Thisday needs N500m to replace burnt facilities
The chairman of Thisday Newspaper, Mr Nduka Obaigbana, has said that about N500 million is required to rebuild the burnt floor and replace facilities destroyed in Saturday night's inferno.
Obaigbana told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos that there were records that could not be replaced which he valued so much.
He said within this week, reconstruction would begin on the affected floors, adding that the fire did not affect news production.
``No matter what happened, even if the building was bombed, we will still come out with our news production the next day,'' he said.
He, however, denied that the fire was caused by electrical fault, saying that no electrical appliances were on at the floor during the period, explaining that all the fire monitors in the building never picked the fire signal.
NAN reports that prominent Nigerians and organisations have continued their solidarity visits to the company.
Among callers include governors Bukola Saraki of Kwara and James Ibori of Delta, Management staff from MTN, Guinness and Daar Communications- owners of Raypower Radio and AIT.