The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria, OPAN, Nigeria’s premier association of digital/new media publishers and entrepreneurs held its maiden Annual New Media Conference (#OPANMC2018) on February 6, 2018 at The Wheatbaker hotel in Ikoyi-Lagos.
The Austyn Ogannah-led OPAN hosted some leading personalities across the media, politics and business sectors. They are Dapo Olorunyomi, Publisher of Premium Times, Adesuwa Onyenokwe, Publisher/Editor-In-Chief TW Magazine, Bolaji Abdullahi – National Publicity Secretary, APC, Kola Olagbondiya – National Publicity Secretary, PDP, Richard Mofe-Damijo – Actor/former Commissioner for Culture & Tourism, Delta State, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, Speaker Emeritus, Delta State House of Assembly, Mustapha Chike-Obi, Former MD, AMCON and Executive Vice Chairman, Alpha African Advisory, Chude Jideonwo – Founder of Joy, Inc., Ismaeel Ahmed, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Social Investments), Hakeem Adeniji-Adele – Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Nigeria, Ono Bello – New Media Entrepreneur, Founder, OnoBello.com, Makinde Azeez – Founder, Naijaloaded.com, Olubukola Karibi-Whyte– CEO & Founder, Robert Taylor Media Ltd., Bode Olatoye – CEO at WebCoupers, Charles O’Tudor – Founder, ADSTRAT and Jehu Omoruku – CEO, Gold Touch Technologies Ltd amongst several others.
Moderators of the different discussion panels were Sulaiman Aledeh – Former Channel TV Anchor & Founder Aledeh.com, Yomi Owope – TV/Host & Communications Specialist, Titithedynamite Oyinsan – Host WakeUPNigeria Breakfast Show and Veronica Odeka – Founder, Vane Style.
The one-day interactive conference gathered together New Media practitioners – publishers, bloggers, PR consultants and social media influencers for the first time, who engaged in discussions centered on the conference’s theme “New Media As Future of the Fourth Estate”.
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Stephanie Coker-Aderinokun
Uche Nnaji
Ramon Nasir
Yomi Owope
Sulaiman Aledeh
Ismaeel Ahmed
Richard Mofe-Damijo
Christabel Iboh, Austyn Ogannah, Charles O’Tudor, Ono Bello, Sulaiman Aledeh & Peter Obiora.
Charles O’Tudor, Bode Olatoye, Titi Oyinsan, Jehu Omoruku & Hakeem Adeniji.
Dapo Olorunyomi, Bolaji Abdullahi, Adesuwa Onyenokwe & Kola Ologbondiyan.
Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei.
Tim Elombah, Jehu Omoruku, Daniel Elombah & Malizu Iwodoh
Odia Masade, Meka Oluwola & Charles O’Tudor.
Daniel Elombah, Mustapha Chike-Obi, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei,Veronica Odeka, Isichei Osamgbi & Chude Jideowo.
Yomi Owope & Azuka Ogujiuba
Sulaiman Aledeh, Bukky Karibe-Whyte, Konye Nwabogor, Latasha Ngwube & Onah Nwachukwu.
Albert Okumabga
Sindy Foster
Ono Bello
Bukky Karibi-Whyte
Makinde Azeez
Yomi Owope
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Richard Mofe-Damijo and Ono Bello
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