The Sun Newspaper was on Thursday hit by a mass sack, with top staff of
the Editorial Department, including Deputy Managing Director, Steve Nwosu affected.
Others affected are the Editor of the Sunday title, Fatai Oladehinde; Ikenna Emehu; Editor, Sporting Sun, John Joshua Akanji; Yinka Fabowale; and Emeka Okoroyanwu.
A senior staff of the Editorial Department, Bolaji Tunji,
was said to have resigned before the sack letters were handed out. It
was gathered several other staffers were equally affected in the
exercise.
According to available information, the Publisher of the newspaper and
former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, was said to have embarked
on the mass sack to reposition the newspaper.
There had been no official reaction to the development as at press time.