Obaigbena, Osoba, Adetiba to Attend Dimgba lgwe Lecture

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

Media gurus, public relations and marketing giants as well as other eminent Nigerians will on Friday (tomorrow) gather to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Dimgba lgwe at The Colossus Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

 Igwe was the pioneer Deputy Editor of Weekend Concord and former Vice Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited, a statement by the organisers of the event said.

lgwe, also former Deputy General Overseer of Evangel Pentecostal Church, Okota, Lagos, died on September 6, 2014, aged 58. Born on May 16, 1956, he would have been 68 years old last May.

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of his passing, a committee of friends and mentees of lgwe has concluded arrangements for a public lecture scheduled to be delivered by veteran journalist, father of soft-sell journalism in Nigeria, and publisher of Prime People, Mr. Muyiwa Adetiba.

Titled: Tabloid Journalism: Yesterday, Today and The Future”, the public lecture will have as Chairman, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, Publisher of THISDAY Newspapers, Chairman and Owner of ARISE Television, and past President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN).

Former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, will be Special Guest of Honour. Another Special Guest of Honour is the matriarch of the lgwe Family,  Mrs. Obioma Dimgba-lgwe, who has gallantly held the forte since her husband, Dimgba;lgwe, died.

Chairman of the Organising Committee,  Femi Adesina, former Special Adviser to former President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, said the epoch was conceptualised to celebrate the gigantic contributions of the late lgwe to Nigerian journalism.

He noted that there was the need to mark Igwe’s  unwavering commitment to good governance, public order, advancement of democracy, as well as general development of the country.

Adesina, a former Managing Director of The Sun and former President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) said: “This lecture is a celebration of a man, who, together with his ‘twin brother’, Chief Mike Awoyinfa, midwifed Nigeria’s first Saturday newspaper, Weekend Concord, at a time many had thought such novelty was impracticable in the country’s media space at the time.

“But they not only blazed the trail, they mentored a generation of journalists who have flown the flag very high in their different spheres of calling and influence in Nigeria, Africa and across the world.

“That is why we are celebrating him through this public lecture, which would be an annual event and it will get bigger with each year passing.”