By Raphael Adenaike
Former Managing Director/Editor-in-chief of The Sun Newspaper, Mr Eric Osagie has joined the league of newspaper publishers in the country following the launch of ThisNigeria, a national newspaper.
The newspaper which was launched in Lagos on Monday, September 28, 2020, will be available in weekly print edition and daily online edition on www.thisnigeria.com
Osagie, in a statement, said that the newspaper will focus on issues around policy, politics, economy, sports, entertainment and other newsworthy contents.
“We will report the news behind the news; beam our searchlight on hidden happenings and things people, especially the high and mighty, do not want to be reported,” he said.
“In so doing, only the interests of Nigeria and the Nigerian people shall matter and take the prime consideration at all times.”
According to the publisher, ThisNigeria would stand against injustice with no regards to gender, tribe, region or affiliation.
“We are a newspaper of the people for the people. We shall defend both the powerful and the powerless, but in a country where the rights of the weak and the powerless are often trampled on, we shall provide them a shoulder to lean on and a voice to be heard,” said Osagie.
Osagie is a veteran journalist with over two decades of experience in the profession. He resigned from The Sun in August, 2019. He is the author of ‘The Big Interviews’, an in-depth book on how to get the news subjects and angles that makes the headlines.
In its first edition, the paper published an exclusive interview with former Kaduna State Governor, Colonel Dangiwa Umar with the headline, State of the Nation: Nigeria is not working.
Some of the top columnists in the paper include, Tony Iyare, Issa Aremu, Osita Okechukwu, Mike Ozekhome.
