Blacklisted foreign universities in Nigeria

The commission also warned Nigerians to avoid enrolling in such institutions. (link: https://punchng.com/full-list-blacklisted-foreign-universities-in-nigeria/)

1. University of Applied Sciences and Management, Port Novo, Republic of Benin or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
2. Volta University College, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana or any of its other campuses in Nigeria.
3. The International University, Missouri, USA, Kano and Lagos Study Centres, or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
4. Collumbus University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
5. Tiu International University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
6. Pebbles University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
7. London External Studies UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
8. Pilgrims University operating anywhere in Nigeria.
9. West African Christian University operating anywhere in Nigeria.
10. EC-Council University, USA, Ikeja Lagos Study Centre.
11. Concept College/Universities (London) Ilorin or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
12. Houdegbe North American University campuses in Nigeria.
13. Irish University Business School London, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
14. University of Education, Winneba Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
15. Cape Coast University, Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
16. African University Cooperative Development, Cotonou, Benin Republic, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
17. Pacific Western University, Denver, Colorado, Owerri Study Centre.
18. Evangel University of America and Chudick Management Academic, Lagos.

From Ec Council university website (https://www.eccu.edu/alleged-ec-council-university-eccu-study-center-in-nigeria/) ECCU is a fully accredited Online University by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) in the United States and does not operate any physical campuses anywhere in the world.

 

I hope they don't mean the University of London external programmes (but maybe, shortsightedly, they do).

 

In our history, it is not uncommon for diploma mill operations to use names that are quite close to those of legitimate universities. Sometimes they just flat-out sell degrees that look like they came from those schools. So, the idea that a scam would set up in Nigeria (Nigeria!) using a legitimate-but-not-connected school's name is hardly a surprise.

That's why I was extra careful before getting my MBA at Hurfurd.

 

The NUC once banned ALL distance education. That was about a decade ago. They relented, eventually. There is so much fraudulent activity in their country. (Newsflash!) It's hard for them to keep up, I guess. I looked briefly through the list and most of them look like "usual suspects" - bogus or uncredentialed US and other schools trolling for victims abroad, plus some foreign-sounding (and sometimes foreign-domiciled) outfits known to be controlled by shady Nigerians.

The EC-Council entry seems to be plain unauthorized use of the University's name by scammers. In its haste to stem problems, the NUC has been known to put legit institutions on the list in error and later, remove them. I think that may turn out to be the case with the London External entry, unless there is a bogus org. using that name. Anything's possible.

It must be terribly hard to get and keep a tight grip on fraudulent educational (or any other fraud-prone) activity in Nigeria. Good luck, NUC.

 

Plus -the NUC sometimes mis-identifies the outfits they're after. E.G. "Pebbles University" is on the current list. It has been on their list under that spelling for at least ten years. It is properly known as "Pebble Hills University." And yes, it deserves to be on the list. AND have its name corrected.

Say, I've been looking for Pebbles U's sister-school, Bam-Bam University. Anybody seen it lately?

 

Follow the money is Nigeria. If they aren't contributing to the leadership, they won't operate.

 

Having met some Nigerians who now live in Canada, I am clearly convinced their education system is superior to ours. Their system demands more of students - and I've seen the results. Nigeria sure doesn't need schools like most on that NUC "bad" list. I wouldn't care if most of "those" schools got eaten alive, by "the system." Occasionally the NUC gets one or two wrong but ... I think it gets many more right.

Degrees from properly-credentialed Nigerian Universities work, here. We also get young Nigerians (and of course many young people from other countries) who come here to study. They come to our colleges and universities because they want to live and work here after they graduate. Makes sense - a Canadian credential is a most useful one to get you a Canadian job. The Nigerian powers-that-be don't get a piece of that action. Glad to have these people!

 

One thing I find odd. Some of those schools on the NUC "bad list" have been on that "bad list" for many years and appear to be operating still. Possibly, more than a few, particularly those known to be run outside the country, by unscrupulous Nigerian or ex-Nigerian operators, are "paying for the privilege," as @wmcdonald suggested.

 

University of London's external programmes used license educational institutes in countries all over the world where students could enroll. They could then do their studies using the licensed programs' facilities, supplies, advice, and exam proctors. I'm not certain if UoL still does that, but it's what I thought of when I saw that listing.

 

EC-Council University is accredited nationally by DEAC (FKA DETC); I am wondering why it is banned in Nigeria. Does it have to do with EC-Council University being a cybersecurity college that contradicts the Nigerian Royal Family business, the Nigerian Prince who loves to share his fortune with everyone in the world for a several thousand dollars fee?

 

In short, no. Only the Ikeja Lagos (Nigeria) location is banned, per the list. And that's because it is bogus. EC-Council U. never opened or authorized any overeas location. The (US) EC-Council website indicates so.

The Prince is on his own, here. I note some other foreign universities are banned in this list -- and in several instances, the ban is specifically for Nigerian locations, not necessarily the mother-ship outside Nigeria. Possibly those in-country sites are bogus too - operated without permission by crooked posers. Or maybe the NUC just doesn't want foreign schools establishing centres on their turf to poach Nigerian students away from their own country's universities. It wouldn't surprise me.

As a side issue, I'm not sure how a degree from a non-RA US University would be received in Nigeria - DEAC, TRACS etc. Anybody know? Nigerian DI members, maybe? (We have some).

 

UNISA's evaluators found my non accredited Taft Law School JD was the equivalent to a LLB. But that is South Africa not Nigeria.

 

"Non-Accredited?" Taft Law School has been accredited by DETC / DEAC since 2008. Was your degree awarded by Taft Law School prior to that?

Whether it was or not, may I comment here? Thanks. South African Universities maintain good standards, as do properly-credentialed Nigerian schools. Apparently, the NUC doesn't think very much of some schools in Benin, but that's another issue - not for today.

Schools in many countries that maintain good standards, will sometimes find a way around an obstacle, if they think a prospective student has a good chance of success there. Example: UK-NARIC / ENIC or whatever it's now called, will not even evaluate US NA degrees - DEAC, ACCST, TRACS or whatever. They do not take the new proclamation of "all accreditation is now National" into account.

However, if someone seeking admission presents a DEAC or other NA degree to a UK University, the school is not bound to say "no." They can - and do - admit applicants with those degrees if, in their view, the prospective student is likely to succeed. So, perhaps the UNISA people were dazzled by your good looks, stellar record and dynamite personality and gave the Taft degree the equivalency they needed it to have. It was a "real" degree and I don't think what UNISA may or may not have done there, was too big of a stretch.

 

Class of 1991 because I read Dr. Bear's book! That was the only reliable source on distance learning back then.

 

Indeed it was. Congratulations, Jon. Dr. Bear's advice, your winning personality and outstanding record appear to have catapulted you into the highest of Good Graces with UNISA!

 

Not exactly. Marcie Thorson authored a quite good book on distance learning back in the day; it ran for several editions over a decade, beginning right at that time. But even then Bear's Guide was definitive.

 

Thanks for the reminder, Rich. Now I remember perusing the Thorson guides - several editions in our Public Library, right next to the Bear books. It's been so many years since I've seen them -- I'd pretty well forgotten. And there were also the Peterson guides. Latest one I could find was 2005 - here.
https://www.amazon.ca/Guide-Online-Learning-Everything-Need/dp/0768917468

 

Libraries are so quaint. My son had to do community service at the college library, apparently the place was empty, his job was to check if the books still existed.

 

You're right. I have no idea why the libraries are so empty now.... I'll have to Google it...