Renaissance

The thoughtful is grateful

December 25, 2015

The year 2015 fortunately is ending without a major implosion that could threaten the corporate existence of Nigeria. As a result of this, casting one's mind back the past 12 months, one would be grateful to Go... Read More...

Adieu Audu: The scramble for Kogi

December 24, 2015

Renaissance

Between 1881 and 1914, virtually all parts of Africa were effectively under the control of the European gladiators who scrambled for the soul of the continent. The Berlin Conference of 1844 officially kick-star... Read More...

Diezani’s photo, life’s vanity

November 27, 2015

Renaissance

The publication of the recent photographs of the former powerful Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, hit Nigerians and the world like a thunderstorm. Dele Momodu, publisher, writer and... Read More...

Fashola: Power to the people

November 17, 2015

Renaissance

At last, the much-awaited portfolios of the recently screened ministerial nominees were unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari this Wednesday (11/11/2015) and Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief. I can imagine ho... Read More...

Money makes man mad

November 7, 2015

Renaissance

We are in the age of materialism and consumerism in which money is a god worshiped by billions of people. In Nigeria, as a microcosm of our world, lack of value orientation has made most of us to believe that m... Read More...

Just bring back our girls

September 18, 2015

Renaissance

On May 31, 2014, the US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was released by his captors in Afghanistan. He was captured on June 30, 2009 by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network under some controversial circumstances. Sgt. B... Read More...

The Buhari brouhaha

September 11, 2015

Renaissance

Since the assumption of office of President Muhammadu Buhari, those who wished him dead or, at least, wished that they had additional reasons to justify their portrayal of him as a “serial failure” have been bu... Read More...

On moral decadence and readers’ reactions

August 16, 2015

Renaissance

Worried about the pervasiveness of moral decadence in the Nigerian society, the Islamic College, Ilorin, themed its 9th Graduation and 14th End-of-the-Session Programme “Moral Decadence in the Society and the R... Read More...

Music videos or moral assassins?

August 8, 2015

Renaissance

During the heady days leading to the beginning of the Second World War, European countries started to re-arm themselves militarily. However, Frank Buckman, an American, jolted the sensibilities of their leaders... Read More...

Abati’s albatross

August 1, 2015

Renaissance

When I shared Dr Reuben Abati’s latest article, “The phones no longer ring”, with my Facebook friends at the beginning of the week, I noted that he could have done different things and done things differently. ... Read More...

Parenting: Let’s be back to the basics

July 22, 2015

Renaissance

It is worth stressing that when the various afflictions that hold Nigeria to ransom are atomized, the root cause of most of them will be found in the home. This is because many homes have ceased from being what... Read More...

Good riddance, bad rubbish

July 22, 2015

Renaissance

Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief when President Muhammadu Buhari during the week relieved his inherited baggage of service chiefs of their posts. For many Nigerians who wanted change, keeping them for more tha... Read More...

Aptly described by the Independent newspaper as “a man of many parts”, Prof. Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Nigeria, is a Fulbright scholar, interdisciplinary researcher, university don, public affairs analyst, communication consultant, peace advocate, interfaith worker and public intellectual.

He obtained his academic degrees from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, where he was a Professor of English (Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics) before his appointment as Vice Chancellor. He started his academic career in 2000 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, Prof. 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 and Media, Research and Peace Studies at the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Virtual Institute for Higher Education Pedagogy (VIHEP); the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) 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, Prof. Adedimeji had won or co-won the research and conference awards/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”, “New York Parrot” and “New Telegraph”, among others.

A versatile academic and award-winning scholar, Prof. Adedimeji has attended academic conferences and undertaken research in several universities across Nigeria as well as in Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Australia, France and United States of America, among others. His hundreds of academic, Islamic and general/opinion 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, Prof. Adedimeji was the Director of the Centre for Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, between 2013 and 2017. Apart from serving as Rappouteur-General to the Presidential Committee that organised the 2017 Federal Executive Council’s Retreat on Education in Nigeria, he has consulted for the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence and Corps (NSCDC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

For years, he was a Coordinator and Facilitator 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 has also served as a resource person to agencies like the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Orientation Agency (NOA), National Institute for Security Studies as well as a number of Civil Society Organisations.

He is a recipient of several awards and honours including those of the International Chartered World Learned Society, American Biographical Institute, National Congress of Nigerian Students (NACONS), Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin, the Nigerian Army Education Corps, 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 bodies like the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria, Society for Peace Studies and Practice and World Institute for Peace, Prof. Adedimeji is a former Member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) and Member of the Executive Council of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (ESAN). He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited more than a dozen books.

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The thoughtful is grateful

Adieu Audu: The scramble for Kogi

Diezani’s photo, life’s vanity

Fashola: Power to the people

Money makes man mad

Just bring back our girls

The Buhari brouhaha

On moral decadence and readers’ reactions

Music videos or moral assassins?

Abati’s albatross

Parenting: Let’s be back to the basics

Good riddance, bad rubbish