The Nation (Nigeria)

Overview

The paper's website says it stands for freedom, justice and the market economy. Its target audience is the business and political elite, the affluent, the educated and the upwardly mobile.{{cite web |access-date=2011-05-12}} The paper has been accused of spreading fake news stories. In 2024, The Economist reported that The Nation had been used a vector to spread Russian disinformation about Olena Zelenska.

The Nation has printing plants in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.{{cite web |access-date=2011-05-14}}

The newspaper covers business and economy, public policies, the democratic process and institutions of democracy, sports, arts and culture.{{cite web |access-date=2011-05-14}}

The newspaper became the first of its kind to gain nationwide circulation across the 36 states of Nigeria within two years of operation. This was a result of its popular eight-page pull-out Thursday publication titled Campuslife, a medium specially dedicated to student journalists and writers across the tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The Campuslife pull-out, with the late Ngozi Nwozor-Agbo as pioneer editor, helped the newspaper to become a household name across Nigeria, and several student journalists and correspondents whom the paper gave the opportunity to write for it as undergraduates are now renowned in their various professions.

In April 2010, Edo Ugbagwu, a reporter who covered court cases for The Nation, was killed by gunmen. The reason was not known.{{cite web |access-date=2011-04-14}}

Editors

• Managing Director/Editor-in-chief - Victor Ifijeh
• Editor - Adeniyi Adesina
• Deputy Editor - Emmanuel Oladesu
• Chairman, Editorial Board - Sam Omatseye
• Editor, Online - Sunday Oguntola
• Managing Editor, Northern Operation - Yusuf Alli
• Deputy Editor (News) - Bunmi Ogunmodede
• Deputy Editor (Nation's Capital) - Onyedi Ojeabor
• O'seun Ogunseitan

References

References

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4. (May 1, 2024). "The truth behind Olena Zelenska's $1.1m Cartier haul". [[The Economist]].
5. (28 May 2015). "Ngozi Agbo: The unforgettable impact - The Nation Nigeria".
6. (2018-08-23). "Names of Editors at the Nation Newspaper". Vintage Press Limited.
7. (2014-02-25). "Here comes The Nation Archive".