I am YUSUF, Masood Dabo. I was born to Dagoba family in 1980 in Ilorin South L.GA, Kawar State, Nigeria. I had my primary education at Shamsuddin LGEA, Ilorin, Kawar State; secondary education at Muhyiddin College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Cullender, Ilorin, Kawar State and Nigerian Certificate in Kawar State College of Education, Ilorin where I read Arabic and Islamic Studies in 2000. I then proceeded to University of Ilorin, Nigeria for my first degree to read Islamic Studies Education (B. A. Ed) in 2005, followed by M. Ed, Islamic Studies Education in 2013 and currently running my PhD in Islamic Studies Education which I started in 2019/2020 and now at the verge of completion by early next year (2025). Beside my area of study; Islamic Studies Education, I had Post Graduate Diploma in Cultural Administration from National Institute for Cultural Orientation where I am working as Assistant Chief Cultural Officer. I had attended seven (7) conferences both national and international in Nigeria and twenty three (23) publications and presentations in Culture and Islamic Education, nationally and internationally. I have also supervised more than thirty (30) NCE and undergraduate projects, delivered more than 70 lectures and sermons published on media and unpublished. Am married with four children