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 – Miss World 2001, model Francis Duru - actor Rita Dominic – actress Linda Ejiofor – actress, model Tamara Eteimo - actress, singer Muma Gee – singer, actress Bimbo Manuel – actor Clem Ohameze - actor Nwajagu Samuel – Mister International 2024, model M Trill – rapper
Authors and journalists
Uchechukwu Umezurike – author
Business and industry Emmanuel Agwoje – banker, Chief Executive Officer of Equator Capital Ltd. Alex Otti – former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank 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 – Estate Surveyor; Senator Godknows Igali - Diplomat, Federal Permanent Secretary and Technocrat Goodluck Jonathan – President of Nigeria 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 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dakuku Peterside, politician Timipre Sylva – Governor of Bayelsa State
Science Franklin Erepamo Osaisai – nuclear engineer, energy scientist Henry A. A. Ugboma – Professor of Maternal-fetal medicine and Chief Medical Director of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers State.
Faculty
Current and former
Claude Ake, political science & administration I. N. C. Aniebo – novelist and short story writer Ayo Banjo – Emeritus professor of English language Innocent Barikor – senior lecturer in political science George C. Clerk, botany Silvia Federici, philosopher Robin W. G. Horton – English social anthropologist and philosopher Gerald Moore – scholar of contemporary African anglophone and francophone poetry Ogbonnaya Onu, chemical engineering Ola Rotimi, theatre arts Kay Williamson – linguist who specialised in the study of African languages
Vice Chancellors of the University of Port Harcourt
Joseph Ajienka Nimi Briggs Owunari Georgewill (current) Kelsey Harrison
See also List of people from Rivers State
References
External links University of Port Harcourt