Daily Trust
Source Passport
NG-M-00008-2
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Media Trust Limited
- Country
- Nigeria
- Type
- Newspaper
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Editor-in-chief
- Ibrahim Shehu (Editorial Director)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 27 April 2026
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Limited
2 of 7 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence not disclosed
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address on record, not yet checked
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- Owners not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- Daily Trust
- Weekend Trust
- Aminiya
- Trust TV
- Trust Radio
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address Pending check
- 20 P.O.W Mafemi Crescent, Utako District, Abuja (address on site)
- Public contact email Pending check
- info@dailytrust.com
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence
- Not disclosed
- Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Pending check
- Media Trust Group
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Partly verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts Pending check
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064638796212 X twitter.com/daily_trust Instagram instagram.com/daily_trust Threads threads.net/@daily_trust TikTok tiktok.com/@thedailytrust YouTube youtube.com/@DailyTrust LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/daily-trust Pinterest pinterest.com/dailytrustng
2 sources
- Daily Trust article 'Media Trust digital newsroom goes live' (own site; publication date not shown in the fetch), read 2026-10-19 ('Media Trust Group, owners of Daily Trust, Weekend Trust, Aminiya, Trust TV and Trust Radio'; Chairman Malam Kabiru Yusuf; Group Chief Executive Officer Malam Ahmed Shekarau; Editorial Director Malam Ibrahim Shehu; 20 P.O.W Mafemi Crescent, Utako District, Abuja; footer Media Trust Limited, info@dailytrust.com, social accounts)
- Input master list Q043-WORLD-media-MX-MY-NG.csv (MPMONITOR master, updated 2026-04-27; domain as listed in input)
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Not yet verified
- Sister outlets in the same group Pending check
- Weekend Trust
- Aminiya
- Trust TV
- Trust Radio
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Channels, Networks) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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