Bayero University Kano
Jamiatu Bayero Kano
Established	1977
Chancellor	Sujuwade Okunade Olubuse II
Vice-Chancellor	Attahiru Muhammad Jega
Location	Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
Former names	Ahmadu Bello College Abdullahi Bayero College, Bayero University College
Website	buk.edu.ng

Bayero University Kano (BUK) is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1977, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from university college to university; in 1980 it ceased functioning as a faculty of the Ahmadu Bello University. It has Faculties of Agriculture, Arts and Islamic Studies, Education, Law, Medicine, Science, Social and Management Sciences and Technology.

Contents 1 History 2 List of leaders 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Ahmadu Bello College, named for Premier of Northern Nigeria Ahmadu Bello, was founded in January 1960 in Kano as part of the School for Arabic Studies. When Ahmadu Bello University was founded in Zaria, Kaduna State, Ahmadu Bello College was renamed to Abdullahi Bayero College, after Abdullahi Bayero, Emir of Kano (ruled 1927 to 1953).^[1]

Starting January 1964 the college was situated at the Kano Airport Hotel, a location it remained at 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. Starting in 1966, the institution served as the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies of Ahmadu Bello University.^[1]

In 1975, the college became a university college, and was renamed Bayero University College, with Mahmud Tukur as principal. In 1977, the status was again changed, to that of university, and Bayero University became the name; Tukur became Vice-Chancellor. In 1980 the university ceased functioning as a faculty of its Zaria counterpart.^[1]

[edit] List of leaders

SAS Principal (and director of college section)

• Aliyu Abubakar

Provost of Abdullahi Bayero College

• Abdalla El-Tayib (1964-1966)
• Hamidu Alkali (September 1966-November 1969)
• S. A. S. Galadanchi (1969-1975)

Principal of Bayero University College

• Mahmud Tukur (September 1975-1977)

Vice Chancellor (1977-October 1977)

• Mahmud Tukur
• J. O. C. Ezeilo (1978-1979)
• Ibrahim H. Umar (1979-1986)
• Dandatti Abdulkadir (1986 – 1990)
• M. Sani Zakraddeen
• Bello Bako Danbatta (1995-1999)
• Musa Abdullahi (August 1999 - 2005)
• Attahiru Muhammad Jega (September 2005-present)

[edit] See also

Former instructors

• Stewart Brown
• Reginald Cline-Cole
• Abdulrazak Gurnah

Graduates

• Farouk Lawan
• Yushau Shuaib

Holders of honorary degrees

• Yayale Ahmed

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "History of BUK". BUK.edu.ng. Bayero University Kano. http://www.buk.edu.ng/Admin/BUK%20history.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 

[edit] External links

• Bayero University website

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