Perspectives on the Cost of Governance in a Democracy

PRESENTATION AT THE BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIA GUILD OF EDITORS BY: NASIR AHMAD EL-RUFAI, OFR THURSDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2011 A worthy opportunity I thank you for inviting me to this conference. I consider the invitation a worthy opportunity to be in the midst of distinguished gentlemen and ladies of the pen who literally have [...]

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Keynote: Deepening Our Democracy: Role of the Nigerian Editor

By Attahiru M. Jega, OFR Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) A Keynote Address at the 7th All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC, Benin 2011) on Thursday, September 22, 2011 Preamble Let me begin by thanking the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) for the choice of theme for this Conference, and for inviting me to share [...]

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Editors’ confab: Oshiomhole carpets FG, Jega hails media

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN-GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Thursday, at the Nigeria Guild of Editors, NGEs’ conference in Benin, said lack of democratic dividends for Nigerians was a great threat to the nation’s democracy. He warned that it would be difficult for democracy to be deepened in the country unless the Federal Government provides [...]

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2011 Guild of Editors’ confab begins in Benin

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN- As the seventh edition of the Guild of Editors conference kicks-off today in Benin City, Edo State, the Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, who received members of the Guild led by its President, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, at his palace, appealed to the Federal Government to find lasting solution to the problem of [...]

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MEDIA, LABOUR AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY

MEDIA, LABOUR AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY By Issa AremuCOMRADE ISSA AREMU MNI. GREETINGS AND APPRECIATIONI congratulate Nigeria’s Guild of Editors (NGE) under its 2008democratically constituted and democratically run Executives led by MrGbenga Adefaye of Vanguard newspapers NGE for its regular interactiveforum across the vast landscape of our great country. I bear witness o [...]

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Job loss, State of the economy worries editors

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), held its Standing Committeemeeting between June 18-20, 2009 in Awka, Anambra state. The meetingprovided opportunity for Editors to review the state of media practicein Nigeria, as wel l as the state of the nation. It also featured a resentation on  “The Media, Labour and Democracy” by the DeputyPresident of [...]

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WANTED: Deliverables and timelines

WANTED: Deliverables and timelines   By Gbenga Adefaye Protocols. It is indeed a great honour for me, on behalf of the executive and members of the Standing Committee of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, to welcome you all our distinguished editors of the Nigerian mass media _ in newspapers, magazines radio and television, online and [...]

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Infrastructure, Niger Delta key to realisation of Vision 20:20202 COMMUNIQUE

Infrastucture, Niger Delta key to realisation of Vision 20:20202 COMMUNIQUE OF THE NGE AT THE KADUNA ANEC APRIL 1-5, 2009   The 5th All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) held in Kaduna, Kaduna State, from April 1 to April 5, 2009, with the theme Vision 2020 Economic Growth and the Nigerian Editor.   Six paper presentations [...]

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Infrastructure, Niger Delta key to realisation of Vision 20:20202 COMMUNIQUE

Infrastructure, Niger Delta key to realisation of Vision 20:20202 COMMUNIQUE  The 5th All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) held in Kaduna, Kaduna State, from April 1 to April 5, 2009, with the theme Vision 2020 Economic Growth and the Nigerian Editor.  Six paper presentations were made at the conference with the resulting interactions offering several observations [...]

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VISION20:20202, Economic Growth and the Nigerian Editor

VISION 20 2020: Economic Growth & the Nigerian Editor By Dr. Shamsudeen UsmanHonorable Minister/Deputy Chairman National Planning Commission 1. Introduction 1. The Vision 22. Concept of Visioning  3. Similar Visions 2. Understanding Nigeria’s Vision 20 2020 11. Vision 2020: An Enormous Task 2. Vision 2020: Why we are Confident 3. Key Goals 4. Critical Success [...]

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