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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Founder(s) | 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 language's |
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] [ permanent dead link ]
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]
The newspapers have online editions and content from the newspapers is republished by AllAfrica and Gamji. [4]
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 companies that include the Daily Triumph , Citizen Magazine, Newswatch and BBC Africa Service. [5] Jaafar Jaafar the Editor in Chief of Daily Nigerian was one of their staff between 2007 and 2011.
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