Following the end of the tenure of Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah as the sixth Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja on June 30, 2024, the Senate of the University has elected Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University.
This will be pending the inauguration of the University Council and the appointment of a substantive Vice-Chancellor.
Maikudi is a professor of international law and the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor (academic).
Born in Zaria on January 31, 1983, she hails from Katsina State.
She attended Queens College, Lagos State, where she wrote her West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
After her secondary school education, she attended the University of Reading and London School of Economics in the United Kingdom, where she obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Master of Laws (LLM) degrees respectively.
She also attended the Nigerian Law School, Abuja for her call to the Bar and University of Abuja for her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law.
In 2007, Maikudi participated in the National Youth Service Corps scheme at the Corporate Secretariat and Legal Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
In 2008, she joined the University of Abuja as a Lecturer and became the first female and youngest Head of the Department, Faculty of Law in 2014; first female and youngest Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law in 2018; and the pioneer Director, University of Abuja.
PRNigeria gathered that she is the youngest Professor of the University of Abuja and indeed Nigeria as well as the first female Professor of Law in the North West and University of Abuja.
She specialises in United Nations Law and has written extensively on the area.
Maikudi floated a postgraduate course on United Nations Law and has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate works.
She has also taught Company Law for over 12 years and is well-versed in its mechanics.
She has participated in numerous conferences and training worldwide.
She is also a Member of various professional associations, including the Nigerian Bar Association, Nigerian Law Teachers Association and International Federation of Women Lawyers.
Maikudi is married with children.
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