Triumph (Nigeria)

Triumph
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s) Kano State
Publisher Triumph Publishing
Founded June 1980
Ceased publication October 2012
Headquarters Kano, Nigeria
Website triumphnewsng.com (former)

The Triumph was a Nigerian English language newspaper published by the Triumph Publishing company based in Kano, Kano State. It had Daily, Weekend and Sunday editions.[1]

The Triumph Newspaper was established in June 1980.[2] The company was owned by the Ministry of Information, Youth, Sports and Culture of the Kano State government.[3] In January 2009 Kano State allocated N8.9 million for the company's activities.[4] In February 2000, the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Saminu Turaki threatened to blacklist the Triumph Publishing Company because he alleged that it had published negative reports about Jigawa State, which had once been part of Kano State.[5] In October 2012 the state government closed down the Triumph Publishing Company for being unviable.[6]

References

  1. "The Triumph Newspapers". AfDevInfo. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  2. "Triumph Newspaper". NigerianDailyNewspaper. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  3. "Ministry of Information, Youth, Sports and Culture". Kano State Government. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  4. "KANO STATE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED 2009 BUDGET SPEECH". Kano State House of Assembly. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  5. "Attacks On The Media In February 2000". Media Rights Agenda. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  6. Adamu, Lawan Danjuma (2012-10-04). "Kano govt shuts Triumph newspaper". Daily Trust (Abuja), via allafrica.com. Media Trust Limited. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
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