Convocation

By Ibrahim Yunusa

Federal University Dutse (FUD) is set to convoke a total of 4,227 students in a combined convocation ceremony for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions.

This was announced by the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Muhammad, during a pre-convocation press briefing, where he outlined the preparations and schedules for the event.

The convocation ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 5th, 2025, by 9:30 am.

A convocation lecture will precede the ceremony on Friday, July 4th, 2025, at 4:00 pm at the Nuhu Muhammad Sunusi Auditorium.

The lecture, titled “Harnessing Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: The Role of Higher Education Institutions,” will be delivered by Guest Professor Jibrilla Dahiru Amin, the pioneer VC of the university.

According to the VC, a total of 99 and 110 students graduated with First Class honors in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions, respectively.

Additionally, 544 and 727 students graduated with Second Class Upper Division in the respective sessions, while 879 and 115 students graduated with Second Class Lower Division.

Furthermore, 321 and 283 students graduated with Third Class honors in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions, respectively.

The VC highlighted some of the remarkable achievements of his tenure, including the university’s attractiveness to prospective students, with around 20,000 applicants seeking admission annually.

Other notable achievements include improvements in student and staff welfare, physical infrastructure development, introduction of new faculties and departments, enhanced security, research grant wins, and digital transformation, among others.

By Ibrahim Yunusa

Bayero University, Kano (BUK), holds its 39th convocation ceremony on Wednesday, February 12.

In a press briefing, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sagir Abbas, announced that “4,402 graduands of different programs from their respective faculties” will receive their certificates.

He also stated that “another 4,367 graduands from seven faculties in which 176 first degrees, 275 PhDs, 2,590 Master’s Degrees and 535 Postgraduate Diplomas will be graduating.”

The Vice-Chancellor disclosed that Khalil Sulaiman Halilu, the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of NACENI, will deliver the convocation lecture on Friday, February 14.

The lecture, “Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Pathway to National Development,” will be chaired by the Honourable Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Jeffrey Nnaji.

On the event’s final day, the university will confer Honorary Degrees on two distinguished Nigerians: Colonel Sani Bello, a former Military Governor of Kano State, and Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano, popularly known as A.A. Rano.

Explaining the choice of honorees, Professor Abbas stated that “the first nominee is selected due to his vast contribution to education during his administration as Military Governor of Kano State, in which he established the prominent Kano Science Schools and he facilitated the varsity permanent site.”

Regarding Alhaji Rano, the Vice-Chancellor said, “the second nominee is being on the list by sponsoring students from Kibiya, Rano and Bunkure local governments, and he sustains in giving them 60 thousand Naira as upkeep from last session to date and his unwavering contributions to not only underprivileged of his community during Ramadan but to the state at large.”

The 39th convocation will also witness the awarding of Emeritus Professorship titles to three distinguished retired professors, including Professor Garba Dahuwa Azare, Professor Julius Afolabi Falola, and Professor Musa Muhammad Borodo.

Professor Abbas concluded that “the sum of not less than 100 million is budgeted for the whole convocation ceremonies.”