Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in
Zaria
Zaria is a List of Nigerian cities by population, metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna State, Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau, Zazzau Emirate ...
,
Kaduna State
Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...
,
Nigeria
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.
ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in
Northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria was an autonomous division within Nigeria, distinctly different from the southern part of the country, with independent customs, foreign relations and security structures. In 1962 it acquired the territory of the United Kingd ...
.
It was founded and named after the Sardauna of
Sokoto
Sokoto is a major city located in extreme northwestern Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day capital of Sokoto State and was previously the ...
, Alhaji Sir
Ahmadu Bello, the first premier of Northern Nigeria.
The university operates two campuses:
Samaru (main) and Kongo in Zaria. There is a pre-degree school in Funtua, it is approximately 85 Kilometres from the main campus of the university. The Samaru campus houses the administrative offices and the faculties of physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, arts and languages, education, environmental design, engineering, medical sciences, agricultural sciences and research centres. The Kongo campus hosts the faculties of Law and Administration. The Faculty of Administration consists of Accounting, Business Administration, Local Government and Development Studies as well as Public Administration. Additionally, the university is responsible for other institutions and programmes at other locations.
The university runs a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate programmes, including affiliate degrees vocational programmes and remedial courses. It has a very robust medical programme that is backed by its own ABU Teaching Hospital, one of the largest teaching hospitals in Nigeria and Africa.
In September 2021, the university moved the departments of Insurance and Actuarial science, Accounting and Business Administration from Kongo to the Business school at its Samaru Campus.
Faculties
The university has thirteen faculties:
* Faculty of
Administration
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Management of organizations
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** Administrative assistant, Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an admini ...
* Faculty of
Agriculture
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* Faculty of
Arts
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* Faculty of
Education
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* Faculty of
Engineering
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* Faculty of
Environmental Design
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* Faculty of
Law
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* Faculty of
Life Science
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* Faculty of
pharmaceutical Science
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* Faculty of
Physical Science
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* Faculty of
Social Science
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* Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine
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Faculty of
Medicine
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The Faculty of
Medicine
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was upgraded to the College of
Medical Sciences
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in 2018, with five faculties;
* Faculty of Basic
Medical Science
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* Faculty of Basic
Clinical Science
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* Faculty of
Clinical Science
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* Faculty of
Dentistry
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* Faculty of
Allied Health Sciences
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Defin ...
.
The university also has a Division of Agricultural Colleges (DAC), a research institution established before the university, but later merged with the university. Apart from faculties, the university also has institutes affiliated to it. They are:
# Institute of
Education
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# Institute for Agricultural Research
# Institute of
Administration
Administration may refer to:
Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal
** Administrative assistant, Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an admini ...
# Iya Abubakar Institute of
ICT
# Institute of Development Research and Training
# National Animal Production Research Institute
Library
Kashim Ibrahim Library is an academy library that serves the students and academic staff of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna. It is located at the main campus of the university with other satellite libraries in different campuses within the university.
The library has over 1.2 millions books with over 66000 periodicals titles, online databases, CD-ROM search room, and Learning commons in their collections. Currently, the Library has over ten divisions for effective services to the university community.
The genesis of Kashim Ibrahim Library dates back to 1955 when the university came into existence. Then it was a small room which was later converted to a staff club. The small library served until 1963, when a modern library was built at the cost of $39,000. The library was named after the then-governor of the state. The library has a capacity of 70,000 books with 120 users at any time. The library was named after the governor Sir Kashim Ibrahim in 1963. Presently, the library management are working hard to upgrade the information technology skills of its staff to meet the 21st century skills of Librarians. Online databases, off-line, and CD-Rom searches are the features among staff and students of the university.
History
Foundation and first years
As Nigeria approached
independence on October 1, 1960, it had only a single university: the
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 19 ...
, established in 1948. The important Ashby Commission report (submitted a month before independence) recommended adding new universities in each of Nigeria's then-three regions and the capital,
Lagos
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. Even before the report, the regional governments had begun planning to have universities. In May 1960, the
Northern Region had upgraded the School of Arabic Studies in
Kano
Kano may refer to:
Places
*Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
* Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
**Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries
**Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
to become the Ahmadu Bello College for Arabic and Islamic Studies. (The college was named after the region's dominant political leader, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello.)
