The Nation (Nigeria)

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The Nation
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Type Daily newspaper
PublisherVintage Press Limited
EditorAdeniyi Adesina [1]
Founded31 July 2006
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Mushin, Lagos State, Nigeria
Website www.thenationonlineng.net

The Nation is a daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria. According to a 2009 survey it was the second-most-read newspaper in Nigeria, and this result was repeated in a 2011 report by The Advertisers' Association of Nigeria (ADVANS). [2]

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. [3] The paper has been accused of spreading fake news stories. [4]

The Nation has printing plants in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. [5]

The newspaper covers business and economy, public policies, the democratic process and institutions of democracy, sports, arts and culture. [6]

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. [7]

In April 2010, Edo Ugbagwu, a reporter who covered court cases for The Nation, was killed by gunmen. The reason was not known. [8] [9]

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