Professor Fred Aja Agwu holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Political Science and Sociology; a Master of International Law and Diplomacy (MILD) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Law. He was the best graduating student in the Faculty of Social sciences at the Anambra State University in 1989; he also wrote one of the outstanding Ph.D. Thesis at the School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria in the 2002 Academic Year. Professor Agwu was the Book Review Editor and later, the Editor of the Nigerian Journal of International Affairs, (NJIA) - the flagship Journal of the NIIA; He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Nigerian Army Journal. He has also been the Head, Division of International Law and Organization at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA); Acting Director of Research and Studies; and Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. In addition to hisinternational conferences and membership in Nigerian delegations to some international organizations, Professor Agwu has taught at the University of Lagos and at various times in some other Nigerian universities as well as being a resource person at the Nigerian Defence College(NDC, Abuja), the Staff and Command College (Jaji), and the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja. His research interests are in Foreign Policy, the Law of Armed Conflict, and inter-disciplinary areas in public international law and political science.