The Ashby Commission report recommendations gave a new impetus and direction. It was ultimately decided to create a University of Northern Nigeria at Zaria (rather than Kano). The university would take over the facilities of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology at Samaru just outside
Zaria
Zaria is a List of Nigerian cities by population, metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna State, Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau, Zazzau Emirate ...
, and would incorporate the Ahmadu Bello College in
Kano
Kano may refer to:
Places
*Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
* Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
**Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries
**Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
, the Agricultural Research Institute at Samaru, the Institute of Administration at Zaria, and the Veterinary Research Institute at Vom on the
Jos Plateau
The Jos Plateau is a plateau located near the centre of Nigeria. The plateau has given its name to the Plateau State in which it is found and is named for the state's capital, Jos. The plateau is home to people of diverse cultures and languages ...
. The law establishing the new university was passed by the Northern Region legislature in 1961. It was decided to name the university after Ahmadu Bello, and the Kano college took the name of
Abdullahi Bayero, a past Emir of Kano.
At the opening on 4 October 1962, thanks in part to absorbing existing institutions, ABU claimed four faculties comprising 15 departments. Students in all programmes numbered only 426.
The challenges were enormous. Over 60 years of British colonial rule, education in the Northern Region had lagged far behind that of the two southern regions. Few students from the north had qualifications for university entrance, and fewer still northerners had qualifications for teaching appointments. Of the original student body, only 147 were from the north.
ABU's first vice chancellor (principal administrator and leader) was British, as were most of the professorial appointments. Only two Nigerians — Dr.
Iya Abubakar (Mathematics) and Adamu Baikie (Education) — were among the earliest round of faculty appointments. Facilities on the main Samaru campus were inadequate, and the administration and integration of the physically separated pre-existing institutions was difficult.
Nevertheless, under the vice chancellorship of Dr.
Norman Alexander
Sir Norman Stanley Alexander (7 October 1907 – 26 March 1997) was a New Zealand physicist instrumental in the establishment of many Commonwealth universities, including Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, and the Universities of the West Indies ...
, academic and administrative staffing was developed, new departments and programmes were created, major building plans were undertaken, and student enrollments grew rapidly. By the end of Alexander's tenure (1965–66), almost 1,000 students were enrolled. The
New Zealand
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-born Alexander, from 1966, became a kind of "freelance vice-chancellor", offering his expertise to help in the setting up of other
Commonwealth universities in the
West Indies
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,
Fiji
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and Africa.
Development through the middle 1970s
In 1966, Dr. Alexander was succeeded as ABU vice chancellor by Dr.
Ishaya Shuaibu Audu, a pediatrician and associate professor at the
University of Lagos
The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in Lagos, Nigeria and was founded in 1962. UNILAG is one of the first generation universities in Nigeria and is ranked among the top universities in th ...
. Audu had been born in Wusasa, near Zaria, in 1928. A native Hausa, he was ABU's first Nigerian vice chancellor and a northerner. However, his membership in the Hausa Christian community of Wusasa probably had some later impact on his tenure.
ABU was seriously affected by the coups and the anti-Igbo riots of 1966. But, under Dr. Audu's leadership, ABU was to grow and develop at an even faster pace. Growth in student enrollments had been held hostage to growth and development of A-level training at the secondary school level. So beginning in 1968–69 ABU broke free from the British three-year heritage and established the School of Basic Studies to provide advanced secondary pre-degree training on campus. Students who entered through the School of Basic Studies essentially embarked on a four-year program toward a bachelor's degree.
Opposed initially by some, the school proved a great success and enrollments expanded even more rapidly. By its tenth year ABU total enrollments including non- and pre-degree programs were put at over 7,000 of which more than half were in degree programs. In its first ten years, the University of Ibadan produced 615 graduates. At ABU the corresponding figure after 10 years was 2,333 first degrees, along with several advanced degrees.
