Faculty Members Details​

Development Economics, International finance & portfolio diversification, Quantitative Economics, Consumption, Islamic Economic & finance, Marketing & Branding, and Corporate Governance.

(Journal Papers)

• Abdullahi, S. I. and Mukhtar, S. (2022), Can Stock Market Capitalization and Financial Development variable predict Household Consumption in Nigeria? Central Bank of Nigeria Bullion, Vol. 46 No. 2,
• Abdullahi, S. I., Tsauni, A. M. and Shuaibu, M. (2023), Economic Growth, Banking Sector Liabilities and Private Saving in Nigeria: Do Bank Deposits matter? Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 3&4, 2023,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2024), Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Performance of Nigerian Stock Market, Central Bank of Nigeria Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 15, No. 1,
• Abdullahi, S. I. and Mukhtar, S. (2020), Measuring Advertising expenditure effects on Nigerian Economy, Virtual Economics, [SCOPUS Indexed], Vol. 3, No. 3,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2019), Measuring Volatility Linkage, Clustering and Sensitivity to External Shocks in Nigerian Stock Index, International Journal of Financial Services Management (Inderscience), 9 No.4,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2019), Financing afforestation in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries: What role for Islamic Economics and Finance? Journal of King Abdul-Aziz University-Islamic Economics, [SCOPUS Indexed], Vol. 32 No. 2, p. 181-191,
• Abdullahi, S. I., Shehu, K. K., Shuaibu, M., Saleh, S. G., Usman, M. (2021), Monetary Variables, Economic Growth and Monetary Policy in Nigeria, Journal of Advanced Studies in Finance, Vol. 12, No. 2,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2022), Branding waqf for sustainable development: a marketing approach, International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, [Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)] Vol. 30, No. 1,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2018), Contribution of mathematical models to Islamic economic theory: a survey, International Journal of Ethics and Systems (Emerald), [SCOPUS Indexed], Vol. 34 No. 2,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2025), Evolution of Quantitative and Mathematical Economics Research in Islamic Economics, International Journal of Ethics and Systems (Emerald), [SCOPUS Indexed] (Accepted April 2025)
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2019), Zakah as tool for social cause marketing and corporate charity: a conceptual study, Journal of Islamic Marketing (Emerald), [SCOPUS Indexed], Vol. 10 No. 1,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2024), Consumers’ Level of Patronage of Halal Business in Nigeria: Do Religiosity and Advertising matter? Journal of Islamic Marketing (Emerald), [SCOPUS Indexed] 15 No. 12, pp. 3581-3595
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2018), Measuring consumer perception of ethical issues in advertising: Evidence from Nigerian advertising audience, Middle East Journal of Management (Inderscience), [Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)]Vol. 5, No. 3, pp.191–206
