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Place of Birth: Auchi, Nigeria
About Zakariyau Oseni
- Zakariyau Idrees-Oboh Oseni, (born 20 December 1950) is a prominent Arabic and Islamic Studies Scholar, an Imam and a poet from Nigeria.
- He was trained at the University of Ibadan where he obtained a Certificate in Arabic & Islamic Studies (1971), B.
- A.
- First Class Hons.
- in Arabic Language and Literature (1977), M.
- A.
- in Arabic & Islamic Studies (1980) and PhD.
- in Arabic Language & Literature (1984).
- He has over 33 years' experience in lecturing in Arabic Studies and aspects of Islamic Studies.
- He has over 100 publications in Arabic, Islamic Studies and Literature out of which are three collections of poems in English, three plays and a collection of short stories in Arabic, and a collection of Afenmai Proverbs translated and annotated.
- He is an editorial consultant to fifteen academic journals in Nigeria and beyond.
- He was the Head of the multidisciplinary Department of Religions (1997–1999) and the Department of Arabic (2008–2009), University of Ilorin.
- He served as a Visiting Professor and Head, Department of Languages, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, from October 2011 to October 2012.
- He also served as the Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin from 2009 to 2011.
- He is currently the Head of Department of Arabic, University of Ilorin.
- He is the Chief Imam and Waziri of Auchi.
- Moreover, he is a Fellow of Arabic Studies, Nigeria (FASN), Fellow of the Academy of Religion (FAR) and member of the Consultative Committee of 'Ulama' under the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
- He is happily married with children.
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