Professor Sani Abubakar Lugga occupied the traditional office of the 5th Waziri (Vizier or Prime Minister) of Katsina Emirate of Nigeria. He holds a Doctor of Management Degree, a Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Management Degree and a Master of Business Administration Degree in addition to several National and Higher Diplomas. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management, a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (Nigeria), a Fellow of the Institute of Professional Financial Managers (United Kingdom), a Fellow of the Institute of
Journalism and Management (Nigeria), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Commerce of Nigeria, a Fellow of the London
Graduate School (United Kingdom) and a Member of the Professors World Peace Academy.
Professor Sani Abubakar Lugga started his academic career as a humble Probationary Teacher with Katsina Native Authority Education Department in January 1969. He is the key founder of Al-Qalam University Katsina, where he lectured for several years without receiving any salary or allowances. He is a Visiting Professor of Management Studies at St. Clements Private Swiss University, Switzerland, which is a member of the St. Clements Education Group Worldwide and he is a Visiting Professor at Ecole Superieure Universitaire, Cotonou, Benin Republic, which is a private French/English Bilingual University. Both Universities run On-Campus and Open Distance Learning. The Professor has so far written and published 52 books. One of his books that has historical relevance to the Niger Republic/Nigeria relations has been translated into the French language at the request of the Niger Republic Government. In addition, an Ethiopian Government Agency has indicated interest in translating another of his books that is on the first and second Muslim Hijrah to Negash in ancient Habasha into the Ethiopian Amharic language.