Rivers State University,formerly known as Rivers State University of Science and Technology,is a government-owned university located in Diobu area of Port Harcourt,Rivers State,Southern Nigeria.
Opobo Kingdom is an Ubani Igbo community located in Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria.
Timipre Marlin Sylva is a Nigerian politician who served as the minister of state for Petroleum Resources of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as governor of Bayelsa State from 2007 to 2012.
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is a Nigerian politician,he served as the federal minister of transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency under the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). He previously served as governor of oil-rich Rivers State from 2007 to 2015 and speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007. On 9 April 2022,Amaechi declared his interest to contest in the presidential election in 2023,he came second in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 behind eventually winner Bola Tinubu with 316 votes from the delegates.
Emmanuel Paulker is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Bayelsa Central constituency of Bayelsa State,Nigeria,taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the UKIP.
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),formerly the National Maritime Authority (NMA) is responsible for regulations related to Nigerian shipping,maritime labor and coastal waters. The agency also undertakes inspections and provides search and rescue services. The governing board includes representatives of the Ministry of Labour,the Ministry of Transport and the Navy.
Ezenwo Nyesom Wike is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory since 2023. He previously served as the Governor of Rivers State from 2015 to 2023. He is an Ikwerre man from Rumuepirikom in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State,Nigeria. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and was educated at Rivers State University of Science and Technology.
Joseph Atubokiki Ajienka is a Nigerian professor of Petroleum engineering,educational administrator and the seventh vice chancellor of University of Port Harcourt,Rivers State,Nigeria. Under his leadership,the University of Port Harcourt was ranked 6th in Africa and 1st in Nigeria in Research Influence by Times Higher Education (THE).
The Rivers State Ministry of Works is a ministry of the Government of Rivers State concerned with providing socio-economic infrastructure in Rivers State,Nigeria. It is headquartered in the State Secretariat building in Port Harcourt.
The election for Governor of Rivers State took place on 11 April 2015. People's Democratic Party candidate Ezenwo Wike,a former Minister of State for Education defeated All Progressives Congress candidate Dakuku Peterside and Labour Party candidate Tonye Princewill.
Chukwuemeka Woke is a Nigerian engineer and politician of the People's Democratic Party. He has served as chairman of Emohua local government area of Rivers State. In June 2015,former Governor Ezenwo Wike appointed him to serve as the Chief of Staff. of Rivers State Government. He was nominated as a commissioner designate in June 2023 subsequently he was sworn in as commissioner for special projects under the administration of Siminalayi Fubara. He resigned on 9 May 2024 and was appointed as the Managing Director/CEO of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority. On the 22 May,2024 he was re-assigned as Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency,assuming office on 10 June,2024.
Elections in Rivers State are supervised and conducted by two major electoral bodies,Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). There are 23 local government areas,319 electoral wards and 4442 polling units in the state. Elections for Governor and the House of Assembly are held every four years,along with federal elections for President and the National Assembly.
The Aluu Four lynching was a necklace lynching that involved students of the Department of Geology in the University of Port Harcourt. Their names were;Ugonna Obuzor,Lloyd Toku,Chiadika Biringa,and Tekena Elkanah. They were all lynched after being accused of theft in Aluu,a community in Obio/Akpor local government area,Rivers State,Nigeria on 5 October 2012.
Dr.Eruani Azibapu Godbless (CFR) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman and owner of Azikel Group. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of University of Port Harcourt Foundation.
Ben Akabueze is a Nigerian Chartered Accountant and the current Director General of the Budget office of the Federation,Federal Republic of Nigeria. He served as the CEO of NAL Bank Plc and was for over two terms Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget with the Lagos State Government.
ChiefMofia Tonjo Akobo was a Nigerian politician and his major campaigns were on environmental and resource control issues. He was the first Minister of Petroleum Resources in the Federal government of Nigeria. He was trained as a medical doctor and a soldier and was deployed in the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970). As the first Minister of Petroleum,it made him a key figure in developing the economy after the war,unfortunately still heavily reliant on oil.
Okodudu Stephen Agochi is a Nigerian Professor of Sociology and the 8th substantive Acting Vice Chancellor of University of Port Harcourt.
Bashir Y Jamoh,is the Former Director General Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has over 37 years of professional and technocratic experience in the transportation and maritime sectors of the Nigerian economy. He had worked in Kaduna State Government before transferring his service to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency in 1994. He is the Former executive director,finance and Administration in Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency,The Author of Harnessing Nigeria's maritime Assets-past present and future.
