List of University of Port Harcourt people
This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of Port Harcourt.
Alumni
Arts and entertainment
- Andre Blaze - rapper, reality talent show host
- Monalisa Chinda – actress
- Diminas Dagogo – film director
- Agbani Darego – model
- Rita Dominic – actress
- Linda Ejiofor – actress, model
- Tamara Eteimo - actress, singer
- Muma Gee – singer, actress
- M Trill – rapper
- Bimbo Manuel – actor
- Clem Ohameze - actor
Authors and journalists
- Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike – author
Business and industry
- Emmanuel Agwoje – banker, Chief Executive Officer of Equator Capital Ltd.
- Alex Otti – former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank
- Prince Tonye Princewill – Chairman of Riverdrill Group of Companies (Nigeria)
Diplomacy, government, law, and politics
- Rotimi Amaechi – Governor of Rivers State
- Innocent Barikor – Member of the Rivers State House of Assembly
- Osinakachukwu Ideozu – Senator-elect for Rivers West
- Goodluck Jonathan – President of Nigeria[1]
- Patience Jonathan – First Lady of Nigeria
- Olaka Nwogu – Member of the House of Representatives
- Silva Opuala-Charles – Commissioner of Finance and Budget
- Emmanuel Paulker – Senator for the Bayelsa Central
- Timipre Sylva – Governor of Bayelsa State
- Godknows Igali - Diplomat, Federal Permanent Secretary and Technocrat
Science
- Franklin Erepamo Osaisai – nuclear engineer, energy scientist
Faculty
Current and former
- I. N. C. Aniebo – novelist and short story writer
- Ladipo Ayodeji Banjo – Emeritus professor of English language
- Innocent Barikor – Senior Lecturer in Political Science
- Robin W.G. Horton – English social anthropologist and philosopher
- Gerald Moore – scholar of contemporary African anglophone and francophone poetry
- Kay Williamson – linguist who specialised in the study of African languages
Vice Chancellors of the University of Port Harcourt
See also
References
- ^ "University of Port Harcourt Alumni". Uniportalumni.org. Retrieved 2 April 2015.