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ABU greets Chancellor, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, at 85 Ahmadu Bello University has felicitated with its Chancellor, His Majesty, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Ugochukwu Achebe, CFR, on his 85th birthday anniversary. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Adamu Ahmed, conveyed the institution’s warm wishes to the Chancellor on behalf of the Council, Senate, Management, staff,

At ABU recognition ceremony, Prof Kana receives ‘Overall Outstanding Performance Achiever’ award Last Thursday, precisely May 14, 2026, the Management of Ahmadu Bello University organised the 2025 staff reward and recognition award ceremony, with Prof A F D Kana receiving the ‘Overall Outstanding Performance Achiever Award’. Prof Kana is presently

‘Why ABU was awarded N40m nominal prize despite being 1st place winner of JAMB award’ Ahmadu Bello University was awarded N40 million nominal prize despite being the 1st place winner of this year’s JAMB National Tertiary Admissions Performance – Merit Awards (NATAP-M). The university was awarded the prize at the

‘Why ABU instituted reward and recognition system’ The decision by the Management of Ahmadu Bello University to institute a reward and recognition system was to motivate and inspire staff towards higher performance, to spur healthy competition among staff members as well as to enhance staff retention. This was disclosed by

Motivated workforce key to attainment of excellence, says ABU Vice-Chancellor The Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Prof Adamu Ahmed, says the Management of the institution remained fully committed to sustaining efforts at improving the welfare of staff. This is because a motivated workforce, according to the Vice-Chancellor, is indispensable to the

SPESSCE organises maiden orientation in ABU for newly admitted students The Sustainable, Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement Centre of Excellence (SPESSCE), Ahmadu Bello University has organised a maiden orientation for newly undergraduate and postgraduate students of the centre. The orientation ceremony took place on Monday, 11th May, 2026, at

NAPRI, NASC sign deal to develop pasture breeder seeds for commercialisation The National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) has made a significant advancement in its pasture breeder seeds research by collaborating with the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) to develop pasture breeder seeds system. The collaboration, which was formalised through

NAERLS organises stakeholders harmonization workshop on C4SEAS project The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has organised a stakeholders harmonization and validation workshop on C4SEAS regional training hub project. The project focused on strengthening human capital for soil-health-focused extension in West Africa. The workshop

At ABU Sponsio Academica, 14 MBBS best graduating students receive prizes Fourteen MBBS best graduating students of Ahmadu Bello University have received various prizes at this year’s Sponsio Academica where a total of 132 medical students were inducted as qualified medical doctors. The recipients of the various prizes are the

ABU, University of Glasgow sign MoU for research cooperation, others Ahmadu Bello University and the University of Glasgow (UoG), Scotland, UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop research cooperation and to promote mutual understanding. Both parties signed the agreement at the 575 year old UK university on