Private universities are springing up across Nigeria to fill a widening gap created by government’s growing inability to meet the educational needs of its largely youthful population at the tertiary education level.
From 2010 to 2020 the National Universities Commission (NUC) approved 68 univer
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Stephen Onyekwelu
Stephen Onyekwelu is BusinessDay’s Strategy & Enterprise Delivery Executive, specialising in turning editorial vision into enterprise outcomes. A former Online News Editor and lead of the Go Local initiative (print, podcast & BDTV in partnership with Providus Bank), he blends investigative storytelling with platform strategy, conference design, and cross-functional delivery.