UniAbuja VC, Prof Na'Allah Bags Nation Builders Achievers Award

Date: 2020-11-23

The vice-chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul Rasheed Na'Allah, has been nominated for the Nation Builders Achievers Award (NBAA).

A statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday in Abuja, signed by the national director, NBAA, Amb Raymond Jefferson said the award event was birthed to recognize individuals and organisations that have distinguished themselves in their contributions towards the growth and development of Nigeria/Africa.

He said Prof. Na'Allah has curated and implemented several milestone disciplines and curricula in several universities and institutions of higher learning.

Jefferson said the "erudite professor received a BA in 1988 from University of Ilorin, with a thesis "Dadakuada: The Trends in the Development of Ilorin Traditional Oral Poetry", subsequently published in African Notes and in 1992 received a MA Literature in English from the same university.

"In 1999, he received his PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and was subsequently professor and chair of African-American Studies at Western Illinois University. He then became the vice chancellor of Kwara State University in Nigeria, and now vice chancellor and chief executive of University of Abuja, in the Nigerian Capital City.

"Prof. Rasheed is the author and co-author of numerous books, but some books of his that are most recent are Yoruba Oral Tradition in Islamic Nigeria: A History of Dadakuada (Routledge, 2019), Globalization, Oral Performance, and African Traditional Poetry (Palgrave Macmillan, March 2018), African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance (Routledge, 2010) and Africanity, Islamicity, and Performativity: Identity in the House of Ilorin (Bayreuth African Studies, 2009), and edited a poetry book, Obama-Mentum: An Anthology of Transformational Poetry, etc."

He added that the nation builder alongside other meritoriously nominated awardees will be presented their awards at the in Abuja on 18 December, 2020.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Arandun     Al-Hikmah Radio     Alanamu     Yusuf A. Usman     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     NURTW     Tinubu     Share-Tsaragi     Shehu Salau     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Harafat E. Mukadam     Habeeb Saidu     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Bashir Adigun     Issa Memunat Moyosore     NAWOJ     Lawal Jimoh     Crystal Corner Shops     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     EFCC     Maja     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     SARS     Sabi     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Isiaka Alikinla     Rihanat Ajia     JAMB     Ajakaye     Obasanjo     Dankaka     Babaloja-General     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Muhammed Akanbi     ASKOMP     Abraham Ojo     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Tayo Alao     Tsaragi-Share     IFK     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Joseph Offorjama     Yakub Ali-Agan     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Toyin Falola     Erin-ile     New Model Police Station     Lucky Omoluwa     Abubakar Imam     Oloriegbe     Rotimi Oyedepo     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     SSA Youth     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Frootify     Sabo-Oke     Ekweremadu     Arca Santa     Owode Market     Lotus Bank     Olushola Saraki     SWAN     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Ishola Abdullahi     Tayo Awodiji     Taofeek Ibraheem     Olaosebikan     Isiaka Danmeromu     Ike Ekweremadu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sulu Gambari     Hauwa Nuru     Offorjama     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Malete     NURTW     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Ishola Abdullahi     Donatus Ejidike     Yaman     Kwara 2023     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     David Oyedepo     Amosa     Share     VADA     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Olokoba     Yusuf Arowosaye     Oloje     MMWG     Lotus Bank     Umar Gunu     Kayode Bankole     Ajia-Bako     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Rafiu Ajakaye     James Ayeni     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Omoniyi     Okin Biscuits     Elerin Of Adanla     Gambari     Riskat Opakunle     Bond     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Ajike People Support Centre     Sa\'adu Salau     Ijagbo     Kale Bayero     Muslim Cementary     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Owu Fall     Bello Bature     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     KWIRS     Bello Abubakar     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Mohammed Abduraheem     Kwarareports.com     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Amoyo     Seun Bolaji     Ethical College     Maja     Budo Egba     Akeem Lawal     Ike Ekweremadu     Bello Oyebanji     CCT     Elesie Of Esie     Oni Adebayo     Ishaq Salman     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Saidu Yaro Musa     Firdaos Amasa     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Olusegun Adeniyi     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Popo-Igbonna     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Oluronke Adeyemi     Facemasks     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab