The Board of Directors, Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Daily Trust newspapers, has announced five new appointments.
The appointments were contained in a statement by the company’s Chief Executive Officer/ Editor-in-Chief, Mannir Dan Ali.
Among the changes is the promotion of Hamza Idris to the position of Editor of the Daily Trust.
He was until the appointment, the newspaper’s Politics Editor.
He succeeds Nasiru L. Abubakar, who has been elevated to the position Managing Editor.
Abubakar is to be assisted by Nasir Imam, who holds the position of Deputy Managing Editor.
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The Deputy Editor of the Daily Trust is now Stella Iyaji, who, until this appointment, was the Deputy Editor of the Daily Trust on Sunday.
Furthermore, the Editor of the Daily Trust on Sunday, Lawan Danjuma Adamu, is now to function as Editor of both Weekend Titles, Daily Trust on Saturday and Daily Trust on Sunday.
The erstwhile editor of the Daily Trust on Saturday Abdulkareem Baba Aminu is now to serve as the Secretary of the Trust Television implementation committee that is to actualize the national television license of Media Trust Limited.
Amina Alhassan has also been elevated to the position of Deputy Editor of the Weekend Titles.
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