Professor Samuel Ovuete Aghalino is with the Department of History and International Studies, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. He had his first degree in History and Education from the then Bendel State University, Ekpoma, and MA, Ph.D in History from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Here are a few Facts about Samuel Aghalino
1. Certification
He holds a Certificate in Leadership, Strategy and Change Management, from the Centre of Applied Entrepreneurship, University Coventry, Coventry UK; Coursera online Certificates in Preparing to Manage Human Resources, University of Minnesota and Certificate in Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal and Professional Productivity, University of California, Irvine, Division of Continuing Education among others.
One of the interesting Facts about Samuel Aghalino is, Until recently, he was the Head, Department of History and International Studies, and Director, University of Ilorin Archives and Documentation Centre. Samuel Aghalino’s research interests are in the areas of Economic and Social History, with emphasis on the oil armada and socio-economic and environmental change in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.
His works in the Niger Delta challenged the existing narrative which gives the impression that the impasse in the region is a recent phenomenon and gave the issues in contention historical depth.
This was achievable with the reliance on otherwise neglected sources and an interdisciplinary approach to interrogate the history of the region, which we established has been colored by one form of oily friction or the other. Furthermore,
2. Research
Professor Samuel Aghalino has expanded his research focus to include environmental sustainability, illegal bunkering, illicit refineries and maritime security. He has published extensively in flagship local, national and international journals, including African Studies Monograph, Africana, Journal of Sustainable Development, Journal of Human Ecology, Tribes and Tribals, Indian Journal of Politics, Quint, Area Studies Review, etc.
He has also contributed chapters in books. Samuel Aghalino is the author of a number of books including Oil Exploitation in the Western Niger Delta: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, 1956-1995 (Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert, 2011 and his commissioned and edited book, Delta Beyond Oil: A Quest for Sustainable Development (Benin City: Mindex, 2014) , which received commendation from the Delta State Government.
His publications have attracted 705 citations as a Google Scholar with h-index 14 and i10-index 19. In recognition of his contribution to knowledge and knowledge production particularly in the history of the Niger Delta, his friends and colleagues did a Festschrift in his honor and it is titled ‘History and the Niger Delta: Oil, Politics and Culture, (2020) .
Professor Aghalino is a member several professional associations.
These include: Historical Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Academy Letters, the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja, Society for Global Business and Economic Development, Peace and Collaborative Development Network, African Economic History Network, African Network on Global History, Friends of the Earth and Association of African Historians.
3. Awards and Recognition
In 2016, he received the Presidential Award in recognition of his outstanding services to the Historical Society of Nigeria. As an avid participant in the annual congresses of the Historical Society of Nigeria, he was the Chairman, Conference Organizing Committee, Chairman of the Biographical Series Committee, Chairman, Ethics Committee as well Chairman, Fellows Night Committee.
He was a member of Council of the Historical Society of Nigeria, representing North Central, Vice President, North Central and a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria. Professor Aghalino is currently the President, Historical Society of Nigeria.
4. Works in Diaspora
Another of the Facts about Samuel Aghalino is that Professor Aghalino has attended and presented papers in a number of learned conferences within and outside Nigeria. To mention just but a few; he attended conferences in Singapore, Germany, Kenya, the US, and the UK.
He was a member, Publications Committee, Senate Representative to Council and several committees in the University of Ilorin. He is the Editor, Ilorin Journal of History and International Studies, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria and he is on the Editorial Board of national and international journals.
Samuel Aghalino is a reviewer for the International Journal of Arts and Humanities, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, African Identity, African Spectrum, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications and a host of others. Professor Aghalino was a visiting Lecturer to several universities and also external examiner, undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in several universities, including the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna.
He a resource person and subject expert for JAMB and have participated in accreditation/resource verification of programs for the National Universities Commission. By way of community service to Delta state and Nigeria, he was member, Governing Council, Delta State School of Marine Technology, Burutu , and Chairman, Governing Council, College of Education, Warri.
Samuel Aghalinowas a member of the Delta state Thin-tank to the 2014 National Confab in Abuja. Professor Samuel Aghalino is currently a member of the Governing Council, Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro. Aghalino is a multiple recipient of several awards and also a community mobiliser and he is married with children.
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