{"id":170012,"date":"2025-07-17T18:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-renames-unimaid-to-muhammadu-buhari-university"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:41:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:41:34","slug":"tinubu-renames-unimaid-to-muhammadu-buhari-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-renames-unimaid-to-muhammadu-buhari-university","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Renames Unimaid to Muhammadu Buhari University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renamed the University of Maiduguri as Muhammadu Buhari University.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed in a terse statement by the presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Tinubu renames University of Maiduguri as MUHAMMADU Buhari University. President Tinubu announced the honour at the session of tributes of the Federal Executive Council to his late predecessor,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renamed the University of Maiduguri as Muhammadu Buhari University. This was disclosed in a terse statement by the presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday. \u201cPresident Tinubu renames University of Maiduguri as MUHAMMADU Buhari University. 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