PROGRESSIVE MEDIA CELEBRATION! NIIA Hosts Rewane, Omajafor, Others…As Azuh Arinze Mark 3rd Yes Int’l Lecture in Style *Femi Adeshina, MD, SUN newspapers to unveil glossy ‘Yes Classics’ *High Octane Event slated for June 19 *Lecture Series/Cocktail Party follow in Sequence * “We’ll provide invited guests rare opportunity to relax, network and learn Biz Secret”

PROGRESSIVE MEDIA CELEBRATION!

NIIA Hosts Rewane, Omajafor, Others…As Azuh Arinze Mark 3^rd Yes Int’l Lecture in Style

*Femi Adeshina, MD, SUN newspapers to unveil glossy ‘Yes Classics’

*High Octane Event slated for June 19

*Lecture Series/Cocktail Party follow in Sequence

* “We’ll provide invited guests rare opportunity to relax, network and learn Biz Secret”-Arinze, Celebrant

BY KUNLE SAMUEL/SOCIETY REPORTER, LAGOS

AS you are reading this, plans are already concluded by Azuh Arinze, a celebrated society journalist, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL, a widely known Nigerian soft-sell weekly genre to ensuring all roads lead to Lagos for the 3rd anniversary lecture of his magazine. The Nigerian Instituteof International Affairs (NIIA), on Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island,Lagos, will play host to dignitaries from both the public and private sectorson Thursday, June 19, 2014 at the 3^rdAnnual YES INTERNATIONAL! Lecture Series/Cocktail Party.

About this Classic Ceremony

The high octane event, billed to start at 11am, will be chaired by Sir Steve Omojafor, the amiable Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc and STB-MaCANN.

According to the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine, Azuh

Arinze, the anniversary lecture, entitled: “Running A Successful Business In Nigeria: My Experience,” will be delivered by Mr. Bismarck Rewane, MD, Financial

Derivatives Company Limited, while Mr. Femi Adesina, MD/EIC, The Sun Newspapers,

will unveil their annual all-colour special edition, Yes Classics!

The Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, is the Special Guest of Honour. The duo of Apostle Anselm Madubuko, General Overseer, Revival Assembly and gifted

songbird, Essence will deliver the opening prayer and render the National Anthem, respectively.

There will also be short takes from the likes of Oba Adedokun Abolarin, Barristers James Okpara, Monday Ubani, Muiz Banire and Messrs. Seye Kehinde and Toni Kan.  Comedian

Gbenga Adeyinka will anchor it.

Wellu-Wellu crooner, Sammie Okposo and his X Generation band will be in charge of music at the event which over the years has attracted the likes of Prof. Pat Utomi, Mr. Udeme Ufot, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh and Apostle Helen

Ukpabio, among others.

In the words of Azuh: “Aside coming to rejoice with us on our third anniversary, the gathering will also provide our invited guests the rare opportunity to relax, network and learn more on how to successfully run businesses in Nigeria. All these will take place under a very conducive atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming all our guests on June 19”.