The United Nations Security Coordination Officer, Francis T.
Okoemu, has confirmed his attendance at the News Express 5th Anniversary
Lecture holding on Thursday, September 28, 2017, at Sheraton Hotel &
Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, reports ITRealms.
Mr. Okoemu, a counter-terrorism expert who worked in the
United Kingdom before joining the UN staff,, confirmed his attendance in an
e-mail message to News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna. A statement issued on
Saturday by Umunna quoted him as saying: “Yes, I will be in Nigeria for the
News Express 5th Anniversary Lecture. It is something I want to be part of because
News Express is a paper for which I have great respect.”
A widely travelled Nigerian expatriate, Mr. Okoemu holds a
BA Degree in Contemporary Military and International History, a Master’s Degree in Terrorism and Security
Studies, and PGD in Intelligence and Security Studies, both awarded by the University of Salford,
Manchester, UK. He has attended counter-terrorism courses in Israel, the United
States of America, and other security courses in the UK, which include close
protection, intelligence gathering and terrorism threat and response. He is a
member of the UK’s Security Industry Authority (SIA) and was Chairman/CEO,
Blackwell Security Consultancy, UK Ltd, before he was hired by the UN in 2015.
Mr. Okoemu joins a growing list of important personalities
who have confirmed attendance at the News Express 5th Anniversary Lecture. The
Guest Speaker, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, Executive Governor of Niger State,
will speak on “National Unity and the Demand for Restructuring — A Governor’s
Perspective”.
The Lecture, starting from 12 p.m. prompt, will be chaired
by Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman of foremost Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) Company, Zinox Technologies Ltd., and pioneer of online
publishing in Nigeria.
News Express, which debuted on August 29, 2012, is one of
Nigeria’s 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.
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