1. Clerical Officer United Bank for Africa Limited 1978 – 1979 Youth Corps School Teacher, Mary Immaculate Grammar School, Ado Ekiti , 1984/1985
2. Foreign Affairs/ State House Correspondent, Herald Newspaper 1986 – 1987
3. Administrative Officer, Inter Consult Limited 1988 – 1991
4.Administrative Manager, JAFCO Industries ltd 1991 – 1994
5. Management Consultant, Khaab Consultants 1995 – 2004
6. Associate Lecturer, Lagos State University 2005-2007
7. Associate Lecturer, University of Ado-Ekiti 2007-2008
8. Senior Lecturer, Al-Hikmah University Ilorin (2007 till date)

L.E.A. PRIMARY SCHOOL OKE-O 1968 – 1973
OKE – ODE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OKE – ODE 1973 – 1978
SCHOOL OF BASIC STUDIES, KWARA STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY,
ILORIN. 1979 – 1981
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN 1981 – 1984
UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN 2003 – 2006
KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY 2014-2018

1. The Politics of States Creation unpublished ( B.Sc. thesis 1984)
2. Balance of power in Contemporary International Relations: A case study of 1991 and 2003 U.S.A – Iraqi wars ( M.Sc. thesis 2004), unpublished
3. Assessment of Nigeria’s Counter-Terrorism Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of President Goodluck Jonathan and President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administrations (2019), published by Pro Quest Publishing Company, Michigan United States, 2019
(b) Selected Papers Presented to Students Associations
1. Obstacles to Successful Educational Pursuits and the way(s) out-the Case Study of a Rural Setting-A Paper presented at the Prize-giving and Graduation Ceremony of Oke-ode Grammar School held on 5th July 2010
2. Muslim Youths and the Nigerian Political System: a Lecture presented at the Conference of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria held on 31st December 2010
3.Time Management: The Importance of Everyday Life-A Paper delivered at a seminar organised by National Union of Lagos State Students, Al-Hikmah University Chapter on 28th February, 2011
4. Governance in Lagos State as a Model for other states in Nigeria-A Paper delivered at a seminar organised by National Union of Lagos State Students, Al-Hikmah University Chapter on 25th June, 2011
5. Education as a tool for Development of Oke-ode Community-a lecture delivered at a programme organised by Oke-ode Students’ Union, University of Ilorin chapter on 30th April 2011
6. The Significance of Lagos State to the Development of Nigeria, text of a Public Lecture delivered at the Second EKO DAY Celebration organised by the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) Al-Hikmah University chapter on Saturday, 23rd June, 2012.
7. The Role of Youths in National Development delivered to students in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al-Hikmah University and published in Humanities Watch of July 2012, Vol. 1 No. 1.

1. (1) American Involvement in the Middle East: the Iraqi Experience, Al-Hikmah
   Journal of the Humanities, Volume 1/Numbers 1&2 (2008)
   (2) The Impact of Electoral Administration on Political Culture in Nigeria, Spring
   Board Journal No.1 Volume 2, 2009,
   (3) Africa and the World Power Structure: Spring
   Board Journal No.2 Volume 2, 2012
   (4) A Comparative Study of How and When the Presidents of Nigeria and the United States of America are Elected, Spring Board Journal, No. 1, Volume 4, 2012
   (5) Problems and Challenges of Nigerian Foreign Policy, Al-Hikmah Journal of History and International Relations (AJHIR), Vol. 4, No. 1 (December 2017)
   (6) Nurudeen, S.L. (2019) Diplomacy as the Cornerstone of United States Foreign Policy, Al-Hikmah Journal of History and International Relations, vol. 6, No. 1(December, 2019)
   (7) Nurudeen, S.L. (2019). Nigeria’s Strategy and Intelligence Environment and its Implications for the War Against Boko Haram, Journal of Political Inquiry vol. 4 Number 1, Dec, 2019 a publication of the Department of Political Science, Nigeria Police Academy Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria
   (8) Nurudeen, S.L. & Opaleye, A.O. (2019). Assessment of Collective Bargaining as a Mechanism for Minimum Wage Negotiation in 2019
   (9) Nurudeen, S.L. (2019) Counter Terrorism Strategy of the Buhari Administration: Challenges and Implication for National Security, Studies in Politics and Society: vol. 8, Number 182, Dec. 2019.
   (10)Nurudeen, S.L. (2021) The 2019 General Elections and the challenges of Electoral Reforms in Nigeria, Edo Journal of Arts, Management and Social Sciences
   (11) Assessment of Nigeria’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy: A Comparative Analysis of Jonathan and Buhari administrations, Lapai Journal of Administration (LIJAD), Department of Public Administration, Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai Niger State, September 2018
   (12) Assessment of Buhari Administration Counter Terrorism Strategy, 32ndNational Conference of Political Science, University of Calabar
   (13) Role of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria’s War against Terror, Lapai Journal of Administration (LIJAD), Department of Public Administration, Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai Niger State, 2019
   BOOK PUBLICATIONS/ CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
   (14) An Evaluation of the Rule of Law under the Yar’Adua’s Administration,
   A chapter on the Anthology of President Yar’Adua’s 7-point Agenda (2009)
   (15) Nigerian Foreign Policy since Independence, a Chapter in 50 Years of The
   Nigerian Project: Challenges and Prospects (2010)
   (16) Africa in the New World Order (2011), a Chapter in Philosophy and Logic,
   Afro-Arabic Civilization (GNS 201), A Publication of the General Studies Unit,
   Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin
   (17) Causes and Consequences of Political Instability in Africa (2011), a Chapter in
   Philosophy and Logic, Afro-Arabic Civilization (GNS 201), A Publication of the General
   Studies Unit, Al-Hikmah, University, Ilorin
   (18) Capitalism, Mercantilism and Deregulation in Nigeria in Deregulation of the Downstream Sector of the Oil Industry in Nigeria, College Press and Publishers Limited, Ibadan, 2012
   (19) ‘Transforming International Relations in Nigeria’ in President Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda: An Assessment, College Press Ibadan, 2013
   (20) International Terrorism and National Security in Nigeria: An Appraisal in National Security and Development in Contemporary Nigeria Vol. 2, 2014, College Press, Ibadan, 2014
   (21) The Emergence of Theories of International Relations in Africa and other Continents since the 19th Century, University of Cape Coast Press, Cape Coast, 2016
   (22) An Assessment of Africa’s Ranking within the Global Order: Strategies for Renegotiation, Centre for Ilorin Studies, University of Ilorin, 2018