Our Reporter
Ace journalist and media strategist, Aliu Akoshile, has unveiled an online newspaper, NatureNews, as Nigeria marks its 60th independence anniversary.
Speaking at a media parley on Thursday in Abuja, Akoshile, who was, until recently, the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Times, said he came up with the specialised newspaper as a novel solution to the critical challenge of development journalism in Nigeria and Africa.
He said NatureNews will satisfy the yearnings for authoritative news coverage of the environment as a means to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN).
Akoshile, who noted that politics, business, sports and entertainment have dominated media coverage until now, said those sectors will even thrive better in a safe and clean environment.
He said his vision was for NatureNews to be the most authoritative news platform on environment issues in Nigeria and the rest of Africa.
Akoshile, who previously managed the entire revenue business of Daily Trust newspaper, said NatureNews will partner all stakeholders that are involved with global actions towards nurturing a living environment.
Commenting on issues of press freedom, he said NatureNews was founded on the principles of fundamental human rights as enunciated in the UN and Africa Union (AU) charters.
Akoshile said the newspaper subscribes fully to cardinal ethics of journalism on accurate, fair, balanced and truthful reporting, adding that it will hold governments accountable on their social contracts.
