Geology

Hydrogeology/Engineering Geology and Environmental Geology) and Postgraduate Diploma in Geology and Mining. The Department at inception was headed by Mr Nzegbuna (2002-2004). Subsequently Professor N. G. Obaje was head of Department between 2004 to 2009, Dr A. Moumouni (2009-2011), Mr N. G. Goki (2011-2013), Dr B. S. Jatau (2013-2014), Dr A. B. Oleka (2014-2018). The Department, currently headed by Dr N. G. Goki (an Associate Professor) since 2018 to date has steadily maintained a full accreditation level with its average  undergraduate student enrolment of 50, and postgraduate enrolment of about 30 spanning through the PhD, MSc and Postgraduate Diploma programmes. It has also enjoyed a wide range of Industry cross-fertilization linkages with the Oil Industry, Mineral Exploration Companies, Federal Ministries and Agencies resulting in a turn-out of averagely Industry-Ready graduates over the years. The Department currently has academics who are fully registered with COMEG, NMGS, GSA, offer services as Resource persons and Consultants to a wide range of audience covering the public and private sectors. It also has memorandum of understandings with Institutions, Agencies and Laboratories internationally and within the country where staff and students link up with for their researches. The most recent of these collaborations include The Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute Warsaw, Poland; Mineral Economy and Energy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences Krakow, Poland. The NSUK Center for Medical Geology Research the first Chair to be endowed in the world is about to be inaugurated.