Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBUL) is a university in Niger State, central Nigeria. It had its first convocation in 2014. It was named after the former Nigeria Head of State General Ibrahim Babangida. The university started academic activities in the 2005/2006 academic session. Faculties Natural Sciences Management and Social Sciences Applied Sciences and Technology Education and Arts Agriculture Languages and Communication Studies College of Health Sciences Institutes Institutes of Maritime Studies Endowments & Research In 2020, IBBUL won a prize grant of $450,000 from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) grant of Canada. The project has the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India, as the lead partner, with IBBUL and Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan, Open University of Tanzania and UNESCO office of Bangladesh, in the partnership. In 2021, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation endowed the University with a High Impact Geological Research Laboratory. Gallery References 2005 establishments in Nigeria Educational institutions established in 2005 Education in Niger State Public universities in Nigeria