This Day

The headquarters of THISDAY is in Lagos. It also has offices and correspondents in the 36 states of Nigeria and other parts of the World, THISDAY provides a rich content in demand by the business, economic, political and diplomatic elite; middle class professionals as well as the aspirational millennials.

THISDAY's forte has been consistently economic and political journalism; it is also strong in providing informed news and analysis in culture, the arts, sports, technology, fashion and lifestyle. Every week, the bumper edition of THISDAY on Sunday embodies a magazine, THISDAY Style, which sets the tone and tenor for the aficionados in Fashion and Style for a generation.  

A trail-blazer in journalistic innovations, THISDAY, named Newspaper of The Year severally, was the first Nigerian newspaper to print in colour at a time when most newspapers and the industry were in black and white around the world. It was also one of the first to go digital in Africa.

THISDAY also creatively pioneered the idea of devoting the back page of the newspaper to informed commentaries from nationally acclaimed columnists as well as guest writers occasionally drawn from among the leading lights of public service and seasoned technocrats in the private sector.

The Newspaper Company has hosted conferences, town hall meetings and global dialogues which have seen global leaders like Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Gerhard Schroder, John Howard, Collin Powell, Condoleezza Rice  and Dominique de Villepin amongst others, attending. It has also promoted cultural events with the likes of Beyonce, Jay Z, Rihanna, Lionel Richie, Seal, Diana Ross, John Legend, Mary J Blige, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Naomi Campbell, Liya Kedebe and Alec Wek, amongst several others featuring.

In 2001, a THISDAY team survived a plane crash in North East Nigeria while travelling round the country to engage leading citizens and readers in dialogue.

In 2006, strategic parts of its head office was engulfed by a mysterious fire and the source of the fire has not been determined till today.

In 2011, terrorists bombed THISDAY’s office in the nation’s capital Abuja, and Kaduna, as many of its editors had been arrested in the course of the newspaper's campaign for democracy and free speech in Nigeria.

Obaigbena had to go on exile for about a year during the military era of jackboot rule.

The company has weathered through and varied challenges in a harsh socio-economic environment, and is emerging stronger while looking towards its silver jubilee in January 2020.

The THISDAY Awards for Excellence, in which the newspaper honors leading lights of the society for sectoral performances and lifetime achievements, has become a much sought after event. The Awards have been received by statesmen including former presidents, captains of industry and exceptional individuals in various fields and all walks of life.

THISDAY has had in its employment over a thousand staffers in the editorial and non-editorial departments. Alumni are to be found among those holding leadership positions in the public and private sectors as well as the media.

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