A Nigerian, Dr. Salihu Dasuki is now the youngest Senior Lecturer in the United Kingdom.
The happy lecturer took to his Twitter page to share the good news as he resumed work as a Senior Lecturer of Information Systems at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom.
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The 29-year-old wrote:
“By Allah’s grace, not only am I the youngest, I resume teaching as a senior lecturer of computing at Sheffield Hallam University, UK”
He also has brilliant academic records in foreign universities. He graduated with a first class degree in Information Technology from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), North Cyprus at 21. He went further to have his Master’s degree at Brunel University, UK and bagged his Ph.D. in the same university in 2012. At this time, he was reportedly the youngest Ph.D. holder in Northern Nigeria.
In another tweet, Dasuki said he was an Assistant Professor at the age of 24 when he was in Nigeria for five years.
He wrote:
“I have been an assistant professor in Nigeria for 5 years before the elevation…since when I was 24”

Dr Salihu Dasuki’s twitter post
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In 2016, Dasuki was among the 100 Arewa’s people of the year due to his academic records.
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