Nigeria, Jan. 27 -- Two Nigerian universities have made a significant leap in global higher education rankings, securing spots among the world's top 1,000 universities, according to the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) rankings.

The University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos, both federal universities, were ranked between 801 and 1000 in the new ranking that placed Oxford University as the best in the world.

This year, 2,191 institutions from 115 countries were ranked, THE said.

Last year, only one Nigerian university, Covenant University, made it into the top 1,000, raising concerns about the quality of Nigerian universities.

Since 2023, the number of Nigerian universities in the top 1,000 places has continued to drop -from th...