Rumuokoro hosts a major university and is one of the most popular towns to travel to Rivers State (one of the 36 states of Nigeria)
It hosts Federal Government College Rumuokoro Port Harcourt, Nigerian Army 2 Amphibious Brigade (Bori Camp), part of the Air force Base, Community Secondary. The strategic location of Rumuokoro makes it one of the most popular town to traveller to Rivers State. Rivers State, also known simply as Rivers, is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. The inhabitants of rumu Agholu are very friendly, kind, very intelligent, and well educated, One of the major empowerment and vocational training programme in rumuokoro which has touched thousands of locals residing in rumuokoro including students of University of Port Harcourt being Lingrand Visionary Global located at the heart of rumuokoro Junction. The University of Port Harcourt was ranked the sixth in Africa and the first in Nigeria by Times Higher Education (THE) in 2015. 
