This post brings to you facts about universities in
Nigeria. Some of these facts are actually obsure. Expect more on this topic
later.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) was designed by an Isreali
architect Arieh Sharon. He designed many buildings in Isreal. He was a foremost
architect who won the Isreali Prize for Architecture in 1962. You may want to
visit here for
more architectural details about OAU.
Federal University of Technology Yola (FUTY) has been renamed Modibbo Adama University of
Technology (MAUTECH). Modibbo Adama was the founder of Fombina Kingdom (Adamawa
Emirate Council).
Tafawa Balewa University (in Bauchi, Bauchi State)
actually belongs in the ‘university of technology’ category. Many prospective
university students are not aware of this fact because it has no ‘technology’
in its nomenclature.