[July 26, 2011] The Closure of News of the World [opinion] Tweet Jul 26, 2011 (Daily Independent/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The closure of Britain's biggest-selling newspaper, News of the World over the scandal of phone hacking by journalists should be an eye opener to Nigerians who experience similar practice. The Nigerian version of the News of the World storey should be fully exposed and dealt with. Some in the media and communications as well as politicians in Nigeria are equally guilty as widely experienced. The eavesdropping under the guise of media practice, security misconception or whatever, computer, e- mail frauds and so on are all for corrupt enrichment. In its final editorial, the News of the World apologised for the criminal activities that brought the 168-year-old paper down: "Phones were hacked, and for that this newspaper is truly sorry. There is no justification for this appalling wrongdoing". [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]