Intellectuals

 The kyen’ship structures of the Tarok of Plateau State in Northern Nigeria (also known as the Yergam ) must be understood in the context of fundamental issues of filiation and descent. This holds particularly with respect to such issues as to their 'kyan'ship, as in the relations and positions of maternal mother's brother and mother's brother. First, the discussion on Tarok's skeletal structure regarding their kyan'ship terminology and the kyan's participation in the processes and rituals of marriage institutions is then followed by discussion of the institution of kyanship and, its key features namely the extent of kyans’ legal powers in behalf of seeking spouses for them, their rights or authority over women sometimes widowed or divorced whose kyan is them, their responsibilities in the observance of rituals in case of sickness, the kyanship inheritance, and the attempts made by the Christian missionaries to bring about changes in kyanship. In the end, it...

  The University of Jos was established with the vision of being an innovative institution with great interaction between 'town and gown'. Today, the university still carries a high responsibility of fashioning tastes and attitudes of the future. We are committed to providing education that is globally competitive and relevant to the needs of today's employer and the developing challenges of Nigeria and beyond.    Brief History of the University The University of Jos started as a Campus of the University of Ibadan in November, 1971, with the appointment of Professor E. A. Ayandele as its first Acting Principlal. Its first home was the present Township campus of the University which is located along Murtala Mohammed way, Jos. Its first students admitted in January, 1972 were pre-degree students. Degree courses in Arts were introduced in October 1973 and in Science and Education the following year. The same year, the Bauchi Road Campus which then accommodated only the Facul...