Former CBN Deputy Governor Tunde Lemo to chair 8th Penpushing Media anniversary lecture - ITREALMS

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Tunde Lemo, has accepted to serve as the Chairman of the 8th annual anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media, scheduled to hold on July 23, 2026, at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, reports ITREALMS.

The Chairperson of the Anniversary Lecture Planning Committee, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, disclosed this during a media briefing, confirming that Dr. Lemo has pledged to be physically present at the high-profile media gathering.

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.” 

Cybersecurity experts to feature @Realnews 13th anniversary lecture - ITREALMS

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Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited has unveiled the panelists for its 13th Anniversary Lecture Series scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, starting at 10:00am. 

The panel will engage the theme: “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda 2063 in Africa.”

Jonathan to lead NCDMB Nigerian content lecture series - ITREALMS

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Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will headline the inaugural edition of the Nigerian Content Academy Lecture Series launched by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to deepen discourse and strategic thinking around local content growth in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, reports ITREALMS.

The lecture series, ITREALMS gathered, is organised by the Nigerian Content Academy, a specialised training and knowledge unit of NCDMB, is designed to provide thought leadership and human capacity development for the energy sector. It will run for twelve consecutive weeks, with each session addressing topical issues in the industry and proposing innovative strategies for sustainable local content advancement.

CBN Governor champions next-gen leadership with new national lecture series - ITREALMS

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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, will deliver a landmark lecture at Lagos Business School on Friday, October 3, 2025.

The lecture, titled “Next Generation Leadership in Monetary Policy & Nation Building,” marks the launch of the CBN Governor’s Lecture Series, the first in a series of thought-leadership discourses to be held in collaboration with leading tertiary institutions across the country over the next three years.

3rd Lateef Jakande Memorial Lecture set for July 23 - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) is set to host the 3rd Lateef Jakande Memorial Lecture, scheduled to take place on July 23, 2025 in the city of Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

The Standing Committee of NGE, in a notice to members endorsed by the secretary general, Mr. Onuoha Ukeh, affirmed the 3rd Lateef Jakande Memorial Lecture, scheduled to take place on July 23, 2025.

Amb. Sarafa Tunji Isola to Chair 7th Penpushing lecture - ITREALMS

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The former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, has graciously accepted the role of chairman at the 7th anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media, scheduled for July 31, 2025, reports ITREALMS.

The event will take place at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

7th Penpushing anniversary lecture: Oby Ezekwesili to keynote - ITREALMS

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The founder, Human Capital Africa and a former Minister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has accepted the role of keynote speaker at the 7th annual lecture of Penpushing Media, scheduled to hold July 31, 2025 at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential library, Abeokuta, reports ITREALMS.

Chairperson of the anniversary lecture, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi made this known while speaking with journalists, adding that Ezekwesili has equally confirmed to be physically present at the event.

ABoICT Lecture 2025 focuses on Governance, Standardization in Artificial Intelligence Era - ITREALMS

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This year’s Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership lecture will focus on Governance, Standardization and cybersecurity in artificial intelligence era.

The lecture which will herald Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards (ABoICT Lecture 2025) hold on May 24, 2025 at Four Points by Sheraton.

Shell commends Oloibiri Lecture Series as platform for change - ITREALMS

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One of the sponsors of the Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (OLEF), the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo,) has commended OLEF for driving change in Nigeria’s energy sector through discussions that centre on business performance, cost discipline and process simplification, reports ITREALMS.

“This event is special to the Shell brand, not only because of the nostalgia of Oloibiri but the quality of discourse it has enabled in our sector over the years,” SNEPCO Managing Director Ronald Adams said in a goodwill speech delivered by General Manager, Wells and Geosciences Operations Joe Mordi. He said: “We are grateful to the Society of Petroleum Engineers and our host the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) for another successful outing.”

Organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Council, the Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum began in 1991, in commemoration of the country’s first commercial oil discovery by Shell at Oloibiri, Bayelsa State, in 1956. Ronald said recent developments in the Upstream and Downstream sectors of the energy industry, including the $5-billion final investment decision by Shell in the Bonga North Deepwater project echoed the sentiments around the first oil discovery.

“These strides come with a commitment to excellence required of us – for stakeholders, colleagues, our country and indeed, future generations. The theme for this year ‘Driving energy sustainability through technology, policy and supply chain excellence’ reflects this commitment. The future is bright, and we have the opportunity to co-create it.”

Fubara, Daniel, Bode George, Olubolade, Gani Adams, others for Freedom Online’s 6th Yearly Lecture Thursday - ITREALMS

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The Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, would this Thursday, deliver the 6th yearly lecture of Freedom Online newspaper in Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

A statement by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the online newspaper, Gabriel Akinadewo, informed ITREALMS that while Fubara is the Special Guest Speaker, former Governor of Ogun State and Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, is the Keynote Speaker of the lecture with the theme: 'Nigeria’s Socio-Political Challenges: Whose Fault, Leaders or the Led?'

Eminent personalities for Gavel annual lecture - ITREALMS

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A set of eminent personalities will on Friday November 29 engage in the discourse on how to bring back the confidence of Nigerians in the nation's judiciary.

The event, the Gavel International Annual Lecture with the theme: “The Judiciary as the last hope of the common man, media and legal perspectives” will be hosting Prof Hope Eghagha, Mr. Richard Akinnola, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN, Mrs. Joke Layi-Babatunde, and Mrs. Asabe Waziri as the panel discussants. The panel will be coordinated by Chief Anthony George-Ikoli SAN.

Keynote speaker arrives for Realnews 12th anniversary lecture - ITREALMS

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The Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South based in Rabat, Morocco, Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, who is the keynote speaker at the Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture, has arrived in Lagos, aboard Air Maroc on Monday, November 18, 2024, reports ITREALMS.

El Aynaoui who was accompanied by Abdelhak Bassou, senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, Rabat, Morocco is also the Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster.

Bluechip companies support Realnews @12th anniversary lecture - ITREALMS

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A number bluechip companies and organisations have signed up support for the hosting of the Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture at the Sheraton Hotel on Tuesday, November 19, starting at 10 am.

The organisations include the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Shell Nigeria, the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Zenith, and Access Bank Plc.

Hamzat, Abiru lead speakers @TheGazelleNews annual public lecture - ITREALMS

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Leading online newspaper, TheGazelleNews, is set to host its annual public lecture on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Isaac John Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

This year’s lecture will focus on a topic of crucial national importance: “Poverty Alleviation: Fantasies, Expectations, and Realities of People’s Empowerment.”

Confirmed! Eyong, El Aynaoui, Bala Usman, Tijjani for Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture - ITREALMS

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Prominent Africans have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture on Tuesday, November 19, at the Sheraton Hotel starting at 10 am. They include Ms. Beatrice Eyong, UN Women's Country Representative; Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South, Rabat, Morocco; Mrs. Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria on Policy and Coordination as well as the Head, Central Delivery Coordination and Engr. Shehu Tijjani, Managing Director, Amal Technologies Ltd.

Ms. Eyong, a Cameronian national, will chair the lecture that will be delivered by Ambassador Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, former chief of staff of former President Muhammadu Buhari and former Permanent Representative of Nigeria at the United Nations. She will also moderate the discussion session featuring Bala Usman who doubles as a special guest and discussant along with Tijanni. El Aynaoui will also keynote the Lecture.

In her acceptance message dated September 10, 2024, Eyong, who has has over 35 years professional working experience in the international organisations in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, said: “I intend to attend the lecture…”

She holds a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Extension from the University of Reading, United Kingdom; a Diploma in Women, Extension workers and Agriculture from the Larenstein International
Agricultural College – Deventer, the Netherlands; and a Diploma in Integrated Rural Development, from the Pan African Institute for Development West Africa, Buea – Cameroon.

