JAKARTA - In September, after 19 years as a journalist with the national daily, Tempo, first as a reporter and then from 2010 as an editor on the international desk, Ms Maria Hasugian got a message from the paper s human resource department via WhatsApp warning of job cuts.
Tempo would go on to cut a 10th of its 525 staff, including Ms Maria and seven editors and reporters.
The venerable newspaper was not alone.
Struck by a crunch in spending on advertising, even as demand for news exploded, Jawa Pos and the main English language daily, the Jakarta Post, began making cuts too, according to media reports.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed sadness over the sudden death of the Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos, Muhammadu Sani Kabir, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 57.
Governor Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile on Monday, described Kabir’s death as a great loss to the Arewa community and traditional institution in Lagos State.
Late Kabir died on Thursday, December 24, and was buried according to Islamic rites on Friday, December 25 at the Arewa Muslim Cemetery at Jafojo in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Governor Sanwo-Olu urged family, friends and associates of the deceased as well as the entire Arewa community, whose interests the late Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos represented to work towards immortalizing the deceased.