Room 001, Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
Islamic Law; International Human Rights Law; Human Rights violations, Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Islamic Law and Legal History;Islamic Law of Inheritance; Islamic Family Law; Islamic Law in Constitutional Contexts; Islamic Law in Pre and Post Independence Constitutions of Nigeria; Issues in Law and Religion; Gender Issues in Law; Feminist theories and Islam; and Agency in the application of Islamic Law.
Qualifications
PhD, Shari'ah and International Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2012.
LLM, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2006.
BL, Nigerian Law School, (Lagos Campus), 2003.
LL.B. (Hons.) Common and Islamic Law, Usman Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, 2001.
Certificate in Inter Faculty Arabic Stage 2A and B, Stage 3A and B (Post GCSE), The Language Centre, University of Nottingham, UK, 2009 and 2011.
Professional Affiliations
Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria, and United Kingdom.
Member, Nigerian Bar Association, National and Ilorin Branch.
Member, National Association of Law Teachers.
Member, National Association of Islamic Law Teachers.
Member, Federacione Internationale D’ Abogadas (FIDA) International Federation of Women Lawyers, National and Ilorin Branch.
Research Affiliations
Research Fellow, The Research Institute for Theology and Religion, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, 01 November 2022 – 31 October 2025.
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellow, 2021. African Humanities Fellowship Award Program.
Non-resident Visiting Fellow at ICLRS, Brigham Young University Law School, USA, August 2019 – August 2020.
Young Scholars Residential Fellowship Training in Law and Religion by ICLRS, 19 July – 10 August 2019, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
International Young Scholars’ Award to attend and present on-going research on “Religious Pluralization – A Challenge for Modern Societies” by the Volkswagen Foundation and the Academy of World Religions, 4 - 6 October 2016, Hanover, Germany.
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, United Kingdom Award as Commonwealth Scholar, 2007.
Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
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il.law@unilorin.edu.ng