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CU sacks staff member over sexual assault scandalThe Times Higher Education 2025 World University Rankings have just been released and some institutions in Nigeria have made the list. THE rankings is an annual global ranking of universities, assessing their overall performance across various key areas. The rankings aim to help students, academics, and institutions understand the relative standing of universities worldwide.
I’m excited to see Nigerian universities recognised globally. But there’s still a long way to go to compete with the best. A total of 44 Nigerian universities made the 2025 rankings. This figure represents a small fraction of Nigeria’s 274 universities, highlighting the need for improvement in the overall global competitiveness of Nigeria’s higher institutions.
Although Covenant University leads nationally, its global ranking in the league of world-class universities has dropped. To put this in proper perspective, the university was rated among the best 601–800 but it has now fallen to 801–1000 band. No Nigerian university ranked within the top 800 globally in the 2025 ranking.It is interesting to note that ABU Zaria made its debut on the ranking list in second position in Nigeria.
FUT Minna demonstrated a similar feat by moving from 31st position in 2024 to 8th position in 2025. The University of Ilorin which prides itself as the “Better by Far” university is now the “10th by Far” university. Obafemi Awolowo University , the so-called “Oba Awon University” is not among the top 10. OAU has dipped to 19th place, a further decline from its 14th position of 2024 THE ranking.
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