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Wednesday 6 October 2010

Police Shut ThisDay


The Nigerian police this morning stormed the premises of ThisDay Newspaper in Apapa, Lagos.

According to sources close to the media outfit, security operatives, acting on a court order, forcefully entered the company’s office complex and chased away all the workers on duty.

While there, they seized both the official and private cars parked in the premises and  also carted away all the computers (both desktop and laptop) found in their offices.


Source: Funsho Arogundade - P.M.NEWS

9 comments:

Surprise said...

Annoucing the arrival of decree 4 of 1984. God help this country.

Anonymous said...

wtf ????even if they want to shut down the place most they pack their properties!!!We are so backward in that country

Anonymous said...

Is Goodluck Jonathan so poor that he's now using the police to go "collect" cars and laptop computers? What next? Protection racket? Where is my press freedom, Mr Jonathan? lol

Wale Olayanju said...

It was actually closed down by Former Abia Gov. Orji Kalu in company of police after winning a libel lawsuit against the newspaper along with an award of N500 million in damages.

Prism of an Immigrant said...

I thought we had freedom of speech in Nigeria???

http://lookingglassofanimmigrant.blogspot.com/

histreasure said...

@Wale..thanks for the insight. i was wondring if the military was back!

titi said...

libel lawsuit..was it cuz of their story/headline news about the woman who died in his home in the US? well it was a true story that the woman died...that orji kalu is an evil man...ask theodore and ohakim.

skankmypeaceofmind said...

welcome to the hell hole i call a country......NIGERIA. I guess Jono is going to be the Hitler of this generation

doll (retired blogger) said...

@ Anonymous 10:55 see the way you jumped at Jonathan without getting your facts right, people are just illiterate and poorly informed in this country hence the hasty, senseless conclusions..

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