A new digital news and entertainment platform, The Quest Times, for young and vocal Nigerians has commenced publication.
The platform, according to the promoters, “will be a mashup of contents that can be found on both entertaining and traditional media.”
The managing team, including young and veteran news and mass communication practitioners, stated that its plan is to educate the youth regarding serious issues while giving them their daily dose of entertainment content.
Its social media presence will endeavour to be as engaging as it is informative.
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The guiding philosophy of the organization, Quest News Services will be “a progressive online platform founded on the best tradition of liberal democracy, politically oriented with a firm commitment to the highest ideals of ethical journalism.”
It was added that “Quest Times is established on the principle of responsible dissemination of verifiable information to the public. We are committed to people’s rights to freedom of expression and ensuring the sanctity of public information and public opinion.”
“We believe in an orderly and just society, where mutual trust is established, unity and national cohesion are attained. We believe public discourse should be noble, respectful and truthful, given the spate of fake news.”
The platform is led by a group of media experts and journalists made up of Princess Mrs. Temilade Aderemi-Okesanjo who is the General Manager, Victor Ogunyinka formerly of Vanguard and Jude Egbas formerly of Pulse as Managing Editors. Veteran journalist, lawyer and Lagos based public administrator Mr. Funso Olukoga is the Chairman of the organization.
The Quest leadership team will work with a team of journalists and other professionals based out of Lagos and Abuja.
