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Bayero
University
initially
bore
the
name
Ahmadu
Bello
College,
the
college
was
named
after
Premier
of
Northern
Nigeria, Ahmadu
Bello.
It
was
founded
in
January
1960
by
the
Northern
Nigeria
Ministry
of
Education
headed
by Isa
Kaita to
prepare
senior
secondary
certificate
holders
for
G.C.E.
and A-level in
Arabic,
Hausa,
Islamic
History,
Islamic
studies
and
English
Literature.[2] Upon
the
establishment
of Ahmadu
Bello
University in Zaria, Kaduna
State,
Ahmadu
Bello
College
was
renamed
to
Abdullahi
Bayero
College,
after Abdullahi
Bayero, Emir
of
Kano[3]and
soon
thereafter
it
became
a
faculty
of
the
new
university.
Initially
located
on
the
grounds
of
the
School
of
Arabic
Studies
near
the
palace
of
the
Emir,
the
college
moved
to
a
location
at
the
old
Kano
Airport
Hotel,
where
it
remained
until
March
1968,
when
it
moved
to
Western
Kano
to
make
way
for
a
military
hospital
(the Nigerian
Civil
War having
started
the
previous
year).
The
first
students
began
their
studies
in
February
1964,
and
they
graduated
in
July
1966.
In
1975,
the
college
became
a
university
college,
and
was
renamed
Bayero
University
College,
with Mahmud
Tukur as
principal.
In
1977,
the
status
was
again
changed,
to
that
of
university,
and
Bayero
University
became
the
name;
Tukur
became
vice-chancellor.
In
1980
the
university
ceased
functioning
as
a
faculty
of
its
Zaria
counterpart.[3]
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