Mrs. Maiden Ibru, publisher of The Guardian, has given a verdict that THISDAY is the best newspaper in Nigeria.
She gave the verdict at the THISDAY 30th Anniversary Awards Night held at the Eko Hotel and Suites.
Receiving the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, Mrs. Ibru shocked the audience by proclaiming, “THISDAY is the best newspaper in Nigeria.”
She stated magisterially: “Although I am the publisher of The Guardian, THISDAY is the best newspaper in Nigeria.”
Her remark was candid. It has, as learnt, elicited instant reactions in the media industry.
Many are reportedly wondering how this positive peer review of THISDAY might affect morale at The Guardian.
Mrs. Ibru”s decision to take the opportunity of THISDAY’s 30th anniversary to celebrate the newspaper’s excellence is perceived as an unusual moment of transparency, objectivity, and respect in an industry in which both THE GUARDIAN and THISDAY had in the last two to three decades run neck and neck for the best newspaper position in a fiercely competitive media ecology.
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