Anyone who is even faintly familiar with the history of higher education in Nigeria would already be in the know of the history of the founding of the University of Nigeria, and her land-grant philosophy and ancestry. Between 1960 and 1966, Nigeria was clearly on the path to creating a unique and leading Higher Education Institution like none before it in the entire continent of Africa. In philosophy, content, outlook and performance, the University of Nigeria was clearly unique and outstanding. It was to leapfrog and boot-strap Africa and Nigeria’s development and was clearly on the path to a…