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Tenth anniversary edition

Editorial Suite: The chroniclers’ tales

25.03.2008 | Preface

The decision to do a special edition to mark our 10th anniversary came naturally and almost compellingly, for obvious reasons. A decade in the life of any organization is such a landmark event that it is hardly ignored. For us especially there is really something to cheer about. It marks a historical break from the past. A past characterized by newspaper failures, by disappointment and dejection.

However this is more than nostalgic reminiscences. It is the triumph of a people with a shared history of pride in their unity but, who unfortunately were unable to sustain a newspaper to tell their own story. This is the essence of the publication. Besides the recollections of our humble past, the profile of the Trust of today to show the marked distinction from the past is here presented by the Managing Director. Read the rest of the preface here...

Trust: From scratch to strength

Written by Isiaq Ajibola
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
The life of a newspaper, similar to that of any serious institution, is planned to be timeless. This is more so for newspapers because of their status in the society as veritable means of information dissemination and custodians of records and facts. Confronted with the fear of readers’ intolerance for self-praise and orchestration, of only a 10 years of publishing a newspaper, I surfed the internet for the history of newspaper publishing in the world. I was amazed to discover that the world’s longest continuously published newspaper was called "Post Och Inrikes Tidninga" from Sweden and was first published in 1645, about 350 years ago. Then later, "The London Gazette" of UK was established in 1665, "The Newcastle Times" also of UK established in 1711. Of course, The New York Times and World Street Journal are newspapers that have been published for more than a life time. Be first to comment this article \| Views: 1421 \| Read more...
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