Tinubu, govs, media leaders to attend Editors Conference in Abuja on Wednesday

The 21st All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) will hold at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, from Wednesday, November 12, 2025.

Expected at the two-day conference are President Bola Tinubu, who will declare it open at State House Conference Centre, governors, media leaders, members of the diplomatic corps the academia and other dignitaries.

A statement issued by the NGE President, Eze Anaba, and General Secretary, Onuoha Ukeh, no fewer than 500 editors from across the country will attend the conference.

The Guild said the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad Abubakar, and the Chairman of Arise New and This Day newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, will be chairman of conference, while Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma will be keynote speaker.

The NGE stated that Governors Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Caleb Muftwang (Plateau), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), and Abba Kabir Yusuf (Kano), among others, are also billed for the conference.

Tinubu, Sultan, Uzodimma, others to headline editors’ conference in Abuja

Media leaders, including the former governor of Ogun State, Segun Osoba; Onyema Ugochukwu; the former Special Adviser to late President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina; and the Special Assistant to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu; among others, are expected to attend the conference.

The statement said that popular lawyer, Prof Awa Kalu (SAN), will address the conference on Wednesday on the topic, “Election Disputes and Judicial Integrity: Navigating the Thin Line Between Law and Politics”.

Prof Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim, HOD, Political Science and International Relations, University of Abuja, will take the stage thereafter to speak on “State of the Nation: Imperative of Economic and Political Reforms in Challenged Nation.”

On the second day of the conference on November 13, 2025 at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Conference Centre, former Chief of Defence State, Gen Lucky Irabor, will speak on “Media, Terrorism, and National Security: Addressing the Complexities,” while Prof Abiodun Adeniyi, Dean, School of Post-Graduate Studies, Baze University, Prof Abiodun Adeniyi, will talk about “The Evolving Face of Journalism: Battling Misinformation, AI Disruption, and Credibility Gap.”

The NGE said that there will be an Executive Session on the second day of the conference, where editors will interrogate government officials, political and business leaders.

The Star