From the beginning, ABU was remarkable for the breadth of its ambition. In its institutions, but mainly on or close by the main campus by Samaru, ABU was creating a range of programmes that only the very most comprehensive of U.S. state universities could have matched. Ranging far beyond the standard fields of the arts, languages, social sciences and sciences, it included engineering, medicine (the Zaria hospital was an ABU teaching hospital), pharmacy, architecture, and a wide variety of agricultural departments including veterinary medicine.
What was called the Kongo campus just outside the old city in Zaria taught
public administration
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and carried out a programme of in-service training for local government throughout the north. The Faculty of Law was based at the Kongo campus. The Faculty of Education taught education courses and managed the Advanced Teacher's Colleges in the northern states. At the Kano campus (now called Abdullahi Bayero College) ABU taught courses in Hausa, Arabic and Islamic studies.
ABU was likewise remarkable among Nigeria's universities for the breadth and national character of its student recruitment. ABU had been founded to be the University of Northern Nigeria. Yet, more than any other of Nigeria's universities, ABU has served students from every state of the Nigerian federation.
Professorial staffing to serve the burgeoning student enrollments and course offerings was a potential limitation during this period. In the early 1970s relatively abundant funding made it possible to send some senior academic staff to overseas institutions to complete advanced degrees. A small but increasing number of Nigerians with Ph.D.s or other advanced degrees were returning from abroad (but ABU had to compete with other Nigerian universities to recruit them). In the meantime, appointment of expatriate teaching staff was essential and it expanded greatly and diversified in nationalities. Vice chancellor Audu endeavored to balance the goals of Nigerianization (and "northernization") of ABU's professors with the commitment to maintaining all programmes at an international level of academic quality.
By 1975, this balance was strained. The teaching faculty remained more than half expatriate overall; at senior levels still more so. The development of Nigerian staffing (and especially of northern-origin teaching staff) was perceived as too slow. In 1975, ABU turned toward a much heavier emphasis on internal staff development as it adopted the Graduate Assistantship programme. Under this programme, the best graduates from the departments’ undergraduate programmes are recruited to join the department as staff-in-training and undertake advanced training as they gain on-the-job experience. Within a few years, a significant proportion of ABU senior staff were products of the internal training programme. From 1975, the proportion of expatriate teaching staff diminished rapidly.
Later development
By the end of the vice chancellorship of Ishaya Audu (mid-1975), ABU was solidly established as Nigeria's largest university and among Africa's academically strongest university institutions . Its strong growth continued But was increasingly buffeted by external events and challenges. No vice-chancellorship has been as long or as successful) as that of
Ishaya Audu
Ishaya Sha'aibu Audu (1 March 1927 – 29 August 2005) was a Nigerian doctor, professor, and politician. A Kattafawa, Christian, he served as Minister of External Affairs (Foreign Minister) from 1979 to 1983 under Shehu Shagari.
Early life, ...
. Beginning in the early 1980s, ABU was hit with sharply reduced funding as the
International Monetary Fund
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and the
World Bank
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imposed the
Structural Adjustment Programme
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on the country. Accordingly, the value of the national currency plummeted in relation to international currencies. Staff salaries were reduced rapidly in cost-of-living terms, and funding for facilities, library acquisitions, and other necessary resources was abruptly curtailed. Further, ABU increasingly competed for students, staff and funding with all the other institutions in the rapidly expanding Nigerian
university system
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.
In May 1986 the security forces killed around 20 demonstrators and bystanders at ABU, in order to prevent a peaceful demonstration against the implementation of the Structural Adjustment Programme. Over the years, ABU has been affected by national political instability. The very fact of ABU's strikingly "national character" (in drawing students and staff from an unusually broad range of Nigeria's regional, ethnic and religious communities) might be the reason the institution is inclined to internal instability. Hence, ABU has been among Nigeria's universities that have suffered most from closures.
Yet ABU continues to occupy a particularly important place among Nigerian universities. As it approaches its half-century anniversary, ABU can claim to be the largest and the most extensive of universities in Sub-Saharan Africa. It covers a land area of and encompasses 12 academic faculties, a postgraduate school and 82 academic departments. It has five institutes, six specialized centers, a Division of Agricultural Colleges, demonstration secondary and primary schools, as well as extension and consultancy services which provide services to the wider society. The total student enrollment in the university's degree and sub-degree programme is about 35,000, drawn from every state of Nigeria, Africa, and the rest of world. There are about 1,400 academic and research staff and 5,000 support staff.
