{"id":15026,"date":"2017-03-10T13:53:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T12:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15026"},"modified":"2017-04-26T09:37:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T08:37:12","slug":"illah-dr-sani-john","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/illah-dr-sani-john\/","title":{"rendered":"ILLAH, Dr. Sani John"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA., Ph.D; academic administrator, journalist, artist; b: July 2, 1957,ht: Idah, so:Kogi; m: Christie Ajara Aduku 1986; nc:two s. ed: LEA\/LSB, Idah Ofugo, Kogi State, 1964-70; A.A.M.C, Okene, Kogi State, 1971-75; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1977-80; 1981-83; 1984-91. cr: Producer, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, 1980-81; Producer II, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Enugu, 1981; Graduate Assistant, Lecturer 1, Ahmadu Bello University, 1981-91; Senior Lecturer, University of Jos, 1991-92; dir. Kogi State Council for Arts\/Cultures 1992-94; dg. Ministry of Information, Youth and Culture, Kogi State, 1994-95, Government House Administration, 1995-96; snr. Lecturer\/Head of Department, University of Jos, since 1997;co-ordinator. Departmental Seminar Series, 1984-86; ch: Production Committee, 1991-92; dir. Senate Representative, Jos University Hotels Limited, since 1997; ch: Faculty of Arts Seminar Committee, 1997-98; dir. Kogi State Council of Arts\/Culture, 1992-94;dg. Government House Administrator 1995-96; foundation mem. Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance, International Theatre Institution, Linguistics Association of Nigeria, Nigerian Folklore Society, Union of African Performing Artists, Literary Society of Nigeria, Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists, ah: Winner, Kolawole Ogungbesan Prize for best graduating student, English\/Drama, ABU, 1980. publ: Reflections, Poem in Kuka, Journal of the English Literary Association, 1978; Levels of Conflict in Ola Rotimi&#8217;s Kurumi and beyond, in Tunde Lakoju(ed), Beyond, Kurumi: Notes and critical comments on Ola Rotimi&#8217;s Kurumi, Zaria, 1983. hob: basketball, off: Department of Theatre Arts, University of Jos, Jos. res: 20, Amikiti Aikoye Street, Idah. tel: 058-800733.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,168,452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15026","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-arts","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19674,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15026\/revisions\/19674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15026"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}