Laraba Gambo Abdullahi (an haife ta a shekara ta 1951) ‘yar asalin kimiyyar hada magunguna ce kuma mai gudanarwa a Najeriya wacce ta kasance mataimakiyar shugabar jami’ar Abujafrom daga 1999 zuwa 2004. Abdullahi ta rike mukamai da dama na siyasa a yayin aikin ta. A kwanan nan ta kasance darakta a Hukumar Kula da Fasahar Fasaha ta Kasa, kayan aikin gwamnati don inganta kasuwanci na ra'ayoyin bincike da aka kirkira da kuma a jami'o'in Najeriya An haifi Abdullahi a garin Azare, jihar Bauchi, mahaifinta jami’i ne a gundumar Katagum Native Authority. Ta fara karatu da wuri tun tana yarinya musulma a garin Azare, tayi karatu a Kwalejin 'Yan mata ta lardin Bauchi, sannan a shekarar 1963, ta wuce makarantar Sarauniya Elizabeth, Ilorin inda ta kammala karatun sakandare a shekarar 1969. A shekarar 1970, aka karbe ta karantar biochemistry a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya, shekara guda bayan nan, ta auri Umar Lawal tun tana daliba. Daga nan Abdullahi ya kammala karatunta a shekarar 1974. A shekarar 1976, ta shiga jami’ar Maiduguri a matsayin mataimakiyar malama a fannin ilmin sunadarai.