Falana to headline Penpushing Media’s 8th anniversary lecture on electoral integrity, public accountability - ITREALMS

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Renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights advocate, Mr. Femi Falana, has officially accepted the invitation to serve as the keynote speaker at the 8th anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media, reports ITREALMS.

The event, a flagship gathering for media professionals and policy stakeholders, is scheduled for July 23, 2026, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta.

Cybersecurity: ICPC Chairman, Musa Aliyu to headline Realnews 13th anniversary lecture - ITREALMS

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The fight against financial crime and corruption in Africa will take center stage as Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), is set to deliver the Realnews 13th Anniversary Lecture, reports ITREALMS.

The high-profile event, hosted by Realnews Magazine Online, will focus on the critical theme: “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda 2063 in Africa.” 

Tinubu, Sultan, Uzodinma, Obaigbena to headline Editors’ Annual Conference - ITREALMS

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Abuja is set to host some of the country’s most influential leaders, media executives and diplomats as the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) holds its 2025 Annual Conference on November 12 and 13.

No fewer than 500 editors from print, broadcast, online newsrooms and news agencies nationwide, alongside government officials, captains of industry, development partners and members of the diplomatic community, are expected to participate.

Bishop Kukah to headline Reuben Abati's 60th birthday, triple book launch - ITREALMS

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Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the public presentation and official launch of three new books by renowned journalist, intellectual, and former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, reports ITREALMS.

The notable cleric, social crusader, bridge builder, and advocate for an inclusive Nigerian democratic and economic society, will speak on the highly pertinent topic: "Nigeria: Time to Re-Load."

Girl child day: Four female writers to headline Ibadan book dialogue - ITREALMS

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The Ibadan Book Club (IBC) has announced that the October edition of its prestigious Ibadan Book Dialogue will feature four outstanding female writers; Ogbue Anwuli Temitope, Gloria James Chinemerem, Oke Inioluwa Gladys, and Esther Boluwatife Ogunleye, as headline guests. 

The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 12:00 PM in the Board Room of the Oyo State Library Board, located opposite the historic Cocoa House in Dugbe, Ibadan. 

ConNovate 2025: Gov. Yusuf, Tijani, Odusote to headline confab - ITREALMS

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The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) is set to host its 19th international conference tagged ConNovate 2025, in Kano, with the state governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani and Director General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Dr. Abiosye Coker-Odusote headlining the event, reports ITREALMS.

ConNovate 2025, ITREALMS gathered will hold in Kano from August 11th to 14th, 2025, under the theme "Intelligent, Secure, and Sustainable Innovations for a Connected World."

Imoke, Buratai, Maida, others to headline GOCOP 2024 conference in Kogi - ITREALMS

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A former Minister for Power and Steel, Senator Liyel Imoke has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) scheduled for October 3, 2024 in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, reports ITREALMS.

This is just as attendance and participation by other highly fecund speakers and panelists have been confirmed.

Femi Omoniyi, Glory Olutayo to headline ANA's February Reading @Osun - ITREALMS

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Two talented writers, Femi Omoniyi and Glory Olutayo, would be featured in the February Reading of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Osun Chapter, reports ITREALMS.

A press statement signed by the Acting Chairman and Secretary of the association in the state, Mr. Odetayo Wasiu Omobewaji and Mr. Afeez Olagunju and made available to newsmen by the association’s State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Oladejo Haneef Olalekan said this monthly literary event, which aims to promote the works of emerging and established Nigerian authors, will be held on the 18th of February, 2023, at No 20, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ibuaje Micro Finance Bank Building, Pepsi Cola Area, Osogbo, Osun State.

Windelectric, Ethnos, Transworld Security, NCC to headline TechTV Digital Agenda Forum - ITREALMS

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Leader in advance zero emission and greater energy efficiency in electrical power generation sector, Windelectric Nigeria Limited, would be presenting its innovative and unique fueless generator at the 2022 TechTV Digital Agenda Forum, reports ITREALMS.

Just as Ethnos, a globally renown provider of solutions and professional services in the field of Information Security, Risk Management, Cyber Security and Compliance Management and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the regulator of Nigeria's burgeoning telecommunications sector; are among organisations that have confirmed participation in TechTV Digital Agenda Forum.

4th edition: Eight writers to headline Read Nigeria Projects - ITREALMS

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Read Nigeria Project, a nationwide chain of reading events administered by Adwinsa Publications (Gh) Ltd and Abeokuta Book Club has set aside 13th day of August, 2022 to host eight Abeokuta-based writers, reports ITREALMS.

The eight writers include Darasimi Adeoye, Demola Ayomide Miracle, Lade Ajayi, Joseph Oluwayemi, Kolapo Mariam, Stephen Ezekiel, Esther Ogunsakin and Quadri Yahya in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.

Omobola, Lexi to headline TechCrunch Battlefield Africa’18 - ITREALMS

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The 2018 TechCrunch Battlefield Africa will be headlined with high-powered industry leaders including the senior partner at TLcom Capital and former Nigeria’s Minister of Communication Technology, Dr. (Mrs) Omobola Johnson, alongside Lexi Novitske of Singularity Investments, reports ITREALMS.

