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U T H M A N M o h a m m e d M u s t a p h a K a n n i k e
PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: 21st June, 1977 Local Govt. Area: Ilorin East State of Origin: Kwara Nationality: Nigerian Perm. Home add: 114 Isale Gambari, Ojagboro Ilorin Current Postal add: No 18, Works and Housing, Gwarinpa estate, Abuja GSM Number: 08056664157 Marital Status: Married Number of children: Five (5) Children/Ages:Abubakr, Salamat,Hajarah, Zainab, Hawwa’
EDUCATION: (INSTITUTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS)
[IN VIEW] BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO PhD (Doctorate in Islamic Studies)
[ 2014 ] NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI M.A (Master in Islamic Studies)
[ 2016 ] NATIONAL TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE PGDE (Postgraduate Diploma in Education)
[2003 ] UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN B.A (Degree in Islamic Studies) . Upper Second Class Honour . Best graduating student of the Department
[ 1997 ] OKELELE SECONDARY SCHOOL, ILORIN Senior Secondary School Certificate
[ 1988 ] OJAGBORO LGEA PRIMARY SCHOOL Primary School Leaving Certificate
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
. FELLOW OF TEACHERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (TRC)
. FELLOW OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF ARABIC AND ISLAMIC STUDIES (NATAIS) WORK EXPERIENCE
[2019 TILL DATE] FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAFIA, LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA . Lecturer of Islamic Studies, Department of Islamic studies
[2015 - 2019] NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA (ABUJA MODEL STUDY CENTRE) . Part-time Facilitator/ Supervisor of final year Students’ projects . Marker of Arabic and Islamic studies examination scripts
[2006 - 2019] GREAT HEIGHTS ACADEMY, ABUJA (GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL), FCT . Teacher of Islamic Studies and Perspectives . HOD, Islamic Studies and Islamic Perspectives . Member, Examination Committee . Editor in Chief, The School Annual Publication
[2005- 2006] NYSC at AL-FIRDAOS CHAMBERS ( SALIMONU O.O. & CO), Talata Mafara, Zamfara State . Advising generally on legal issues affecting clients in relation to Islamic tenets . Assisting the lawyers in making clarifications on Shariah based cases . Performing all other duties or assignments as were directed by the Principal
CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARABIC STUDIES IN NIGERIA [1st -4th March, 2021] Theme: Revisiting Arabic Teaching Materials in Nigeria in the Era of Modern Communication Tech. Organized by Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria at Epe, Lagos state
. FIRST NATAIS NASARAWA STATE WORKSHOP, KEFFI [21st March,2020] Theme: Reinvigorating the teaching and learning of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Nasarawa State Organized by Nigeria Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic studies (NATAIS), Nasarawa state Branch
. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MUSLIM WOMEN [2nd – 3rd Dec., 2019] Theme: Changing the Roles of Muslim Women in the 21st Century Organized by International Institute of Islamic Thought and Bayero University, Kano
. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARABIC & ISLAMIC STUDIES [7th – 12th Oct.,2018] Theme: Deradicalisation and the Role of Arabic and Islamic Studies Organized by Nigeria Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies at ABU, Zaria
. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARABIC & ISLAMIC STUDIES [24th – 29th Dec.,2017] Theme: Arabic and Islamic Studies and the Global Recession Organized by Nigeria Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies at LASU, Lagos
. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAM IN NIGERIA, IBADAN [20th – 23rd Nov., 2017] Theme: Muslim Unity and the Quest for National Integration in Nigeria. Organized by Islamic Welfare Foundation and Dept. of Arabic & Islamic Studies, U.I, Ibadan
. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC UNIVERSITIES [7th – 9th Oct., 2017] Theme: Islamic Universities: Integration of Knowledge and Sustainability Organized by International Institute of Islamic Thought and Fountain University, Osogbo
. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARABIC STUDIES IN NIGERIA [1st -5th Oct., 2017] Theme: Arabic and Economic Development in Nigeria. (ASALLIN Conference) Organized by Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria at SOSU, Sokoto
. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTEGRITY TEACHING [16th Oct. 2010] Organized by Standard Mandate International , Motivational Consultants
. WORKSHOP ON MASTERING THE TEACHING SKILLS [3rd Sept. 2009] Theme: Strategies of Enhancing Remembering & Reduce Forgetting Organized by Play & Learn Education Management and Great Heights Academy
. INTERACTIVE SEMINAR FOR RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN THE F.C.T[23rd Oct.,2008] Theme: “Corruption: A sin against God and Crime against Humanity” Organized by Education Department, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC)
. EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP[16th-19thOct, 2008] Theme: Islamic Education A way for Societal reform Organized by The Association of Model Islamic Schools (AMIS), Nigeria, Abuja chapter
. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION [15th & 16th Feb.,2008] Theme: Re- Thinking Education for Future Generations Organized by NAMIS, IBERR, IIIT & IET In Kano, Kano State
RSEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
. TOWARDS ACADEMIC RESOURCEFULNESS AMONG ISLAMIC MODEL SCHOOLS IN ABUJA: GREAT HEIGHTS ACADEMY AS PROTOTYPE. Published in Educational Issues, Developments and Innovations by Faculty of Education, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria, January, 2021
. MĀLA HĀSHIR: A REVERED MODEL TOWARDS DERADICALISING OF NIGERIAN YOUNG MUSLIM SCHOLARS AND PRIORITIZING THE VIRTUES OF THE QUR’ĀN. Published in Language, Education and Religion for National Development, by the Department of Arts Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, 2020.
