''The Nation'' is a daily newspaper

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, 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).

Overview

The paper's website says it stands for

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, justice and the market economy. Its target audience is the business and political elite, the affluent, the educated and the upwardly mobile. The paper has been accused of spreading fake news stories. In 2024, ''

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'' reported that ''The Nation'' had been used a vector to spread Russian

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about Olena Zelenska. ''The Nation'' has printing plants in

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and

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. The newspaper covers business and economy, public policies, the democratic process and institutions of democracy, sports, arts and culture. The newspaper became the first of its kind to gain nationwide circulation across the 36 states of

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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

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, helped the newspaper to become a household name across Nigeria, and several student

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s and

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s whom the paper gave the opportunity to write for it as undergraduates are now renowned in their various

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s. In April 2010, Edo Ugbagwu, a

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who covered court cases for ''The Nation'', was killed by gunmen. The reason was not known.

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

External links

* Newspapers published in Lagos English-language newspapers published in Nigeria Companies based in Lagos Daily newspapers published in Nigeria {{Nigeria-newspaper-stub