Director-General

Research and Documentation Directorate

Office of the Executive Governor of Kano State

Government House Kano

Date of Birth: August 10, 1963

Nationality: Nigerian

Place of Birth: Kano City

1993 MASTER OF SCIENCE (ZOOLOGY) APPLIED ENTOMOLOLGY

Bayero University, Kano

1988 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONS) APPLIED BIOLOGY

Bayero University, Kano

FOREIGN MISSIONS INSTITUTE, AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY CAIRO 1983-85

1981-82 INTERIM JOINT MATRICULATION BOARD EXAMINATION

School of Basic Studies, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria 1981-82

Rockefeller Foundation Resident Fellow (Villa Serbelloni) Bellagio Italy April-May 2002

Federal Government Scholar 1990-91

Faisal Islamic Bank Scholarship, 1983-85

The Best Academic Performance (1^st Prize) Form Five Arts, 1980-81 Federal Government College Warri

n     Special Assistant on Research to His Excellency the Governor of Kano State 2003

n     Consultant Kano State Government Website Development Project 2003

n     Independent Scholar and Writer, Institute For Contemporary Research 2002-2003

n     Director Research, Institute For Contemporary Research, Kano 1998 to 2002.

n     Convener Seminar on Land Security for Sustainable Rural Development July 2002 Convened for Kano State Government’s Local Government Service Commission

n     Rapporteur, Workshop on Ethics and Governance Organized by Anti-Corruption & Fraud Organization and USAID/OTI-SWIFT Nigeria, Kano June 2000

n     Adviser, Phoenix Television Documentary on the Shari’ah in Nigeria for South African Broadcasting Corporation April 2000

n     Chairman, Kano Online.Com an Internet Group 2000 to 2003

n     Director, Trans West Africa Limited 1999 to 2003

n     Rapporteur Training Workshop for Legislative Staff of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Organized for the Federal Government of Nigeria, Kano 1998.

n     Designed Rural Family Income Generation Scheme (RUFIGS) Accepted by Chairperson Kano State Family Support Programme, June 1997

n     Principal Partner, Pilot Project Services (Rural Development Consultants) 1996-1998

n     Managing Director, 5 Oceans Transport Limited 1992-96

n     Manager, P. C. M. Components Limited, 1990-92

n     Part Time Lecturer of Basic Entomology Department of Biological Sciences, Bayero University, Kano 1993-94.

n     Part Time Laboratory Demonstrator, Department of Biological Sciences, Bayero University, Kano 1990

n     Assistant Lecturer, Kano State College of Arts and Science, 1989-90

Secretary, Kano State Political Reform Committee 2005

Member, Kano Millennium Commemoration Committee 1999

Member, Kano Municipal Local Government Council Study Group On Environmental Health 1995

Member, Kano State Government Hajj Delegation, 1988 Hajj Operations

Assistant Secretary-General Dausayin Gyanawa 1988

Center for Hausa Cultural Studies

Institute For Contemporary Research

International Institute Of Islamic Thought

Entomological Society Of Nigeria

Secretary Editorial Board, Contemporary Issues

Member Editorial Board, Journal Of Contemporary Research

RESEARCH LANGUAGES

Arabic, English, Hausa

RESEARCH AREAS

Agricultural Entomology

Aphidology

Journalism

Islamic History

Rural Economics

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED IN NIGERIA

International Conference on Shari’ah Implementation in a Democracy the Nigerian Experience Abuja 7 to 9 July 2004

International Conference on Comparative Perspective on the Shari’ah in Nigeria Jos 15 to 17 January 2003

Forum to Explore Mutual Perceptions: Political/Economic Dialogue Between U.S. and Nigerian Opinion Leaders organized by the U.S. Embassy and the United States-Nigeria Development Institute held in Kano January 27 and 28 2003.

Kano Forum/UNICEF Joint Sensitization Meeting on Community Mobilization Using CAP’MM Strategy 11-12 February 2002

National Seminar on Shari’ah: Problems and Prospects held at Gusau September 2001

International Seminar on State and Leadership in Kano in the Second Millennium CE, Kano 1999.

Annual Conference of Entomological Society of Nigeria, Kano 1989

1. Publications

A. BOOKS

1.     2005 United States Society and the Muslim World Kano

2.     2004 Shari’ah Implementation in Nigeria Kano

3.     2004 Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and the Press: An Analytical Survey

4.     2002 The Politics of Resource Control And Restructuring in Nigeria HJ3081 .A36 2002

5.     2002 Domestication of the Shari’ah in Nigeria Kano and Abuja

6.     2000 Shari’ah in Nigeria: Democracy versus Secularism Library of the Congress Call number KTA469.5.A36 2000

7.     2000 Shari’ah and the Press in Nigeria: Islam versus Western Christian Civilization. Library of the Congress call number PN5499.N5 A354 2000

8.     1990 Sullubawan Dabo. Library of the Congress call number DT515.9.K32 A36 1990

9.     1989 The Jihad in Kano (Translation and Analysis of Taqyid al-Akhbar of Qadi Muhammad b. Salih). Library of the Congress call number DT515.9.F8 M84 1989

10. 1988 History and Genealogy of the Gynawa 1000 AH to Date Kano

B. Smaller Books (10-50 PAGES)

11. 2004 Islam Nigeria-UK Road: Representation of Islam in the Media

12. 2004 Islam in UK: Negotiating Identity and Representation

13. 2004 Jos International Conference on Comparative Perspectives on the Shari’ah in Nigeria

14. 2003 Proposal for Socio-Economic Development in Kano State

15. 2001 Disenfranchising the North through the National Identity Card Scheme

16. 2001 Obasanjo’s Two Years: An Appraisal

17. 2001 Dim Light in the Dark Tunnel: The Northern Gas Pipeline Project

18. 2001 Obasanjo’s Mismanagement of the Nigerian Economy: For How Long this Pain?

