Danhodi Empowerment Foundation, a non-profit and non-political organization committed to improving the quality of life for the disadvantaged Nigerians, today donated an electrocardiography machine to Ahmadu Bello University. The medical equipment better known as ECG machine valued at N750,000 is to be used specifically for teaching purposes at the Department of Human Physiology, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Presenting the machine to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof.... Read More

Sokoto State Government would collaborate with Ahmadu Bello University in order to go into massive irrigation farming all over the state next dry season, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said. The governor explained that the decision was informed largely by the need to mitigate the COVID-19 effects and regain losses suffered by farmers this farming season following devastating floods that hit several rice and sugarcane farms in different parts of the state. Governor Tambuwal, who received in ... Read More

Walin Kazaure Alhaji Babangida Husseini has donated a disinfection machine to Ahmadu Bello University. The donor, an alumnus of the University, is a federal permanent secretary. The machine was handed over to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabir Bala, in Zaria today by Prof. Balarabe Magaji Jahun, Director, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Ahmadu Bello University, on behalf of the donor. Presenting the machine to the Vice-Chancellor, the donor said he owed the University a lot being an alumnus of the... Read More

Nigerian public universities still remained the best as far as tertiary education in the country is concerned, newly posted Commandant of Depot Nigerian Army, Major-General Kabir Muktar, said in Zaria today.  Major-General Muktar, who made the remark when he paid a working visit to Ahmadu Bello University, said ABU should be proud for the delivery of quality education.  The Commandant, who called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabir Bala, upon his arrival at the University, said graduat... Read More

A three-member team from TETFund was in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria today for monitoring and evaluation of projects.  The team led by Malam Muhammad Jamilu was first at the University Senate Building where they called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabir Bala.  They were in ABU to specifically inspect some TETFund’s ongoing projects scattered all over the University.  The Vice-Chancellor, who received the team in his office warmly, expressed gratitude to TETFund for the v... Read More

The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), a health activity under supervision of Federal Ministry of Health, has enlisted the support of Ahmadu Bello University to ensure transition from malaria control to malaria elimination in Nigeria.  Speaking during an advocacy visit to the University selected as a host institution for malaria vector sentinel sites in Kaduna State, the programme team leader, Ogar Nkayo Paschal, said the programme was in line with the National Malaria Strategic... Read More

The Management staff of Ahmadu Bello University led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabir Bala, have condoled with the family members of a staff of the institution, Malam Salisu Aliyu, who died on Saturday, 22nd August, 2020.  Malam Aliyu died at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria after an illness. His remains were buried at Dambo Muslim Cemetery after the funeral prayer at Alhudahuda College in Zaria City attended by hundreds of sympathizers from all walks of life. ... Read More

Ahmadu Bello University has held a meeting with all its affiliate institutions at which issues bordering quality assurance and challenges associated with affiliations were thoroughly discussed.  The meeting, which is an annual gathering and a key requirement by the National Universities Commission (NUC), was declared open at the University’s Main Campus, Samaru, Zaria today by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabir Bala.  The University, which continues to play a parenting role for aff... Read More

Ahmadu Bello University has taken delivery of 60 cartons of textbooks on various disciplines as donation from Sir Emeka Offor Foundation on conviction that books and libraries represent the warehouse of knowledge.  The books were received on behalf of the institution by Deputy Registrar, Alumni Relations, Directorate of University Advancement, Malam Bashir Munir, at a brief ceremony at Sardauna Memorial College in Kaduna today.  Donating the books consignment to the University and 10 o... Read More

The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof Kabir Bala, said that plans are afoot to launch an endowment for the sustainability of the University. Receiving a report of the Committee on Upgrade of University Laboratories at the Council Chamber, the Vice-Chancellor explained that establishment of endowment fund in universities remained the best practice around the globe. Prof Bala also said world's renowned universities such as MIT, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge, heavily survived on... Read More