By Ikechukwu Amaechi
The idea was to make the event, a public lecture to commemorate the fourth anniversary of The Niche which debuted on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014, as a 72-page, all-colour Sunday exclusive newspaper with an online portal to boot, as apolitical as possible.
The newspaper was an idealistic child. Although its emergence was in many ways a response to what we perceived as the structural dysfunction of the Nigerian Republic and prevalent mood of disillusionment in the country, we remained undaunted in our commitment to helping in finding solutions to the myriad problems.
There was so much noise in the country on the eve of the pivotal 2015 elections.
Our hope was that Nigeria would take a step back from the brink where it was tottering and transform into a community of producers; a productive state propelled by individual and community efforts, a democracy…
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