Following the shutting down of ThisDay newspaper offices in Lagos and Abuja, Thursday, by aggrieved staff and journalists protesting non-payment of their six month salaries, embattled Chairman/Editor-in-Chief, Nduka Obaigbena, has blamed the company’s failure to pay its workers’ salaries for the past six months on the activities of Boko Haram. Obaigbena said the misfortune of a terrorist attack on its Abuja offices in April last year during which the company’s buildings, million-dollar printing and computer-to-plate equipment were gutted. Obaigbena said his company’s insurance did not cover the losses as it was not insured for War Risk.
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