Where they are now
Alumni
Since El-Kanemi's first graduating class in 1981, thousands of alumni have carried what they learned here into medicine, law, academia, and public service across Nigeria and beyond.
A few names among thousands
Notable Alumni
Judiciary
Ibrahim Barkindo
Chief Judge of Adamawa State.
Judiciary
Ramad Mikail
Chief Judge of Borno State.
Academia
Professor Thani Isa AbdulMu'min
University lecturer, University of Maiduguri, among several El-Kanemi graduates now teaching at the university level.
Leadership
Sheikh Judge Zubair Muhammad Wasagu
An El-Kanemi graduate himself, now the College's own Director General.
Leadership & Politics
Dr. Muhammad sani Idris al-Blatori
Graduated from El-Kanemi in 1986, later returning as the College's longest serving Director General and, more recently, Commissioner for Education, Yobe State.
Fifty years of graduates
Where Our Graduates Are
El-Kanemi graduates have gone on to reduce illiteracy, spread Arabic and Islamic culture, and serve across nearly every sector. The list below is a small, selected sample, not a full record.
Military
Bashir Zakariya; Rabi' Salah al-Din Ibrahim
Judiciary
Ibrahim Barkindo, Chief Judge of Adamawa State; Ramad Mikail, Chief Judge of Borno State; Judge Umar Abdullah, Borno State; Omar Gambo Abubakar
Police
Murtada Sa'id; Dawud Muhammad; Thalith Shaykhu; Adam Angbdu
Intelligence
Sanusi Musa; Salih Umar Salih; Yaghna Kashla
Customs
Ahmad Hasan; Ibrahim Abd al-Jalil; Abubakar Ahmad
Immigration & Passports
Abubakar Ahmad Sa'id; Ahmad Hasan
Diplomacy
Wada'a al-Hasiba; Bashir Ibrahim Salih; Musa Jibril Musa; Ibrahim Abd al-Qadir
Politics & Public Service
Al-Hajj Ghanna Mustafa; Dr. Muhammad sani Idris al-Blatori; Engineer Ibrahim Umar Abah
Medicine
Kiyari Angmdu; Dr. Jibril Khalil al-Rahman; Mustafa Lawan; Muhammad Ghuni; Abdullah Muhammad Abubakar; Abubakar M. Askari; Mustafa Ali Mangula; Muhammad Abubakar Muhammad; Ahmad Saghir Mustafa; Babagana Bakr Kamshi; Fatima Mala Mustafa; Firdaws Muhammad Sulayman; Usama Sulayman Baraya; Fatima Bakr Adam; Sa'ada Muhammad Abd al-Karim; A'isha Bakr Ashghar; Muhammad Adu; Nabila Zakariya; Idris Umar Hanbali (Veterinary); Abd al-Hamid Muhammad; Ahmad Zakariya, practicing in Nigeria and abroad across many specialties
Academia
Prof. Dr. Thani Isa AbdulMu'min; Prof. Dr. Ahmad Ammah Kharsa; Prof. Dr. Muhammad Salih Jamal; Prof. Dr. Jidda Hasan; Prof. Dr. Malam Mi Muhammad; Prof. Dr. Ali Qamar al-Sulayk (King Faisal University, Chad); Prof. Dr. al-Amin (Academy of Sports Excellence, Saudi Arabia); Dr. Abd al-Rahman Jidda Bakhit and Dr. Abd al-Qadir Abd al-Karim in the Faculty of Sharia and Law
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