No. 005

Vol. 4

www.alhikmah.edu.ng

MAY, 2019

...Learning for Wisdom and Morality

OUR VISIONTo serve as fore-runner in the provision of quality

university education of international standard.OUR MISSION

To be an educational institution where sound academic knowledge blends with moral and spiritual excellence.

Al-Hikmah University hosts her

First National Educational

Conference between 29th April,

to 2nd May, 2019. The conference, which

was organised by the Faculty of

Education took place at the University

Auditorium, Adeta Campus, Ilorin.

The guest speaker at the

conference, Prof. (Mrs.) Nike Sidiqat

Ijaiya, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Academics, University of Ilorin, while

delivering her speech titled “Educational

Leadership and Innovations: A

C o n t e x t o f R e s e a r c h a n d

Professionalism for Development in

Africa”, stated that in spite of Africa's

huge resources, Africa still remained

branded as an underdeveloped continent

among its peers because of human and

material incapacities.

The Professor. of Educational

Management added

that the major factor

w h i c h w a s a l l -

embracing was bad

l e a d e r s h i p a n d

followership which

breed were political

anarchy, terrorism,

u n n e c e s s a r y

c o m m u n a l w a r s ,

senseless greed and

c o r r u p t i o n ,

s e l f i s h n e s s a n d

p o v e r t y. O t h e r s

include millions of

o u t - o f - s c h o o l

children, girl-child

discrimination, child

trafficking, under-funded education,

diseases and dirty environment.

In her words, “Africa's problems

are in Africa and the solutions are here. It

only needs critical thinking for new ideas,

Al-Hikmah University's

Third Qur'an Competition

commenced on Monday,

15th April, 2019, at the University

Auditorium with fifteen universities

in attendance. This year edition

recorded 43 participants and four

judges that cut across various

universities within the states of the

federation.

The Vice-Chancellor of Al-

Hikmah University, Prof. Taofeek

Ibrahim who was represented by the

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics),

Dr. Lateef Oladimeji welcomed all the

participants and stated that Al-Hikmah

University had always been a

vanguard for the propagation of Islam.

He, therefore, appreciated the turn out

at the competition.

In his words, “the participants

should see the competition as an act of

worship and have it at the back of their

minds that no prize given to them at the

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Information Officer Shittu Adefowope Luqmaninfo@alhikmah.edu.ng

Editor in Chief Dr. R. K. Omoloso

Editor Dr. B.A. Ajijola

Graphics Editors Mr. Wonuola Tajudeen

Mr. Abdullahi Sikiru OlayemiCirculation Officer

Sodiq Adedoyin

Deputy Editor Mr. W.O. Salawdeen

Assistant Editor Mrs. M.M. Wonuola

Barr. Ayuba .A. Jabaje

MAY, 2019

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Important Notice ADMISSION INTO AL-HIKMAH UNIVERSITY TOP-UP AND SANDWICH DEGREE PROGRAMMES IS ON-GOING.

