Author: Smart Azubuike

The management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) Saturday, December 2, 2023 held its 34th/35th Convocation ceremony,. Briefing the press ahead of the convocation ceremony and other related activities concerning the event, vice chancellor of the university, Prof. (Mrs.) Nnenna Oti said the combined convocation ceremony was as a result of the protracted ASUU strike of 2022. She said, “This convocation ceremony captures graduating classes of 2020/2021 and 2022 academic sessions disrupted by the protracted ASUU strike of 2022. The university will admit to the first and higher degrees, young men and women who have successfully completed their…

The Vice Chancellor of Rivers State University (RSU) Nkpolu Oroworukwu, Port Harcourt, Prof Sunday Okogbule Nlerum says the management of the university will continue to support faith-based organizations. Prof Okogbule gave this assurance recently at the main campus of RSU in Port Harcourt during the 2023 Annual Harvest/Thanksgiving Fund Raising of the Chapel of Redemption of RSU. The VC assured members of the Chapel that the management of the university would encourage them to ensure that the three new branches of the Chapel of Redemption at Ahoada, Emohua and Etche Campus all of RSU extension, begin their services effectively. Also…

A Nigerian who participated actively in the just concluded off-season governorship election in Bayelsa State, Mr. Tupere Bruno says the first step to ensure that emancipation occurs in Nigeria’s democratic experiment, is to reform the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr. Bruno made this observation last Friday in a chat with National Point in Port Harcourt. According to him, “The first step to ensure democratization and emancipation in our uninterrupted 24 years of democracy and beyond, is to reform the Independent National Electoral Commission of this country. “The officials of INEC have not been following the rules and regulations they set…

Civil Society organizations have been charged to wake up to their constitutional responsibility of advocating for the poor to ensure that democratic dividends get to them. Guest speaker at the 1st Annual Civil Society Conference organised by the Center for Human Rights & Accountability Network (CHRAN) in Akwa Ibom State, Prof Akpan Hogan Ekpo, the chairman, Foundation for Economic Research and Training, gave the charge while delivering a presentation on the theme of the conference. The event which took place at Watbridge Hotels & Suites, Uyo, had as theme, “The Civil Society And Good Governance In A Democracy”. He identified…

A university lecturer, Prof. Isaac Zeb-Obipi says the Vice- Chancellor of the Rivers State University (RSU) Nkpolu Orowurukwu, Port Harcourt, Prof. Nlerum Okogbule has not only delivered in the area of infrastructural development but has also done well in the creation of a conductive environment for teaching and learning. Prof. Zeb-Obipi made this known last Monday in an exclusive chat with National Point in Port Harcourt. According to him, the vice chancellor is doing well in all ramifications. In fact, the VC has done well. The University Community is grateful to him for a good job and his leadership style,”…

Members of the Golf Section of Port Harcourt Club 1928 have rounded off their 2023 Port Harcourt Amateur Open Golf Championship. Speaking to sports writers over the weekend at the golf section of Port Harcourt Club, captain of the golf section, Captain Samuel Nwankwo said the 2023 Championship was about the best ever organized open championship of the section because of the competent leaders selected to serve as members of the organizing committee, and the quality preparation they put in. “The 2023 Port Harcourt Amateur Open Golf Championship is a huge success because I selected a good leader in the…

The newly elected members of the executive council of the Ibaa Branch of Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motor Cycle Owners, Repairs and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) have been inaugurated. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony over the weekend at Ibaa, in Emohua Local Government Area, the state chairman of the association, Comrade Marinin Akpelu said that in order to maintain sanity and discipline in their operation and business, the new executive members must ensure that all the branch members work in line with the extant law of the state and respect the standards and rules of the state government in…

In a bid to ensure that the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force across the country discharge their duties well, members of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) of the Olu Obasanjo Divisional Police headquarters, under the Rivers State Police Command, have conferred awards on some eminent Nigerians as well organized a fund raising appeal for the completion of the PCRC building. Speaking during the event last Tuesday at the Olu Obasanjo Divisional Police headquarters, Port Harcourt, a former commissioner for Youth in Rivers State, Hon. Owene Wonodi, said that in order for the police to carry out…

As the management of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education continues to face criticism over its recruitment process, vice chancellor of the Rivers State University (RSU) Nkpolu Oro Worukwo Port Harcourt, Prof. Nlerum Sunday Okogbule has disclosed that plan has reached an advanced stage to sack some lecturers who are involved in the manipulation of admission processes and procedures at the post graduate school. Prof. Nlerum Okogbule made the disclosure at the main campus of the university during the 2022/2023 orientation programme for post graduate students of the institution. “We have heard about and observed some manipulations of admission procedures…

The Judicial Council Student Union Government and Alternative Dispute Resolution Society, Rivers State University, have organized a one-day stakeholders’ conference with the theme, ‘The Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Our Judicial System’. Speaking at the event over the weekend at the auditorium of the Faculty of Law, Rivers State University, Nkpolu, Port Harcourt, the coordinator of Rivers State Multi-Door Court House (RSMDC), Mr. Victor Nweke said many conflicts have been resolved through ADR, especially in Europe and America. “Many conflicts have been resolved through ADR. In the West a lot of conflicts have been resolved through ADR. Besides,…