July 17, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has renamed the University of Maiduguri after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The announcement was made during a special session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held on Thursday in honour of the late Nigerian leader, who died on July 13, 2025, in London.
“In honour of his memory, will the special session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) adopt the renaming of the University of Maiduguri to Muhammadu Buhari University, Maiduguri?” Tinubu asked during the meeting.
Established in 1975, the University of Maiduguri is one of Nigeria’s second-generation universities, created under the Third National Development Plan (1975–1980) by the then Federal Military Government.
President Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s Head of State from 1984 to 1985 and later as a civilian President from 2015 to 2023, was buried on Tuesday in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, in accordance with Islamic funeral rites.
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