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RAY L. GOODMAN

NAME DEPT/UNIT D.O.B

Mr. Afolarin Wahid Olawale Student Affairs 1st

Mr. Ibrahim Nurudeen Olawale Banking and Finance 1st

Mrs. Akangbe Iyabo Moyosoluwa Security, Ilorin 1st

Mr. Rasaq Sodiq Atanda G & C Unit 2nd

Mr. Issa Babalola Works, Adeta Campus 2nd

Mrs. Raheem Kehinde Mufuliat Clinic Atere 3rd

Mr. Atolagbe Amodu Works, Igbaja 4th

Mr. Ibrahim Azeez Atanda Security Casual, Igbaja 4th

Mrs. Aweda Rachael Ojuolape Security Casual, Igbaja 4th

Miss Saka Raheemat Ayoka Centre for Summer Prog. 5th

Dr. Ali Kamal-Deen Almubarak Languages (Arabic) 6th

Dr. Mutiu Adekunle Ganiyu Mass Comm. 7th

Mrs. Akande-Abubakar Medinat A. Student Affairs-Adeta 8th

Mr. Shittu Adefowope Luqman IPPA Unit 9th

Dr. Jimoh Dauda Ishola History & Int'l Rel. 10th

Mr. Mohammed Toyeeb Olawale Clinic, Ilorin 10th

Miss Amao Omolola Helen Clinic, Igbaja Campus 10th

Mrs. Amosa Ganiyat Bolanle Dean's Office, Mgt. Sci. 12th

Mr. Oladimeji Shehu Abdul-Quadri Internal Audit Unit 12th

Mr. Abdulrahman Jamiu Water Factory, Atere 12th

Mr. Oladimeji Ibrahim Olalekan Bursary 12th

Mrs. Ojo Sherifat Olajumoke Library 13th

Mr. Aminu Adekunle Ademola Private and Business Law 14th

Dr. (Mrs) Abikoye Oluwakemi C. Physical Sci. 15th

Mr. Yusuph Maroofdeen Kehinde Dean's Office, Humanities 16th

Mr. Omoloso Sharafadeen Taye Water Factory, Atere 16th

Mr. Oloriegbe Yakub Yahaya Student Affairs-Adeta 16th

Mr. Balogun Toheeb Olayinka Academic Affairs 17th

Mr. Uthman Abdulhameed Islamic Studies 18th

Arc. Ariyo Habeeb Olushola Works, Adeta Campus 18th

Mr. Raji Murtala Ajao Library 19th

Mr. Oyebanji Kazeem Lekan Law Library, Atere 20th

Dr. Otuyo Ibrahim Jamiu Islamic Studies 21st

Mrs. Shehu Ruqayat Morenikeji General Studies 21th

Mr. Aliyu Saliu Works, Adeta Campus 22nd

Dr. (Mrs) Aremu Moriam Adeyemi Business Administration 23rd

Mr. Jimoh Abdulazeez Ayinde Works, Adeta Campus 23rd

Mr. Abolarin Uthman Adegboyega Establishment Division 23rd

Mr. Sunday Acochi Security Casual, Igbaja 23rd

Mr. Adedoyin Adeyemi Francis Academic Affairs 24th

Miss Suleiman Mariam Diploma Programme 24th

Mr. Abolarin kamaldeen Ademola Works - Igbaja 25th

Mrs. Olanrewaju Khadijat Yusuf Security, Ilorin 25th

Mrs. Afolayan Aisha Jummai Academic Planning 27th

Mr. Shiyanbola Mahmood Olawale Public and Int'l Law 28th

Mr. Adewara Tajudeen Zubair Islamic Law 28th

Mr. Bolaji Muzbaudeen Kayode Chemical and Geological 31st

According to him “Al-

Hikmah Univers i ty has

already grown into a world-

class research center and

boldly innovating her system

to become a global leader of

Higher Education Research

and Development (R&D). The

organisation of the Faculty of

Education Conference is an

expression of our will to leap

even further as an innovative

pathfinder.”

Dr. Akinnubi extended

h i s g r a t i t u d e t o t h e

dist inguished guests-of-

honour, the Principal Officers

of Al-Hikmah University, the

staff of the Faculty of

Education and the entire staff

of the university for their

ceaseless efforts.

T h e C o n f e r e n c e

witnessed the presence of

participants all over Nigerian

Universities and Colleges of

education

Issued by the Information, Protocol and Public Affairs’ (IPPA) Unit, Vice-Chancellor’s OfficeAl-Hikmah University, P.M.B. 1601, Adewole Estate, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

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Prof. (Mrs.) Nike Sidiqat IjaiyaGuest Speaker

Presentation of certificate (L-R): Chief Imam Ilorin, Muhammad Bashir Soliu, Participant, Ag. Director, Centre for Islamic Heritage and Community Development (CIHCD) Dr. Jamiu Otuyo

Group picture: Al-Hikmah University Management with the guest speaker Prof. (Mrs.) Nike Sidiqat Ijaiya

HADITH OF THE WEEK

Sahih Muslim Vol 1 - Bk. 6: Fasting (Kitab Al-Sawm)

6:2362: Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: fasting in ramadan should necessarily be commenced with the sight of the new moon and finished with the sight of the newmoon if the weather is cloudy at the beginning or at The end, then complete thirty days

The guest lecturer at the Pre-

Ramadan Lecture organised by the

Centre for Islamic Heritage and

Community Development at Al-Hikmah

University emphasised that Ramadan

demanded physical sacrifice and efforts to

gain spiritual achievements.

