The 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture will hold on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at the Main Hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, the organisers said Friday in a statement.
The Lecture, according to News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna, โwill focus attention on Nigeriaโs economic cum developmental challenges and the way out.โ The theme, he said, is โGetting Nigeria Out of the Woods โ A New Thinkingโ.
โAn array of experts in various fields of endeavour to be unveiled in the days ahead will tackle the issue from different perspectives,โ Umunna said.
Some guests at last year’s edition
He further said: โAs was the case with previous yearsโ editions, the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture will attract top government functionaries, industry and religious leaders, professional groups and diverse sectoral 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.โ
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 โAfricaโs Bill Gatesโ, Mr Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman of Zinox Technologies Ltd and Konga.
News Express, which debuted on August 29, 2012, is one of Nigeriaโs 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.