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President Tinubu to Open All Nigerian Editors Conference Tomorrow
• Eze Anaba
All is set for the 21st All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) holding tomorrow in Abuja.
Expected at the two-day conference are President Bola Tinubu, who will declare it open at State House Conference Centre, Aso Villa, Abuja, governors, media leaders, members of the diplomatic corps,the academia and other dignitaries.
NGE President, Eze Anaba and General Secretary, Onuoha Ukeh, said that no fewer than 500 editors from across the country will attend the conference.
The Guild said that Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar and Prince Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman of Arise New and This Day newspaper, will be Chairman of conference, while Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, will be keynote speaker.
The statement said that Governors Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Caleb Muftwang (Plateau), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), and Abba Kabir Yusuf (Kano), among others, are also billed for the conference.
Media leaders, the likes of Chief Segun Osoba, former Governor of Ogun State; Chief Onyema Ugochukwu; Mr. Femi Adesina, former Special Adviser to the President (Muhammadu Buhari) on Media and Publicity; Mallam Garba Shehu, Special Assistant to the President (Muhammadu Buhari) on Media and Publicity; Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the National Coordinator of EITI implementation in Nigeria; and Mr. Ukpe Anietie, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Senate President, among others, are billed to attend the conference.
Publishers/Chairmen, Board of Directors of newspapers, Managing Directors/ Editors-in-Chief from newspaper and broadcast organizations, Chairmen of media organisation’s Editorial Boards, and top editors are already in Abuja for the conference, the Guild said.
With a theme, “Democratic Governance and National Cohesion: The Role of Editors,” and sub-theme: “Electoral Integrity and Trust Deficit: What Nigerians Expect in 2027,” the conference will examine the role of editors in promoting democratic governance and national cohesion, discuss challenges and opportunities facing editors in promoting democratic values and national cohesion and identify best practices and strategies for editors to promote democratic governance and national cohesion, the Guild said.
The statement said that Prof Awa Kalu, eminent lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Managing Partner, Awa Kalu & Partners, will address the conference.
Awa Kalu will speak on “Election Disputes and Judicial Integrity: Navigating the Thin Line Between Law and Politics, while 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 media professional body listed corporate organisations who are partners to include: Air Peace Airlines, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, as well as the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, among others.
Motorists endured hours of gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday after the Federal Government began two-week repairs on damaged expansion joints at the Kara Bridge.
The rehabilitation, which started on September 8 and is scheduled to run until September 22, involves replacing worn-out expansion joints that had exceeded their service life and posed safety risks. Work is being done in phases: one half of the affected section is closed at a time while traffic is controlled on the remaining lanes.
Traffic built up in the afternoon and stretched from the Kara Bridge in Ogun State to the 7Up Junction and beyond into Lagos, including areas around Secretariat, Ojota, Ikeja and the Otedola underpass. Security and traffic officials from the police, military, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Federal Road Safety Corps and Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps were deployed to manage the flow.
The Federal Ministry of Works said the intervention, directed by the Minister of Works, aims to improve road safety and preserve the bridge’s structural integrity. Authorities have advised motorists to plan journeys carefully, consider alternative routes where possible, and cooperate with traffic managers during the repair period.
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Abia ranks top in BudgIT 2026 report
The BudgIT 2026 Report ranked Abia second in aggregate revenue growth, third in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) growth, first in total expenditure growth, capital expenditure growth, and personnel expenditure growth
• Governor Otti
Abia state has emerged among the top-performing states in the 2026 BudgIT Report, covering 2017-2025.
The Abia State Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, who made the disclosure in Umuahia during a chat with newsmen, noted that the BudgIT 2026 Report ranked Abia second in aggregate revenue growth, third in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) growth, first in total expenditure growth, capital expenditure growth, and personnel expenditure growth.
The commissioner said the performance reflected the administration’s prudent and strategic management of public resources.
“Abia State’s combination of revenue mobilisation, capital investment expansion, and administrative cost restraint points to a story of adroit and prudent management of resources,” said Kanu .
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FG inaugurates Committee for nationwide activation of Nigeria’s unified 112 emergency number
Vice President Kashim Shettima, urged the committee to ensure its decisions were based on global best practices in order to develop a clear roadmap.
The Federal Government has set up a committee for the activation of the 112 national emergency number.
The committee comprises the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other relevant agencies.
NEC had recently approved 112 as Nigeria’s single universal toll-free emergency number to replace fragmented and slow response lines, with a view to eliminating bureaucratic red tape and allowing citizens easy access to rapid assistance during fires, accidents, medical crises or security breaches.
Addressing stakeholders during the National Emergency Number 112 Project meeting , yesterday, Vice President Kashim Shettima, urged the committee to ensure its decisions were based on global best practices in order to develop a clear roadmap.
He charged the committee to finalise the roadmap and standard operating procedures for formal NEC endorsement,
Shettima stressed the need to make significant progress, assuring stakeholders that resources would be made available to fund the process once progress became visible.
“Let’s make progress so that whatever time we have spent here is worth spending. And most importantly, the engine is finance. It is resources to drive the process. And I want to assure you that we will get the resources,” the Vice President stated.
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