The Associate Prof. Adebayo

Rafiu Ibrahim from the Department of

Religion, University of Ilorin, stated this

while delivering a lecture titled, “Fasting

In The Month of Ramadan: Philosophy

and Preparation”, on

Thursday, 2nd of May,

2019, He observed that

“In the presence and

a v a i l a b i l i t y o f

delicious food, you

feel hungry, yet you

cannot eat; even in the

hottest summer, when

your throat dries up

with thirst, you will not

drink a drop of water,

even when you feel faint with thirst.”

He added that what Allah

suggested us to trial for five reasons: to

direct us, to inspect us, to protect us, to

correct and also to perfect us. And the

outcome of any trial was to increase our

consciousness of Allah, develop positive

feeling for the less-privileged people,

develop us spiritually and move us to the

next level of faith.

In his words, “preparing for

Ramadan means setting achievable goals

f o r o u r s e l v e s b e f o r e R a m a d a n

commences.” Some of these goals,

according to him were: how much would I

give out daily as alms? What quantity of

the Qur'an am I going to recite/memorise?

Will my Ramadan activities and

meritorious acts affect my obligatory

religious duties during Ramadan? Am I

going to attend Tarawih regularly or not?

How many Muslims will I invite for Iftar

(breaking of fast)? When should I repay the

Ramadan fast I missed last year? What

type of radio or television programme

would I listen to or watch during

Ramadan?

He advised that, “radio, television,

social media, internet, satellite channels,

computer games and sports, are all

distractions that Muslims need to stay

away from during this holy Month.”

Dr. Adebayo, therefore advised all

Muslims to inculcate the habit of reading

the Qur'an daily and let its meaning reflect

in their behaviour.

The Vice-Chancellor, Al-Hikmah

University, Prof. Taofeek

Ibrahim, has advised all the

University interns to utilise the

opportunity’s of the Students Industrial

Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) to

develop their intellectual skills.

P r o f . I b r a h i m , w h o w a s

represented by the Deputy Vice-

Chancellor (Academics), Dr. Lateef

Oladimeji stated this while addressing the

intern students on Thursday, 11th April,

2019, during the Industrial Work

Experience Scheme (SIWES) Orientation

Programme held at the University

Auditorium.

The Vice-Chancellor emphasised

that SIWES is compulsory for all

science-based programmes and some

programmes in the Faculties of

Education and Humanities and Social

Sciences, while it has an elective status

for other programmes partaking in it as

enshrined in the curriculum.

He advised the students to

cultivate the habit of using the SIWES

period to widen the horizon of their

intellectual capacity, moral consciousness

and sense of building a better institution

and nation as a whole.

The Director-General and Chief

Executive of the Industrial Training Fund,

Sir Joseph Ari (KSM) urged the students

to be committed, dedicated and obey the

laid-down rules and regulations of the

employers that they would be attached to.

He added that the era of seeking jobs was

becoming obsolete and students should

prepare very well for life after graduation

because Nigeria was looking for job

creators.

Sir Ari, who was represented by

the Area Manager of Industrial Training

Fund, Ilorin Area Office, Mrs. Mercy

Oguntimehin urged the students to change

their mindsets and take the programme

seriously by using it to acquire the right

skills, abilities and competencies for

building themselves and humanity at

large.