The university has nurtured two new institutions:
Bayero University Kano
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and the
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) is a federal university of technology located in Bauchi, north east Nigeria. The university is named after the first and only Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. ...
of Technology, Bauchi. Some 27 tertiary institutions made up of colleges of education, polytechnics and schools of basic or preliminary studies are affiliated to it.
Despites the numerous achievements of this reputable institution, there are some challenges that the Institution faces. These challenges vary from one section to another. For instance, in terms of infrastructure, the school does not have enough classrooms for the students from some sections. Based on that, clashes occur on venues especially in the morning when most classes hold. Again, even for sections that have classrooms, those classes tend to be unfit for the number of the students.
Another challenge that has not yet been checked relating to infrastructure is that of hostels or Hall of residence as it's widely known. The hostels available for students are not capable of accommodating all the students interested in residing within the campus. As a result of that, many new students are stranded on the campus especially at the beginning of the session, and others that are lucky get squatting spaces with friends and family that have already gotten hostels.
Administration
Ahmadu Bello University has a
chancellor
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as its ceremonial head, while the
vice-chancellor
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In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...
is the chief executive and academic officer. The vice-chancellor is usually appointed for a five-year, non-renewable term. The 14th and current vice-chancellor, Professor
Ibrahim Garba, took office on 1 May 2015. Below is the tabulated list of all ABU vice-chancellors. The number 8 in the series is a sole-administrator appointed by then head of state
Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who ruled as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998. He seized power on 17 November 1993 in the last successful c ...
after a major conflict.
Notable alumni
The Ahmadu Bello University is notable for producing prominent people and Nigerian leaders, including many former and current state governors and ministers. Amongst the alumni are:
*
Magaji Abdullahi
Engineer Magaji Abdullahi (22 November 1947 – 24 July 2016) was a Nigerian politician. He was the deputy governor of Kano State between 2003 and 2007. Abdullahi led the Water Resources Engineering and Construction Agency (WRECA) in Kano State ...
, former national chairman of the National Centre Party of Nigeria (NCPN), former senator, former deputy governor
*
Alash'le Abimiku, executive director of the International Research Centre of Excellence at the
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria
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*
Muhammed K. Abubakar, academic, former minister
*
Mohammed Bello Adoke
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, former Minister of Justice & Attorney General of the Federation
*
Ahmed Abdullah
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Biography
He began playing the trumpet at age 13 in his native New York City. One of the first groups he performed with wa ...
, OON, former Agriculture and Rural Development Minister
*
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*Atiku Abubakar (born 1946), Nigerian politician and businessman, Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007
*Atikur Rahman Mallik, Bangladeshi film editor
Middle name
*Abubakar Atiku ...
GCON, former vice president, Federal Republic of Nigeria
*
Yayale Ahmed
Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, (born 15 April 1952) is a Nigerian civil servant and politician who served as Defence Minister of Nigeria.
Early life and education
Ahmed was born in the town of Shira in southern Azare, Bauchi State, to Ahmadu, an Islami ...
, former secretary to the Government of the Federation
*
Aisha Alhassan
Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan (16 September 1959 – 7 May 2021), popularly known as Mama Taraba, was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. She was appointed in 2015 to the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari after his election until her resignation in J ...
, former minister of women affairs
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Adamu Aliero, former governor,
Kebbi State
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*
Solomon Arase
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, former
IGP,
Nigeria Police Force
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*
Ayodele Awojobi
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"The Akoka Giant", and "Macbeth", was a Nigerian academic, author, inventor, social crusader and activist.
He was considered a scholar ...
, scientist and professor at
University of Lagos
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*
Sunday Awoniyi, Northern Yoruba Leader, former chairman
ACF
*
Anthony Ayine,
auditor general
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Freq ...
for the
Federation
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*
Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli
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Current Emir of Zazzau and former Ambassador to Thailand
*
Mohammed Bawa
Mohammed Inua Bawa (6 April 1954 – 26 May 2017) was appointed the Administrator of Ekiti State, Nigeria during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. He was then appointed Administrator of Gombe State from August 1998 to May 1999, handing o ...