. YOUTH AND PEACE BUILDING THROUGH INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE: A NIGERIAN MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE. Delivered at ECOWAS Forum on Interfaith Dialogue, Niamey, Niger Republic in November, 2018.
. A SURVEY OF THE QUR’ANIC VIRTUES IN THE LIFE OF HASHIR A. ABDULSALAM TOWARDS ERADICATION OF NIGERIA YOUNG MUSLIM Published in the proceedings of the delivered at the Conference organized by National Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies [NATAIS], in October, 2018
. FROM MAITATSINE TO BOKO-HARAM AND BEYOND: A REQUISITE TO VET THE PROPOSED HATE SPEECH BILL FOR MUSLIMS’ UNITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY. Published in Journal of Islam in Nigeria, by Islamic Welfare Foundation in collaboration with University of Ilorin, Nigeria, vol.3 No.1, June, 2018
. IDENTIFYING THE TRADABLE ASPECTS OF NIGERIAN ULAMA’S SERVICES IN THE FACE OF ECONOMIC RECESSION AND DIGNITY OF THE PROFESSION. Published in the proceedings as delivered at the Conference organized by National Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies [NATAIS], Nigeria in December, 2017
. INTRODUCTION OF DRESS CONTROL IN NIGERIAN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING: IMPLICATION FOR ISLAMIC UNIVERSITIES. Delivered at the Conference organized by International Institute of Islamic Thought, South West, Nigeria in October, 2017.
. FINANCIAL STABILITY AND ITS IMPACT ON MORAL DECADENCE: A STUDY OF NGOZI IN “IDIOSYNCRASY” (Arabic Language). Published in the proceedings in 2018 as delivered at the Conference organized by Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria (ASALLIN), Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria in October, 2017
. CONTEMPORARY TRENDS OF TAFSIR IN ILORIN EMIRATE (1980 TO DATE) In View Unpublished, Thesis for the award of Doctorate of Islamic Studies, BUK, Kano
. A STUDY OF THE EMERGENCE AND ACTIVITIES OF BOKO HARAM IN NORTHERN NIGERIA (2002-2012), 2014 Unpublished, Dissertation for the award of Master of Islamic Studies, NSU, Keffi
. ENHANCING ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW FOR EFFECTIVE MORAL STANDARD AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS OF THE FCT, 2016, Unpublished, project for the award of PGDE, NTI, Kaduna, Abuja centre
. FUNERAL RITES AMONG THE MUSLIMS IN ILORIN, 2003 Unpublished, long essay (project) for the award of Bachelor of Arts University of Ilorin
. HISTORICAL FACTS ON THE PILLARS OF ISLAM AND MARRIAGES AROUND THE PROPHET, 2010 Editor, Publication of Great Heights Academy, Abuja
. A NEW DAWN, Annual School Publication of Great Heights Academy, Abuja Editor in Chief; 2009 to Date
. MULTIRELIGIOUS STATE OF NIGERIA: AN ASSET OR LIABILITY Contribution in A New Dawn, 2011 Edition
REFEREES
PROF. BADMAS LANRE YUSUF DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIONS, & DEAN, POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN +2348034073585
ASS. PROF. AMINULLAHI ADAMU EL-GAMBARI DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES, BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO +2347038521722
ASS. PROF. MUHAMMAD TANKO ALIYU HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAFIA, NASARWA STATE +2348065355243
MR OLANREWAJU DAUDA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, GREAT HEIGHTS ACADEMY, ABUJA +2348034443856