Five new editors have been appointed in Media Trust Limited’s newspaper titles while one editor’s acting appointment has been confirmed, according to a statement signed by the new Managing Editor, Mr. Theophilus Abbah. All the appointments were approved by the company’s Board of Directors.
Nasiru L. Abubakar is now the substantive Editor of Daily Trust. Mr. Theophilus Abbah is the new Managing Editor. He succeeds Ismaila Umaru Lere, who takes over as the Opinion Pages Editor. Abbah was editor of the Daily Trust on Sunday while Lere succeeds Ibrahim Auduson, who passed away in January.
Lawan Danjuma Adamu is now the Acting Editor, Daily Trust on Sunday while Miss Stella Iyaji is the Acting Deputy Editor, Daily Trust on Sunday. Before their appointments, Adamu was the Deputy Editor, Daily Trust on Sunday while Iyaji was a senior editor on the News Desk.
Abbah, who holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Language from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and University of Abuja respectively, started his journalism career in 1996 at The Punch in Lagos. He rose through the ranks from Reporter to Assistant Editor. An award-winning investigative journalist, he joined Daily Trust in August 2007 as the Head of Investigation Desk.
In 2008, he was appointed Editor of Sunday Trust, a position he held until his appointment as Managing Editor in January 2016. Mr. Abbah is an author, journalism trainer and researcher.
Abubakar was appointed Acting Editor of Daily Trust in November 2014. Before the appointment, he was Deputy Editor of Daily Trust and had served in various capacities including Acting Editor of Weekly Trust and Deputy News Editor. He studied Mass Communication at the Kaduna Polytechnic and Bayero University, Kano and started his journalism practice as a stringer with Weekly Trust in 2000 before joining the company as a full-time reporter in 2004.
The new Opinion Pages Editor, Ismaila Lere, joined Media Trust Limited in October 1999 as a Reporter/Researcher and has played several roles over the years. He was at various times News Editor, Sports Editor, Assistant Editor, Deputy Editor and until recently the Acting Managing Editor from 2013 to January 2016.
A Fellow of the Freedom House, Washington D.C, Lere is taking over the Opinion Pages with a wealth of experience in various aspects of journalism.
The Acting Editor of the Daily Trust on Sunday, Lawan Adamu, joined the services of Media Trust Limited in 2009 as a correspondent in Kano. In 2011, he was posted to Zamfara State as state correspondent, where he worked until he was redeployed to Kano as Acting Regional Editor, to edit the Kano Chronicle title and oversee editorial matters in the North-West. In 2013, Adamu was appointed Acting Deputy Editor, Sunday Trust, a position he held until his recent appointment as Acting Editor of Daily Trust on Sunday.
Adamu graduated with a Second Class (Upper Division) in Political Science from the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto in 2002. Before joining Media Trust Limited, he had an 8-year sojourn in the Directorate of Army Public Relations (1996 – 2004). He also had a stint in the National Review magazine as a Senior Staff Writer.
Miss Iyaji holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Language from the University of Maiduguri and University of Abuja respectively. After graduating in 2002 she served in the Imo Broadcasting Corporation under the NYSC scheme. She joined the services of DBN Television, Abuja in 2004 where she worked as a Reporter, News Editor and Producer. She reported the Police, Judiciary and the Senate. In April 2009, she joined Media Trust Limited as an Assistant News Editor (States and Regions), a position she held until her elevation to the post of Acting Deputy Editor of the Daily Trust on Sunday. The new appointees have already assumed duty.
