DateScholarship/Fellowship
1975 – 1977Gongola State Government Scholarship to study for ‘A’Levels at the North East College of Arts and Science, Maiduguri.
1977 – 1982Gongola State Government Scholarship to study for the degree of
DVM at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
1984 – 1985University of Maiduguri Staff development Fellowship for
Postgraduate Training (M.Sc.) at the University of London.
1987 – 1991Commonwealth Scholarship (UK Government) to study for Ph.D at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
December, 1992 to November, 1995Rockefeller Biotechnology Career Fellowship
(Post-Doctoral) to study molecular and cellular biology of Chlamydia psittaci at the Royal Veterinary College, London.
July – August, 2001I attended a Fulbright Summer Institute for Higher Education
Reforms at the George Washington University and Cambridge College, USA. I subsequently attended a three-week Institute in 2007.