
Media Trust
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]
Type
Daily newspaper
Kabiru Yusuf
Media Trust
Abdu'azeez Abdu'azeez
2001
English-Hausa language's
Aminiya
Content[edit]
The newspapers have online editions and content from the newspapers is republished by AllAfrica and Gamji.[4] The company presents the "Daily Trust African of the Year" award, recognizing and celebrating Africans who have made positive contributions that affect the lives of other people and have attracted pan-African attention during the award year.[5]
Personnel[edit]
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.[6] Jaafar Jaafar the Editor in Chief of Daily Nigerian was one of their staff between 2007 and 2011.