Photo News: Ray Ekpu @70

Mr Ray Ekpu

Mr Ray Ekpu at his 70th Birthday Colloquium at the Agip Recital Hall, Muson Center, Onikan Lagos on the 6th of August, 2018.

Photo: Ayodele Efunla

Mr Ray Ekpu at his 70th Birthday Colloquium at the Agip Recital Hall, Muson Center, Onikan Lagos on the 6th of August, 2018.
Photo: Ayodele Efunla

By Funmilola Olukomaiya

Co-founder of Newswatch magazine and ace journalist, Mr Ray Ekpu on Monday 6th August 2018, celebrated his 70th birthday and 45 years of being a journalist par excellence.

His birthday was marked with a colloquium tagged “Nigeria: The Leadership Question”, which was put together in his honour to interrogate leadership challenges in Nigeria, a topic very dear to his heart.

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The event had in attendance representatives of the governors of Lagos and Akwa Ibom states respectively, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Prof Pat Utomi, Hon Dubem Onyia, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi and a host of other notable dignitaries both in the media and the political sphere.

See photos of some of the dignitaries and discussants present at the event below:

Rt Hon Dubemi Onyia, former Minister of State Foreign Affairs.
Mrs Elu Ray Mbakwe, daughter of Mr Ray Ekpu.
Mrs Edikan Ray Osho, daughter of Mr Ray Ekpu.
Mr Sam Omatseye,Chairman, Editorial Board, The Nations Newspaper.
Mr Mfoniso Ray Ekpu, Son of Mr Ray Ekpu
Chief Tola Adeniyi, Chief Oluegun Osoba, Mr Sam Amuka, Mr and Mrs Ekpu; Mr Victor Attah.
Mr and Mrs Ray Ekpu with co-founders of Newswatch Magazine.
Chief Olusegun Osoba
Mr Ray Ekpu giving his remarks during his 70th Birthday Colloquium.

Photos: Ayodele Efunla

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