This book provides a barometer to the news and value judgment of Nigerian editors as gleaned from their deliberations at four Annual Conferences between 2009 and 2012 organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors. The themes range from examining the challenges of specific requirements of Vision 2020 to Nigeria’s economic growth, to the broad imperative of deepening democracy, to the urgent need to address the curse and blessings of oil to Nigeria’s political economy and finally to the contentious issue of national security.  

Contents: Introduction/Notes on Contributors/ 

The 5th Conference:/The Media is the Voice of the Voiceless/The Editor, ICT and Vision 2020/The Niger Delta: A Vision to Nigeria’s Development/The Niger Delta: A Threat or Challenge to Vision 2020/MGDS and Vision 2020: Hope for the Common Person/Yar’ Adua’s 7-Point Agenda and Vision 2020: Economic Growth Mechanisms/ 

The 6th Conference: Agenda for Survival/Defying Yesterday, Defining our Tomorrow, Today/Editors must lead the Effort to Re-brand Nigeria/Oil Exploitation, The Environment and Crimes Against Nature/Militancy and Amnesty: Good and Bad Governance in The Niger Delta/militancy: Avoiding A Resurgence/ 

The 7th Conference: We must continue to engage the System/How Nigerian Editors can deepen our Democracy/Nigeria still not a flourishing Democracy/Danger signals to Nigeria’s Democracy/Geography, Power, and Politics in Niger/Perspectives on the Cost of Governance in a Democracy/The Media, Civil Society and Democratic Governance/  

The 8th Conference: We are all Victims/Timely Subject/The Strategic Importance of the Press in Enhancing National Security/Cost of Insurgence in Nigeria/Reporting Right, Reporting Safe/Putting National Interest First/Understanding Anti-Terror Laws in Nigeria/Index.