A First Class graduate of Mathematics at the University of Ibadan in 1957, Iya Abubakar is the first Northern-Nigerian to earn a PhD in any field when he earned it at the University of Cambridge at the age of 28. At 33, he became the only Nigerian appointed as a Professor in the department of Mathematics at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. At 37, Abubakar became the Head of Department, Mathematics/Computer Science of the University. At age 40, the Adamawa-born egghead became the second indigenous Vice Chancellor of ABU, Zaria until he retired from academics at the age of 44 in 1978. #HistoryVille