Editors shift annual conference to Nov 12-13 in Abuja

•Tinubu assures of attendance arsenic peculiar impermanent of honour

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the elite nonrecreational assemblage of managing directors, editors of print, online, quality agencies and broadcast organisations, has announced a displacement of its All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) 2025 to November 12–13, 2025.

The Guild said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has fixed his committedness to state the league unfastened connected November 12, 2025 arsenic Special Guest of Honour successful Abuja.

In a property connection by Eze Anaba and Onuoha Ukeh, President and General Secretary respectively, the NGE said the day alteration was owed to circumstances beyond its control. The media assemblage apologised to its members, invited guests, and the wide nationalist for immoderate inconvenience the alteration whitethorn cause.
The Guild said the league venue remains Abuja, and assured that the lawsuit volition beryllium a veritable level to dissect issues that would prolong nationalist cohesion and improvement successful the country.

According to the statement, “The Standing Committee of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) regrets to pass members, invited guests and the wide nationalist that owed to circumstances beyond its control, the All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) 2025 has been shifted to November 12–13, 2025. The venue remains the aforesaid (Abuja).

“We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this alteration of day whitethorn origin you. We committedness that contempt the alteration of date, ANEC 2025 volition beryllium a credible level to sermon and proffer solutions to issues pertaining to nationalist improvement and cohesion.

“President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, volition state the league open, portion dignitaries from government, academia, media, the organised backstage sector, and the diplomatic corps are expected to attend.”

The taxable of the league remains: “Democratic Governance and National Cohesion: The Role of Editors,” with the sub-theme: “Electoral Integrity and Trust Deficit: What Nigerians Expect successful 2027.” The NGE said determination volition beryllium a keynote code connected the taxable and sub-theme, with different engaging papers to beryllium delivered implicit the 2 days.

Among the papers to beryllium delivered are: “Election Disputes and Judicial Integrity: Navigating the Thin Line Between Law and Politics” by Prof Awa Kalu, SAN, Managing Partner, Awa Kalu & Partners;
“State of the Nation: Imperative of Economic and Political Reforms successful a Challenged Nation” by Prof Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim, HOD, Political Science and International Relations, University of Abuja.

“The Evolving Face of Journalism: Battling Misinformation, AI Disruption, and Credibility Gap” by Prof Abiodun Adeniyi, Dean, School of Post-Graduate Studies, Baze University; “Media, Terrorism, and National Security: Addressing the Complexities” by Gen. Lucky Irabor (retd), erstwhile Chief of Defence Staff.

An Executive Session connected the 2nd time volition let editors to interrogate authorities officials, governmental and concern leaders.

ANEC is held annually for editors to code and sermon nationalist issues with social, economic, and governmental consequences successful Nigeria. This year’s ANEC is expected to pull nary less than 500 editors and media executives to Abuja, providing a level to research ways to beforehand nationalist improvement and cohesion done liable and responsive journalism.

The station Editors displacement yearly league to Nov 12-13 successful Abuja appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.