This Day

{{short description|Nigerian newspaper}}
{{About|the Nigerian newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = THISDAY
| image = THISDAY LOGO.png
| image_size = 280px
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation = 22 January 1995
| ceased publication = 
| owners = [[Nduka Obaigbena]]
| publisher = Leaders & Company Ltd.
| language = English
| circulation = 100,000 daily{{cn|date=November 2023}}
| headquarters = Apapa, [[Lagos]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''''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]].<ref name="this-day-about">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/about-us/|title=About Us - thisdaylive|work=This Day|access-date=2018-04-26|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427182948/https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adeniyi Joins Chinese Belt and Road Media Council – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/04/23/adeniyi-joins-chinese-belt-and-road-media-council/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.thisdaylive.com |archive-date=2023-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129163941/https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/04/23/adeniyi-joins-chinese-belt-and-road-media-council/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 2014, it has maintained a close relationship with the Chinese embassy.<ref>{{Cite book |title=China-Africa Relations: Building Images through Cultural Cooperation, Media Representation and Communication |date=2017-06-26 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-315-22909-6 |editor-last=Batchelor |editor-first=Kathryn |edition=1 |language=en |chapter=Newspaper coverage of China's engagement with Nigeria: Partner or predator? |doi=10.4324/9781315229096-10 |editor-last2=Zhang |editor-first2=Xiaoling}}</ref>

''This Day'' publisher [[Nduka Obaigbena]] has previously been criticised for late and non-payment of the paper's staff and suppliers.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jon Gambrell|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/nigeria-newspaper-strike_n_3252892.html|title=Newspaper Staffers Strike Against Publisher Nduka Obaigbena In Nigeria |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|date=10 May 2013 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=1 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302100818/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/nigeria-newspaper-strike_n_3252892.html |archive-date=2 March 2015}}</ref>

== Attacks ==
In 2001, several ''This Day'' editors survived a plane crash at [[Maiduguri]] airport in North East Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nigeria: This Day Editors In Plane Crash |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200101240139.html |access-date=6 July 2020 |agency=P.M. News |publisher=allAfrica.com |date=24 January 2001 }}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Odusile |first1=Waheed |last2=Umar-Omale |first2=Peter |title=Nigeria: Maiduguri Plane Crash: IBB, Ibori, Afenifere, Others Greet THISDAY |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200101260263.html |access-date=6 July 2020 |agency=THISDAY |publisher=allAfrica.com |date=26 January 2001 }}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Nigeria's ThisDay newspaper hit by Abuja and Kaduna blasts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17856362 |access-date=6 July 2020 |agency=BBC News |date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926200713/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17856362 |archive-date=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Eboh |first1=Camillus |last2=Mohammed |first2=Garba |title=Suicide car bombs hit Nigerian newspaper offices |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-nigeria-bomb/two-bombs-hit-nigerias-this-day-newspaper-offices-idUKBRE83P0O120120426 |access-date=6 July 2020 |work=Reuters |date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706194813/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-nigeria-bomb/two-bombs-hit-nigerias-this-day-newspaper-offices-idUKBRE83P0O120120426 |archive-date=6 July 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Nigeria|Journalism}}
* [[List of newspapers in Nigeria|List of Nigerian newspapers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}

{{Major Nigerian newspapers}}

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[[Category:Companies based in Lagos]]
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in Nigeria]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Lagos]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 1995]]