BUK PUBLIC LECTURE: UNDERSTANDING CANCER, PURSUING A CURE

The Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University, Kano,

Professor Haruna Musa, fsi,

cordially invites the University community and members of the general public to a Public Lecture titled:
“UNDERSTANDING CANCER, PURSUING A CURE”

The lecture will be delivered by Sarki Abba Abdulkadir, MD, PhD, Professor of Urology and Pathology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Lecture Details

The Management of Bayero University, Kano, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Haruna Musa, fsi, on Monday paid a thank-you visit to the Vice-Chancellor of Khalifa Isyaku Rabiu University (KHAIRUN), Professor Abdulrashid Garba, and the University's management in appreciation of the colloquium organised in honour of the 12th Vice-Chancellor of BUK. The two-day colloquium, conference and book presentation, held on 18 and 19 August 2026, celebrated Professor Musa's first year in office.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Professor Ahmad Muhammad Tsauni, has identified mindset change, institutional resilience and collective responsibility as the foundation for sustainable Nigerian universities. Delivering the revived BUK Public Lecture titled "Development Dynamics and the Sustainability of Nigerian Universities," he urged universities to move beyond dependence on government funding by embracing innovation, diversified funding, strategic partnerships and institutional thinking.

By Aliyu Inuwa Mansur and Nura Garba

EXTENSION OF BUKAT AND BUKDES EXERCISE DUE TO REMITA PLATFORM OUTAGE

The Management of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) wishes to inform all prospective candidates and members of the public that the BUK Admission Screening Exercise (BUKAT) and BUKDES exercise has been extended by two (2) weeks.

The extension is to compensate for the period lost as a result of the REMita platform outage, which affected the payment and registration processes during the exercise.

The Jigawa State Government and the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening their partnership to accelerate agricultural transformation, expand opportunities for women, youth and persons with disabilities, and scale up food security initiatives under the WOFAN-ICON2 Project.

The Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), Prospects Development Services (PDS-UK), other regional and international participants have unveiled an action plan to apply strategic communication, digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI) in leadership, decision-making and peacebuilding.