Nigeria, April 22 -- Northern Nigeria's premier university, Ahmadu Bello University, located in Zaria, Kaduna State, produced more members of the current set of Nigerian state governors than any other tertiary institution in the country, a PREMIUM TIMES review of official documents shows.

An extensive review of their official resumes also shows that half of the 36 state governors obtained their first degrees from three universities in the country while only two of the governors got theirs abroad.

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Seven of the governors got their first degrees or a master's from ABU, named after the only premier of the defunct Northern Region whose administration established the university in the First Republic.

The alumni go...