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The Sun is a Nigerian daily print newspaper founded and published in KiriKiri Industrial Layout, Lagos, Nigeria. [1] As of 2011, The Sun had a daily print run of 130,000 copies, and 135,000 for weekend titles, with an average of 80% sales.
Newspapers published in Nigeria have a strong tradition of the principle of "publish and be damned" that dates back to the colonial era when founding fathers of the Nigerian press such as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ernest Ikoli, Obafemi Awolowo and Lateef Jakande used their papers to fight for independence. [1] [2]
The Nigerian Tribune is an English-language newspaper published in Ibadan, Nigeria. Established in 1949 by Obafemi Awolowo and is the oldest running private Nigerian newspaper. [ 1] During the colonial era, the newspaper served as the mouthpiece for Awolowo's populist welfare programs. It also played an important role in defending the interests ...
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.
Daily Times. (Nigeria) The Daily Times was a Nigerian newspaper with headquarters in Lagos . At its peak, in the 1970s, it was one of the most successful locally-owned businesses in Africa. [ 1] The paper went into decline after it was purchased by the government in 1975. What was left was sold to a private investor in 2004.
Sunday Akin Dare (born 29 May 1966) is a Nigerian journalist who served as the Nigerian Minister of Youth & Sports from 2019 to 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He previously held the position of Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), having been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2016.
Northern Nigeria: 8000-30,000 [2] Targeted killings of Igbo people in Northern Nigeria in revenge for the coup of January 15, 1966. [3] Asaba massacre: 1967-10-07 Asaba, Delta State: Up to 500 men [4] Occurred during the Nigerian-Biafran War [5] [6] Ugep Massacre: 1975-12-24 Ugep, Cross River State: 65>
The Triumph is a Nigerian English-language newspaper, published by the Triumph Publishing Company Limited and based in Kano, Kano State. It presently publishes a weekly edition with arrangements to return to publishing the daily, weekend and Sunday editions as well as the publishing of its sister vernacular newspapers of Albishir [1] and Alfijir.