This Day Explained

THISDAY
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Owners:Nduka Obaigbena
Publisher:Leaders & Company Ltd.
Language:English
Headquarters:Apapa, Lagos

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 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

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

In 2012, This Days 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

Notes and References

  1. News: About Us - thisdaylive. This Day. 2018-04-26. en-US. 2018-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20180427182948/https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/about-us/. live.
  2. Web site: Adeniyi Joins Chinese Belt and Road Media Council – THISDAYLIVE . 2023-01-29 . www.thisdaylive.com . 2023-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129163941/https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/04/23/adeniyi-joins-chinese-belt-and-road-media-council/ . live .
  3. Book: China-Africa Relations: Building Images through Cultural Cooperation, Media Representation and Communication . 2017-06-26 . . 978-1-315-22909-6 . Batchelor . Kathryn . 1 . en . Newspaper coverage of China's engagement with Nigeria: Partner or predator? . 10.4324/9781315229096-10 . Zhang . Xiaoling.
  4. News: Jon Gambrell. Newspaper Staffers Strike Against Publisher Nduka Obaigbena In Nigeria . AP. 10 May 2013 . . 1 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150302100818/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/nigeria-newspaper-strike_n_3252892.html . 2 March 2015.
  5. News: Nigeria: This Day Editors In Plane Crash . 6 July 2020 . P.M. News . allAfrica.com . 24 January 2001 .
  6. News: Odusile . Waheed . Umar-Omale . Peter . Nigeria: Maiduguri Plane Crash: IBB, Ibori, Afenifere, Others Greet THISDAY . 6 July 2020 . THISDAY . allAfrica.com . 26 January 2001 .
  7. News: Nigeria's ThisDay newspaper hit by Abuja and Kaduna blasts . 6 July 2020 . BBC News . 26 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160926200713/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17856362 . 26 September 2016.
  8. News: Eboh . Camillus . Mohammed . Garba . Suicide car bombs hit Nigerian newspaper offices . 6 July 2020 . Reuters . 26 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200706194813/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-nigeria-bomb/two-bombs-hit-nigerias-this-day-newspaper-offices-idUKBRE83P0O120120426 . 6 July 2020.

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