As of January 2021, the University of Ibadan was the leading University in Nigeria. It was founded in 1948 and is the oldest university in the Country. Covenant University Ota, founded in 2002 in Ogun, followed in the ranking. Furthermore, there were ***universities in Nigeria as of 2020, of which ** are private institutions. This ranking is mainly based on webometrics, which is the web visibility of the academic institutions.
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