LINUS OSUAGWU holds degrees of B.Sc. Tech (Second Class Upper Division)in Management Technology (Maritime) from the Federal University of Technology Owerri Nigeria (1986/1987), an M.Sc. in Business Administration (Marketing) from the University of Lagos Nigeria(1989/1990), and a doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in Business Administration (Marketing), also, from the University of Lagos (1996/1997). He was Group Head at Research International (Nigeria) Limited Lagos. He is a Specialist Research Consultant to Research and Market Trends (Nigeria) Limited, Lagos. He was the Chairman, Research and Publications, Yaba College of Technology, and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Yaba Journal of Management Studies.
He is associated with scholarly publications in books and journals, locally and internationally. His research interests are in marketing, contemporary business strategies, small business and entrepreneurship management, political marketing strategies, maritime management and business research methods.
Prof. Osuagwu is an Alumnus of the IVP (USA), and belongs to the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Nigerian Institute of Shipping (NIS), the International Academy of African Business & Development (IAABD), the Academy of Management Nigeria, and Fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (FNIMN). He holds editorial board membership in the Academy of Marketing Studies Journal (USA), and the Academy of Information & Management Sciences Journal (USA).

He was a Graduate/Research Assistant at the University of Lagos, Nigeria.