The ''Triumph'' is a Nigerian
English language
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newspaper, founded in 1980 and published by the Triumph Publishing Company Limited based in the ancient city of
Kano
Kano may refer to:
Places
*Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
* Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
**Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries
**Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
,
Kano State
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...
. It presently publishes a weekly edition with arrangements to return to publishing of the Daily, Weekend and Sunday editions as well as the publishing of its sister vernacular newspapers of ''AlBishir''
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The ''Triumph'' newspaper was established in June 1980.
/sup>">/sup> The company is solely owned by the Ministry of Information, Youths and Culture of the
Kano State
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...
government. In October 2012 the state government closed down the Company for alleged unviability.
/sup>">/sup> The closure was later found to have political undertones.
The present government re-opened it
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References
Weekly newspapers published in Nigeria
Publications established in 1980
Mass media in Kano
1980 establishments in Nigeria
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