Port Harcourt is the capital and largest city of Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the fifth-largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Kaduna. It lies along the Bonny River and is located in the Niger Delta. As of 2016, the Port Harcourt urban area has an estimated population of 1,865,000 inhabitants, up from 1,382,592 as of 2006. The population of the metropolitan area of Port Harcourt is almost twice its urban area population with a 2021 United Nations estimate of 3,171,076. In 1950, the population of Port Harcourt was 59,752. Port Harcourt has grown by 150,844 since 2015, which represents a 4.99% annual change.
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is an Australian public university located in Perth, Western Australia. It is named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Australian university named after a woman.
Port Harcourt International Airport is an international airport located in Omagwa, a suburb of Port Harcourt, the capital city of the Rivers State in Nigeria. The airport has two terminals for both international and domestic flights. The new International terminal which was commissioned by the executive president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on October 25, 2018. In 2009, the airport served 1,081,587 passengers, making it the third-busiest airport in Nigeria.
Rivers State also known simply as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria(Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders Imo and Abia States to the north, Akwa Ibom State to the east, and Bayelsa and Delta states to the west. The state capital, Port Harcourt, is a metropolis that is considered the commercial center of the Nigerian oil industry.
Queen's College, Lagos, is a government-owned girl's secondary (high) school with boarding facilities, situated in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. Often referred to as the "sister college" of King's College, Lagos, it was founded on October 10, 1927, when Nigeria was still a British colony.
Rivers State University, formerly Rivers State University of Science and Technology (UST) is a university located in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The university has staff strength of 3,000 and a student population of 22,400 as of 2017. It is the first technological university in Nigeria and also the first university to be situated within the Niger Delta. In 2014, it was rated as Nigeria's best e-learning institution and was ranked as the 15th best university in the country.
Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education. The local authorities which takes responsibility for implementing state controlled policy regarding public education and state schools. The education system is divided into Kindergarten, Primary education, Secondary education, and Tertiary education. Nigeria's federal government has been dominated by instability since declaring independence from Britain, and as a result, a unified set of education policies is yet to be successfully implemented. Regional differences in quality, curriculum, and funding characterize the education system in Nigeria. Currently, Nigeria possesses the largest population of out-of-school learning youths in the world. Education system in the South is different from the North. Most northerners have memorised the Holy Qur'an and use that as their education.The educational systems in Nigeria is divided in to two the public where student only pay for PTA while the private where student pay school fee and some other fees like sports, exam fee, computer fee etc and they are costly
Railway stations in Nigeria include:
The University of Port Harcourt is located in the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria. It was established in 1975 as University College, Port Harcourt and was given university status in 1977. The University of Port Harcourt was ranked the sixth in Africa and the first in Nigeria by Times Higher Education (in 2015.
Dame Patience Faka Jonathan was born on 25 October 1957. She is the former First Lady of Nigeria and the wife of former Governor of Bayelsa State and also former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. She served as a Permanent Secretary in her native Bayelsa State.
A high school diploma is a North American academic school leaving qualification awarded upon high school graduation. The high school diploma is typically obtained after a course of study lasting four years, from grade 9 to grade 12. The diploma is awarded by the school in accordance with the requirements of the local state or provincial government. Requirements for earning the diploma vary by jurisdiction, and there may be different requirements for different streams or levels of high school graduation. Typically they include a combination of selected coursework meeting specified criteria for a particular stream and acceptable passing grades earned on the state exit examination.
The music of Port Harcourt, a city of Rivers State located to the south of Nigeria, is a thriving one encompassing both native African and foreign-influenced genres. Port Harcourt plays host to numerous radio stations, prominent recording studios, such as the Street Rhymes Studios and other music institutions. As a state capital, Port Harcourt boasts of one of the liveliest club scenes in the country as well as music venues, bars and restaurants. At present time, hip hop, pop, highlife and reggae are most popular music styles among young people in the city.
This is a timeline of the history of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.
Borokiri is a neighborhood of the city of Port Harcourt situated just south of Old GRA in Rivers State, Nigeria. It lies at latitude 4.749° N and longitude 7.035° E. The neighborhood is bounded by Ahoada Street to the north, Okrika Island to the east, Orubiri oilfield to the south and Ship Builders Road to the west. Its land uses include residential, commercial, institutional and recreation.
The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) is on East West Road, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It is a major tertiary-care teaching and research facility in Rivers State. The current chief medical director is Professor Henry Arinze Anthony Ugboma.
Nabisunsa Girls Secondary School is an all-girl boarding school located in Kampala, Uganda. The school was founded in 1954 by Prince Badru Kakungulu, a Buganda Royal, in 1954, to offer post-primary education to the Muslim girl-child. Today it admits girls of all faiths.
Niger Delta Science School (NDSS), formerly known as Ompadec Science Centre, is a specialist science secondary school in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It is located within the Rivers State College of Arts and Science main campus in Rumuola. It is an all senior secondary school, having SS1 - SS3. The approximate coordinates of the school are: 4°50′8″N6°59′44″E.
Igwuruta is a town in Ikwerre, Rivers State, Nigeria. It is located near Omagwa, a community hosting the Port Harcourt International Airport. Its geographic coordinates are: 4°57′15″N7°0′45″E. Schools found around this area include: Brookstone School Secondary, Charles Dale Memorial International School, Springflowers International Schools, Queens International High School, Ozulems International Montessori School, Beryl Education Centre and Evidence Bloom School.
Port Harcourt Local Government Area (PHALGA) is a local government area of Rivers State in southern Nigeria. It is one of the 23 local government areas created for the state. Its administrative seat is located in Port Harcourt. Although the local government consists of two different ethnic groups the Okrika(Ijaw) in the South and Ikwerre in the North, it has been advised that the local government be divided into two homogeneous local governments.
Ibife Eugene Alufohai is a Nigerian model, philanthropist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Valentine International 2010. She is the founder of Miss Polo International.
