Some bluechip companies and organisations have indicated their support for the hosting of the Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture, scheduled to hold at the Sheraton Hotel November 19.
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.
Publisher of the Realnews, Maureen Chigbo said that the theme of Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture is “Africa in World Shifting Geopolitics: Matters Arising on Democracy, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Resources”.
According to her, the Lecture will be chaired by Ms. Beatrice Eyong, Country Chair, UN Women, and will be delivered by Ambassador Professor Ibrahim Gambari, former Chief of Staff of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President of Policy Center for New South, Rabat, Morocco, will keynote the conference.
Chigbo said that the lecture will be held at the Sheraton Hotel by 10 am and will feature Mrs. Hadiza Bala Usman as the Special Guest/discussant along with Engr. Shehu Tijjani, Managing Director, Amal Technology Ltd.
She said that there will be an investiture 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.
Maureen Chigbo said that Realnews is a general interest magazine, and 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 influence the government and decision-makers to take actions that will make society better.”
Meanwhile, the publisher has expressed gratitude to the organisations that have indicated their willingness to support this year’s lecture series, praying 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.
“Without their support, we would not have remained in business all through the years to do what we love best – investigative journalism.”
