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 | shortdesc = Newspaper publishing company based in Abuja, Nigeria
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = 
| logo               = Daily Trust logo.jpg
| logo_size          = 175px
| type               = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format             = 
| founded         = 2001
| ceased_publication = 
| owners             = 
| founder            = Kabiru Yusuf
| publisher          = Media Trust
| chief_editor        = Naziru Mikailu
| editor             = [[Hamza Idris]]
| deputy_editor          = Abdu'azeez Abdu'azeez
| managing_editor          = Stella O Iyaji
| language           = English-Hausa
| circulation        = 50,0000
| sister_newspapers  = Aminiya
| headquarters       = [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]]
| website            = [https://dailytrust.com/ dailytrust.com]
}}
'''Media Trust''' is a privately held [[Nigeria]]n 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.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Olawale A. |author2=Omotayo O. |date=March 25, 2018 |title=Daily Trust Looks to Digital Future at 20 |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/03/25/daily-trust-looks-to-digital-future-at-20/amp/ |url-status=dead |access-date=May 10, 2018|newspaper=[[This Day]]}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=February 2025|fix-attempted=yes}}

==History==
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.<ref>{{Cite news
 |url=http://award.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=904&Itemid=8 
 |title=About Media Trust 
 |access-date=18 December 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723124003/http://award.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=904&Itemid=8 
 |archive-date=23 July 2009 
|newspaper=[[Daily Trust]]}}</ref>
The group of newspapers ranks among the top seven in Nigeria in advertising revenue.<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/media/article01//indexn3_html?pdate=030809&ptitle=%3CI%3EDaily%20Trust%3C/I%3E...surviving%20where%20others%20failed&cpdate=060809
 |date=3 August 2009
 |title=Daily Trust...surviving where others failed
 |author=Tope Templer Olaiya
 |newspaper=[[The Guardian|The Guardian]] |location =Lagos
 |access-date=18 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==Content==
The newspapers have online editions, and content from the newspapers is republished by [[AllAfrica]] and Gamji.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/nigeria/nigerianews.html 
 |title=Countries:Nigeria:News 
 |publisher=[[Stanford University]] 
 |access-date=18 December 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104202824/http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/nigeria/nigerianews.html 
 |archive-date=4 November 2010 
}}</ref>

==Personnel==
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 (city)|Sokoto]], and has worked as a columnist and commentator for the ''[[Daily Triumph]]'', ''Citizen Magazine'', ''[[Newswatch (Nigeria)|Newswatch]]'' and [[BBC World Service|BBC]] Africa Service.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.abctransport.com/board%20of%20directors.php 
 |title=Board 
 |publisher=ABC Transport 
 |access-date=18 December 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125172036/http://www.abctransport.com/board%20of%20directors.php 
 |archive-date=25 November 2009 
}}</ref>

[[Jaafar Jaafar]], the editor in chief of ''[[Daily Nigerian]]'', was on the staff between 2007 and 2011.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://dailytrust.com/ Official website]

{{Major Nigerian newspapers}}

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