By Bisi Bamishe
THE Management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online, has announced that Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, Chairman, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, will deliver the Realnews 13th Anniversary Lecture.
The lecture on “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda 2063 in Africa” will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
Dr. Aliyu’s acceptance to deliver the lecture was communicated to Realnews in an email in March 2025. Also, in a reply to Realnews reminder letter on October 31, 2025, Dr. Aliyu replied stating: “I will attend by God’s grace”.
Dr. Aliyu was appointed chairman of the ICPC by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on October 17, 2023. A barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, he reached the zenith of his legal profession for the desired Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank on October 12, 2023.
Before his appointment, Aliyu served his home state as the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Jigawa State, Nigeria (2019-2023), where he engineered several reforms in the justice sector, promoted the rights of women and children, and laid a solid foundation for transparency and accountability in governance with spearheading the establishment of public complaints and an anti-corruption commission in Jigawa state, Nigeria. He collaborated closely with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Aliyu has served in various capacities, including as a lecturer at Jigawa State College of Islamic Legal Studies, Ringim, and the Faculty of Law, Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria. He has published in national and international journals and presented academic papers at conferences both locally and internationally.
His few months in the Commission are marked by exemplary leadership that carries ICPC to higher heights and hangs it in the place of honour and dignity. He is a rule-of-law-compliant leader who always upholds ethical standards and international best practices in the Commission’s work. This has continued to attract respect, admiration, and high-level partnership deals with critical stakeholders in the country.
Born in Birnin-Kudu town of Jigawa State, Nigeria, on December 27, 1977, Aliyu attended Central Primary School, Birnin-Kudu, Jigawa State, Nigeria (1983 – 1989) and Government College Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria (1990 – 1995) for his secondary education.
Dr. Aliyu’s educational journey includes an LL.B from Bayero University, Kano State, Nigeria (1998-2003), B.L from the Nigerian Law School (2003-2004), LL.M from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria (2006-2011), and a PhD in Law from the Universiti Utara, Malaysia (2016-2019).
The lecture will be chaired by Hon. Justice Ayotunde Phillips, former Chief Judge of Lagos State and former Chairman of Lagos State Independent Electoral, will also moderate the panel session.
Realnews, a general interest magazine, is an online publication that thrives on investigative journalism. We have expertise in reporting on 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 the 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.
Realnews is populated by seasoned journalists who believe strongly in the tenets and ethics of the profession. The online publication believes 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. Its editors have a combined experience of several decades in active journalism practice and are highly dedicated to serving humanity. Hence its motto: “For God and Humanity.”
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 12th Anniversary Lecture was delivered by Ambassador Prof Ibrahim Gambari, former Chief of Staff to late President Muhammadu Buhari, on “Africa in World Shifting Geopolitics, Matters Arising on Democracy, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Resources”. The 11th Anniversary Lecture in 2023 on The Threats of Illicit Funds Flow to the African Economy was delivered by Dr. Edwin W. Harris Jr., Director-General, ECOWAS Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA). The 10th Anniversary lecture in 2022 on “Drug Abuse among Youths in Africa: Implication for Nigerian Economy and 2023 Elections” was delivered by Brig General Buba Marwa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA; the 9th Anniversary Lecture of Realnews in 2021 was delivered by Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board on “Nigeria in the Unfolding Integration of the African Market: The Oil and Gas Perspective”; 2020 Eighth Anniversary Lecture of Realnews was delivered by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 on Managing COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: The Nigeria Experience; Former President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana gave the 2019 Lecture on Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa while Prof. Mahmood Yakubu spoke on Political Transitions and Africa’s Economic Development: Preparations for Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections at the 2018 Lecture. The 2017 Fifth Anniversary Lecture on African Leadership in a Turbulent Era was delivered by Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education and former World Bank Vice President. The 2016 Fourth Anniversary Lecture on Security and National Development in Plural Democratic Society was delivered by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, former United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative to West Africa and Sahel; the 2015 Realnews Third Anniversary Lecture was delivered by Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on November 19, 2015, under the theme: It’s The Nigerian Economy, Stupid? The Second Realnews Anniversary Lecture on Nigerian Democracy: Getting it Right in 2014 was delivered by Professor Maurice Iwu, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
