The Punch reports that the federal government on Wednesday approved the establishment of two new private universities for the country at its weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

One of the new universities is Edwin Clark University, located in Kiagbodo, Delta State, whose proprietor, Ijaw leader and former federal commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark is a close Jonathan ally and backer.

The second university is Hezekiah University located in Umudi, Imo State.

Details are still sketchy at the moment. We’ll bring you more on this later.