“Remember that people are only guests in your story – the same way you are only a guest in theirs – so make the chapters worth reading.”
Collins, Julius Pekene was an accomplished education administrator par excellence. He was the pioneer Registrar of the Rivers State College of Education (now Ignatius Ajuru University of Education), Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt.
He was a quintessential Civil Servant (Permanent Secretary) who enormously contributed to the development of Bayelsa state public service
David Koripamo Ungbuku was a pioneer Chief Judge of Bayelsa State and he retired as the longest serving Chief Judge from southern Nigeria; he was a recipient of Officer of the order of the Federal Republic (OFR).
Christopher Pere Ajuwa was the first Niger Deltan to veer for the office of the President of Nigeria way back in 1993.
He joined in challenging the status quo at the time, with a sincere intent to have a restructured Nigeria. A Nigeria that would embrace ‘Resource Control’ and rapidly grow or that would maintain the old structure and hit the rocks that it was invariably headed.
He was best known for being among the winning team as an executive commissioner for finance to former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan during his stint as Governor of Bayelsa state from 2003 to 2007.
Major-General Charles Beleye Ndiomu was one of the finest education corps officers the Nigeria military has ever had. He was best known for his resourcefulness and zeal at NIPSS and National War College.
Matthew Teibor Etebu was an awarding winning distributor of breweries for various brewing companies in Lagos State, Nigeria during the 1960s.
He was an American trained academician who made enormous contributions to the development of vocational education in the Niger Delta for over three decades.
He was a pioneer Personal Physician to the first Military Administrator of Bayelsa State and later appointed Permanent Secretary per excellence in 1998. He got his MBBS in 1974 at the prestigious University of Lagos, Nigeria
Since 2017, recognizing the importance of showcasing the life stories of influential individuals from the Niger Delta, we have been seamlessly publishing their biographies on the internet.