Nigeria, June 12 -- President Bola Tinubu has renamed the Institute of Petroleum Studies in Kaduna as the "General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua University of Geological Sciences and Engineering."

The Nigerian leader announced this during his Friday morning broadcast to mark this year's Democracy Day.

"Among the architects of modern democratic Nigeria, we honour General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua for his vision of national partnership. In recognition of his contributions, the Federal Government has approved the revitalisation and renaming of the completed Institute of Petroleum Studies, Kaduna, as the General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua University of Geological Sciences and Engineering Technology," Mr Tinubu said.

Mr Yar'Adua, a relative of Nigeria's late form...