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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]
Until the 1990s, most publications were government-owned, but private papers such as the Daily Trust, Next, Nigerian Tribune, The Punch, Vanguard and the Guardian continued to expose public and private scandals despite government attempts at suppression. [2]
Hamza Idris (born 27 July 1972) is a Nigerian journalist and communications expert who currently serves as the Acting Editor-In-Chief of the Dailytrust Newspaper. [1] He was born in Jos, Plateau State, although his parents originally hail from Mai'adua Local Government Area of Katsina State.
[7] [8] At Daily Trust, he was appointed Acting Editor (Saturday) in 2012, before he was redeployed to the Daily as Deputy Editor. In 2014 [9] before he was confirmed as the editor in 2016. [10] [11] [12] As the editor, he won Editor of the Year in 2016 [13] [14] and Daily Trust won Newspaper of the year award. [15] [16]
Farooq Adamu Kperogi (born 1973), is a Nigerian-American professor, [2] author, media scholar, newspaper columnist, blogger and activist.He was a reporter and news editor at many Nigerian newspapers including the Daily Trust, Daily Triumph and the now defunct New Nigerian.
He is a member of Daily Trust's Editorial Board, and also writes a weekly column called Column No. 6 for the newspaper. Baba Aminu was a writer on the BBC-produced Wetin Dey, the number one TV show in Nigeria while it ran for two seasons.
The Editor-in-Chief is Jaafar Jaafar [17] who is an alumnus of Bayero University, Kano and London School of Public Relations. Jaafar Started his career with Daily Trust between 2007 and 2011, left the newsroom after his appointment as Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso between 2011 and 2015.
The Authority is a Nigerian daily newspaper published by The Authority Media & Publications Limited and owned by Ifeanyi Ubah. [1] Divided into three titles (The Authority Daily, The Authority Saturday and The Authority Sunday), the newspaper was launched on October 19, 2015, as a multicultural community paper covering national and international news, entertainment, sports, lifestyle and leisure.