BIRTHDAYS

OTUNYO-

OTUNYO, Engr. (Dr.) Amaziah Walter Otunyo, oil and gas engineer, university lecturer and hotel proprietor, was 61 on Friday, July 3, 2015. Born on July 3, 1954, he attended St. Peter Clavers College Aghalokpe; St. Georges Grammar School, Obionoma and Edo College, Benin City.

He had his B.Sc. (Hons), 2nd Class Honours, Upper Division in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nigeria (1973-1978); M.Sc. Civil/Structural Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (1982); Ph.D. Geotechnical Engineering from the Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt (1993).

He worked as a Trainee Maintenance Engineer in Bendel Brewery Ltd., Benin-City (1979-1981). He was a pipe restraint design engineer in Bechtel Power Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (1981-1982). He was at various times an oil and gas engineer, project engineer and major project manager in Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nig.) Ltd. (1984-2004). He retired from SPDC in December 2004, upon retirement; he set up AMANDA Hotels Ltd. (an upscale hotel in Port Harcourt).

He was employed as a Senior Lecturer, in the Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of Port Harcourt (2007-2011). Otunyo joined the Civil & Agricultural Engineering Department of the Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Nkpolu Port Harcourt in September 2012.

He is currently an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Nkpolu Port Harcourt. Otunyo, was the foundation Chairman of Ndokwa National Congress and former President of Umutu Development Union Port Harcourt Branch.

He is the 2nd Vice President of Ndokwa National Union (NNU) – The apex body of the Ndokwa People of Delta State. Otunyo is a member of the ancient order of the Knight of St. John International, (KSJI). He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and he is also registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering Practice in Nigeria. (COREN).

OBAIGBENA, Nduka, artist, journalist, politician, businessman and publisher of Thisday Newspapers, Lagos will be 56 on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Born on July 14, 1959 in Ibadan, Oyo State, he hails from Delta State and attended Edo College, Benin City and Government College, Ughelli before proceeding to University of Benin, Benin City. He attended various professional, management and Graduate Schools of Business in United States, United Kingdom, South Africa and Nigeria.

He started his career at Nigerian Observer in 1978 where he was a satirist, writer and cartoonist at various times. He later became coordinating editor of The Dawn monthly magazine. He left Nigeria for UK where he worked with advertising agency, NAL and as a media consultant with Michael Jarvis and Partners. In 1984, he became a special section representative, Newsweek magazine, New York and as the Nigerian Representative, Time magazine, New York, United States of America.

In 1986, at the age of 26, he established a weekly new magazine, ThisWeek. In 1994, he was elected a member of the constitutional conference, which drafted the present Nigerian Constitution. In 1995, he founded Leaders and Company, publishers of ThisDay newspapers. He is a member of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria.

EVENT
The 2015 Convention of the Council of Foursquare Men (CFM) will come up from Wednesday, July 8 to Friday, July 10, 2015 at the Foursquare City, Ajebo, Ogun State. The theme is “Empowerment For Greater Glory”. It will feature Salvation, Healing & Guideline on SME Funds. Ministering are Rev. Felix Meduoye, General Overseer and other anointed men of God.