Daily Trust
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Founder | Kabiru Yusuf |
| Publisher | Media Trust |
| Editor-in-chief | Naziru Mikailu |
| Editor | Hamza Idris |
| Deputy editor | Abdu'azeez Abdu'azeez |
| Managing editor | Stella O Iyaji |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Language | English-Hausa |
| Headquarters | Abuja, Nigeria |
| Circulation | 50,0000 |
| Sister newspapers | Aminiya |
| Website | dailytrust.com |
Media Trust is a privately held Nigerian newspaper publishing company based in Abuja that publishes the English-language Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, Sunday Trust and the Hausa-language Aminiya newspapers, as well as a new pan-African magazine, Kilimanjaro. It is one of the leading media companies in Nigeria.[1][dead link]
History
The Weekly Trust was established in March 1998, and the Daily Trust was launched in January 2001. The two papers are the largest circulating newspapers in Northern Nigeria.[2] The group of newspapers ranks among the top seven in Nigeria in advertising revenue.[3]
Content
The newspapers have online editions, and content from the newspapers is republished by AllAfrica and Gamji.[4]
Personnel
The chairman of the board and chief executive officer is Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf. He was a senior lecturer of the Department of Political Science, Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, and has worked as a columnist and commentator for the Daily Triumph, Citizen Magazine, Newswatch and BBC Africa Service.[5]
Jaafar Jaafar, the editor in chief of Daily Nigerian, was on the staff between 2007 and 2011.
References
- ↑ Olawale A.Daily Trust Looks to Digital Future at 20. This Day. March 25, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018
- ↑ About Media Trust. Daily Trust. Retrieved 18 December 2009
- ↑ Tope Templer OlaiyaDaily Trust...surviving where others failed. The Guardian. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009 [dead link]
- ↑ Countries:Nigeria:News. Stanford University. Retrieved 18 December 2009
- ↑ Board. ABC Transport. Retrieved 18 December 2009
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