The Sun
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder | The Sun Media Group |
| Publisher | The Sun Publishing Ltd |
| Editor-in-chief | Onuoha Ukeh |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Website | https://www.thesun.ng |
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. This made The Sun the highest-selling newspaper in Nigeria.
History
The Daily Sun was incorporated on 29 March 2001. It started production as a weekly on 18 January 2003 and as a daily on 16 June 2003. The target audience is young adults in the 18–45 age bracket and in the A, B, and C social-economic classes.The paper is similar in format and logo to a popular newspaper, The Sun, in the United Kingdom,[2] but the two papers are unrelated.
The chairman of the publishing house is Neya Kalu who in May 2022, succeeded her father [3] Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia State who currently serves as the Chief Whip of the House of Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria. The first Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief was Mike Awoyinfa. In January 2010 there was a shake-up in which Tony Onyima succeeded Awoyinfa, and the first Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Dimgba Igwe, was replaced by Femi Adesina.[4] Awoyinfa and Igwe remained as directors on the company's board. Adesina replaced Onyima in December 2013. In June, 2015, Eric Osagie succeeded Adesina as Managing Editor/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Publishing Limited. On 9 August 2019, Onuoha Ukeh, then Editor Daily, was appointed Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief to replace Osagie.[5]
References
- ↑ Countries: Nigeria: News. Stanford University. Retrieved 23 February 2011
- ↑ Nigerian Sun Newspaper. Retrieved 13 May 2011
- ↑ Kalu steps down as The Sun Publisher, Neya Kalu takes over. The Sun. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022
- ↑ Change of Guards At the Sun. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2011
- ↑ Management changes in The Sun. The Nation. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011
External links
- [{{{1}}} Official website]