This Day

This Day is a Nigerian national newspaper. It is the flagship newspaper of Leaders & Company Ltd and was first published on 22 January 1995. It has its headquarters in Apapa, Lagos State.[1] Founded by Nduka Obaigbena, the chairman and editor-in-chief of the This Day Media Group and Arise News.

This article is about the Nigerian newspaper. For other uses, see This Day (disambiguation).
THISDAY
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Nduka Obaigbena
PublisherLeaders & Company
Founded22 January 1995
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersApapa, Lagos
Circulation100,000 Daily
Websitewww.thisdaylive.com

This Day is a member of the Belt and Road News Network.[2] Since 2014, it has maintained a close relationship with the Chinese embassy.[3]

This Day publisher Nduka Obaigbena has previously been criticised for late and non-payment of the paper's staff and suppliers.[4]

Attacks and challenges

In 2001, several THIS DAY editors survived a plane crash at Maiduguri airport in North East Nigeria.[5][6]

In 2012, THIS DAY's offices in the nation's capital Abuja, and in Kaduna were attacked in suicide car bombings thought to have been carried out by terrorist group Boko Haram.[7][8]

See also

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 – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. 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. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. Eboh, Camillus; Mohammed, Garba (26 April 2012). "Suicide car bombs hit Nigerian newspaper offices". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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