Daily Nigerian

{{short description|Nigerian newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = 
| logo = 
| logo_size = 
| type = Daily  [[newspaper]]
| format = Online
| foundation = 6 March 2016
| ceased publication = 
| price = 
| owners = [[Jaafar Jaafar]]
| publisher = Penlight Media Limited
| language = English language and Hausa Language
| circulation = Worldwide (On Internet)
| headquarters = [[Abuja]] [[Nigeria]]
| website = [https://dailynigerian.com/ Official Website]
}}

'''Daily Nigerian''' is a [[Nigerian]] newspaper publishing company based in [[Abuja]] that publishes in [[English-language]] and [[Hausa-language]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-15|title=Ganduje slams N3bn suit on newspaper over 'bribery' videos|url=https://www.thecable.ng/ganduje-slams-n3bn-suit-on-newspaper-over-bribery-videos|access-date=2021-02-03|website=TheCable|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-16|title=Nigerians criticise Ganduje over comment on corruption|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/409089-nigerians-criticise-ganduje-over-comment-on-corruption.html|access-date=2021-02-03|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title='If we find govnor Ganduje guilty we go impeach am' - Kano Assembly|work=BBC News Pidgin|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-45858589|access-date=2021-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Odunsi|first=Wale|date=2018-10-25|title=Ganduje: What Daily Nigerian publisher told Kano Assembly about bribery videos|url=https://dailypost.ng/2018/10/25/ganduje-daily-nigerian-publisher-told-kano-assembly-bribery-videos/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-22|title=Nigeria's Kano State Governor converts Christian under-age girl to Islam|url=https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2020/04/nigerias-kano-state-governor-converts-christian-under-age-girl-to-islam/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=World Watch Monitor|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Prnigeria|date=2020-03-22|title=DAILY NIGERIAN publisher, Jaafar Jaafar, loses mother at 70|url=https://prnigeria.com/2020/03/22/daily-nigerian-jaafar-jaafar-mother/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=PRNigeria News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tell the Nigerian authorities to stop attacking Ja'afar|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/nigeria-journalism-jaafar/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=www.amnesty.org|language=en|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205104938/https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/nigeria-journalism-jaafar/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-28|title=#GandujeGate: Protect Kano whistleblowers, groups urge FG|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/308422-gandujegate-protect-kano-whistleblowers-groups-urge-fg.html|access-date=2021-02-03|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==History==
The ''Daily Nigerian'' was established on 6 March 2016.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kperogi|first=Farooq A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SynKDwAAQBAJ&q=history+of+daily+nigeria+newspaper+of+Jaafar+Jaafar+2016&pg=PA161|title=Nigeria's Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation|date=2019-12-20|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-1-58046-982-1|language=en}}</ref>
The Company became popular after publishing controversial  video clips showing a [[Nigerian]] [[Governor]], [[Abdullahi Umar Ganduje]] of [[Kano State]] receiving $5 million bribe in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-10|title=REVEALED: The face of Nigerian governor caught on tape receiving $5m bribe|url=https://dailynigerian.com/revealed-the-face-of-nigerian-governor-caught-on-tape-receiving-5m-bribe/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Daily Nigerian|language=en-US|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920214241/https://dailynigerian.com/revealed-the-face-of-nigerian-governor-caught-on-tape-receiving-5m-bribe/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-14|title=EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, caught receiving bribe|url=https://dailynigerian.com/exclusive-video-kano-governor-abdullahi-ganduje-caught-receiving-bribe/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Daily Nigerian|language=en-US|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310034239/https://dailynigerian.com/exclusive-video-kano-governor-abdullahi-ganduje-caught-receiving-bribe/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-08|title=EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian governor caught on video receiving $5m bribes|url=https://dailynigerian.com/exclusive-nigerian-governor-caught-on-video-receiving-5m-bribes/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Daily Nigerian|language=en-US|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926161843/https://dailynigerian.com/exclusive-nigerian-governor-caught-on-video-receiving-5m-bribes/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-19|title=Kano govt revokes contracts of contractor who filmed Ganduje bribe videos|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/306538-kano-govt-revokes-contracts-of-contractor-who-filmed-ganduje-bribe-videos.html|access-date=2021-02-03|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-22|title=Why we can't probe Gov. Ganduje over bribe videos -- EFCC {{!}} Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/297071-why-we-cant-probe-gov-ganduje-over-bribe-videos-efcc.html|access-date=2021-02-03|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-25|title=Jafar, the publisher, appears before KNHA, says video showing Ganduje receiving bribe authentic|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/jafar-the-publisher-appears-before-knha-says-video-showing-ganduje-receiving-bribe-authentic/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='You Cannot Muzzle the Media': Nigerian Journalists on Press Freedom under Buhari - Nigeria|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/you-cannot-muzzle-media-nigerian-journalists-press-freedom-under-buhari|access-date=2021-02-03|website=ReliefWeb|language=en}}</ref>

==Personnel==
The Editor-in-Chief is [[Jaafar Jaafar]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Politics - Journalist Jafaar must be protected- Amnesty International – Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/journalist-jafaar-must-be-protected-amnesty-international-%E2%80%93-premium-times-nigeria.355527/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Nigeria News Links {{!}} Today's Updates - Nigerian Bulletin|language=en-US}}</ref> who is an alumnus of [[Bayero University]], [[Kano (city)|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 (Nigeria)|Peoples Daily]]'', ''[[Blueprint (newspaper)|Blueprint]]'' and ''[[Nigerian Tribune]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2014/11/20/defecting-speaker-vs-vindictive-president-jaafar-jaafar/|title=Defecting Speaker vs Vindictive President, by Jaafar Jaafar - Premium Times Opinion|date=20 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-25|title=Presidency caught showcasing Kwankwaso's projects as Jonathan's achievement in North-West {{!}} Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/investigationspecial-reports/171851-presidency-caught-showcasing-kwankwasos-projects-jonathans-achievement-north-west.html|access-date=2021-02-06|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-11|title=What I benefited from Jonathan – Pastor Bakare {{!}} Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/189873-what-i-benefited-from-jonathan-pastor-bakare.html|access-date=2021-02-06|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-20|title=Defecting Speaker vs Vindictive President, By Jaafar Jaafar - Premium Times Opinion|url=https://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2014/11/20/defecting-speaker-vs-vindictive-president-jaafar-jaafar/|access-date=2021-02-06|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kperogi|first=Farooq A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SynKDwAAQBAJ&q=history+of+daily+nigeria+newspaper+of+Jaafar+Jaafar+2016&pg=PA161|title=Nigeria's Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation|date=2019-12-20|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-1-58046-982-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/the-shocking-return-of-godwin-emefiele/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Nigerian Tribune|title=The shocking return of Godwin Emefiele|date=19 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/ig-wala-vs-abdullahi-mukhtar-a-final-note/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Nigerian Tribune|title=IG Wala vs Abdullahi Mukhtar: A final note|date=4 May 2019}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{Official|https://dailynigerian.com/ }}

{{Major Nigerian newspapers}}

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[[Category:Daily newspapers published in Nigeria]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Abuja]]