Sidi Hamid ALI,

Biographical record

Surname

ALI,

First Name

Sidi

Other Names

Hamid

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

July 15, 1938

Place of Birth

Dunkwa, Ghana

Profession

Journalist

Schools Attended with Dates

Marced College, Marced, USA; Shaw University, Raleigh, USA; New York University, USA.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Nigeria Union of Journalists; mm: Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, since April 2000

Previous Appointments

Assistant Information Officer, AllAfrican Peoples Conference, 1958; sec. and ch: Political Committee, Pan African Students Organisation, 1962-67; asst Liaison Officer, Kano State, Lagos Office, 1970-72; asst. dir. Nigerian Press Service and Federal Ministry of Information, 1970-74; Current Affairs Officer, Nigerian Television. Kano, 1975-77; Freelance Journalist; mem. International Affairs Society of Nigeria;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Power ofPowers. A Biography of the late Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu, Nigerian Defence Minister; Tarka - A Victim of Sectional andPolitical Blackmail; A Trip to Ttnbuctoo; Ramat, A Biography of late General Murtala Muhammed.

Hobbies

football, volleyball, swimming

Residential Address

15, Press Road P.O. Box 4594, Kano, Nigeria.