, former
Ekiti State
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governor
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Yahaya Bello
Yahaya Adoza Bello (born 18 June 1975) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who has served as the Governor of Kogi State since 2016. A member of the All Progressives Congress, Bello has been the youngest governor in Nigeria throughout his te ...
, governor, Kogi state
*
Franca Brown, actress.
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Maryam Ciroma
Hajia Maryam Inna Ciroma (born 11 September 1954) was appointed Nigerian minister of Women Affairs in July 2005 by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
She was replaced by Saudatu Bungudu when President Umaru Yar'Adua swore in his cabinet in July 2007.
...
, former Minister of Women Affairs
*
Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi
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, Senate Majority Leader of the Nigerian
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Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo
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, former governor,
Gombe State
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Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari
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, former governor,
Kebbi State
Kebbi state ( ha, Jihar Kebbi; Fulfulde: Leydi Kebbi 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤦𞥆𞤭) is a state in the northwestern Nigeria, Kebbi state is bordered east and north of Sokoto and Zamfara states, and to the south by Niger state while ...
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Lawal Musa Daura
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Background and education
Lawal Musa Daura was born on 5 August 1953 i ...
, former director general, Nigerian
State Security Service
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Oladipo Diya
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, GCON, former vice president/CGS, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Ibrahim Hussaini Doko
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, DG of Raw materials Nigeria
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Donald Duke
Donald Duke (born 30 September 1961 in Calabar) is a Nigerian politician. He was the Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007 and the 2019 Nigeria Presidential candidate for Social Democratic Party, SDP.
Persona ...
, former
Cross River state
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governor
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Afakriya Gadzama
Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama mni OFR (22 November 1953) is a Nigerian security officer who is the Chairman of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies. He previously served as Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) under P ...
, former Director General Nigerian
State Security Service
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Ibrahim Gaidam
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He was the immediate past governor of Yobe State, succeeded by the Former APC National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni on 29 Ma ...
, former governor,
Yobe State
Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; and it's largest and most populated city is Poti ...
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Jerry Gana
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, former information minister
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Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba,
''Shehu of Borno''
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Ibrahim Garba, former vice chancellor (ABU)
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Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya
Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (born 16 June 1952) is a Nigerian politician who has served in the Senate of Nigeria since 2007 representing the Kano South constituency of Kano State. He is a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
Background ...
, former
Kano state
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajee ...
governor
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Isa Marte Hussaini
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He specialized in cancer research and is currently exploring the use of local herbs for cancer therapy. ...
, professor, pharmacologist
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Bukar Ibrahim, former governor,
Yobe State
Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu; and it's largest and most populated city is Poti ...
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Ibrahim Kpotun Idris
Ibrahim Idris Kpotun (born 15 January 1959) is a Nigerian police officer and former Inspector General of Police. He was appointed to this position by President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 March 2016, serving till his retirement in January 2019. He rep ...
, former
IGP,
Nigeria Police Force
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Catherine Uju Ifejika, chairman and CEO, Brittania-U Limited
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Azubuike Ihejirika
Azubuike Ihejirika, (born 13 February 1956) is a retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant general and former Chief of Army Staff.
Early life and education
Ihejirika was born on February 13, 1956, in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, S ...
, former
Chief of Army Staff
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Attahiru Jega, professor, former chairman,
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
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Zainab Abdulkadir Kure
Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (born 24 November 1959) was elected Senator for the Niger South constituency of Niger State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. She is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Life
Kure obtained a BSc in Poli ...
, politician
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Aisha Augie-Kuta
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, photographer
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Idris Legbo Kutigi
Idris Legbo Kutigi (31 December 1939 – 21 October 2018) was a Nigerian lawyer and jurist. He was Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State before becoming a high court judge. He joined the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1992 ...
, former chief justice of Nigeria
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Shehu Ladan
Alhaji Shehu Ladan (21 September 1952 – 04 October 2011) was a Nigerian lawyer, philanthropist and oil and gas management strategist from Kaduna State who has contributed to the socio-economic activities of the state and Nigeria at large in diffe ...
