University of Ibadan retained its leadership position after emerging as the best university in the country according to the January edition of the 2018 Webometrics. Despite ranking 1099 in the world making it the only Nigerian university in the top 1000 bracket in the world.

The University of Ibadan, located at Ibadan in Oyo State, Nigeria is known for its high academic standard that explains why it probably has more foreign students than any other Nigerian University especially in its Post-graduate school.

Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State is in second position, making it the only private University in the top 46 Universities in Nigeria while Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, occupies the third position in the top Nigerian Universities with Unversity of Nigeria and the University of Lagos ranked 4th and 5th respectively.

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, is rated as the best State University in Nigeria according to the current Webometric ranking though 14th in the country and 3680th in the world despite being held down by protracted and debilitating industrial crisis last year,
The next best performing private university after Covenant University is the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekitio, though it sits on the 21st position in Nigeria and 4329th in the world.

Other institutions in the top 10 on the list are: Federal University of Technology, Minna (6th, 2821st), University of Ilorin (7th, 3118th), Federal University of Technology, Akure (8th, 3176th) University of Benin (9th, 3512nd), University of Port-Harcourt (10th, 3535th),
Making up the top 20 on the list are; Bayero University, Kano (15th, 3760th); Lagos State University (16th, 3807th); University of Uyo (17th, 3823rd ); University of Calabar (18th,4153rd); Nnamdi Azikiwe University (19th, 4277th) and the University of Jos (20th, 4323rd).

The highest ranked Polytechnic is the Auchi Polytechnic which is ranked 48th in Nigeria and ... https://naijmobile.com/nigeria-top-institution-2018/