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TypeDaily newspaper
FormatOnline
Owner(s)Jaafar Jaafar
PublisherPenlight Media Limited
Founded6 March 2016
LanguageEnglish language and Hausa Language
HeadquartersAbuja Nigeria
CirculationWorldwide (On Internet)
WebsiteOfficial Website

Daily Nigerian is a Nigerian newspaper publishing company based in Abuja that publishes in English-language and Hausa-language[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

History[edit]

The Daily Nigerian was established on 6 March 2016.[9] The Company became popular after publishing controversial video clips showing a Nigerian Governor, Abdullahi Umar GandujeofKano State receiving $5 million bribe in October 2018.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Personnel[edit]

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. He joined Premium Times and left a year after to establish Daily Nigerian in 2016. He is a columnist of Peoples Daily, Blueprint and Nigerian Tribune.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ganduje slams N3bn suit on newspaper over 'bribery' videos". TheCable. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "Nigerians criticise Ganduje over comment on corruption". 16 August 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "'If we find govnor Ganduje guilty we go impeach am' - Kano Assembly". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ Odunsi, Wale (25 October 2018). "Ganduje: What Daily Nigerian publisher told Kano Assembly about bribery videos". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "Nigeria's Kano State Governor converts Christian under-age girl to Islam". World Watch Monitor. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ Prnigeria (22 March 2020). "DAILY NIGERIAN publisher, Jaafar Jaafar, loses mother at 70". PRNigeria News. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "Tell the Nigerian authorities to stop attacking Ja'afar". www.amnesty.org. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "#GandujeGate: Protect Kano whistleblowers, groups urge FG". 28 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ Kperogi, Farooq A. (20 December 2019). Nigeria's Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-58046-982-1.
  • ^ "REVEALED: The face of Nigerian governor caught on tape receiving $5m bribe". Daily Nigerian. 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  • ^ "EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, caught receiving bribe". Daily Nigerian. 14 October 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  • ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian governor caught on video receiving $5m bribes". Daily Nigerian. 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  • ^ "Kano govt revokes contracts of contractor who filmed Ganduje bribe videos". 19 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "Why we can't probe Gov. Ganduje over bribe videos -- EFCC | Premium Times Nigeria". 22 November 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "Jafar, the publisher, appears before KNHA, says video showing Ganduje receiving bribe authentic". Vanguard News. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "'You Cannot Muzzle the Media': Nigerian Journalists on Press Freedom under Buhari - Nigeria". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "Politics - Journalist Jafaar must be protected- Amnesty International – Premium Times Nigeria". Nigeria News Links | Today's Updates - Nigerian Bulletin. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  • ^ "Defecting Speaker vs Vindictive President, by Jaafar Jaafar - Premium Times Opinion". 20 November 2014.
  • ^ "Presidency caught showcasing Kwankwaso's projects as Jonathan's achievement in North-West | Premium Times Nigeria". 25 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  • ^ "What I benefited from Jonathan – Pastor Bakare | Premium Times Nigeria". 11 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  • ^ "Defecting Speaker vs Vindictive President, By Jaafar Jaafar - Premium Times Opinion". 20 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  • ^ Kperogi, Farooq A. (20 December 2019). Nigeria's Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-58046-982-1.
  • ^ "The shocking return of Godwin Emefiele". Nigerian Tribune. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  • ^ "IG Wala vs Abdullahi Mukhtar: A final note". Nigerian Tribune. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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