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Aptly described by the Independent newspaper as “a man of many parts”, Dr Mahfouz A. Adedimeji is a Fulbright scholar, interdisciplinary researcher, university don, public affairs analyst, language specialist, communication consultant, peace advocate, interfaith worker and public intellectual. He obtained his academic degrees in English from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin. He started his academic career at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, shortly after which he joined the services of his alma mater, the University of Ilorin. A man of eclectic academic background, Dr Adedimeji was educated in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Markaz Shabaabil Islam, Iwo, Osun State and Markaz Ta’aleemil Araby, Agege, Lagos. He obtained advanced training in education, political science, communication, research writing and peace studies at the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Virtual Institute for Higher Education Pedagogy (VIHEP), UNESCO’s Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa (VIHEAF), Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, USA; University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, USA. Apart from serving as a cultural ambassador to the US under the auspices of the Institute of International Education (IIE), New York, Dr Adedimeji has won the research awards and grants of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) of the National Research Council, Nigeria, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). He has written extensively for a wide range of newspapers and periodicals including Unilorin Bulletin, Unilorin Watch, Delight, National Pilot, Daily Independent, Newswatch Times and New Telegraph, among others. A versatile academic, he has attended academic conferences and undertaken research across universities in several parts of Nigeria as well as Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Australia, France and United States of America. His hundreds of academic and general articles have been published across outlets in Nigeria and beyond. He has also facilitated and participated in seminars and workshops both nationally and internationally. A former Deputy Director/ Head of the Directorate of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin, Dr Adedimeji has been the Director of the Centre for Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, since 2013. He has consulted for the Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence and Corps (NSCDC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). For years, he has been a Coordinator of the Executive Management Course of the Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC) and Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal of Peace, Security and Development", University of Ilorin. He is a recipient of several awards and honours including those of the American Biographical Institute, National Congress of Nigerian Students (NACONS), Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin, the Nigerian Army Education Corps, the Nigerian Defence Academy, Postgraduate Students Association, UNILORIN, Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), UNILORIN, Students' Union, UNILORIN, and National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS), just to mention a few. A Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria, and member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) Dr Adedimeji is a member of the Executive Council of the English Scholars Association of Nigeria. A member of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria and Association of Nigerian Authors, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria, World Peace Institute and Society for Peace Studies and Practice.

Nigerian media space needs repositioning for peace and prosperity — APU VC

A professor of Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics, and the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University (APU), Pategi, Kwara State, Mahfouz Adebola Adedimeji, has identified media as a powerful tool that cannot be ignored by serious-minded people. Professor Mahfouz made this remark at the ...

Agenda for Tinubu

It is the dawn of a new era as the new President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, begins work. Having received the “baton of leadership” during his conferment with the highest honour in the land, ...

Between the media and the rest of us

The second national conference of the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria was held last Saturday, May 13, 2023 in Ilorin. As guest speaker at the event, I spoke on the theme, “Redefining the media space for Nigeria’s peace and ...

JAMB and the New Nigeria Agenda

That Nigeria has not been able to achieve her full potential has been a major concern for all those who are genuinely interested in the giant of Africa. Reference has often been made to countries in Asia and South America ...

Sustain lessons of Ramadan as Eid-el-fitr beckons, muslims urged

As Nigerian Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr this week, marking the end of the month-long Ramadan fasting, Muslim clerics have stressed the need for the faithful to consolidate the lessons learnt during the period. They have also reminded political leaders ...

What to do before going to Eid?

Eid is the festival held by Muslims to celebrate the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, where Muslims fast between dawn and dusk every day for 29 or 30 days. Known as Eid ul-fitr, which means ‘Feast of breaking ...

Ahead 2023 polls: Ahman-Pategi VC charges Muslims to shun apathy

AS the 2023 elections approach, there should be no passivity among the Muslims of the South-West and Nigeria in general. The vice-chancellor of Ahman Pategi University, Pategi, Kwara State, Professor Mahfouz Adedimeji, made this submission last weekend while delivering the ...

Ahman Pategi University matriculates 269 pioneer students, as VC charges them to pursue excellence, embrace positivity

A budding private university in Patigi, Kwara State, Ahman Pategi University (APU) has successfully organised a matriculation ceremony for no fewer than 269 pioneer students. The ceremony, attended by the Etsu Patigi, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Ibrahim Umar Bologi, was ...

Gbajabiamila, VC disagree over NASS expenses

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and the Vice-Chancellor, Ahman Pategi University, Pategi, Kwara State, Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, yesterday, expressed divergent views on the claim that the National Assembly runs the most expensive legislature in the world. ...

My marriage… with Professor Mahfouz Adedimeji, Vice Chancellor, Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Kwara State

For how long have you been married? I have been married for 21 years now. Where and how did you meet your wife? I have known her since when she was a little girl as her dad operated a patent ...

Tributes As Family, Associates Remember Incorruptible Justice Akanbi

Sunday, 4th June 2020 was a day of tribute for the late incorruptible Justice Mustapha Adebayo Akanbi. Justice Akanbi who died in March 2018 was president of the Court of Appeal and was appointment as the pioneer chairman of the ...

ISLAMIC SCHOLAR ADMONISHES MUSLIMS ON VALUE SYSTEM IN PARENTING

“Our true Islamic religion emphasizes the importance of family and its role in educating young people and promoting values because the nucleus of mankind is premised on family.” That was the crux of the lecture delivered by Prof. Mahfouz A. ...