This Day

THISDAY
Type of site
Daily newspaper
Available inEnglish
FoundedJanuary 22, 1995 (1995-01-22)
HeadquartersApapa, Lagos
OwnersNduka Obaigbena
URLwww.thisdaylive.com


This Day is a national newspaper in Nigeria. It is the main newspaper of Leaders & Company Ltd. The newspaper was first published on 22 January 1995. Its headquarters are in Apapa, Lagos State.[1]

The newspaper was founded by Nduka Obaigbena, who is the chairman and editor-in-chief of the This Day Media Group and Arise News.

This Day is a member of the Belt and Road News Network.[2]

Since 2014, the newspaper has had a close relationship with the embassy of China in Nigeria.[3]

The publisher of This Day, Nduka Obaigbena, has also faced criticism because of late payment or non-payment of workers and suppliers.[4]

Attacks

In 2001, some editors of This Day survived a plane crash at Maiduguri airport in north-east Nigeria.[5][6]

In 2012, the offices of This Day in Abuja and Kaduna were attacked with suicide car bombs. The attacks were believed to have been carried out by the terrorist group Boko Haram.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us - thisdaylive". This Day. Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Adeniyi Joins Chinese Belt and Road Media Council". This Day. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  3. ↑ Batchelor, Kathryn; Zhang, Xiaoling, eds. (2017-06-26). "Newspaper coverage of China's engagement with Nigeria: Partner or predator?". China-Africa Relations: Building Images through Cultural Cooperation, Media Representation and Communication (1 ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315229096-10. ISBN 978-1-315-22909-6.
  4. ↑ Jon Gambrell (10 May 2013). "Newspaper Staffers Strike Against Publisher Nduka Obaigbena In Nigeria". The Huffington Post. AP. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nigeria: This Day Editors In Plane Crash". allAfrica.com. P.M. News. 24 January 2001. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Odusile, Waheed; Umar-Omale, Peter (26 January 2001). "Nigeria: Maiduguri Plane Crash: IBB, Ibori, Afenifere, Others Greet THISDAY". allAfrica.com. THISDAY. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Nigeria's ThisDay newspaper hit by Abuja and Kaduna blasts". BBC News. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Eboh, Camillus; Mohammed, Garba (26 April 2012). "Suicide car bombs hit Nigerian newspaper offices". Reuters. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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