webp","articleSection":["EDUCATION"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/","name":"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria - PressPayNg Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NUC.webp","datePublished":"2023-05-09T11:33:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-09T11:34:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NUC.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NUC.webp","width":1500,"height":1603},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nuc-releases-a-list-fake-universities-in-nigeria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NUC Releases a List Fake Universities in Nigeria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","name":"PressPayNg Blog","description":"News and Updates From PressPayNg","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization","name":"PressPayNg Blog","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","width":468,"height":117,"caption":"PressPayNg Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e","name":"press_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","caption":"press_admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/blog-api"],"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/author\/press_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10933,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932\/revisions\/10933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}