Professor Paul Obo Idornigie, a University Scholar, holds a doctorate degree in International Commercial Arbitration; is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (London); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK); Chartered Arbitrator; member, London Court of International Arbitration; member, Lagos Court of Arbitration; Member, Nigerian Bar Association; Member, Nigerian Association of Law Teachers; Member, International Bar Association and Commonwealth Lawyers Association. He is on the Panel of Neutrals at the Abuja and Asaba Multi-door Courthouses, Lagos Court of Arbitration and the Panel of Arbitrators at the Lagos Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Lagos, Nigeria, and Nigerian Communications Commission, Abuja, Nigeria.