, former group MD,
NNPC
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Sanusi Lamido, former governor
Central Bank of Nigeria
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The major regulatory objectives of the bank as stated in the CBN Act are ...
, former
Emir of Kano
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Ibrahim Lamorde
Ibrahim Lamorde (born 20 December 1962) is a Nigerian police officer who was appointed Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 23 November 2011 after chairman Farida Waziri had been dismissed by President Goodluc ...
, former chairman,
EFCC
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Rilwanu Lukman
Rilwanu Lukman (26 August 1938 – 21 July 2014) was a Nigerian engineer who held several ministerial positions in the Nigerian Federal government before becoming Secretary General of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) fro ...
, former secretary general
OPEC
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& Petroleum Minister
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Muhammad Nasirudeen Maiturare
Muhammad Nasirudeen Maiturare (born 16 June 1963) is a Nigerian academic, a professor of business administration. He is the fourth substantive Chancellor (education), Vice-Chancellor of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Nigeria.
...
, professor, former vice Chancellor, IBBUL, Niger State
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Ahmed Makarfi, former
Kaduna state
Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...
governor
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Umaru Tanko Al-Makura
Umaru Tanko Al-Makura (August 1952) is a Nigerian businessman and politician and also a former governor who is a senator in Nasarawa State running in the ( All Progressive Congress) ticket.
He was elected as a senator in 2019.
Background
Al-mak ...
, former governor,
Nasarawa State
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Dino Melaye
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, senator,
Kogi West
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Ahmed Tijjani Mora
Ahmed Tijjani Mora ( OON) (born May 13, 1956) is a Nigerian pharmacist, academic, former Registrar and now Chairman of the Governing Council of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria. He is the National President, Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Associati ...
, pharmacist, president of
ABU Alumni Association
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Faruk Imam Muhammad, justice, Kogi state Judiciary
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Magaji Muhammed
Magaji Muhammed (31 December 1940–April 2017) headed the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs until the June 2006, when he resigned to pursue a gubernatorial ambition, and he was succeeded by Oluyemi Adeniji. He is also a former Minist ...
OFR, former Minister of Internal Affairs, former Minister of Industries and former Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mansur Muhtar, former executive director of the
World Bank
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Dahiru Musdapher
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, former
chief justice of Nigeria
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Abdullahi Mustapha
Abdullahi Mustapha (born 1 February 1948) is a Nigerian Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He was succeeded by Ibrahim Garba as the VC of the University.
Early life
Mustapha was born on ...
, former vice chancellor (ABU)
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Ghali Umar Na'Abba, former Speaker,
House of Representatives
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Usman Bayero Nafada
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, former deputy speaker,
House of Representatives
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Muhammad Mamman Nami
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, Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS
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Rebecca Ndjoze-Ojo, Namibian, politician
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Demas Nwoko, artist and architect
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Olufemi Obafemi, Poet, Playwright, and Author
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Samuel Oboh
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, architect
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Gani Odutokun
Gani Odutokun (August 9, 1946 – February 15, 1995) was a contemporary Nigerian painter who is known for his contributions and nurturing of artists in the Zaria art society. His works include wall murals, paintings and book cover designs.
Early ...
, artist and educator
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Uche Okeke
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Background
Christopher Uche ...
, artist and educator
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Mike Omotosho,
national chairman of the Labour Party (Nigeria)
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Bruce Onobrakpeya
Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya (born 30 August 1932) is a Nigerian printmaker, painter and sculptor. He has exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and the Malm ...
, artist
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Samuel Ortom
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, former Minister of State Trade and Investments
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Jude Rabo
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Early life and education
Rabo was born in Tadmum, Bogoro, Bauchi Sta ...
, vice-chancellor of Federal University, Wukari
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Nuhu Ribadu
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, former chairman,
EFCC
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Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai
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, governor of
Kaduna State
Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...
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Aminu Safana
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A doctor by training, Safana was a graduate of Ahmadu ...
, doctor/politician
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Namadi Sambo, former
vice president of Nigeria
The vice president of Nigeria is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the federal government of Nigeria, after the president of Nigeria, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. Officially styled vice presiden ...
