| Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai | |
| Type: | Public |
| Students: | 7,000 |
| City: | Lapai |
| Motto: | Learning for Service |
| Vice Chancellor: | Professor Abu Kasim Adamu |
| State: | Niger |
| Coordinates: | 9.0674°N 6.5698°W |
| Campus Type: | Rural |
| Nickname: | IBBUL |
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBUL) is a university in Lapai, Niger State, central Nigeria. It had its first convocation in 2014.[1] [2] [3] It was named after the former Nigeria Head of State General Ibrahim Babangida. The university started academic activities in the 2005/2006 academic session.[4]
In 2020, IBBUL won a prize grant of $450,000 from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) grant of Canada. The project has the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India, as the lead partner, with IBBUL and Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan, Open University of Tanzania and UNESCO office of Bangladesh, in the partnership.[5]
In 2021, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation endowed the University with a High Impact Geological Research Laboratory.[6] [7]