{"id":3382,"date":"2026-09-02T19:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:01:27","slug":"delsus-prof-egbai-unveils-earths-hidden-treasures-in-landmark-122nd-inaugural-lecture-earns-vcs-commendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=3382","title":{"rendered":"DELSU\u2019s Prof. Egbai Explores Earth\u2019s Hidden Treasures in Landmark 122nd Inaugural Lecture, Earns VC\u2019s Commendation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Ese Umukoro <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vice-Chancellor of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Prof. Samuel Asagba, has commended Professor James Egbai, for revealing the hidden treasures of planet earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asagba made this acclamation at the 122nd in the series of inaugural lectures of the University which held recently at the 750 Lecture Theatre A, Site III of DELSU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asagba noted that Egbai\u2019s lecture has exposed the concealed resources in the earth which can stimulate growth in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further stated that the earth was filled with enormous natural resources that are capable of developing Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asagba in conclusion argued that the tenacity of the inaugural lecturer has helped him to engage in the research that uncovered earth\u2019s vast hidden resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delivering his lecture earlier on the topic: \u201cDiscovering the Mysterious Earth Through Geophysical Exploration: A Catalyst For National Development\u201d, Egbai had argued that planet earth was mysterious because of the invisible forces that govern its behaviours, seismic waves, magnetic fields, gravitational anomalies, and electrical conductivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Professor of Geophysics further posited that of the seismic waves of the earth, two are of particular interest to geophysics which are the Primary wave (P-Waves) and the Secondary waves (S-Waves).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further argued that the study of P-Waves and S-Waves has provided vital information of earth\u2019s hidden areas exposing structure, density and elastic properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This study by geophysicists has further led to unearthing earth\u2019s natural resources that are catalyst for national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbai warned that Nigeria\u2019s reliance on only oil and gas is costing the nation financial fortunes which can be generated from mining other natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He therefore recommended among others that there should be collaborative efforts between the Nigeria\u2019s mining industry, government agencies and academia to profitably tap into the nation\u2019s vast mineral resources located in the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional highpoints of the 122nd inaugural lecture were the decoration of the inaugural lecturer with the prestigious medal of inaugural lecturers of the University by the Vice Chancellor, special musical rendition by the Department of Music, photo session of the inaugural lecturer with Principal Officers of the university as well as with family members and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other dignitaries present at the ceremony included the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Prof. Edmund Atakpo, Provost of Oleh Campus, Prof. Augustine Atonuje, Registrar of the University, Mrs Rufina Ufiofio, represented by Mr. Emmanuel Okoro, the University Bursar, Mrs Otimeyin Ekakitie-Omajuwa, represented by Dr. Frank Itiveh, the University Librarian, Dr Josephine Onohwakpor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in attendance were former Vice-Chancellor of DELSU, Prof. Victor Peretomode, former DELSU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Prof. Ochuko Anomohanran, immediate past Provost of Oleh campus, Prof. Elo Ibagere, immediate past DELSU Librarian, Prof. Stephen Uwaifo, Provosts, Deans, Directors, Professors, members of DELSU College of Chaplains, students, friends as well as family members of the inaugural lecturer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ese Umukoro The Vice-Chancellor of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Prof. Samuel Asagba, has commended Professor James Egbai, for revealing the hidden treasures of planet earth. Asagba made this acclamation at the 122nd in the series of inaugural lectures of the University which held recently at the 750 Lecture Theatre A, Site III of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":28,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,14],"tags":[220,25,26,331],"class_list":["post-3382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-trendingnews","tag-asagba","tag-delsu","tag-education","tag-inaugural-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3386,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions\/3386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}