Professor Christopher Bankole Ndubisi Ogbogbo, vice chancellor of Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), Ibusa, Delta State will honoured in a ceremony by the Ibusa Community Development Union (ICDU).

The event scheduled for November 4, 2025 will hold at the palace of Obuzor of Ibusa, Obi Prof. Loius Chelunor Nwaoboshi. He is also the royal father of the day while Prof. Benedict Asika Isoh will chair the occasion.

Ononwu (Sir) Paul Okobi, president of the home branch of ICDU, explained that Fostering Academic Excellence and Goodwill was chosen as theme of the ceremony to demonstrate Ibusa community’s delight in hosting the university and having its son, Prof. Ogbogbo as ADUN’s vice chancellor.

“It is a thing of joy to us all in Ibusa and the theme chosen for the event is to show our readiness to cooperate with the university and our son as the vice chancellor. From our traditional ruler to the intelligentsia in Ibusa, we are pledging our cooperation with him. Whatever he needs to succeed, Ibusa people will be glad to oblige him”, Chief Okobi said.

Professor Ogbogbo, a professor of History, University of Ibadan, is a past National President, Historical Society of Nigeria. A lawyer, he has lectured and researched African History for the past 37 years and practised law for 28 years. He has successfully supervised 22 doctoral theses and over 140 Masters Degree dissertations.