When the 2014 UNIVERSITY WEB RANKINGS for
Africa » released by International Colleges and
Universities (ICU), no Nigerian University » was
listed among the ten best in Africa.
In the Nigerian Universities rankings » , the
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) was the best
University in Nigeria, followed by the University of
Lagos (UNILAG) , with the Obafemi Awolowo
University (OAU) coming 3rd.
University of Ibadan (UI) was 4th, Landmark
University (LMU) 5th, Covenant University 6th,
Federal University of Technology , Minna
(FUTMINNA) 7th, University of Benin (UNIBEN) 8th,
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB) 9th
and University of Nigeria , Nsukka (UNN) came
10th.
Some people have disagreed with this ranking,
leading to this rankings by Student Pulse.
We have made a new list based on the user
experience of the WEBSITES of these TOP 10
universities.
1. University of Ilorin (UNILORIN -
www.unilorin.edu.ng): UNILORIN's website
has blue and white as the predominant
colors. It has a nice slider which you can
PAUSE and PLAY. The main interesting
things about the website are the very efficient
multilevel menu tabs, detailed floating
sidebar widget and a footer that contains a
lot of useful links, even links to Nigerian
newspapers. We also love that it has a very
accessible, well positioned search bar and a
fresh news ticker. You might also enjoy the
video tour found on the homepage. The
header is however very boring, especially as
the UNILORIN logo and name are hidden in a
lot of blue space. Score 83%.
2. University of Lagos ( UNILAG - http://
unilag.edu.ng/): UNILAG's website is built on
the main colors red and white. It has good
menus, but nothing special. I don't like that
the main slider is too fast can only be
controlled paused pauses when you hold the
mouse over it - now, not many people are so
tech savvy to know that. The site however
loads very fast and has almost all you need
on the front end - Prospective Students, Staff
Login Students Login and Resources. It's
multilevel menu is awesome and the
homepage is well arranged. Why is the
search bar is hidden below the address bar?
It is however good that the Google
customized Search bar shows results as
pop-outs, meaning you can keep the page. It
is very bad though that when you type the
search term 'school fees' there is no result
from 2014. Score 80%.
3. Landmark University (LMU- http://
lmu.edu.ng/): LMU built its website around
green and grey. I love its innovative wipe-left
slider which has nice pictures. Unfortunately,
some of the pictures are not linkable - dead
ends. It probably has the best header with
the University name and logo as well as the
Google customized search bar well
positioned there. Simple design, less clutter
and PERFECT social media showing and
links. The big + is that the information on th
front page is current and you can navigate
easily. It however still lacks that final
professional touch. Score 75%.
4. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU - http://
www.oauife.edu.ng/): OAU has blue and
white as the main colours on its website. It
has a lovely slider which allows you to select
slides by clicking below it. Beside the slider
is the Kedu talk + video! app which claims to
allow student "connect with your friends,
Lecturers, Colleagues and Groups over the
OAU intranet service." The header and name
of the institution is however well designed
with the search bad clearly displayed on the
far right. The rest of the homepage is
however boring and the footer has lots of link
but the graphics and aesthetics are below
par. Score 64%.
5. Covenant University (CU http://
covenantuniversity.edu.ng/): This nice
website was loosely built around purple and
green. It has nice slider which seems to be
uncontrollable, though linking well. Logo is
almost lost in lots of white space and it does
not have multilevel menu. It however still
has the mature feel with less clutter. A
minus is that it doesn't give enough on the
home page. Score 60%.
6. Federal University of Technology , Minna
(FUTMINNA - http://www.futminna.edu.ng/):
Purple based website. Good multilevel menu
system. Search bar in the header. The name
ad logo melts into all that purple and the
slider seems to running a race against time,
but it has a back and forward button and it is
linkable. Sadly, it is very slow loading and
has lots of down-time when it is inaccessible
on laptops, desktops and mobile devices.
Below the header, there was no attempt at
arrangement, with too much white space and
a footer that seems slightly playful. Score
55%.
7. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB -
http://www.unaab.edu.ng/): UNAAB's
website is as green as a maize farm in the
raining season. I love the menu system and
header. It is also very informative right from
the homepage. But the three column system
is somewhat cluttered and ill-informed. It is
also distractive with almost every page
element either winking or blinking. Score
54%
8. University of Ibadan (UI - http://ui.edu.ng/):
UI's website (?) looks too much like a
teenager's blog, with an oversized a slider as
the main homepage feature. The menu bar s
also poor, not so clearly defined. Don't be
surprised if you can't search because the
search bar is hidden at the footer! On a
positive note, it links to its social media
accounts well and it has an innovative
parents portal that states 'VERIFY THE
ACADEMIC STATUS OF YOUR WARD. I think
that is good in an era where some students
get rusticated but keep lying at home. Score
47%.
9. University of Benin (UNIBEN -http://
www.uniben.edu/): UNIBEN's light purple
website is a joke, given the position of the
university. The jumbo slider covers the
whole screen and has very poor images. The
menus are divided above and below the
slider. They're not multilevel and tiny. The
about us section, like everything else, is
oversized and boring. It's ridiculously giant
social media links are horrible. As as the last
time checked, the Twitter account was last
used on 21st of March 2013 with 260
followers while last Facebook post was July
29 and the Google + link is a dead-end.
Score 39%.
10. University of Nigeria , Nsukka (UNN - http://
www.unn.edu.ng/): UNN's greenish website
has a fine header, a useful side bar with
multiple link and a prominent search bar too.
The menu is stylish and looks interesting but
is very limited with no drop-downs/multi-
level navigation. The site is however
cluttered and unresponsive. Worse still, if
you zoom the page, the elements rearrange
themselves - horribly! But the biggest horror
yet is the very large grey space below the
main menu. Score them 35%.
There you go, let us have your opinions. What do
you agree or disagree with?
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www.unn.edu.ng is the worst

Joblessness, when as website become criterium to adjudge the best varsite.