The Nation Nigerian Newspaper is a daily newspaper published in Lagos, Nigeria. According to a 2009 survey it was the second most read newspaper in Nigeria. 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.The Nation has printing plants in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.The newspaper covers business and economy, public policies, the democratic process and institutions of democracy, sports, arts and culture.

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