The Federal Government has granted a provisional licence to High-Flyers University, Ikere-Ekiti, to commence operations as a private university in Ekiti State.
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, presented the licence to the institution’s Proprietor, Dr Busayo Ajayi, in Abuja on Friday.
The certificate, dated June 29, 2026, was jointly signed by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, and the NUC Executive Secretary.
The approval followed the institution’s fulfilment of the commission’s requirements for establishing a conventional private university.
According to the NUC, the university will commence academic activities with three faculties comprising 11 departments and 15 undergraduate programmes.
The Faculty of Allied Health Sciences will offer Nursing Science, Public Health, Physiotherapy and Medical Laboratory Science.
Under the Faculty of Science and Computing, the institution will run programmes in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Physics with Electronics, Science Laboratory Technology and Microbiology.
The Faculty of Social and Management Sciences will offer Accounting, Business Administration, Criminology and Security Studies, as well as International Relations.
Reacting to the approval, Ajayi commended the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for creating an enabling environment for the establishment of private universities to strengthen Nigeria’s education sector.
He pledged to assemble world-class scholars to build a university that would produce globally competitive graduates and contribute to improving Nigeria’s standing in global university rankings.
Ajayi said the institution was committed to delivering quality education, research and innovation that would support national development.