The Chief Security Officer, Al-

Hikmah University, Mr. Saliu Bello, while

delivering his speech on security at the

occasion advised the students to conduct

themselves well by preventing any act that

could damage their family and University

reputation. He added that they should be

security conscious by not boarding

unregistered vehicle or motorcycles

(okada), avoid travelling in the night,

avoid accepting lift from unknown

person(s) and whenever they wanted to

travel in a commercial vehicles, they

should always board a vehicle that was

registered with a motor park, etc.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every socity, in every family.

...Kofi Annan

BUILD YOUR INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY THROUGH SIWES – PROF. TAOFEEK IBRAHIM

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R A M A DA N D E M A N D S S AC R I F I C E - D R A D E BAYO R A F I U I B R A H I M

AL-HIKMAH UNIVERSITY HOSTS 3 QURANIC COMPETITION R D

e n d o f t h e e x e r c i s e c o u l d b e

commensurable with their noble service.”

Mallam AbdulHameed Usman, one

of the judges at the competition, announced

the winners at the end of the competition in

three categories: the 1st Category was won

by Abdulkarim Ibrahim from Ahmadu

Bello University, (ABU) Zaria with 95.5%,

Adekanye AbdulRaheem from Federal

University of Technology, Minna, came

2nd with 94.6%, while Mohammed Awwal

from Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto

took the 3rd position with 93.5%. In the 2nd

Category: 1st position was won by Ahmad

Abubakar from Usman Dan Fodio

University, Sokoto with 95.8%; the 2nd

position was won by Abdul Quadir

AbdulFatai from Al-Hikmah University

with 94.2%; Adekanye AbdulAzeez from

Federal University of Technology, Minna rd rdcame 3 with 95.2%. In the 3 Category,

Taofeeqah Alafara from University of Ilorin stwon the 1 position with 95.3%; Olaimuna

Hussaini Badegi from Ahmadu Bello ndUniversity won the 2 position with 94.8%

and Shuiab AbdulRaheem from Al-Hikmah rdUniversity came 3 with 94.5%.

The Director, Centre for Islamic

Heritage and Community Development

(CIHCD), Dr. Jamiu Otuyo pointed out that

Qur'an is the law book of the Muslims and

Muslims should not do without its daily

recitation. He, therefore, advised all Islamic

adherents to preserve the Qur'an through

daily recitation.

Present at the competition were: the

Chief Imam of Ilorin who presented the

award to the winners, the Deputy Vice-

Chancellor (Academic), Dr. Lateef

Folounsho. Oladimeji; the Deputy Vice-

Chancellor (Administration), Prof. A.T.

Shehu; the Ag. Dean, Management

Sciences, Dr. M.B.O. Yusuf, HRM Alh.

(Dr.) Ahmed Babalola Awuni (Arepo III),

the Elese of Igbajaland, HRM Alh. Buari

Yakubu Adebayo, the Olomu of

Omupoland, HRM Rasaq Adebayo Afolabi,

the Olojoku of Ojokuland, HRM

Abdulazeez Shola Agboola, the Oba of

Agbekuland; Deans, HODs, staff and

students of Al-Hikmah University.

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research and true professionalism as

well as selfless leadership.”

Prof. Ijaiya, therefore, advised

governments and stakeholders to make

use of research findings in order to

bring about desirable development.

The Vice-chancellor, Prof.

Taofeek Ibrahim in his welcome

address, reiterated that leadership plays

a great role in actualizing the vision and

mission statements of all institutions

and it also revolves around the act of

influencing the subordinates to

willingly contribute their quota

towards goal actualisation at a given

point in time.

Prof. Taofeek Ibrahim advised

the participants to engage in robust

discussions that would lead to a

comprehensive outcome which would

benefit both government and private

p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n e d u c a t i o n a l

development.

Acting Dean, Faculty of

Education, Dr. Olaolu Paul Akinnubi,

while delivering his speech stated that

Al-Hikmah University had keyed into

innovation, internationalisation and

interdisciplinary research which in

recent years had become the common

concern of prestigious universities

around the globe.

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Dr. Abdullateef OladimejDeputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics)