Managing Director of the NEDO Gas Development Company, Debo Fagbami, will chair the Realnews 14th Anniversary Lecture.
The lecture, titled: “Geopolitical Turbulence and Energy Security: Forging Strategic Opportunities for Africa,” will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Isaac John, Ikeja, GRA, Lagos, on Thursday, November 19, 2026.
Debo Fagbami
Fagbami’s acceptance to Chair the lecture was communicated to Realnews through his email message dated Wednesday, August 22, 2026, stating: “Consider this as a confirmation of my acceptance to chair the Anniversary Lecture of Realnews. Kindly keep me updated.”
Fagbami leads NEDO Gas Development Company, a Joint Venture gas development and infrastructure company established under one of NCDMB’s partnership initiatives. Debo holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ibadan and an Executive MBA from Henley Business School in the UK.
He has been an active volunteer for the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), where he served as Chairman of the Port Harcourt Section and as the 2019 Chair of the Nigerian Council. He is a past Council Member of the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA), where he served as the Publicity Secretary from 2014 to 2016. He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and registered with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
The managing director is an Executive Director at OIDA Energy and also sits on the Board of Siri Global Investment & Consultancy Company, a marginal field operator. He is a keen industry mentor who has mentored several young professional engineers across various disciplines and endeavours.
Realnews, a general interest magazine, is an online publication that thrives on investigative journalism. It also reports on the oil and gas sector with its attendant environmental challenges.
Realnews Anniversary Lecture Series was reportedly established to commemorate the best minds in the society and tap into them to enrich the discourse in our national development.
Dr. Musa Adamu (SAN), Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (2025), delivered the 13th Anniversary Lecture Series on “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda 2063 in Africa”.
