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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 ...
He founded the Nigerian newspaper Thisday in 1995. In 2000 Obaigbena founded the annual Thisday Awards [4] which honor those who made contributions to Nigerian society in the political arena, global business, Women of distinction, and leading figures in the Nigerian education sector.
She was the pioneer managing director of Arise TV, a Nigerian news outlet. [1] She was one of the directors of Thisday Newspaper. She is also an editor at THISDAY newspaper. [2] [3] She is the second woman in Nigerian journalism’s history to be appointed editor of a national newspaper, the first being Doyin Abiola. [4]
A Nigerian man who has spent 10 years on death row for stealing some hens and eggs has been promised a pardon by the governor of the south-western Osun state. Segun Olowookere was 17 years old in ...
[3] [2] He writes a weekly column called "Pendulum", published every Saturday on the back page of ThisDay newspaper. The articles have been praised for highlighting topical national issues in Nigeria, as well as discussing popular topics, current events and notable people, often in a polemic/critical style. [4]
Newspapers published in Nigeria have a strong tradition of the principle of "publish and be damned" that dates back to the colonial era when founding fathers of the Nigerian press such as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ernest Ikoli, Obafemi Awolowo and Lateef Jakande used their papers to fight for independence.
Osime's career at THISDAY began with her as a project manager, then she became a writer and style editor in 2003, a position she held till April 2022.She also contributed to the Sunday publication of the newspaper with a column known as Truth by Ruth, before becoming the editor of THISDAY Style in 2005, when the magazine was launched. [5]
TheCable is an independent online newspaper in Nigeria. It was launched on April 29, 2014 by Simon Kolawole , the former editor of This Day newspaper. [ 1 ] Its publisher, Cable Newspaper Ltd. , was established on November 29, 2011.