The panel discussions, ITREALMS are to explore the best tech in Africa and how the technology investment landscapes is changing.

The first two speakers by TechChruch announced to offer direct knowledge about investing Silicon Valley money in the local ecosystem comprise, Dr. Omobola Johnson who is a senior partner at TLcom Capital and the former Minister of Communication Technology for Nigeria, with vast knowledge of the startup investing landscape comes from her 25-year tenure at Accenture where she served as the managing director.

Also, Lexi Novitske is the principal investment officer for Singularity Investments where she is responsible for managing investments in the firm’s Africa portfolio.

Mike Butcher, Editor at Large, TechCrunch said that the inaugural edition of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa confirmed that Sub-Saharan Africa is home to a vibrant and growing technology startup ecosystem.

“We look forward to hearing about how this year’s competitors are disrupting their markets, providing innovative solutions to social and economic problems, and positioning themselves as global contenders,” he said.

“Supporting the next generation and wave of African start-ups is something that we at Facebook are passionate about. Our sponsorship of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa, for the second year running highlights our commitment to the start-up scene on the continent, and helping to provide a world stage to showcase the very best in African talent and solutions” said Emeka Afigbo, Head of Developer Programmes at Facebook.

Notable companies that launched on TechCrunch’s global stage include Vurb, Trello, Mint, Dropbox, Yammer, Tripit, Redbeacon, Qwiki, Getaround, and Soluto. The 763 startups that have participated since the first competition, TC40 in 2007 have raised $8.2 billion, while 102 have been acquired or have gone public as of December 2017.

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Delta'18: Okowa, Odinkalu, others headline editors confab - ITREALMS

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The 2018 All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC) slated for Asaba, Delta State will be headlined by many notable speakers including host Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission and senior member of Open Society for Justice Initiative, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, who will keynote the conference, reports ITREALMS.

The theme of this year’s conference scheduled between from Wednesday October 10 to Sunday, October 14, ITREALMS gathered, is 'Credible Election, Sustainable Democracy and the Nigerian Media.'

Chairman, Planning Committee of the conference, Mr. Ken Ugbechie, told ITREALMS that the theme was chosen to reflect the prevailing political reality in the country.

He also quoted the President of the Guild, Mrs Funke Egbemode, as stressing that it was informed by an urgent and compelling responsibility of the Guild to plot a roadmap to 2019 as a watchdog with a duty to provide unbiased, fair and objective coverage of the elections especially in the face of a monetized electoral system.

 “We believe that the media also has a role to play in ensuring sustainability of the country’s democracy in view of the key role it plays in information dissemination and moulding of public opinion. It is, therefore, imperative that the media is properly positioned not only to understand the issues involved in organising a credible election, but to advance a true democratic culture in the manner it reports issues of politics and governance”, she said.

Other speakers include governors, senior media executives, security experts, representative of Google, media specialists in digital journalism, Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, etcetera.

The All Nigerian Editors Conference is the largest gathering of Nigerian Editors (apart from the Biennial Convention), and it was initiated in 2004 at Ada, in Osun State. Since then, it has been held in different parts of the country. It brings together not less than 400 editors and other media professionals from all over the country and beyond to focus on a designated national issue that affects the future and wellbeing of our country.

The conference also attracts foreign speakers and editors from organizations such as the Global Editors Network (GEN), West African Editors Forum (WAEF), the African Editors Forum (TAEF), the World Editors Forum (WEF) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) among others.

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Osinbajo, Ambode headline Akinwunmi’s book launch - ITREALMS

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The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, have been confirmed as special guests to the launch of Skin for Skin: The Prima Garnet Story, and authored by the chief executive of Prima Garnet Group, Lolu Akinwunmi, reports ITREALMS.

The launch slated for Thursday, September 27, ITREALMS gathered has been scheduled to coincide with his 60th birthday.

The book launch, ITREALMS also gathered would equally birth the Lolu Akinwunmi Family Foundation (LAFF), a platform created by the ace advertising practitioner’s family to give back to society.

ITREALMS reports that while Gov. Ambode is the guest of honour, the head of Facebook Africa, Nunu Ntshingila-Njeke, would be the guest speaker at the event holding at Harbour Point, Wilmot Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.

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Zinox chairman, Adebayo to headline 2018 NiOMA

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The African serial digital entrepreneur, Dr. Leo Stan-Ekeh, and Minister for Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, have been confirmed to headline the 2018 Nigerian Online Merit Award (NiOMA), reports ITRealms.

According to the organisers, the high profile event scheduled at Main Hall of Lagos Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, from 7pm on Friday, May 18, 2018.

“We are glad to announce that Honourable Minister for Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, and Zinox Group Chairman, Leo Stan Ekeh, have graciously accepted to headline the 2018 NiOMA. While the Honourable Minister will serve as the Special Guest of Honour, ICT guru Leo Stan Ekeh will be the Guest Speaker. Both men will also be among those to be honoured on the night,” NiOMA Organising Committee Chairman, Mr. Lanre Alabi, said in a statement. He said that Mr. Ekeh would speak on the theme, “Leveraging the Internet Revolution to Leapfrog Nigeria’s Development”.

