The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher institution located in Maiduguri, the capital city of

Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon, its northern border ...

in northeast Nigeria. The university was created by the federal government of Nigeria in 1975, with the intention of its becoming one of the country's principal higher-education institutions. It enrolls about 25,000 students in its combined programs, which include a college of medicine and faculties of agriculture, arts,

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, Allied health science, Basic medical science,

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, education, engineering, law, management science,

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, science, social science, and veterinary medicine. With the encouragement of the federal government, the university has recently been increasing its research efforts, particularly in the fields of agriculture, medicine and conflict resolution, and expanding the university press. The university is the major higher institution of learning in the north-eastern part of the country.

Faculties (colleges)

The university of Maiduguri has 12 faculties.

Affiliate institutions

The approved affiliate institutions of the University of Maiduguri, approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) are as follows: * Umar Ibn Ibrahim El-Kanemi College of Education, Science and Technology, Bama * College of Education, Azare, Bauchi State * College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State *

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*Annahda college of science and Islamic Studies Diploma section *

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Notable alumni

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and incumbent Director-General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) *Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, former

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, Nigeria *Sen Lawal Yahaya Gumau, Nigerian Politician *Professor Andrew Haruna, Nigerian academic, and Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gashua *

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Governor of Abia State * Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, former Inspector General of Police, Nigeria * Orji Uzor Kalu, Former Governor of

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of Nigeria *Sen

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, Governor of Bauchi State * Jude Rabo, vice-chancellor of Federal University, Wukari *

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incumbent vice chancellor of University of Maiduguri *

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, Nigerian

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*Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, Politician, Governor of

Terrorist attacks

In the early morning of January 16, 2017, there was a

suicide bomb A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...

attack at a mosque at the University. The explosion killed four people, including Professor Aliyu Mani and one of the attackers, and wounding seventeen. The wounded were rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Another attacker, a girl approximately 12 years old, was reportedly shot by police as she approached the university, detonating her

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and killing her. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by

Boko Haram Boko Haram, officially known as ''Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād'' ( ar, جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit=Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad), is an Islamic terrorist organization ...

leader Abubakar Shekau. The number of attackers involved has varied between reports, but one of the bombers was believed to be a teenage girl. Three suicide bombers attacked the University on June 25 and June 26, 2017, killing one security guard. The university has begun digging a 27 kilometer trench around the perimeter in order to prevent Boko Haram attacks.

References

External links

University of Maiduguri Official website
Maiduguri Educational institutions established in 1975 Public universities in Nigeria 1975 establishments in Nigeria Education in Borno State {{Nigeria-university-stub