The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher institution located in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in Northeast Nigeria. The university was created by the federal government of Nigeria in 1975, with the intention of its becoming one of the country's principal higher-education institutions. It enrolls about 25,000 students in its combined programs, which include a college of medicine and faculties of agriculture, arts, environmental science, Allied health science, Basic medical science, dentistry, education, engineering, law, management science, pharmacy, science, social science, and veterinary medicine. With the encouragement of the federal government, the university has recently been increasing its research efforts, particularly in the fields of agriculture, medicine and conflict resolution, and expanding the university press. The university is the major higher institution of learning in the north-eastern part of the country. Faculties (colleges) The university of Maiduguri has 12 faculties. Affiliate institutions The approved affiliate institutions of the University of Maiduguri, approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) are as follows: Umar Ibn Ibrahim El-Kanemi College of Education, Science and Technology, Bama College of Education, Azare, Bauchi State College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe Annahda college of science and Islamic Studies Diploma section Federal College of Education Yola Notable alumni Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe Deputy Governor of Kaduna State Abubakar Sani Bello Governor of Niger State Umar Buba Bindir, Nigerian Agricultural engineer and incumbent Director-General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff, Nigeria Sen Lawal Yahaya Gumau, Nigerian Politician Professor Andrew Haruna, Nigerian academic, and Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gashua Okezie Ikpeazu Governor of Abia State Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, former Inspector General of Police, Nigeria Orji Uzor Kalu, Former Governor of Abia State Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Sen Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Senate President of Nigeria Sen Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State Jude Rabo, vice-chancellor of Federal University, Wukari Aliyu Shugaba incumbent vice chancellor of University of Maiduguri Imrana Alhaji Buba, Activist, Social entrepreneur, recipient of Queen's Young Leader Award Danladi Umar, Nigerian Jurist Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, Politician, Governor of Borno State Terrorist attacks In the early morning of January 16, 2017, there was a suicide bomb attack at a mosque at the University. The explosion killed four people, including Professor Aliyu Mani and one of the attackers, and wounding seventeen.