Mr. Alabi also disclosed that former Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, would chair the event.

The occasion, according to the NiOMA Organising Committee Chairman, “will be used to X-ray topical ICT issues facing the nation. It will be a grand one as it will attract senior executives, top government functionaries, industry leaders, market analysts, professional groups and diverse economy sectoral leaders, among others.”

A brainchild of Nigeria’s leading daily online newspaper, News Express Nigeria, NiOMA is designed to celebrate outstanding individuals and corporates driving the Nigerian online revolution.

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Atoki, Onigbinde, Aigbogun, Kolawole, others headline 2017 PwC media workshop

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The 2017 edition of the one-day PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Capability Enhancement Workshop for Journalists ended in Lagos with a line-up of subject matter experts dissecting various topics, reports ITRealms.

Led by a senior manager and Lead, Sustainability and Climate Change at PwC Nigeria, Mories Atoki, and Lead partner at BudgIT, Mr. Seun Onigbinde, whereas panelists included the publisher of BusinessDay, Mr. Frank Aigbogun, Publisher, CableNG, Mr. Simon Kolawole, and Wole Famurewa of CNBC Nigeria.

ITRealms reports that the presentations at the workshop included a session on “Tracking amd Reporting the SDGs” facilitated by Atoki, while Mr. Onigbinde, facilitated a session on “Using data to transform the news and provide insights."

In his opening remarks, the Country Senior Partner, PwC Nigeria, Mr. Uyi Akpata, noted that the annual workshop now in its fourth year with over 200 journalists benefiting from the training, is a major component of PwC’s Corporate Responsibility strategy.

“It was instituted in recognition of the very important role of the media in society and particularly, the role that the media in Nigeria has and continues to play in informing and educating the public,” he said.

Akpata also explained that PwC support for the media through this workshop and the media excellence award is in line with their purpose which is to build trust in society and solve important problems.

“It is a demonstration of our strong belief that for the Nigerian people to enjoy good governance, the media must perform its role optimally and professionally and this is reflected in the quality of reporting, in the capacity of individual journalists to carry out research and investigations, in the independence of editorial judgments, and in their ability to use technology as an enabler,” he assured.

Further, ITRealms reports that the capacity enhancement workshop precedes the Award Gala Night for the announcement of winners of this year’s PwC Media Excellence Awards which is scheduled to hold on Friday 6th October 2017 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos. 

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Authentic! Flavour, Phyno to headline @Yudala Zero Gravity

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It is now authentic that the superstar artistes, namely Flavour and Phyno will be headlining acts for a mega digital entertainment concert tagged Yudala Zero Gravity billed to commence at the Landmark Event Centre, Oniru - Lagos on October 2^nd 2016, reports ITRealms.

Also expected to kick off with a contemporary music blast, the Yudala Zero Gravity promises a mega three-city dual concert featuring also the best artistes in Nigerian hip-hop and Rock Gospel, as they will use the platform to launch new hit tracks.

“It is a platform to see and hear it first,” our source declared to ITRealms.

Equally, loaded with surprises and other side attractions Yudala Zero Gravity has lots in store from Africa’s pioneer composite e-commerce outfit Yudala and New Concept Media Group (NCMG) at this inaugural edition of Yudala Zero Gravity.

Flavour has enjoyed widespread fame and global reckoning as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and performer of note. Flavour is popularly known across Africa and the world for a plethora of hit songs including Nwa Baby, Wake Up and Ada Ada, among many others. In 2005, he released his self-titled debut album N'abania. In 2010, Flavour released his second studio album Uplifted. It was supported by the singles Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix), Adamma, and Oyi Remix. The album's success made Flavour one of Africa's most sought-after artistes. He has also gone ahead to add two more successful studio albums – Blessed released in 2012 and Thankful (2014) to his collection of efforts.

Unarguably one of the best rappers in the game at the moment, Phyno started his musical career as a producer in 2003. Renowned for blending Igbo and English languages in his rap, Phyno released his debut studio album No Guts No Glory in 2014 which produced the singles Ghost Mode, Man of the Year, Parcel and O Set. Phyno also successfully released a collaborative album with Olamide titled 2 Kings in April 2015. Plans for the album were first announced in January 2014 by both rappers via social media. As a producer, Phyno has worked with artistes such as Timaya, Flavour, Ruggedman, Bracket, J Martins and Mr Raw.

This inaugural edition of Yudala Zero Gravity will hold in three cities – Lagos, Abuja and Enugu. Each city will host two concerts: a Contemporary Nigerian music blast and a Rock Gospel concert. Zero Gravity will witness pure acoustics and live performances from the best Nigerian artistes in both genres of music. 

As an initiative to reward customers, free tickets will be delivered to Yudala customers for purchases made from August 1st 2016 online or in any Yudala Experience Store nationwide. Customers will also be upgraded to VIP or VVIP on the basis of further purchases which may take them to the threshold for these categories. Also 100 free tickets are on offer for a lucky few who text their name and email address only to 08027829123

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