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PROMINENT blue-chip companies are supporting the hosting of the Realnews 14th Anniversary Lecture at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Thursday, November 19, starting at 10 am.
The organisations include the Bank of Industry, BOI, Zenith Bank Plc, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Nigerian LNG, NLNG, Limited, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Access Bank Plc and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Other companies not included here have also communicated their willingness to support the Lecture and will be announced in a subsequent press release.
Expressing Realnews’ appreciation to the organisations, Dr. Maureen Chigbo, its publisher, prayed to God to bless them and give their management the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and good health of mind and body to lift their organisations to greater heights and prosperity.
Chigbo also expressed her deep appreciation to all the banks, institutions, companies, and other organisations that have placed online advertisements on the Realnews website in the last 14 years. “Without their support, we would not have remained in business all through the years to do what we love most – investigative journalism.”
The theme of Realnews’s 14th Anniversary Lecture is “Geopolitical Turbulence and Energy Security: Forging Strategic Opportunities for Africa”. Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim will deliver the lecture, to be chaired by Engr. Debo Fagbami, Managing Director, FNSE, NEDO Gas Development Company (NEDOGAS).
The lecture, to be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel by 10 am, will feature a keynote speaker, Engr. Chuka Eze, Managing Director, Frazimex Engineering Limited, with Dr. Sophia Horsfall, General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Nigeria LNG Limited, NLNG, and Dr. Obinna Ezeobi, General Manager, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, as discussants. An address is to be given by the Special Guest of Honour, to be announced soon by Realnews Management, followed by goodwill messages from prominent oil and gas industry experts and sponsors.
Chigbo, the publisher of Realnews, said that the speakers will be inducted into the prestigious Realnews Hall of Fame immediately after the Lecture. Chigbo explained that the Realnews Hall of Fame was established to honour only those who played key roles during the anniversary lectures.
Realnews, a general interest magazine, is an online publication that thrives on investigative journalism. We have expertise in reporting on the oil and gas sector with its attendant environmental challenges. We aim to unearth exclusive stories about real people and the challenges they face in their day-to-day activities. We do this bearing in mind that the government can only act to influence the lives of people positively if they are aware of their true situation. Hence, our objective is to use our investigative skills to ferret out information in the sectors we focus on and produce an unbiased report that will influence the government and decision-makers to take actions that will make society better.
Realnews is populated by seasoned journalists who believe strongly in the tenets and ethics of the profession. The online publication believes that journalism as the fourth Estate of the Realm, can contribute its quota towards building a fair and just society where fundamental human rights are respected, and citizens have the freedom to pursue their interests anywhere in the world without hindrance. Its editors have a combined experience of several decades in active journalism practice and are highly dedicated to serving humanity. Hence, its motto: “For God and Humanity.”
The Realnews Anniversary Lecture Series was established to commemorate our society’s best minds and tap into them to enrich the discourse on our national development. Dr. Musa Adamu, SAN, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (2025), delivered the 13th Anniversary Lecture Series on “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda 2063 in Africa”. The 12th Anniversary Lecture of Realnews was delivered by His Excellency, Ambassador Professor Ibrahim Gambari, former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The 11th Anniversary Lecture in 2023 on The Threats of Illicit Funds Flow to the African Economy was delivered by Dr. Edwin W. Harris Jr., Director-General, ECOWAS Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA). The 10th Anniversary lecture in 2022 on “Drug Abuse among Youths in Africa: Implications for Nigerian Economy and 2023 Elections” was delivered by Brigadier General Buba Marwa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA; the 9th Anniversary Lecture of Realnews in 2021 was delivered by Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board on “Nigeria in the Unfolding Integration of the African Market: The Oil and Gas Perspective”; 2020 Eighth Anniversary Lecture of Realnews was delivered by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 on Managing COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: The Nigeria Experience; Then former President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana gave the 2019 Lecture on Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa while Prof. Mahmood Yakubu spoke on Political Transitions and Africa’s Economic Development: Preparations for Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections at the 2018 Lecture. The 2017 Fifth Anniversary Lecture on African Leadership in a Turbulent Era was delivered by Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education and former World Bank Vice President. The 2016 Fourth Anniversary Lecture on Security and National Development in Plural Democratic Society was delivered by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, former United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative to West Africa and the Sahel; the 2015 Realnews Third Anniversary Lecture was delivered by Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on November 19, 2015, under the theme: It’s The Nigerian Economy, Stupid? The Second Realnews Anniversary Lecture on Nigerian Democracy: Getting it Right in 2014 was delivered by Professor Maurice Iwu, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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Nov. 8, 2026
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