{"id":26884,"date":"2025-01-22T14:33:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=26884"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:33:29","slug":"nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a remarkable achievement that underscores academic excellence and innovation, Covenant University has proudly claimed the title of Nigeria’s top-ranked university in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Covenant University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Ahmadu Bello University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Landmark University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. University of Ibadan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. University of Lagos<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Bayero University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Federal University of Technology Akure<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Federal University of Technology, Minna<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. University of Benin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. University of Ilorin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. University of Nigeria Nsukka<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Ekiti State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Federal University of Technology, Owerri<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Federal University Oye-Ekiti<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Lagos State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Nnamdi Azikiwe University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Obafemi Awolowo University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. University of Port Harcourt<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Abia State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Akwa Ibom State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Ambrose Alli University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Baze University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Bells University of Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Benson Idahosa University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Bowen University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Delta State University, Abraka<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Evangel University, Akaeze<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. Godfrey Okoye University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. Lagos State University of Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Lagos State University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. Nasarawa State University, Keffi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Niger Delta University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. Nile University of Nigeria<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. Osun State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. Rivers State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. Thomas Adewumi University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. University of Cross River State<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. University of Maiduguri<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. Veritas University, Abuja<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This recognition reaffirms Covenant University’s unwavering commitment to fostering academic excellence, innovation, and global impact, solidifying its position as a beacon of quality education in Nigeria and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    In a remarkable achievement that underscores academic excellence and innovation, Covenant University has proudly claimed the title of Nigeria’s top-ranked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3321,"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":[55,64,1752],"class_list":["post-26884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-education","tag-student","tag-university-ranking"],"yoast_head":"\nNigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings - 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\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings - PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a remarkable achievement that underscores academic excellence and innovation, Covenant University has proudly claimed the title of Nigeria’s top-ranked\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-22T14:33:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-22T14:33:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-22T14:33:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-22T14:33:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Education\",\"Student\",\"University ranking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"EDUCATION\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings - PressPayNg Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-22T14:33:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-22T14:33:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings\"}]},{\"@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":"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings - 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\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings - PressPayNg Blog","og_description":"In a remarkable achievement that underscores academic excellence and innovation, Covenant University has proudly claimed the title of Nigeria’s top-ranked","og_url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/","og_site_name":"PressPayNg Blog","article_published_time":"2025-01-22T14:33:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-22T14:33:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"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\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/"},"author":{"name":"press_admin","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e"},"headline":"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings","datePublished":"2025-01-22T14:33:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-22T14:33:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/"},"wordCount":225,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg","keywords":["Education","Student","University ranking"],"articleSection":["EDUCATION"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/","name":"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings - PressPayNg Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-22T14:33:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-22T14:33:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Education-1280x720-1.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/nigerias-top-university-in-the-2025-rankings\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nigeria\u2019s Top University in the 2025 Rankings"}]},{"@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\/26884","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=26884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26885,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26884\/revisions\/26885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}