Some bluechip companies and organisations are supporting the hosting of the Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture.
According to the organisers of the annual event, the 12th edition will be held at Sheraton Hotel on November 19, 2024 starting at 10am.
The organisations backing the lecture this year include the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, Nigerian Ports Authority, Shell Nigeria, Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, Nigerian Communications Commission, Zenith Bank Plc, and Access Bank Plc.
Expressing Realnews’ appreciation to the organisations, its Publisher,Maureen Chigbo, prayed to God to bless them and give their management the wisdom 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 12 years, adding: “Without their support, we would not have remained in business all through the years to do what we love best – investigative journalism.”
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The theme of Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture is: “Africa in World Shifting Geopolitics: Matters Arising on Democracy, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Resources.”
The Lecture, which will be chaired by Beatrice Eyong, Country Chair, UN Women, will be delivered by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, former Chief of Staff of former President Muhammadu Buhari and Permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations from 1990 to 1999.
Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President of Policy Center for New South, Rabat, Morocco, will keynote the conference.
The lecture, which will be held at the Sheraton Hotel on November 19, 2024, starting from 10am, will feature Hadiza Bala-Usman as the Special Guest/Discussant along with Engr. Shehu Tijjani, Managing Director, Amal Technology Limited.
Chigbo said there will be an investiture of all the speakers into The Realnews Hall of Fame immediately after the Lecture.
She explained that the Realnews Hall of Fame was established to honour only those who play key roles during the anniversary lectures.