Redeemers University, located in Ede, Osun State, has provided clarification on the suspension of its law programme for the 2025/2026 academic session by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The university explained that the suspension stemmed from the Council for Legal Education’s (CLE) decision to penalize the institution for initiating the law programme in 2017 without the CLE’s approval, despite having received approval from the National Universities Commission (NUC).
In a statement released by Adetunji Adeleye, the Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs at Redeemer’s University, the institution emphasized that it currently holds full accreditation from both the NUC and the CLE to offer an undergraduate law programme.
The university assured that the one-year suspension would not affect students currently enrolled in the law faculty.
The university also stated that it would comply with the CLE’s penalty by refraining from offering admissions to the law programme for the 2025/2026 academic session.
Prospective law students were encouraged to apply for other available programmes at the university, all of which are fully accredited.
On Thursday, JAMB announced the suspension of law admissions for eight universities, following CLE’s suspension of their law programmes.
The universities affected include Redeemer’s University, Kwara State University, Bingham University, Western Delta University, Taraba State University, Arthur Jarvis University, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, and the Nigerian Police Academy.
Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communications Advisor, explained that the suspension resulted from violations of regulatory procedures concerning law programmes.
