...As Udenta, Sajoh set to deliver powerful sessions

Following the announcement of the date and details for the 5th Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture Series and Awards scheduled to hold in Abuja on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, organisers of the event, Pacesetter Frontier Magazine, have unveiled the topic to be discussed.

Disclosing this in a statement issued in Abuja, a member of the Local Organising Committee, Frank Ufondu, noted that topics chosen for discussion were usually timely, relating to the prevailing theme in the country.

He revealed this year's topic as "Politics of Convergence & Collisions; Navigating Power Struggle in Shaping Democracy."

On the idea behind the topic, he emphasized that in 2013, the All Progressives Congress was born, chanting the idea of ‘Change’ to oust the then-ruling party from power and take over, which in 2015 they succeeded in doing.

“Fast forward to 2025, dissatisfied with the ruling All Progressives Congress, some politicians are beginning to converge and collide, replaying the cards of 2013, under the aegis of the African Democratic Congress.

“Our topic hopes to discuss this politics of convergence and collisions. It emphasizes two key aspects of coalition politics: convergence, which refers to coming together, and collisions, which highlight the inevitable ego clashes and ideological battles.

“We want to investigate the evolving journey of shaping Nigeria’s democracy through alternatives. Drawing from and referencing similar historical developments, our topic hopes to carefully connect the dots, weaving a web that will lead to where Nigeria presently is. It sets to question the sincerity of the promised utopia,” said Ufondu.

He said the lecture will “cite how the struggle for power and its attendant offering of political alternatives ought to co-exist with and translate into positively shaping our democracy.”

Recall that Prof. Udenta O. Udenta, Founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) & Director General of the African Writers Institute, Abuja, and Dr. Ahmad Sajoh, Former Commissioner for Information, Adamawa State & Executive Director, FutureNow Initiative, will both speak at the lecture.

The event will begin with a red carpet at 10:30 AM, followed by the main session at 11:30 AM, and will be streamed live across social media platforms.

Event partners include Human Development Center, Horizontal City Property Developers, LEAD Network Africa, One Stewart Ventures, and AnchorNews Media and Otu Oka Iwu.

Seat reservations can be made via https://forms.gle/C6Rtpjv5gQUBm31T9