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Faisal Shuaib, medical doctor, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency
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Ibrahim Shekarau
Ibrahim Shekarau (born 5 November 1955) was a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria. He was elected in April 2003 and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). H ...
, former
Kano state
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajee ...
governor
*
Ibrahim Shema
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He was re-elected for another four-year term on 28 April 2011, ...
, former governor,
Katsina State
Katsina State ''(Hausa: Jihar Katsina) (Fula: Leydi Katsina 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞥁𞤭𞤲𞤢)'' is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Katsina State was created in 1987, when it split from Kaduna State. Today, K ...
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Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, administrator
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Ussif Rashid Sumaila
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, economist
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Danbaba Suntai, former governor,
Taraba State
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Ibrahim Umar
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, former vice chancellor and scientist
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Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, former governor
Kaduna state
Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...
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Nenadi Usman
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Early career ...
, former finance minister
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Shamsuddeen Usman
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, former Minister of
National Planning
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Auwal H Yadudu Nigerian academician and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State
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Andrew Yakubu
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, former group MD,
NNPC
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Turai Yar'Adua
Turai Umar Musa Yar'Adua (born 26 July 1957) is the widow of the former Nigerian president and former Katsina State Governor, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. She was the First Lady of Nigeria from 2007 until the death of her husband on 5 May 2010.
Educati ...
, former first lady
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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
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, GCFR, former
president of Nigeria
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*
Abdurrahman Abba SheShe
Abd al-Rahman ( ar, عبد الرحمن, translit=ʿAbd al-Raḥmān or occasionally ; DMG ''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman''; also Abdul Rahman) is a male Arabic Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' ...
chief medical director
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital is a Federal Government Teaching Hospital located in Kano State, Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic ...
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Isa Yuguda
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In April 2009, he changed allegiance from the ANPP to the People's Democratic Part ...
, former governor,
Bauchi State
Bauchi State (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭) is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the ea ...
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Ibrahim Zakzaky
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prominent
Shi'ite-Islam cleric, founder
Islamic Movement in Nigeria
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Saddiq Dzukogi, poet and professor of English,
Mississippi State University
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Alumni Association
Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association is an
alumni organization
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for former students of the Ahmadu Bello University. The alumni association is often represented by the national president of the association in the governing council of the university. This is necessary for the association to make a direct input into the university's policies.
The national body of the association currently has 17 National Executive Committee (NEC) members who manage the affairs of the association in alignment with the provisions of the association constitution.
The incumbent national president of the alumni association is
Ahmed Tijani Mora
Ahmed Tijjani Mora ( OON) (born May 13, 1956) is a Nigerian pharmacist, academic, former Registrar and now Chairman of the Governing Council of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria. He is the National President, Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Associat ...
, a renowned
pharmacist and former registrar and
chief executive officer
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of the
Pharmacists Council of Nigeria The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) is a Federal Government Agency of Nigeria, established by Decree 91 of 1992 (now Act 91 of 1992)—due to transfer of power from military to civilian in 1999—to regulate and control the practice of pharmac ...
.
History
The alumni association was founded in the early 1960s by the graduating class which included architect
Chief Fola Alade, Chief Lai Balogun and Professor
Ayodele Awojobi
Ayodele Oluwatumininu Awojobi (12 March 1937 – 23 September 1984), also known by the nicknames "Dead Easy",
"The Akoka Giant", and "Macbeth", was a Nigerian academic, author, inventor, social crusader and activist.
He was considered a scholar ...
.
Today, the alumni association has branches across the federation with the secretariat at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Since the inception of the association, the governing council of Ahmadu Bello University has maintained a strong working relationship with the association with the aim of developing the university.
Initially, the association was under the supervision of the deputy vice chancellor of the university. Today it is directly under the office of the vice chancellor and supervised by the vice chancellor.
See also
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List of universities in Nigeria
This is a list of universities in Nigeria. Nigeria is organised into 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. As a result of the oil boom years of the 1970s, tertiary level of education was expanded to reach every sub-region of Nigeria. The ...
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Saratu Iya Aliyu
References
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