page_title: Bayero University Kano
section_title: People
hierarchical_section_title: Bayero University Kano / People
caption_attribution_description: The main library building
context_page_description: Bayero University Kano is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1975, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from university college to university. It is the first university in Kano State.
context_section_description: Notable Faculty
  Stewart Brown
  Reginald Cline-Cole
  Abdulrazak Gurnah
  Abdalla Uba Adamu
  Notable Alumni
  Zaynab Alkali, renown author
  Mansur Dan Ali, Minister of Defence
  Farouk Lawan, politician
  Moses Ochonu, historian, author
  Saleh Mamman, Nigerian minister of power
  Yushau Shuaib, author
  Ahmad Sani Yerima, former governor, Zamfara State
  Ibrahim Sheme, novelist, journalist, publisher
  Farooq Kperogi, author, columnist, journalism professor at Kennesaw State University
  Jamila Tangaza, journalist, former head, BBC Hausa
  Rabia Salihu Sa'id, physicist
  Mukhtar Shehu Idris, Politician, Governor-elect of Zamfara State
  Holders of honorary degrees
  Abdullahi Bayero
  Murtala Mohammed
  Yusuf Maitama Sule
  Yayale Ahmed
  Nelson Mandela
  Muammar Gaddafi
  Theophilus Danjuma
caption: Bayero University Kano library
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