Professor Mohammed Laminu Mele

Vice-Chancellor, University of Maiduguri

Professor of English Language, Literary and Language Scholar, University Administrator

Professor Mohammed Laminu Mele is a Nigerian academic and university administrator whose career at the University of Maiduguri has progressed from an entry-level academic appointment to the institution's principal executive office. He graduated from the University of Maiduguri in 1999 with a B.A. in English Language and joined the university's academic staff in September 2004 as an Assistant Lecturer. He subsequently progressed through the academic ranks and was appointed Professor in October 2016. His academic and administrative career has been closely connected to the University of Maiduguri's Faculty of Arts and its institutional development. He served twice as Head of the Department of English and Literary Studies between 2015 and 2019, as well as Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Arts. His university responsibilities later expanded into educational technology when he became Director of Instructional Technology in December 2020, a position he held until his appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Central Administration) in February 2021.