Author: Smart Azubuike

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,…

The acting bursar of the Rivers State University (RSU), Mr. Ebere James Orji has been conferred with the chieftaincy title, Eze Ikoro 1 of Uvuahu (King of the Youth of Uvuahu) by the paramount ruler of Uvuahu, HRH Eze Jonah Sunday Wobodo. Speaking to newsmen shortly after the conferment over the weekend at Ibaa in Emohua Local Government Area, Ebere said he was elated to be recognized and conferred with a chieftaincy title during his life time. According to him, “I feel so happy and so elated to be recognized and conferred with a chieftaincy title of Eze Ikoro 1…

vice chancellor of the University, Prof. Nlerum Sunday Okogbule says no rape incidence took place during the armed robbery that took place on the main campus of the Rivers State University, RSU Nkpolu, Orowurkwu, Port-Harcourt in the early morning of Thursday, August 24, 2023. The vice chancellor made the explanation during a press conference on Friday, August 25, 2023 at the Port Harcourt main campus of the institution. He stated in responding to allegations that some female students were raped by hoodlums who invaded the female hostel:; he said. “Let me make it abundantly clear that no student of this…