{"id":18403,"date":"2017-03-30T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T12:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18403"},"modified":"2017-05-31T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:00:47","slug":"ukpabi-prof-chief-samson-chukwuma","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ukpabi-prof-chief-samson-chukwuma\/","title":{"rendered":"UKPABI, Prof. (Chief) Samson Chukwuma"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFR, B.A, M.A, Ph.D; academic; DOB: December 12,1932; Place: Okpanku; Place: Aminri; State of Origin: Enugu; Married: Irene Agu, 1965; nc: two sons, two daughters; EDUCATION: Methodist College, Uzuakoli, 194950; 53-54; CAREER: Head, Department of History, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1978-80; Dean, Faculty of Arts, 1973-74; Sole Administrator, Anambra State Education Commission, 1980; Provost, Administration, Anambra State University of Science and Technology, 1980-85; Provost, Nigeria Defence Academy, 1985-92; sec. Enugu State Government, 1993-94; mem. Constitutional Conference, 1994-95; ch. Local Government Service Commission, Enugu State, 1994-1999; Review Panel on Restructuring, Enugu State Civil Service, 1992-94; since l999; mm: African Studies Association, USA; Historical Society of Nigeria; Traditional Title: Osuqfia I of Awgu Local Government Area;Omeroha ofMpu; Ugochinyere I ofOkpanku; nh: OFR, 1998; Knight of John Wesley (RCM); Publication: Military Involvementin African Politics. Conch 1972; Mercantile Soldiers in Nigerian History, History of the Royal Niger Company. Army, 1886-1900, Zaria, 1987; Strands of Nigeria Military History. Zaria, 1986; The Origins of the Nigerian Army. A History ofthe West African Frontier Force, 1897-1914, Zaria, 1987; Co-author, Nigeria Since Independence, Vol. VI, The Civil War Years. Heinemann, 1989; The Nigerian Defence Academy in Perspective, Zaria, 1989; hob: music, writing, reading; res: 7, West Road Six, Trans Ekulu, Enugu; tel: 042-552039. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18403","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18403"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}