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2021), Islamic Equities and Covid 19 pandemic: Measuring Islamic Stock Indices Correlation and volatility in period of crisis, Islamic Economic Studies, [Indexed by Journal of Economic Literature of the American Economic Association], Vol. 29, No. 1,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2006), ‘The World Bank programs in poor countries: Matters Arising http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/exteu/SharePapers.nsf/pages/Homeen December 25, 2006 (cited in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s understanding monetary policy, series No 10: Nigeria’s engagement with Bretton Woods institutions; October, 2011)
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2018), Stock Market Linkage, Financial Contagion and Assets Price Movements: Evidence from Nigerian Stock Exchange, Journal of Advanced Studies in Finance, Volume VIII, Winter, 2(16): 146-159. DOI:10.14505/jasf. v8.2(16).04,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2018), Exploring linkages between Easy Consumer credits and Emerging Muslim Consumers’ habits, International Journal of Islamic Marketing and Branding, (Inderscience), 3, No. 2, pp. 162-173
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2017), Islamic Advertising in Nigeria: an assessment, International Journal of Islamic Marketing and Branding, (Inderscience) Vol 2 No1,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2013), Islamic banking in West African Sub region: a survey, Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review, Vol. 2, No.7
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2019), Applications of operation research in Zakah administration, Journal of Research in Emerging Markets, Vol. 1, No. 4,
• Abdullahi, S. I. (2020), Measuring Comovements and Linkages between Nigeria and UAE Stock Exchanges: Is there opportunity for Portfolio building? Journal of Advanced Research in Economics and Administrative Sciences, Vol. 1 No. 2,
• Mukhtar, S. and Abdullahi, S. I. (2020), Testing the relationship between socio-political factors, economic variables and food insecurity in Nigeria, Journal of Conflict Resolution and Social Issues (FUDMA Nigeria), Vol.1, No.1,
• Mukhtar, S. and Abdullahi, S. I. (2020), Do Poverty, Unemployment and Sexual Violence explain Suicide rate in Nigeria: What the Data says, Journal of Conflict Resolution and Social Issues (FUDMA Nigeria), Vol.1, No.1,
• Mukhtar, S., Abdullahi, S. I. and Murtala, I. (2020), Do Energy Consumption, Interest Rate and Import affect Household Consumption in Nigeria: What the Empirical Evidence says? Lapai Journal of Economics (IBB University, Nigeria), Vol.4 No.2,
• Abdullahi, S. I., Shuaibu, M., Abubakar, B. U., Muhammad, H. M. and Oluwafemi, K. I. (2022), Public expenditure profile and Economic dynamism in Nigeria: A quasi general equilibrium analysis, Journal of Economic Research & Reviews, 2 No. 3,
• Abdullahi, S. I., Gunduz, F. F. and Mukhtar, S., Muslim Consumers Perception of Ethical Issues in Advertising in Nigeria? Springer Nature (SN) Social Sciences (Springer), [SCOPUS Indexed] (Under review)
• Abdullahi, S. I., What Does Empirical Evidence Says About Some Fundamental Concepts in Islamic Consumption Theory? Journal of King Abdul-Aziz University-Islamic Economics [SCOPUS Indexed] (Under review)
• Abdullahi, S. I., consumption, household welfare and poverty in Nigeria: empirical analysis using discrete choice models, International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting, [Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)] (Under review)
• Abdullahi, S.I., Impacts of Socioeconomic and Demographic Variables on Charitable Giving and Social Security Collection of Muslim Consumers, Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research (Emerald), [SCOPUS Indexed] (Under review)