19. 2001 Education in the North: Some Challenges

C. PAPERS

1.     2004 ‘How we underdeveloped the Ummah and the Way Forward’ Presented at the National Unity Conference Kaduna July 2003

2.     2004 ‘Shari’ah Implementation in a Democracy; The Nigerian Experience’ Review of the International Conference held in Abuja New Nigerian August 13

3.     2004 ‘Hausa Films: Negotiating Social Change’ in Adamu, A. U., Adamu, Y. M. and Jibril, U. F. (eds) Hausa Home Videos: Technology, Economy and Society Center for Hausa Cultural Studies Kano

4.     2004 ‘The Jihad and the Establishment of the Sullubawan Dabo’ presented at the National Conference on the 1804 Jihad Organized by the Kano State History and Culture Bureau, July 27-29

5.     2004 ‘Sam Nda-Isaiah’s Nigeria is truly ugly; review of Nigeria Full Disclosure’ Weekly Trust July 10-16 2004

6.     2004 ‘The Jihad and the Consolidation of the Sudanic Intellectual Tradition’ presented at the International Conference on the Bicentenary of the Sokoto Caliphate 1804-2004 from 14^th to 16^th June 2004. Dr. Alan Godlas the webmaster of one of the most comprehensive Islamic Websites www.uga.edu/islam commended it as ‘a well-researched and documented scholarly article’ and it is included in the History webpage of the site.

7.     2004 ‘Participants’ Account of the Jihad in Kano’ Presented at the Interactive Symposium on the 1804 Organized by the Center for Hausa Cultural Studies (19^th and 20^th Rabi Thani 1425/ 7^th and 8^th June 2004)

8.     2004 ‘Review of Muslim Modernity in Postcolonial Nigeria: A Survey of the Society for the Removal of Innovation and Reinstatement of Tradition by Ousmane Kane’ available at www.gamji.com

9.     2004 Review of Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria by Ruud Peters with the assistance of Maarten Barens 88 pages published by Spectrum Books Limited Ibadan Nigeria available at www.gamji.com

10. 2004 ‘Report of Field Work on Community Empowerment Needs Assessment of Four Communities in Kano State’ in Salihu, A. (ed) Community Empowerment Capacity Enhancement Needs Assessment (CE-CENA): As Study of Four Communities in Kano State North West Nigeria (February-August 2003) World Bank Institute

11. 2003 ‘The Reign of Sarkin Kano Abdullahi Bayero 1926-1953’ in Hambolu, M. (ed) Perspectives on Kano British Relations 1903-2003 National Commission for Museums and Monuments Kano

12. 2003 ‘Exploring mutual perceptions: Dialogue between U.S. and Nigerian opinion leaders’ Weekly Trust 22-28 February and www.gamji.com

13. 2003 Book Review of The Prince Times: Ado Bayero and the Transformation of the Emiral Authority by Omar Faruk Ibrahim (Trenton New Jersey 2001) published in Africa vol. 73 No. 3 the journal of the International African Institute

14. What Went Wrong With the Muslims: A Review of: Bernard Lewis 2002. What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East Weidenfeld & Nicholson London al-Ijtihad 4: 2: 103-118 Journal of the International Institute for Islamic Thought Nigeria office

15. 2002 Bellagio: The Scholars Paradise published in the Weekly Trust and also available at www.kanoonline.ocm www.gamji.com www.nigerdeltacongress.com

16. 2002 Leadership and Poverty in Northern Nigeria available at www.gamji.com and www.kanoonline.com

17. 2001 Lord Carey, Lady Rose and Religious Tolerance in Northern Nigeria available at www.gamji.com and www.kanoonline.com

18. 2001 The Anti-Corruption Patriot (Book Review of A Rebel in Government: A New Style in Autobiography by Lawal A. Gadanya) Published in the Weekly Trust

2. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS:

2004: The March Towards Good Governance: The Journey So Far in Agriculture

EDITOR

2004: The March Towards Good Governance: The Journey So Far in Environment

2004: The March Towards Good Governance: The Journey So Far in Education

2004: The March Towards Good Governance: Mission and Achievements (First Anniversary Publication)

3. COMMISSIONED WORKS

A. CENTER FOR HAUSA CULTURAL STUDIES AND BRITISH COUNCIL

2004 Panelist and Paper presenter at the Roundtable on Hausa Women to commemorate international women’s day

B. THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF A NATIONAL CONFERENCE TO COMMEMORATE 40^TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS HIGHNESS THE EMIR OF KANO ALHAJI ADO BAYERO ON THE THRONE

2003: Commissioned Paper on Ci-Rani, Almajiranci and Security in Kano

B. BRITISH COUNCIL

2003: Team Member and Panelist, Islam UK/Nigeria Road Show, July 2003.

