Largest universities in Nigeria 2019

As of 2019, the National Open University of Nigeria was the largest university in the country in terms of number of students. That year, the number of all students enrolled reached 565 thousand. The National Open University of Nigeria is the largest open and distance learning institute on the whole African continent. It is based in Abuja, but has several campuses across Nigeria. Moreover, the University of Maiduguri counted almost 75 thousand students, ranking second in the chart.