Maureen Chigbo,Realnews Publisher
THE Management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews
Magazine Online, has selected “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda
2063 in Africa” as the topic for its 13th Anniversary Lecture Series coming up on November 19,
2025 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Isaac John, Ikeja, GRA, Nigeria
Time: 10 am prompt.
This is contained in a statement by Publisher Maureen Chigbo.
According to her,this year’s lecture series will be delivered by a seasoned anti-corruption expert with connections
to international and regional bodies like the African Union High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial.
Also, a revered Honorable Chief Justice with links to public institutions will chair the occasion,
an Ambassador of a very powerful country will keynote it, while experts and chief executives of
a FinTech company, bank, and cybersecurity will serve as discussants. Their names will be
announced soon.
The venue is the Radisson Blu Hotel, Isaac John, Ikeja, GRA, Lagos, by 10 am prompt.
We would appreciate it if you could block the date in your diary to be with us on that day.
Realnews, a general interest magazine, is an online publication that thrives on investigative
journalism. We have expertise in reporting on the business and economy, 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.
We are seasoned journalists who believe strongly in the tenets and ethics of the profession. We
sincerely believe 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. Our
editors have a combined experience of several decades in active journalism practice and are
highly dedicated to serving humanity. Hence our motto: For God and Humanity.
The 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.
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former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari (2024), and the 11th Anniversary Lecture
by Edwin Harris Jr., Director General of the ECOWAS Inter-Governmental Action Group
Against Money Laundering (GIABA) in 2023. Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Drug Abuse among
Youths in Africa: Implication for Nigerian Economy and 2023 Election, gave the lecture in 2022;
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 8th
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 7th 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 6th Lecture. The
2017 5th 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
4th 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; 2015 Realnews 3rd 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 2nd Realnews
Anniversary Lecture on Nigerian Democracy: Getting it Right in 2014 was delivered by
Professor Maurice Iwu, former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
