This Day

THISDAY
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Nduka Obaigbena
Publisher	Leaders & Company Ltd.
Founded	January 22, 1995; 29 years ago
Language	English
Headquarters	Apapa, Lagos
Website	www.thisdaylive.com

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 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]

References

^ "About Us - thisdaylive". This Day. Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
^ "Adeniyi Joins Chinese Belt and Road Media Council – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Nigeria: This Day Editors In Plane Crash". allAfrica.com. P.M. News. 24 January 2001. Retrieved 6 July 2020.^{[dead link]}
^ 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.^{[dead link]}
^ "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.
^ 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.