LEADERS & COMPANY LTD (Registration No. 214 307) began trading in January 1995. Its flagship newspaper, THISDAY, was first published on January 22 1995. Despite entering a crowded newspaper market, which was then home to more than 25 serious national dailies, 10 national newsmagazines and several periodicals, THISDAY quickly established itself as Nigeria's premier newspaper of record. In its first year of publication, it won the prestigious Newspaper of the Year award, which it retained for three consecutive years. Its editors and writers have also won several national and international awards for news coverage, presentation and robust commentary.
THISDAY was the first newspaper in Nigeria to introduce full-colour printing from its own presses in 1997. It is the first and only newspaper in Nigeria to use satellite-enabled networks to print simultaneously at two printing plants, in Lagos and a new multi-million dollar complex in Abuja, ensuring that the newspaper offers the same breaking news, on the same day, at the same time, across the vast country.
Today, THISDAY has some 700 staff members in 38 offices across Nigeria. It also maintains a bureau in Washington, DC from which it provides news on Africa to a variety of global news organisations and agencies across all platforms from the World Wide Web to radio, television, and cable to satellite. THISDAY has a daily circulation of 100,000 copies and 120,000 on Sundays. In Nigeria, THISDAY has a daily readership of 4 million people. Its newspaper operation has an annual turnover of about N4.5 billion (about US$35 million).
Website: http://www.thisdayonline.com/
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