Two Nigerian universities are out of five universities globally expunged from the webometrics ranking for attempting to manipulate the system.

This Universities include:
Assumption University Of Thailand
University of Diyala
ABUAD
Kateb University

It is unclear what exactly ABUAD university did. But it is not unconnected to the Punch report that reportedly placed ABUAD as the second best university in Nigeria. It is believed that ABUAD was reported to Webometrics by another Nigerian Universities for some malpractice of some sort. Although it is very unusual for a university to be expelled. Most times universities are demoted for bad practices. However, in this case ABUAD has been removed.