2004: Team Member and Panelist, Islam Nigeria/UK Road Tour March 2004

C. CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT (CDD)

2003: Team Member and Facilitator, World Bank Institute Capacity Enhancement Needs Assessment (WBI/CENA) Of Some Communities in Kano State

D. THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM (COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN JIGAWA STATE GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH DEPARTMENT FOR FOREIGN AID (DFID)

2003: Journalist Sensitization Workshop in Jigawa February 24

D. INUWAR JAMA’R KANO (A PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION)

1. 2001: Some Causes of Kano Riots and Solutions Based on Stimulating Economic Growth

2. 2002: ‘The Role of Islam in Mobilization for UBE’ A modified paper presented at UNICEF CAP/MM Meeting.

E. KANO STATE GOVERNMENT’S MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE

The Jihad in Kano 1804-1880

F. KANO STATE GOVERNMENT’S HISTORY AND CULTURE BUREAU

1. History of the Jobawa Fulani Clan 1990

2. History of the Sullubawa Fulani Clan 1990

3. History of the Gyanawa Fulani Clan 1991

4. Manuscripts

A. BOOKS

1.     The Press and National Unity in Nigeria 1980-2000 invited to Villa Serbelloni by the Rockefeller Foundation because of this work.

2.     Kano, Continuity and Change From Bagauda to Ado Bayero

3.     Co-Author with Fagge T. A., Kano Profiles 1804-1999

B. PAPERS

1. Entomology

1.     Studies on Potential Pests of Wheat in Kadawa, Kano State, Presented at the Annual Conference of the Entomological Society of Nigeria, Kano 1989

2.     ‘Survey of Wheat Farming Practices in Kano with emphasis on Insect pest control’ submitted for publication.

3.     ‘Incidence of Rhopalosiphum maidis in Kano State’ submitted for publication.

2.  History:

1.     Review of Abubakar Gumi with Ismaila Tsiga 1992 Why I Stand,    

2.     ‘A Note on The Origin and Assimilation of the Fulani in Nigeria’

3.     2003: ‘Islam and Non-Muslim Minorities in Northern Nigeria’ Conference Paper Prepared for Annual Conference of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies held at Vancouver British Columbia Canada May 2003

3.  Rural Development:

1.     Kano State: Rural Economic Development Through Environmental Protection.

2.     Zamfara State: Strategies for Sustainability

A.        THEME: COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

The Influence of Hausa Services of VOA, BBC, and Radio DW on Nigerian Muslims

B.         THEME: CULTURE AND CREATIVITY

The Transformation of Hausa Entertainment Patterns and Industry

C.        THEME: SETTING THE PUBLIC AGENDA

The Faces of Poverty in Northern Nigeria.

D.        THEME: BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH TO HISTORY

The Biography of Sarkin Kano Abdullahi Bayero

E.         INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

United States and the Muslim World

1.     Ajah, M. 2004 ‘Islamaphobia: BBC forum blames western media’ Daily Trust March 17, 2004 page 25

2.     Ifijeh, G. 2004 ‘Muslims Seek Adequate Representation in the Media’ Thisday Lagos posted to the web March 22, 2004

3.     Ejobowah, J. B. 2002 Review of the Shari’ah and the Press in Nigeria: Islam versus Western Christian Civilization in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 19: 2: 121-123 A response to this review is available as an appendix to Domestication of the Shari’ah in Nigeria because the journal declined to publish it as a matter of policy.

4.     Doki, A. 2002 ‘Shapes of an eternal conflict’ Review of the Shari’ah and the Press in Nigeria: Islam versus Western Christian Civilization published in the Weekly Trust November 29-December 5, 2002 p. 30

5.     Mohammed, S. H. 2002 Review of the Shari’ah and the Press in Nigeria: Islam versus Western Christian Civilization available at www.nigerdeltacongress.com archives and www.gamji.com archives

6.     Awoniyi, F. 2002 ‘Fulanis, Yorubas, Islam and Political Power in Nigeria: Re: The Role of “Resource Control” and Restructuring in the Political Economy of Nigeria By Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa’ see http://www.gamji.com/NEWS1083.htm A response to this is also available at www.gamji.com title ‘A Reply to Femi Awoniyi’

7.     Baba, El-Yakubu Jibril 2001 ‘Education in the North, Facing the Challenge: A Response to Kurawa’s Article’ [http://www.gamji.com]

8.     Bugaje, U. 2001 ‘A Rejoinder to Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa’s Article “Dim Light in the Dark Tunnel: The Northern Gas Pipeline Project” [see http://www.gamji.com/News715.htm]

9.     Garba, T. 1989 Review of History and the Genealogy of the Gyanawa 1000 AH to Date published in Sunday Triumph of August 13^th and 20^th