power Moses Ochonu, historian, author Rabia Salihu Sa'id, physicist Ibrahim Sheme, novelist, journalist, publisher Yushau Shuaib, author Jamilah Tangaza, journalist, former head of BBC Hausa Ahmad Sani Yerima, former governor, Zamfara State Jumai Bello, managing director Bauchi Radio Corporation Abdurrahman Abba SheShe chief medical director Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Notable faculty Abdalla Uba Adamu Stewart Brown Abdul Haleem Chishti Reginald Cline-Cole Bello Bako Dambatta Hafsat Ganduje Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 Mukhtar Atiku Kurawa Holders of honorary degrees Yayale Ahmed Abdullahi Bayero Theophilus Danjuma Muammar Gaddafi Nelson Mandela Murtala Mohammed Yusuf Maitama Sule Affiliated colleges Sa'adatu Rimi College of Education Jigawa State College of Education Bayero University Kano Admission Updates References External links Bayero University website Educational institutions established in 1977 Federal universities of Nigeria 1977 establishments in Nigeria Universities and colleges in Kano State Education in Kano Buildings and structures in Kano Academic libraries in Nigeria