University of Maiduguri Archives

Dr. Kole Shettima’s Honorary DSc Moment @ Federal University, Kashere

Posted By: adminon: July 07, 2025In: FlashbackTags: (OON, Ahmadu Bello University - Zaria, Alhaji (Dr.) Bashir Albishir Bukar Machinama, Civil society, DSc, L’ONN), MacArthur Foundation, Rashidi dattijo, University of Maiduguri, University of Toronto, Zanna Yuroma of Machina EmirateNo CommentsViews:

Philanthropic capitalism got another symbolic endorsement in Nigeria at the weekend when Dr Kole Shettima of MacArthur Foundation was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree by the Fede... Read more

Remembering Prof Jubril Aminu

Posted By: adminon: June 05, 2025In: LifeworldTags: ASUU, Mallam Aminu Kano, Medical Science, NUC, Prof Daniel Saror, Prof Kyari Tijani, Prof Nur Alkali, Prof. Ahmadu Jalingo, University of Ibadan, University of MaiduguriNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The news is all over the place already that Prof Jubril Aminu, ex-Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC); ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of M... Read more

Witness to the Wedding of Ra’ida Abdulqadir, the Conqueror

Posted By: adminon: June 25, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Borno State, Delta State, Islam or Christianity, Maiduguri, North, South, University of MaiduguriNo CommentsViews:

We never get to know a person until a certain thing happens. This is the story of this Kano-Borno-Delta girl but who is now an eaglet Madam. There was a time Maiduguri town became uniquely d... Read more

Matters Arising As Prof Armstrong Matiu Adejo Returns to the Ancestors

Posted By: adminon: February 10, 2023In: LifeworldTags: 'Alime', 'Otachikpokpo', Benue State University, Bongos Ikwue, Emmanuel Secondary School – Ugbokolo, History, Prof Robert Armstrong, University of Maiduguri, ‘Lamb Tales from Shakespeare’, ‘OdejoNo CommentsViews:

Prof Armstrong Matiu Adejo, the Benue State University Historian of Identity, culture and Peace ,is six feet below. He was laid to rest in his Auke community in Apa Local Government Area of... Read more

Could Prof Armstrong Matiu Adejo Have Died of Heart Attack?

Posted By: adminon: January 20, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Benue State University, Emmanuel Secondary School – Ugbokolo, History, Och'Idoma of Idoma, Prof Robert Armstrong, University of Maiduguri, ‘Lamb Tales from Shakespeare’, ‘OdejoNo CommentsViews:

It is possible that Prof Armstrong Matiu Adejo died of heart attack, Intervention has been told. Death did not oblige him much room for preparations. This is not a medical opinion but fits i... Read more

Prof Umar Pate Makes VC of Federal University, Kashere

Posted By: adminon: December 18, 2020In: BookspaceTags: BUK, Conflict Studies, Mass Communications, Prof Jubril Aminu, University of MaiduguriNo CommentsViews:

A leading Mass Communications scholar, Prof Umar Pate, has made it to Vice-Chancellorship of the Federal University, Kashere in Gombe State. He was, until his election as VC, the Dean of the... Read more

A Family’s Moment of Becoming

Posted By: adminon: April 01, 2019In: LifeworldTags: ASUU, Computer Engineering, University of MaiduguriNo CommentsViews:

Of course, the element of physical excellence is common to all of them in these pictures. That is obvious from the pictures. But more than the physical plenitude is the heritage. While the N... Read more

Africa is Underdeveloped Not Because Africans are Stupid – Prof Nzongola-Ntalaja

Posted By: adminon: June 21, 2017In: SpectacleTags: African and African-American Studies, Ali Mazrui, Dr John Garang, Dr Tajudeen Abdulraheem, IMF/World Bank, John Hopkins University, President Paul Kagame, Prof Okello Oculi, Prof Peter Anyang Nyong'o, UNDP, University of Abuja, University of Maiduguri, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, University of WinsconsinNo CommentsViews:

The African continent is not underdeveloped because Africans are stupid. Africa is materially backward relative to other civilisations because it finds itself fighting for survival on two eq... Read more