The aim of this study is to evaluate the accessibility and performance of the official websites of the forty-nine (49) accredited Federal Universities in Nigeria by using the Google Lighthouse web auditing tool. The auditing is performed using Google Lighthouse and the lighthouse-batch open-source library.
Kindly note the following:
- The generated report for each university is available in JSON, HTML, and CSV formats.
- The generated report for each university can be found in the
/lighthouse report/<university name>directory. - The generated summary report for each university can be found in the
summary.jsonfile (view the RAW format here). - The concluding report data for the research can be found in the
summary.csvfile.
The table below lists out the universities evaluated and a link to view the generated HTML report which includes the website performance results, runtime configuration settings, errors found, reference links to learn more about each error, and Lighthouse recommended improvements.
| S/N | University name | Link to full report |
|---|---|---|
| 01. | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University | click_here |
| 02. | Ahmadu Bello University | click_here |
| 03. | Air Force Institute of Technology | click_here |
| 04. | Bayero University Kano | click_here |
| 05. | Federal University Birnin Kebbi | click_here |
| 06. | Federal University Dustin-Ma | click_here |
| 07. | Federal University Dutse | click_here |
| 08. | Federal University Gashua | click_here |
| 09. | Federal University Gusau | click_here |
| 10. | Federal University Kashere | click_here |
| 11. | Federal University Lafia | click_here |
| 12. | Federal University Lokoja | click_here |
| 13. | Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndifu-Alike | click_here |
| 14. | Federal University Otuoke | click_here |
| 15. | Federal University Oye-Ekiti | click_here |
| 16. | Federal University Wukari | click_here |
| 17. | Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta | click_here |
| 18. | Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi | click_here |
| 19. | Federal University of Agriculture Zuru | click_here |
| 20. | Federal University of Health Technology Otukpo | click_here |
| 21. | Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun | click_here |
| 22. | Federal University of Technology Akure | click_here |
| 23. | Federal University of Technology Minna | click_here |
| 24. | Federal University of Technology Owerri | click_here |
| 25. | Michael Okpara University of Agricultural Umudike | click_here |
| 26. | Modibbo Adama University of Technology | click_here |
| 27. | National Open University of Nigeria | click_here |
| 28. | Nigeria Police Academy Wudil | click_here |
| 29. | Nigerian Army University Biu | click_here |
| 30. | Nigerian Defence Academy | click_here |
| 31. | Nigerian Maritime University | click_here |
| 32. | Nnamdi Azikiwe University | click_here |
| 33. | Obafemi Awolowo University | click_here |
| 34. | University of Abuja | click_here |
| 35. | University of Benin | click_here |
| 36. | University of Calabar | click_here |
| 37. | University of Ibadan | click_here |
| 38. | University of Ilorin | click_here |
| 39. | University of Jos | click_here |
| 40. | University of Lagos | click_here |
| 41. | University of Maiduguri | click_here |
| 42. | University of Nigeria Nsukka | click_here |
| 43. | University of Port-Harcourt | click_here |
| 44. | University of Uyo | click_here |
| 45. | Usman Danfodiyo University | click_here |
The aggregated results for each metric obtained from Google Lighthouse are visualized using histogram graphs as seen in this document. Out of the 45 universities evaluated, the table below gives the summary of the results for the four (4) metrics – performance, accessibility, best practices and search engine optimization (SEO), presenting the number of universities that scored less than 50% (poor score), greater than 50% (needs-improvement score) and greater than 90% (Good score).
| Metrics | No of Universities with Poor score (<50%) | No of Universities with Needs-improvement score (>50%) | No of Universities with Good score (>90%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | 40 | 5 | 1 |
| Accessibility | 9 | 36 | 15 |
| Best Practices | 22 | 23 | 3 |
| SEO | 7 | 38 | 5 |
In addition, here are some graphs for the top five (5) universities for each metric:
The top 5 Universities with the highest Performance score
The top 5 Universities with the highest Accessibility score
The top 5 Universities with the highest Best-practices score
The top 5 Universities with the highest SEO score
The top 5 Universities with the highest aggregated average score
