Born Awase Etone on 3rd September 1965 to teacher father, Augustine Ele Asor Snr. and housewife mother Jenny Asor. Baptized Vincent in the Holy Roman Church and Confirmed Gregory. Adopted the name Vincent Ele Asor since then.
Schooled in a few local primary schools - St. Ben's Agbara; Presbyterian Ekureku-be; Primary School Anong Ediba. Did post primary in Agbo Comprehensive, Egboronyi and University in Bayero University Kano where I studied Mathematics and graduate Magna.
Excitingly, I attempted the Catholic Priesthood and went on to study at the prestigious Dominican Institute, Samonda, Ibadan to make me a Dominican Religious. It was short-lived and I bolted out to join Shell International. I have remained here since then.
Very interesting... Won several scholarships but particularly the National Universities Commission Scholarship for excellence in 1986, 1987 and 1988. I read for the degree of Masters at the University of Benin and registered for a Doctorate in the same University. I defended a thesis on 6th June 2000 and was admitted into the degree immediately after in the same year, 2000. My thesis - 'Effect of Earth's layering on...' has been celebrated in the Geophysical Journal International and the Bolletino Geofisica. Thanks to Professor Ezekiel Onyemaechi Okeke, my mentor and academic supervisor.
My spare time is used in teaching...
Shell is an exciting industry to work in. I have had a few bad experiences in the company but they are not worth the troubles reporting. The good aspects are rather more interesting. In Shell, the sky is the beginning of your successes. For those who do not understand, Shell is still a mystery. I will retire to full time academics from here, but if I must say... SHELL is the BEST PLACE to be!!! Believe it or not, everything works here.
I was convocation lecturer to the Claretian Institute of Philosophy, an affiliate of the great University of Port Harcourt in 2003. The experience lives on. I am still excited talking to graduands. It is an experience worth experiencing!!! I was an External Assessor to the defunct Ibrahim Babangida College of Agriculture, Obubra (now, College of Agriculture, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH))...