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The trouble with English

August 9, 2018

As the Department of English, University of Ilorin, under the Headship of Dr Abdullahi S. Abubakar, organises its First National Conference on the theme, “Dynamics of Language, Literature and Culture in a New A... Read More...

Blood moon, human eclipse – (For Prof. H. A. Abdulsalam)

August 6, 2018

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(For Prof. H. A. Abdulsalam) On Friday, July 27, 2018, Nigeria, like many parts of the world across Africa, Middle East, Southern Asia and the Indian Ocean region, witnessed the longest lunar eclipse of this... Read More...

RETHINKING EDUCATION, PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

July 26, 2018

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A DISCUSSION OF THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS, “EDUCATION, PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA” DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR EDUCATION, PROF. ANTHONY GOZIE ANWUKAH, AT THE ILORIN ROUNDTABLE... Read More...

Rethinking education, peace and development

July 18, 2018

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Last Friday, July 13, 2018, the University of Ilorin scored another goal as the Faculty of Education, under the Deanship of Prof. Noah Oyedeji, organised a historic roundtable on “Education, Peace and Sustainab... Read More...

Day of honour for Oloyede

March 15, 2018

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That the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq O. Oloyede, is the greatest product of the better by far University... Read More...

Like RDA, like YAQ: Diadems for dons of distinction

February 21, 2018

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On January 20, 2018, the University of Ilorin was jam-packed with a roll call of personalities that converged on it for a three-in-one programme in honour of the first Muslim professor of Arabic in Yorubaland a... Read More...

Oladosu’s stirring sermons

January 31, 2018

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In a keynote address to the Conference co-organised by the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) and the University of Ilorin on September ... Read More...

MAD!

December 22, 2017

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At the peak of the Cold War between the United States and the defunct USSR in the 1980’s, the two countries targeted nuclear missiles at each other. But it was not more than that mere posturing; each one knew t... Read More...

The meat of the Education retreat

November 23, 2017

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While addressing Nigerians at the 33rd Convocation Ceremonies of the University of Ilorin on October 21, 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari, made a promise. Represented by the Executive Secretary of the National ... Read More...

Imafidon’s cue, the genius in you

November 8, 2017

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His rich and resounding voice tore neatly into the velvet air of the jam-packed Auditorium. A tub-thumping orator with the skills of a talented raconteur, he wowed his audience for more than two hours dishing o... Read More...

Ambali’s success

September 14, 2017

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In his inaugural speech after he formally assumed office as the 9th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin on October 15, 2012, entitled “Another Dawn”, Prof. AbdulGaniyu aniyu Ambali noted among other thi... Read More...

The need to care for the environment we share

July 18, 2017

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As part of its mission to make the society a better place to live in, the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies through its Association of Students of Peace and Strategic Studies (ASPASS), under the leadership... Read More...

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 from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, where he is an Associate Professor of English (Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics). 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, 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 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, Dr Adedimeji has 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” and “New Telegraph”, among others.
A versatile academic, Associate Professor 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, Dr Adedimeji is the immediate past Director of the Centre for Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin. 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 Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence and Corps (NSCDC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). For years, he had 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, 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 Councils of both the University of Ilorin Alumni Association and English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN). He is also a Fellow of both the Society for Peace Studies and Practice and World Institute for Peace and he is a member of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria and the Association of Nigerian Authors, among others. He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited about a dozen books.

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The trouble with English

Blood moon, human eclipse – (For Prof. H. A. Abdulsalam)

RETHINKING EDUCATION, PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Rethinking education, peace and development

Day of honour for Oloyede

Like RDA, like YAQ: Diadems for dons of distinction

Oladosu’s stirring sermons

MAD!

The meat of the Education retreat

Imafidon’s cue, the genius in you

Ambali’s success

The need to care for the environment we share