By Our Correspondents
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The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the elite professional body of Managing Directors, Directors of News and Editors of print, broadcast and corporate online organisations, will hold its 2025 All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) from November 3-6, 2025 at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
According to a statement on Sunday by Eze Anaba and On-uoha Ukeh, NGE President and General Secretary, respectively, the annual conference, which will be declared open by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has as its theme: ‘Democratic Governance and National Cohesion: The Role of Editors.’
The conference’s sub-theme will focus on “Electoral Integrity and Trust Deficit: What Nigerians Expect in 2027.’
The statement said that the conference will examine the role of editors in promoting demo-cratic governance and national cohesion.
The Guild added that the con-ference will discuss “challenges and opportunities facing editors in promoting democratic values and national cohesion. “
The statement also said that the 2025 ANEC will also be “identifying best practices and strategies for ed-itors to promote democratic gover-nance and national cohesion.”
On the background to the conference, the Guild said that President Tinubu, leaders of the opposition political parties in the country and major stakeholders have “consistently emphasised the importance of media support in the promotion of the bonds that unite Nigeria’s diverse popula-tions, fostering a sense of unity, and collective purpose despite po-litical, ethnic, religious, cultural differences.”
The Guild said that in the face of socio-economic challenges, “there is need for unity in diversity, shared values, inclusion, dialogue and understanding, which would go a long way in bringing about national cohesion.”
The NGE said that the con-ference, on the first day, would have an opening ceremony to be attended by President Tinubu; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Minis-ter of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, other ministers, governors, members of the diplomatic corps and the organised private sector.
The conference will also fea-ture a keynote address on the theme and other papers, such as: ‘Election Disputes and Judicial In-tegrity: Navigating the Thin Line Between Law and Politics’, and the ‘State of the Nation: Imperative of Economic and Political Reforms in Challenged Nation.’
Other papers include: ‘The Evolving Face of Journalism: Bat-tling Misinformation, AI Disrup-tion, and Credibility Gap’; ‘Media, Terrorism, and National Security: Addressing the Complexities’ and ‘Wealth Beyond the Newsroom: Investment Opportunities for Ed-itors After Call of Duty.’
The statement said that over 500 media professionals from with-in and outside the country would attend the conference, which is taking place in the FCT for the second time in 12 years.
