JUST IN: FEC approves four new private universities

The Federal Executive Council has approved the establishment of
four new private universities in Nigeria.

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who announced the
approvals while briefing State House correspondents at the end of
the first meeting of the council this year, said the new
universities are Greenfield University, Kaduna; Dominion
University, Ibadan Oyo State;Trinity University, Ogun State and
Westland University in Iwo, Osun State.

Mr Adamu said the approvals were given because all the four
universities have met the criterion for establishing a university
following a visitation by the National Universities Commission
(NUC).

The approvals bring the number of private universities in
Nigeria to 79.