Also, El Aynaoui from Morocco, emailed on May 10, 2024, stating: “Thank you very much for your very kind invitation which I accept gladly. I am very honored”. He is also executive vice-president of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics, and Social Sciences Cluster, and an economist. From 2005 to 2012, he worked at the Central Bank of Morocco where he held the position of Director of Economics, Statistics, and International Relations. At the Central Bank of Morocco, he was in charge of the Research Department and equally a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Previously, he worked for eight years at the World Bank as an Economist for its regional units in the Middle East and North Africa, and Africa.

Karim El Aynaoui has published books and journal articles on macroeconomic issues in developing countries.

On her part, Bala Usman, who has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Master's degree in Development Studies from the University of Leeds , UK, sent a message on July 13, 2024, stating: “I will be there and I have sent to my team to schedule”. Bala Usman was the former managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), an activist and a politician.

Similarly, Tijjani, described as a technologist, innovator, visionary leader and entrepreneur dedicated to transforming Nigeria’s technological landscape, said in his message: “Thank you for
the honour. I shall be in attendance by the grace of God.” Tijjani is a first class graduate in Information Technology and Business Information Systems from Middlesex University with a
background in hardware and firmware engineering.

The management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online, had announced the lecture would be on “Africa in World Shifting Geopolitics: Matters Arising on Demography, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Resources.”

Maureen Chigbo, the publisher of Realnews, said there will be an induction of all the speakers into The 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 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 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 actually 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.”

Realnews Anniversary Lecture Series was established to commemorate the best minds in our society and to tap from them to enrich the discourse in our national development.

Realnews Anniversary Lecture Series was established to commemorate the best minds in our society and to tap from them to enrich the discourse in our national development.

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 10 th
Anniversary lecture in 2022 on “Drug Abuse among Youths in Africa: Implication for Nigerian Economy and 2023 Elections” was delivered by Brig General Buba Marwa, Chairman, and Chief
Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA; 9 th 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; 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 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).

Ambassador Gambari to deliver Realnews 12th annual lecture - ITREALMS

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The management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online, has revealed that His Excellency, Ambassador Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, and former Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will deliver the Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture.

The lecture on “Africa in World Shifting Geopolitics, Matters Arising on Democracy, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Resources” will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.

Anti-Igbo narratives: FOSAD berates Prof Ahmed Bako's inaugural lecture @UDUS - ITREALMS

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... Says Bako misrepresented facts, engaged in Igbo profiling

The Forum of Southeast Academic Doctors (FOSAD) has berated supposed professor of history, Ahmed Bako, over his largely misrepresentation of facts during the 50th inaugural lecture, entitled "The Igbo Factor in the History of Intergroup Relations and Commerce in Kano: Opportunities and Challenges Revisited," delivered recently at the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS), reports ITREALMS.

According to FOSAD President and Secretary General, Dr Stephen Nwala and Dr Uzor Ngoladi, respectively, in a press statement available to ITREALMS as endorsed by Research & Documentation Team of the group made up of Dr Chudi Okoye, Dr Marcel Mbamalu and Dr Chris Belonwu, Professor Bako largely misrepresented historical facts at various points in his lecture, and also engaged in typical Igbo profiling, teasing a xenophobic position that negates the integrative spirit of the Nigerian constitution.

Prof. Bako and embarrassing totemic lecture by Prof. Chidi Odinkalu - ITREALMS

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To all those who have offered up views on Prof Bako's Inaugural Lecture, I am Chidi Anselm Odinkalu.

I was honestly minded to un-look after reading it twice for reasons that will follow shortly. But given the depth of your effort, I want to offer a limited and deliberately narrow complement.

For a relatively short-ish Inaugural Lecture delivered on the eve of retirement after nearly 45 years teaching and researching Nigerian history, this text is riddled with distressing errors of text, context, sub-text, and texture.