THE Federal Government on Tuesday granted provisional licences to four newly approved private universities to commence academic programmes. The Universities are; Dominion University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Greenfield University, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Trinity University, Laloko, Ogun State and Westland University, Iwo, Osun State. This brings the number of universities in Nigeria to 169, that is 43 Federal, 47 State-owned and 79 Federal universities. He insisted that the number of universities is inadequate to meet with the nation’s annual demand for access to university education, saying the future of university education in Nigeria, like the world over, rests on private initiatives. He said the Dominion University, which would be Information and Communication Technology (ICT) driven is expected to take off in October 2019 with 500 students.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 05, 2019 14:03 UTC