This Day

THISDAY
Type of site
Daily newspaper
Available inEnglish
FoundedJanuary 22, 1995; 31 years ago (1995-01-22)
HeadquartersApapa, Lagos
OwnersNduka Obaigbena
URLwww.thisdaylive.com Edit this at Wikidata


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.

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.

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

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

Attacks

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

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.

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.