The Management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online, has selected “Managing COVID-19 Global Pandemic in Africa: The Nigeria Experience” as the theme for its Eighth Anniversary Lecture coming up on Thursday, November 19, 2020.

“This year’s lecture series will be delivered by a renowned top government official of an African country who played a key role in mapping out policies aimed at containing COVID-19 while a renowned chief executive officer of a national oil company and a New York-based medical doctor at the epicenter of the pandemic in US, will speak on the contributions of the oil sector and health workers in containing the pandemic, respectively. The event will equally be chaired by Chief Medical Director of one of the foremost Health Institutions in the country. We will announce their names and that of the Chief Host, who also played a key role in managing the pandemic in one of the epicentres in Nigeria, as the time of the lecture nears,” Realnews Publisher Maureen Chigbo said recently in Lagos.

She announced Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, as venue, adding: “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.”

She said that 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.”

The 2019 Seventh Anniversary Lecture of Realnews on “Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa” was delivered by Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama.