- Safiu Kehinde
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Aliyu (SAN), is set to deliver the Realnews 13th Anniversary Lecture.
This was confirmed in a statement issued on Monday by the management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online,
According to the stateement, Aliyu will be speaking on the topic “Cybersecurity, Illicit Financial Flows and Achieving Agenda 2063 in Africa” at the event slated to at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
The lecture will be chaired by Hon. Justice Ayotunde Phillips, former Chief Judge of Lagos State and former Chairman of Lagos State Independent Electoral, will also moderate the panel session.
The ICPC Chairman’s acceptance to deliver the lecture was communicated to Realnews in an email in March 2025.
Also, in a reply to Realnews reminder letter on October 31, 2025, Dr. Aliyu replied stating: “I will attend by God’s grace”.
As profiled in the statement, Aliyu was appointed chairman of the ICPC by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on October 17, 2023.
A barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, he reached the zenith of his legal profession for the desired Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank on October 12, 2023.
Before his appointment, Aliyu served his home state as the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Jigawa State, Nigeria (2019-2023), where he engineered several reforms in the justice sector, promoted the rights of women and children.
The ICPC boss was said to have laid a solid foundation for transparency and accountability in governance with spearheading the establishment of public complaints and an anti-corruption commission in Jigawa state, Nigeria.
Aliyu has served in various capacities, including as a lecturer at Jigawa State College of Islamic Legal Studies, Ringim, and the Faculty of Law, Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria.
He has published in national and international journals and presented academic papers at conferences both locally and internationally.
His few months in the Commission are marked by exemplary leadership that carries ICPC to higher heights and hangs it in the place of honour and dignity.
Dr. Aliyu’s educational journey includes an LL.B from Bayero University, Kano State, Nigeria (1998-2003), B.L from the Nigerian Law School (2003-2004), LL.M from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria (2006-2011), and a PhD in Law from the Universiti Utara, Malaysia (2016-2019).