              (Book chapters)

1. Abdullahi, S. I. (2013), Sukuk as an alternative source of funds for the Nigerian government’ in ‘Essentials of Islamic Banking and Finance in Nigeria’, edited by

                          Kabiru Isa Dandago Aliyu Dahiru Mohammed and Umar A. Oseni,

                          published by Benchmark publishers limited.

1. Abdullahi, S. I. (2019), Risk management and corporate governance: An Islamic perspective, in Toseef Azid, Ali A Al Nodl and Muhammad Azeem Qureshi (eds), “Research in Corporate and Shariah Governance in the Muslim World: Theory and Practice”, [SCOPUS Indexed], London, Emerald publishing company.
2. Abdullahi, S. I. (2019), Towards the creation of strong brand image for Waqf institutions in “Challenges and Impacts of Religious Endowments on Global Economics and Finance” edited by Buerhan Saiti and Adel Sarea, published by IGI Global USA.
3. Abdullahi, S. I., Mukhtar, S., Yusuf, M., Shehu, K. K. and Rafay, A. (2023), Economic growth, financial development and bank failure: The case of corruption in Nigeria, in “Concepts, Cases, and Regulations in Financial Fraud and Corruption” [SCOPUS Indexed] edited by Abdul Rafay, published by IGI Global USA.
4. Abdullahi, S. I., Yusuf, M., Shehu, K. K. and Mukhtar, S. (2023), Analysis of Cases of Corruption across the African Continent: A phenomenology study, in “Management Strategies and Tools for Addressing Corruption in Public and Private Organizations” [SCOPUS Indexed] edited by Rafael Pérez-Uribe, Maria Ramìrez-Garzòn, Carlos Munoz Maya and Olga Diaz-Villamizar, published by IGI Global USA.
5. Abdullahi, S. I., Tsauni, A. M. and Tabash, M. I. (2022), Gross Domestic Savings, Household Consumption and Inequality in Africa – A Panel analysis, in “Emerging Trends and Insights on Economic Inequality in the Wake of Global Crises” [SCOPUS Indexed], edited by Shilpa Deo and Senthil Kumar A.V., published by IGI Global USA.
6. Abdullahi, S. I., Shehu, K. K., Adamu, M. B. and Muhammad, H. M. (2023), An analysis of relationships between Renewable Electricity Supply, Household consumption and Economic Growth in Nigeria, in “Achieving Economic Growth and Welfare Through Green Consumerism”, [SCOPUS Indexed] edited by Punitha Sinnappan, published by IGI Global USA.
7. Abdullahi, S. I. and Idris, M. (2024), Democracy, Trade and Economic Growth: The Challenge of Managing Foreign Exchange in Nigeria, in “Democratization of Africa and Its Impact on the Global Economy” [SCOPUS Indexed] edited by Ndwakhulu Tshishonga and Icarbord Tshabangu, published by IGI Global USA.
8. Mukhtar, S., Abdullahi, S. I., Yusuf, M. and Mamman, B. M. (2025), Food Price, General Inflation and Supply Shocks in Post Pandemic Nigeria, in “Economic Uncertainty in the Post Pandemic Era” [SCOPUS Indexed] edited by Shilpa Deo and Fatma Feyza Gündüz, published by Taylor and Francis USA.
9. Abdullahi, S. I., Tsauni, A. M., Ismail, A. A. and Idris, M. (2025), Household Consumption, Poverty and Conspicuous Consumption: The Role of Media and Household Characteristics in "Multidisciplinary Approach to Luxury Consumption and AI.", edited by Vera Vale, published by IGI Global USA.

                   (Books)

1. Abdullahi, S. I. (2018), Nigerian Economy: Business, Governance and Investment in Period of Crisis, Economic Issues, Kano (E-Book)
2. Abdullahi, S. I. (2017), Risk Management and Corporate Governance in Islamic Finance: A comparative analysis, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

• Consumption and Households Welfare in Post COVID-19 Nigeria: Are Consumption Loans and Social Security Arrangements of help to Households in Kano Metropolis? Accepted for an international conference with the theme  2024 Social Policy in Africa Conference, hosted by University of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa; April 15-18, 2024

• Impacts of Consumption Loans and Social Security on Households Welfare in Kano Metropolis; presented at the 66th annual conference 2025 of the Nigerian Economic Society, 8th to 11th September 2025; Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria.

• Workshop on UN Millennium Development Goals organized in Rumfa College under the program: “Community Development Service Project” of The British Council and The World Bank Institute, February 18th, 2008.
• Workshop on “Economics of Metal waste management and solving the problem of metal scavenging in Kano state”, organized by Centre for Economic and social development (CESD), Kano; 12th March 2025.

Participation in 2006 and (scheduled but delayed) 2023 censuses as enumerator and state level facilitator, respectively. Worked at former Intercontinental Bank PLC and Media Trust LTD were I significantly contributed to meeting their aspirations. Created several community-based projects to assist students with their learnings.

1. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT (National Essay Competition) The Nigerian Stock Exchange, Lagos            2003
2. A Conference Travel Grant by University of South Africa (College of Graduate Studies) to   attend the 2024 Social Policy in Africa Conference, hosted by University of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa. (Not Taken, due to visa issue)                  2024

• Associate NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT(ANIM)
• Associate NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SOCIETY(ANES)

• Google Scholar Id: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gbIIJAwAAAAJ&hl=en
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shafiu-Ibrahim-Abdullahi
• Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57205676583
• Researcher Id: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/G-6365-2017
• Orcid id: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-4493