ANEC 2026: When editors became the story

•They came to retool for 2027, but between conference halls, hotel corridors, old friendships, new alliances and a memorable gala, Nigeria’s editors also found time to unwind, reconnect and rediscover the human beings behind the mastheads.
By Beifoh Osewele
I arrived in Enugu on Wednesday, September 23, as editors emptied into the Coal City for the 22nd All Nigeria Editors Conference of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE). The formal conference would not open until next day, but the reunion had already begun.
Nike Lake Resort, where more than 100 editors were quartered, and the other hotels housing delegates became unofficial newsrooms without walls. Around lobbies, corridors and ...