Billionaire businessman, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim is set to launch his own newspapers called - National Mirror and Sunday Mirror.
The launch of the newspaper has been slated for second week of October,2010. Already, the Pilot Edition of Sunday Mirror is out. It is a 56 page colorful edition. When the machine are fully operational, National Mirror will be printed from 6 locations scattered around 6 geographical locations of the country. Already, brand new machines are being installed in all of these locations.
Right now, the Lagos press is fully operational, while Abuja is also ready. There will be other machines installed in Ogbere, Makurdi, Bauchi and Sokoto. The lagos office is starting with a staff strength of 500 and staffers have moved into their new broad street office of the newspaper.
Once the newspaper project takes off, he plans to focus on his Radio and TV project to follow next year. The Radio and TV will operate from the same complex.
To run his media empire, Jimoh Ibrahim has appointed ex-Punch Editor, Steve Ayorinde and Biodun Raufu as MD of the newspaper which will sell for free for the first one week.
Apart from the brand new machines, Jimoh has bought hi-tech equipment to link the 6 operational zones. He is also bringing in about 25 Indian expatriates as sub-Editors to clean up all the copies. He has already applied for Radio and TV license.
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6 comments:
Seems every politician is a publisher...anyway he's creating job opportunities.
rolls eyes* why not fix the other businesses you already have?
excellent and calculated move sir, I love jimoh, he is one of the highly versatile and erudite businessman of our generation. Hope to model my biz empire after his. goodluck to my mentor
whatever
in that newspaper, i hope he will publish the link between him and that Bayelsa MILAD that died of stroke.
Only then will we understand this his unexplained wealth.
yeah, whatever. Afterall, almost anything goes in Naija nowadays!Good thing about it though is that some pple will get jobs and go fit cater for family.
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