Professor Sani Muhammad Adam was born on Wednesday 2nd, March 1966 in Jos, Plateau State.  He is from Baraki Ladi L.G.A.  Professor Sani Muhammed Adam (SAN) was appointed, confirmed, and sworn in on 15th September 2021 as INEC National Electoral Commissioner representing North Central Geopolitical Zone respectively. He is a Fellow Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS).

Professor Sani Muhammad Adam was preferred and elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on the 14th of December 2020.  He was appointed a Professor of Law in November 2013 by the Nigeria Police Academy Wudil, Kano State.  He was assessed externally and awarded the Professorial Chair, November 2014.  Later in December 2016, he was appointed and confirmed as Professor of Environmental and Planning Laws by the Council and Senate of the University of Abuja, with effect from October 2015, his parent University, as he had been on secondment to set up the Law Faculty at the Police Academy.  He graduated top of his class and won the prestigious Justice Muhammad Bello, the Chief Justice of Nigeria award as the best graduating student of the Faculty of Law Bayero University Kano in 1991.  He graduated with a Second Class Upper Division.  He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School Lagos in 1991 and graduated in 1992 with a Second Class Division. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in December 1992. He served the mandatory NYSC Scheme in Kaduna State as a Legal Officer to Kaura L.G.A between 1992 and 1993. He proceeded to obtained LL.M and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Jos in 1996 and 2006 respectively.  He has taught in the University of Jos, University of Abuja and the Nigeria Police Academy spanning a period of twenty (24) years without any blemish.  He was also a visiting Professor at the Baze University, Abuja. He was the Head of the Department on Private and Islamic Law, Faculty of Law in University of Abuja.  He has been an external assessor/Examiner to the National Defense College, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Nasarawa State University.

Professor Sani Adam was a Consultant to the World Bank on Land Administration in Nigeria.  He was a resource person to the Federal Ministry of Environment in the drafting of the NESREA Rules and Regulations in various sectors of the Environment.  In February 2016, he was appointed by the Chairman EFCC to draft the new curriculum for all the three segments of the EFCC Academy in Karu, FCT Abuja, Nigeria.

Professor Sani M. Adam is a re-known specialist in Environmental and Planning Laws, Climate change Law and Litigation: Financial crimes: Cyber-Crime and Cyber Security: Maritime Law and Security; Marine Pollution; Environment and Security Studies; Military Laws; Human Rights Laws and Public International Laws.  He specializes in Equity and Trust Laws, Laws of Torts, Treaties, International Trade and Procurement Law.

He was appointed the Dean of Law, and Chairman Committee of Deans and Directors at the Nigeria Police Academy Wudil, Kano, Nigeria.

He was appointed as the Deputy Vice Chancellor Administration in University of Abuja on 19th February 2019 and he has acted a few times as an Acting Vice Chancellor University of Abuja between March and April 2019.  He is an erudite and versatile scholar of repute.  He was appointed external assessor by the National Defense College, Abuja, 2012 and has been consistent to date. He is an academic, Legal Practitioner, Legal Consultant and a researcher.  He practices Law and is a member of the Unity Bar Abuja.  Professor Sani M. Adam is well-travelled and well-published both at home and abroad.  He is versatile and resourceful.  He is married with children.