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Obi, Adegboruwa,
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Obi, Adegboruwa, Maidugu to headline 7th News Express
Anniversary Lecture
Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 polls, Mr.
Peter Obi, will headline the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture,
the organisers said in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos.
“We are pleased to announce His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi, as
the Special Guest of Honour and Guest Speaker at the 7th News
Express Anniversary Lecture holding on Thursday, November 14, 2019
at the Main Hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos.
“A man of great ideas and a globally sought-after speaker, Mr.
Obi will lead the array of experts who will tackle the Lecture
theme, “Getting Nigeria Out of the Woods – A New Thinking”, from
various perspectives,” News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna said in
the statement.
He announced the keynote speakers to include Eminent Lawyer and
celebrated Activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN; and Legal cum
Development Expert, Barrister Bashir Maidugu, a former National
Legal Adviser of PDP.
“We are grateful to these distinguished men of ideas for
accepting to dissect Nigeria’s economic cum developmental
challenges and propose the way out, during the 7th News Express
Anniversary Lecture,” Umunna said.
He further said: “As was the case with previous years’ editions,
the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture will attract top
government functionaries, industry and religious leaders,
professional groups and diverse sectorial leaders, among others. It
is a spectacular programme that commands public attention with
organisers creating hype pre-event, during and post events both in
the traditional and new media. It will also be streamed live to a
global audience and broadcast on News Express Digital TV.”
The statement identified past speakers at the News Express
Anniversary Lecture to include Special Adviser To The President On
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina; Governor Sani Bello of Niger
State, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director Hadiza Bala
Usman; and ‘Africa’s Bill Gates’, Mr. Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman of
Zinox Technologies Ltd and Konga.
News Express, which debuted on August 29, 2012, is one of Nigeria’s
most popular and influential online dailies. It is read by hundreds
of thousands of people around the world and records annual traffic
of upwards of 100 million.