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(mB.A, M.Ax2, M.Ax2,Ph.D, professor ofEnglish, academic, administrator; b: October 5,1957; p: Makarfi; so: Kaduna; ed: Bayero University, Kano, 1980; 1983; University of Nottingham, England, 1990; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1991; en Teacher I,School of Arabic Studies, Kano, 1976-77; Current Affairs Officer II/Editorial Member, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, NYSC, Enugu, 1980-81; Graduate asst, Bayero University, Kano, 1981 -82; asst lecturer, 1982-84; Lecturer II, 1984-88; Lecturer I, 1988-91; snr.Lecturer, 1991-2001; prof., Dept. of English, Bayero University, Kano, since 2001; Head, Dept. of English, 199293;1999-2000; Dean, Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, 2000-05; Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Admin), Bayero University, ch.,Bayero University Consultancy Services, since 2005; Editor, New Nigeria on Sunday, 1993; Editor, New Nigerian, 1993-95; MD, New Nigerian Newspaper Ltd., 199599;Member, Board of Directors: Triumph Publishing Company, 1994-97; Newpack Packing Company, Kaduna, 1995-99; Member of Senate, Bayero University, Kano, 1992-93; since 1999; Member Committee of Deans and Directors, 1999-2002; Governing Council, Bayero University, Kano, since 2005; African Center for Social and Political Research, Zaria, since 1998; National Institute for Nigerian Language, Aba, since 2000; Universityof Jos, 2005; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, since 2005; Kaduna State University, Kaduna, since2004; Member: Board ofAdvisers, Center for Democratic Journalism, since 2000; Advisory Board, Institute of Peace and Unity, Abuja, 1997-99; Advisory Committee, Reconstruction & Rehabilitationof Abubakar Gumi Market, Kaduna, 1997-98; Departmental Examination Officer, Bayero University, Kano, 1982-87; Departmental Post Graduate Co-ordinator, 198889; Faculty Time Table Officer/Member, University Central Scheduling Committee, 1983-86; Faculty Representative, Senate Standing Committee on emanation, 1985-86; mm: University Orientation Committee, Bayero University, Kano, 1984-87; University Health Services Consultative Committee, 1985-86; Executive Committee ofAcademic StaffUnion of Universities (ASUU), 1985-87; Honorary Degrees Committee, 2000-02; Senate Business Committee, 2000-02; Development Committee, 2002; Budget Committee, 1999-2001; Committee for the Reviewof University Conditionsof Services, 2001; Senate Committee onthe RestructuringoftheCenter fortheStudiesof Nigerian Unguages, 1999-2001; Bayero University Endowment Fund; Literature Committee, Nigeria Prize for Literature/Science, since 2003; Panel of Judges, Nigeria Prize for Literature, since 2004; ch. Technical Committee, University Printing Press, 1990-2000; University Admission Committee; Organizing Committee, National Seminar on Political Education and Mobilization towards the4* Republic, Kaduna, 1997; Makurdi Education Forum; ab: Foreign and Commonwealth Scholar, University ofNottingham, 1989-90; h:f: National Instituteof Public Relations;The Instituteof Corporate Executive ofNigeria; Institute of Corporate Administration; Member, Nigerian Academy of Utters; International Visitor, Multiregional ConferenceonUS Foreign Policy, USA, 1990; publ: Author, Ideology and Technique inArmah's UteNovelss, New Journal ofApproaches to Language Arts; Reviving Literacy Activity inNorthern Nigeria, WestAfiica, 1989;"Unguage Discourse", and Academic Literacy: Challenge to Educational Linguistic, Journal of Communication, 1991; Linguistic Model for Literary Text Analysis: Implication for Academic Training, Nigerian Educational Forum, 1998; The Nigeria Media and theShapingofNigeria National Ideology, Not inOur Character, Proceedings oftheNational Seminar on the Nigerian Society, 1995; Notes on Classicism, Romanticism and English Literary History, West African Journal ofLanguage, Literature andCriticism. 1999; Stylistic and the Study of Literary Texts: A Theoretical Framework, AJournal ofEnglish Studies, 2000; Transitivity and Ideology in Newspaper Language, FAIS Journal of Humanities, 2001; Style, Grammar and Identity inArmah'sAnAfrican Fable, AJournal ofEnglish Studies, 2002;The Powers and Problems ofEnglish in Nigeria Educational System, FAIS Journal of Humanities. 2002; Language AbuseandDemocratic Politics inNigeria, FAIS Journal ofHumanities. 2004 and many other including papers presented inSeminars and Conferences; off: Dept. ofEnglish and French, Bayero University, P.M.B 3011, Kano; e-m: [email protected].
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