When the journey between former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu began, Betta Edu, the ousted Minister of Humanitarian and
On its part, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, assured to provide the needed support to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan are integrated into the nation’s universities.
The Nigerian government has said that there is an ongoing plan to ensure Nigerian nationals who are stranded in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict in the North-East African country are evacuated on Wednesday morning. This was stated by the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in response to a series of tweets asking what her commission and other relevant institutions were doing to ensure Nigerians in Sudan were safely returned home.
SPECIAL REPORT: About one-third of Nigeria’s ministers attended same university
Eighteen ministers also bagged degrees from foreign institutions. 5 min read
Thirteen of Nigeria’s current 44 ministers graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, an extensive review of their official resumes have shown.
A PREMIUM TIMES’ review of the details further shows that all the 13 obtained only their first degrees from the 58-year-old institution formerly named the University of Northern Nigeria.
The only exemption is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello, who bagged both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in business administration from the university, in 1980 and 1987 respectively, after which he graduated from the International University of Africa, Sudan, in 1994.