The Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, has appointed a professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, Daniel Nwachukwu, the 4th Vice-Chancellor of the university.
His appointment was announced on 20th December, 2025, after a painstaking and transparent process that involved over 40 seasoned professors.
The Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, was elected the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UNEC in 2023.
He had his first degree at the University of Lagos in Human Physiology in 1995 and later moved to the University of Benin for his master’s degree in 1997 and Ph.D in 2012.
Nwachukwu has had an illustrious career in the academia spanning over 26 years having joined the services of UNN as a lecturer in July 1999 and rose to the highest academic rank of a professor in 2016.
He hails from Okposi in Ohaozara LGA of Ebonyi State.
He is married with children
A profound scholar, Nwachukwu delivered the 201st inaugural lecture of the University of Nigeria Nsukka on March 7, 2024. In the lecture he confirmed that Hibiscus Sabdariffa, popularly called ‘zobo’ drink, has all the curative potentials as an antihypertensive therapy.
After research findings and clinical trials in both animals and human, the Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, stated that the antihypertensive effectiveness of the Hibiscus Sabdariffa (zobo) was comparable to those of known antihypertensive drugs that are popular in the retail pharmacies.
