Haroun AI-Rashid ADAMU

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

ADAMU

First Name

Haroun

Other Names

AI-Rashid

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

Thursday, March 30, 1944

Status

Alive

Place of Birth

Makurdi; Benue State;

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Hajala Abdullahi,

Names of Children

has children,

Profession

Political scientist, Journalist, Publisher;

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D SCHOOLS ATTEDED: Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School, Makurdi; Local Authority Primary School; Benue Provincial Secondary School, Government Secondary School, Katsina- Ala; Kufena College, Zaria (now St Paul's College, Wusasa); University of Ibadan, 1968-69; Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, USA; Yale University, New Haven, USA, 1970; London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Previous Appointments

asst Lecturer, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1971-73, Political Editor, Daily Times, 1973-77; snr. Lecturer, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1977-80; md. Triumph Publishing Company, Kano, 1980-83; Editorial Consultant The Punch, 1983; Political detention, 1984-1985; md. Punch Nigeria Limited, 1985-87; Publisher / Editorin- Chief, The Nigerian Economist, since 1987; din Daily Times of Nigeria Ltd, 1986; mm: Political Bureau, 1986-87; Constituent Assembly, 1988-89; Board, Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research, 1977- 80; Plateau Publishing Company, Publishers of the Nigerian Standard, 1980-83; Interim ch. Petroleum Trust Fund, June 1999; dir. research, Obasanjo Presidential Campaign Organisation, snr. Special asst to President Olusegun Obasanjo; snr. Special asst. to presd. on G.77 till August 2002; mm. Nigerian Anti-Apartheid Committee; Nigerian representative, Anti-Apartheid Conference, Havana, Cuba, 1976; mm. Nigerian Delegation to the United Nations Conference, New York, USA, 1976; ch: Presidential Co-ordinating Panel, All-Nigeria Conference on Foreign Policy, Kuru, Jos, April 6- 13, 1986; G77 Smooth Summit; ThisDay Advisory Board, 2003;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

North and Nigerian Unity, 1973; co-author, Nigeria, The Making of the Presidential System: 1979 General Elections, The Struggle Continues: Selected Writings on Freedom, Democracy and Liberation, 1973-84.

Phone Number

01-4965411

Official Address

The Nigerian Economist 71 Oregun Road, P.M.B. 21268, Ikeja, Lagos,