By Newspot Nigeria News Desk
IPI Nigeria 2025 AGM Conference to tackle media repression democratic accountability
The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria is set to host its 2025 Conference and Annual General Meeting, bringing top voices in governance, media rights, and public accountability to Abuja. The event will hold on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025 at the NICON Luxury Hotel, Central Business District, and will begin by 9AM.
Chairing the high-level gathering will be Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima (GC0N, GC0N). The Special Guest of Honour will be the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris.
The conference theme, “Addressing Media Repression and Safeguarding Democratic Accountability in Nigeria,” places national spotlight on the shrinking civic space, press freedom pressures, and the role of democratic institutions in enforcing transparency. It arrives at a pivotal moment for Nigeria’s fourth estate, with journalists, regulators, advocates, and policymakers looking for sustainable pathways to accountability without stoking conflict.
Keynote conversations will be led by the President and CEO of CBD MediaEdge Communications Ltd, Mr. Isiaq Ajibola, alongside Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda, Edetaen Ojo. Both leaders are expected to drive discourse on legal protections for journalists, institutional constraints around repression, and opportunities for reform in the digital age.
Panelists for the AGM will include Director of MacArthur Foundation Nigeria Office, Lanre Arogundade, Vice Chairman of Channels Media Group, Olusola Momoh, Director for MacArthur Foundation Nigeria Office, Azubuike Ishiekwene, alongside other figures representing public policy, media strategy, and national security communications leadership.
Moderation duties will be supported by veterans in journalism governance including Funke Egbemode, and distinguished academic voices such as Prof. Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika and Prof. Abiodun Adeniyi. The mix of law, policy, newsroom leadership, and data-driven media oversight mirrors the broad coalition needed to protect democratic accountability while defending the press without sounding combative or crisis-escalating alarms.
Beyond the headline stage, this conference signals growing momentum from newsrooms, policy desks, and civil society that Nigeria’s media ecosystem cannot simply be protected by statements—it must be fortified by institution-wide participation in governance, enforcement, credible measurement, and solutions that engage citizens at the grassroots.
The IPI Nigeria AGM conference will also drive conversations on the responsibilities of media organizations in navigating bias, harassment reporting, newsroom safety, forensic accountability for institutional threats, policing information disruption, and strengthening regulatory burden analysis around the free flow of ideas and democratic oversight.
The conference is organized by International Press Institute Nigeria’s Secretariat, with Linda Kpum serving as contact convener for logistics, participation, and media enquiries. The event is positioned to attract editors, civic leaders, data analysts, newsroom founders, policy advisors, national accountability voices, broadcast executives, media rights advocates, faculty experts, and security communications stakeholders.
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