Prof. Aisha Sani Maikudi

Aisha Sani Maikudi is the Acting Vice Chancellor University of Abuja. She is a Professor of International Law in the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Abuja. Aisha is from Katsina State, Nigeria. She was born in Zaria, on the 31st of January 1983. Aisha received her WASSCE from Queens College, Lagos, her LLB degree from the University of Reading, UK, the LLM from the London School of Economics, UK, BL from the Nigeria Law School, Abuja and PPh.D.from the University of Abuja, Nigeria. In 2007, she did her National Youth Service Corps at the Corporate Secretariat and Legal Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In 2008, Aisha joined the University of Abuja as a Lecturer 2 and became the first female and youngest Head of Department, Faculty of Law in 2014; first female and youngest Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law in 2018, the pioneer Director, University of Abuja International Centre in 2019 and the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) in 2023. 

In 2021, Aisha became a Professor of International Law. To date, she is the youngest Professor of the University of Abuja and indeed Nigeria, as well as the first female Professor of Law in the Northwest and the University of Abuja. She specializes in United Nations Law and has written extensively on the area. Aisha floated a Postgraduate course on United Nations Law and has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate works. She has also taught Company Law for over 15 years and is well versed in its mechanics. Aisha has participated in several academic fora conferences and trainings worldwide. She is a member of various professional associations that include: the Nigerian Bar Association, the Nigerian Law Teachers Association and the International Federation of Women Lawyers