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.

Participants comprising stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, including policymakers, academics, chief executives, media professionals and other professionals, spent the second day of their Kigali study visit at the Rwanda Cooperation Initiative (RCI) as part of the international training programme organised by Bayero University, Kano's strategic partner, the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), in collaboration with Prospects Development Services (PDS)-UK.

The Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Professor Haruna Musa, fsi, has expressed profound appreciation to the management of Khalifa Isyaku Rabiu University (KHAIRUN) for organizing a maiden colloquium in his honour to commemorate his first year in office as the 12th Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University.