Nigeria’s newest Professor of Military History

By Anietie Usen

A promotion well-deserved. Dr. Ubong Essien Umoh, taught me in my Ph.D [Peace & Conflict Studies’] class and I can testify that he is not just a brilliant intellectual but an exceptionally cerebral and ingenious academic.

As his student, I never hid my admiration and respect for him. He loves teaching and he is incredibly passionate about it.

Certainly it is his calling and virtually every post graduate student who has studied at his feet, leaves his classroom amazed at the depth and vastness of his knowledge of the subject matter.

He is pragmatic, practical, unsentimental and hardworking. I am very proud of this young Professor, who was born in the year I bagged my first degree but became my respected teacher down the line.

Life’s sometimes like that. You may have a lesson or two to learn from that. Congratulations “un professeur exceptionnel”

Let me celebrate my teacher here with his abridged profile 
Dr. Ubong Essien Umoh, who was recently [February 2025] appointed the Commissioner of Education by the Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, was born on January 13, 1982.

He is a distinguished scholar and consultant in Military History.

An indigene of Ikot Nya in Nsit Ibom LGA, he holds a PhD in Military History from the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, Kaduna.

He was the Acting Head of the Department of History and International Studies from 2022 to February 2025 and the Deputy Director of the School of Continuing Education and Professional Studies since 2020.

Prof Umoh holds the distinction of being the first Akwa Ibom indigene to earn a PhD in Military History and rise to the rank of a Professor in the discipline in Nigeria. His expertise is widely sought after by several prestigious institutions, including:

✅National Defence College, NDC, Abuja
✅Nigerian Defence Academy NDA, Kaduna
✅Nigerian Air Force War College, AFWC, Makurdi
✅Defence Intelligence College DIC, Abuja
✅National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Jos
✅Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons, PRESCOM, Abuja
✅Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC, Abuja
✅Eastern Naval Command, ENC, , Calabar

Beyond academia, Dr. Umoh is a renowned consultant in Military History, offering expert services through his privately owned firm, Violence Firewall Consult, VFC.

He is married to Grace, and they are blessed with three children: Grace, Ubong, and Mfon.

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