Bayero University Kano

Bayero University Kano
	University logo
Other name	BUK
Former names	Ahmadu Bello College,; Abdullahi Bayero College,; Bayero University College
Motto	"وفوق كل ذي علم عليم"
Motto in English	"...and above every possessor of knowledge there is one more learned"
Type	Public, research
Established	4 October 1962
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas
Location	Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
Campus	Urban
Colours	Turquoise Blue
Affiliations	NUC, ASUU,
Website	www.buk.edu.ng

Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1975, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from university college to university. It is the first university in Kano State.

History[]

Bayero University initially bore the name Ahmadu Bello College, the college was named after Premier of Northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello. It was founded in January 1960 by the Northern Nigeria Ministry of Education headed by Isa Kaita to prepare senior secondary certificate holders for G.C.E. and A-level in Arabic, Hausa, Islamic History, Islamic studies and English Literature.^[2] Upon the establishment of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State, Ahmadu Bello College was renamed to Abdullahi Bayero College, after Abdullahi Bayero, Emir of Kano^[3] and soon thereafter it became a faculty of the new university.

Initially located on the grounds of the School of Arabic Studies near the palace of the Emir, the college moved to a location at the old Kano Airport Hotel, where it remained until March 1968, when it moved to Western Kano to make way for a military hospital (the Nigerian Civil War having started the previous year). The first students began their studies in February 1964, and they graduated in July 1966.

In 1975, the college became a university college, and was renamed Bayero University College, with Mahmud Tukur as principal. In 1977, it was given university status as Bayero University, with Tukur as vice-chancellor. In 1980, the university ceased functioning as a faculty of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.^[3]

Academic sections[]

Bayero University has faculties for Allied Health Sciences, Agriculture, Arts and Islamic Studies, , , Education, Engineering, Communications, Dentistry, Law, Physical Sciences, , Earth and Environmental Sciences, Social, Management Science and the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology.^[4]

The research centers include: Center for Advanced Medical Research, Center for Infectious Diseases, African Center for Excellence in Population Health and Policy, Center for Gender Studies, Center for Islamic Studies, Center for Dryland Agriculture, Center for Biotechnology Research, Center for Renewable Energy and Center for the Study of Nigerian Languages among others. The university also houses the International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIIBF), the only one of its kind in the country.

The main campus of the university is located approximately 12.8 kilometers (roughly 8 miles) from the city along the Kano-Gwarzo Road i.e along Janguza road. There is another site (Old Campus) at BUK Road.

List of leaders[]

Bayero University Kano campus

New site gate

SAS Principal (and director of college section)[]

Aliyu Abubakar Dr. Aliyu Abubakar was born in Nafada in the present Gombe State in the year 1909. He attended University of London where he studied a bachelor of art degree in English language. After serving as a principal at the school of Arabic studies Kano, he also served as the first commissioner of Education in Bauchi State after its creation in 1976. He died in November 1987.

Provost of Abdullahi Bayero College[]

Abdalla Eltayeb (1964–1966)
(September 1966 – November 1969)
(1969–1975)

Principal of Bayero University College[]

Mahmud Tukur (September 1975 – 1977)

Vice Chancellor[]

Mahmud Tukur (1975 – October 1977)
J. O. C. Ezeilo (1977–1978)
Ibrahim H. Umar (1979–1986)
(1986–1990)
(1990–1995)
Bello Bako Dambatta (1995–1999)
(August 1999 – 2004)
Attahiru Muhammad Jega (September 2004 – 2010)
Abubakar Adamu Rasheed (June 2010 – 17 August 2015)
Muhammad Yahuza Bello (Tuesday 18 August 2015 – 17 August 2020 )
Sagir Adamu Abbas ( 17 August 2020 – Present )

People[]

Bayero University Kano library

Notable faculty[]

Abdalla Uba Adamu
Stewart Brown
Reginald Cline-Cole
Hafsat Ganduje
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
Mukhtar Atiku Kurawa

Notable alumni[]

Ahmed Adamu petroleum economist and lecturer
Mansur Dan Ali, Minister of Defence
Zaynab Alkali, author^[5]
Zuwaira Gambo commissioner of women affairs' and poverty development, Borno state
Abba Gumel, Professor of Mathematics, Arizona State University
Mukhtar Shehu Idris, politician, Governor-elect of Zamfara State
Farooq Kperogi, author, columnist, journalism professor at Kennesaw State University
Farouk Lawan, politician
Saleh Mamman, Nigerian minister of power
Moses Ochonu, historian, author
Saude Abdullahi - Aliyu, Educational administrator
Rabia Salihu Sa'id, physicist
Ibrahim Sheme, novelist, journalist, publisher
Yushau Shuaib, author
Jamilah Tangaza, journalist, former head of BBC Hausa
Ahmad Sani Yerima, former governor, Zamfara State
Jumai Bello, managing director Bauchi Radio Corporation

Holders of honorary degrees[]

Yayale Ahmed
Abdullahi Bayero
Theophilus Danjuma
Muammar Gaddafi
Nelson Mandela
Murtala Mohammed
Yusuf Maitama Sule

Affiliated colleges[]

Sa'adatu Rimi College of Education^[6]
Jigawa State College of Education^[7]

References[]

^ NUC. "List of Universities". Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ "History of Department of FAIS". BUK.edu.ng. Bayero University Kano. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "History of BUK". BUK.edu.ng. Bayero University Kano. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
^ "Faculty of Computer Sciences and Information Technology". csit.buk.edu.ng. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
^ "AFFILIATED COLLEGES | School of Continuing Education". buk.edu.ng. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "Jigawa State College of Education Gumel (JSCOEG) Degree Admission List for 2020/2021 Academic Session". myschoolgist.com. myschoolgist.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

External links[]

Bayero University website

Coordinates: 11°58′50″N 8°28′46″E / 11.98056°N 8.47944°E / 11.98056; 8.47944

[1] NUC. "List of Universities". Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

[fais-2] "History of Department of FAIS". BUK.edu.ng. Bayero University Kano. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

[hist-3] "History of BUK". BUK.edu.ng. Bayero University Kano. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-29.

[fcist-4] "Faculty of Computer Sciences and Information Technology". csit.buk.edu.ng. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

[Jr.Akyeampong2012-5] Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.

[6] "AFFILIATED COLLEGES | School of Continuing Education". buk.edu.ng. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[7] "Jigawa State College of Education Gumel (JSCOEG) Degree Admission List for 2020/2021 Academic Session". myschoolgist.com. myschoolgist.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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