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15/11/2025

Western Delta University 15th Convocation

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The 15th Convocation Ceremony of Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State will be held on Saturday November 15th, 2025 at the main auditorium of the Institution in Oghara, Benin Sapele Express Road.

The event will celebrate the academic achievements of the 2024/2025 graduands and will begin by 10 AM.

07/11/2025

The second in the series of inaugural lecture of Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State took place on 6th November, 2025.

In his welcome address, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Augustine Ikelegbe maintained that an inaugural lecture is a celebration of scholarly achievements of a Lecturer within the University Community.

The citation of the inaugural Lecturer, Nathaniel Umukoro, who is a Professor of International Affairs, Conflict, Peace and Strategic Studies from the Department of Political Science was read. He served as a Fellow, Social Science Research Council, USA (2013-2015). Humboldt Fellow, Bayreuth, Germany (2022), Senior Fellow, PARI, Germany (2023), Senior Fellow, University of Bonn, Germany (2024), Senior Fellow, Institute of Regional Geography, Leibzig, Germany (2025). He has published over 100 articles in high impact journals.

The inaugural lecture was appropriately titled "Unraveling the dynamics of conflict and peace conundrum in the international system from the lens of thermodynamics". The Lecturer, Prof. Umukoro defined peace, conflict and classified both concepts into various types. He established the relationship between peace and security and highlighted essential features of human security.

He described in simple, yet clear terms basic concepts in the study of thermodynamics and applied it's principles to conflict and peace situations in international systems, using Syria, Ukraine and Nigeria as case studies. He concluded by extracting practical lessons learnt.

The event was attended by the Institution's staff, students, friends, family members and well wishers of the inaugural Lecturer.

For Western Delta University News, Shadrach Aika reporting.

06/11/2025

Otemu Foundation induction Ceremony was held on Thursday October 30th, 2025 at the main auditorium of Western Delta University, Oghara.

The event witnessed the induction of 13 students of the institution into its pioneer scholarship scheme. Beneficiaries will be placed on a monthly stipend throughout each semester, alongside with full tuition fees waiver and offer of accommodation.

All those who benefited from the scheme are expected to sustain a minimum of 3.5 cumulative grade point average every academic session to remain sponsored.

Staff, students, parents and well wishes witnessed the ceremony.

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