{"id":9699,"date":"2017-02-06T14:03:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T13:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=9699"},"modified":"2017-04-12T13:35:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T12:35:31","slug":"chukvvurah-professor-anthony-oye","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/chukvvurah-professor-anthony-oye\/","title":{"rendered":"CHUKVVURAH, Professor Anthony Oye"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

born April 30, 1934 in Abatete, Idemili LGA, Anambra State;.Schools attended: Primary: African School, Onitsha, Nigeria 1942-48 – First School Leaving Certificate, First Posi tion 1948; Post-Primary: Africa Col lege, Onitsha, Nigeria 1949-52 -Cam bridge School Certificate, Grade 1; Christ the King College, Onitsha, Nigeria 1953; Post-Secondary Course (No Examination); Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Enugu Branch, Nigeria 1955-57;Gene ral Certificate of Education (GCE), Advanced Level in English Literature, Latin and History 1957; University: University College, Dublin, Eire 195761; University of Manchester, England 1961-64; Kings’ Inn, Dublin, Eire 1958-61; Academic Qualifications: B.C.L. (Hons.) 1960, National Univer sity of Ireland, Dublin; LL.B. (Hons.) 1961; National University of Ireland, Dublin; Diploma in International Law, University of Manchester, England 1962; Ph.D. (International Law); Uni versity of Manchester, England 1964; Professional Qualifications: Barristerat-Law (B.L.); Honourable Society of the Kings Inn, Dublin, Eire 1961; Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria 1962; Awards and Certificates: Junior Victoria (Barristerat-Law); Prizeman, King’s Inn, Dublin, Eire 1960; Member, the Hague Aca demy of International Law Seminar 1963; Elected Participant for Dag Hummarskjold (International Law) Foundation Seminar, Uppsala, Sweden 1967; Inter-University Council, Lon don, Fellowship in Public Internatio nal Law, tenable at the University of Manchester, England Jan. – June 1972; Fellow of Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), London 1975 -; University of Nigeria Senate Research Grant 1976; Member of the Nigerian Delega tion to the Second Soviet-Nigerian Dialogue on Foreign Policy Matters, Moscow, May 4-11, 1981; CareerRelated Activities: Membership and Chairmanship of various Committees in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1965-81; Member of the Law Reform (Codification) Committee,Ministry of Justice, East Central State, Nigeria 1973-74; United Nations (OPAS) International Boundary Law Adviser to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Southern Africa 1974-76; Consultant on Inter national Boundary Matters to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Southern Africa 1976 -; Member of Boundary Panel, Idemili Local Government, Anambra State, Nigeria 1978 -; Head of die Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, Uni versity of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, 1977-81; Radio and Television Comentator on Current Affairs 1966-81; Guest Lecturer, the Nigerian Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Plateau State, Nigeria 1980; Co ordinator orf Philip Jessup Moot Court (International Law) Competition for Faculty of Law, University ofNigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria 1973-74, 1976-81; Staff Adviser to the Nigerian team at Washington D.’C. Semi-finals of 1974 Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, at the end of which the Nigerian team was awarded First Prize for best memorials in the international division; and First Prize for highest scoring memorials in all divisions (i.e. domestic and inter national divisions); Member of the Nigerian National Committees on the Teaching of Human Rights, Peace and Understanding in Nigeria Schools 1980 \u2014; Lecturer and Resource Participant at Seminars organised by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos 1976 -; External Examiner (Law), University of Jos, Nigeria 1980 \u2014; External Assessor of Public International Law Books for Oxford University Press, Ibadan, Nigeria 197274; Dean, College of BusinessAdmini stration and Legal Studies, Imo State University, Aba Campus 1981 -; Member of die Governing Council, Imo State University 1981\/82 Session; Married with a son; Clubs and other Associations: Aba Rotary Club; Enugu\/ Aba Sports Club; President, Interna tional Law Association, Nigeria Branch; Member of many learned and profes sional associations; Publications: Publi shed many books and articles in learned journals; Hobbies: Photogra phy and filming, monitoring world radio stations on Current Affairs, gardening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9699","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9699","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9700,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9699\/revisions\/9700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9699"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}