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Ibadan, Nigeria. Website. www .tribuneonlineng .com. The Nigerian Tribune is an English-language newspaper published in Ibadan, Nigeria. It was established in 1949 by Obafemi Awolowo and is the oldest running private Nigerian newspaper. [1] In the colonial era, the newspaper served as the mouthpiece for Awolowo's populist welfare programs.
The paper changed its name to The Standard in 1977 but the name East African Standard was revived later. It was sold to Kenyan investors in 1995. In 2004 the name was changed back to The Standard. It is the main rival to Kenya's largest newspaper, the Daily Nation. In 1989, at a time when Kenya was going into multi-party era, the Standard Group ...
As of 2006, Olojede was living in Johannesburg with his wife and two daughters. In November 2006, the East African Standard reported that Olojede was hoping to launch a daily newspaper that would be distributed across the entire African continent. Returning to Nigeria, Olojede launched 234Next in 2008, first on Twitter and then online and in print.
The list includes print and online newspapers currently published in Nigeria that have national circulation or that are major local newspapers. [8] Newspaper. Location. First issues. Publisher. Naija News. Lagos. 2016.
The Nigeria Standard is a daily Nigerian newspaper owned by the Plateau State government and published by Plateau Publishing Corporation, with headquarters at Jos. Profile. The newspaper was established in 1972 by the Benue-Plateau State government and ceased publication in 1986. Later, in 1992, it was re-established.
The Eastern region of Nigeria was geographically located in Southeastern Nigeria. [3] It is bordered by the Niger river in the West and has an administrative and cultural border with the Northern region of Nigeria to the north. The eastern boundary lies between the border of Nigeria and Cameroon and the southern coast is along the Gulf of Guinea.
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, GCFR PC (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), [2] usually referred to Zik, was a Nigerian politician, statesman, and revolutionary leader who served as the 3rd governor-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and the 1st president of Nigeria during the First Nigerian Republic (1963–1966). [3]
The Daily Times is a newspaper with headquarters in Lagos . At its peak, in the 1970s, it was one of the most successful locally owned businesses in Africa. [1] The paper went into decline after it was purchased by the government in 1975. What was left was sold to a private investor in 2004. Folio Communications Limited officially assumed the ...