The Management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online, has announced that Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), will deliver the Realnews 13th Anniversary Lecture.
The anniversary lecture, titled “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda 2063 in Africa,” is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.
Dr. Aliyu confirmed his participation in an email to Realnews in March 2025, and further reaffirmed his commitment in response to a reminder letter on October 31, 2025, 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. It has expertise in reporting on the oil and gas sector with its attendant environmental challenges. The magazine aims to unearth exclusive stories about real people and the challenges they face in their day-to-day activities.
Realnews Anniversary Lecture Series was established to commemorate the best minds in the society and to tap from them to enrich the discourse in 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”.
