The ''Peoples Daily'' is a newspaper in

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. It was launched as a weekly in November 2008, and it became a daily in November 2009.

History

The Peoples Daily was formally presented at a ceremony in

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in March 2010. Chairman of the Board of Directors is Malam Wada Abdullahi Maida. At the ceremony, Malam Ismaila Isa made it clear that, despite a circulating rumour, ''Peoples Daily'' was not owned by former Vice President

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. Instead, the company was owned by over 40 media professionals. In December 2009, agents of the State Security Service arrested the paper's editor, Malam Ahmed Shekarau, apparently due to a report on the health of ailing President

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. Shekarau later left Peoples Daily to join the ''Daily Trust'' as General Manager.

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