THE African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc,
publishers of the Tribune titles, has denied
receiving any money through the publisher of
Thisday newspapers, Mr Nduka Obaigbena, as
compensation for attacks on its operations and
personnel by soldiers in June 2014, although it filed
claims like all other newspaper companies as
requested for by the Newspapers Proprietors
Association of Nigeria (NPAN).
A statement signed by the company’s Managing
Director/Editor-in-Chief, Mr Edward Dickson,
faulted claims made by Mr Obaigbena that the
Tribune was one of the 12 newspaper companies
compensated by the Federal Government for the
June 2014 attacks on newspapers, their circulation
personnel and vehicles by soldiers in Abuja and
parts of the north.
The two-paragraph statement reads:
“Our attention has been drawn to claims by the
Publisher of Thisday newspapers, who is also the
President of the Newspapers Proprietors
Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Mr. Nduka
Obaigbena, that a sum of N10 million was paid to
our company through NPAN by the Office of the
National Security Adviser (ONSA) as compensation
for the disruption of our circulation operations,
seizure of our newspapers and damage to our
property by soldiers in June 2014.
“Although, like other NPAN members, we filed
claims as requested for by NPAN, the fact of the
matter is that up till this moment, 11th December,
2015, our company is yet to receive a kobo as
compensation through NPAN for the 2014
disruptive activities of the military to our
operations.”
New Telegraph too
Also, the management of New Telegraph
newspapers, in a statement signed by the Managing
Director/ Editor-in-Chief, Mrs Funke Egbemode,
denied receiving any money from Mr Obaigbena
despite repeated demands for same from NPAN.
The statement reads:
“Our attention has been drawn to the inclusion of
New Telegraph Newspapers on the list of media
houses that THISDAY Publisher and President,
Newspapers Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria
(NPAN) claimed he paid N10 million each to, from
funds he received from the immediate past
National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Sambo Dasuki
(retd), as compensation for the illegal seizure of
some newspapers by the military during the
administration of former President Goodluck
Jonathan.
“It is on record that following the decision of NPAN
to seek compensation from the Federal
Government in the aftermath of the seizure of
editions of newspapers by the military, New
Telegraph computed its losses, which were passed to
the association. However, since then, the company
has heard nothing from the association on the
matter.
“Following a report that NPAN has begun paying N9
million (not N10 million as contained in the report
that has gone viral on the internet), the
management of Daily Telegraph Publishing Company
Limited, publishers of New Telegraph, Saturday
Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, has written three
letters to NPAN for its share of the compensation;
but regrettably, as at this moment, not even a
kobo has been received.
“The first letter was written on May 22, 2015
followed by another on July 16, 2015 with a
reminder written on November 19, 2015.
“Therefore, it is nothing but sheer falsehood for
the NPAN president, who claimed he received the
money on behalf of the association, to have
included New Telegraph Newspapers as one of the
beneficiaries of the funds, which as it has now
emerged, was disbursed by the former NSA.”


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Why would they lie about giving money.. Nigerians sha

then this is getting more interesting
seriously serious