The Sun (Nigeria) Explained

The Sun
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Founder:The Sun Media Group
Foundation:2001
Publisher:The Sun Publishing Ltd
Chiefeditor:Onuoha Ukeh
Language:English
Headquarters:Lagos, Nigeria

The Sun is a Nigerian daily print newspaper founded and published in KiriKiri Industrial Layout, Lagos, Nigeria.[1] As of 2011, The Sun had a daily print run of 130,000 copies, and 135,000 for weekend titles, with an average of 80% sales. This made The Sun the highest-selling newspaper in Nigeria.

History

The Daily Sun was incorporated on 29 March 2001. It started production as a weekly on 18 January 2003 and as a daily on 16 June 2003. The target audience is young adults in the 18–45 age bracket and in the A, B, and C social-economic classes. The paper is similar in format and logo to a popular newspaper, The Sun, in the United Kingdom,[2] but the two papers are unrelated.

The chairman of the publishing house is Neya Kalu who in May 2022, succeeded her father [3] Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia State who currently serves as the Chief Whip of the House of Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria. The first Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief was Mike Awoyinfa. In January 2010 there was a shake-up in which Tony Onyima succeeded Awoyinfa, and the first Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Dimgba Igwe, was replaced by Femi Adesina.[4] Awoyinfa and Igwe remained as directors on the company's board. Adesina replaced Onyima in December 2013. In June, 2015, Eric Osagie succeeded Adesina as Managing Editor/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Publishing Limited. On 9 August 2019, Onuoha Ukeh, then Editor Daily, was appointed Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief to replace Osagie.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Countries: Nigeria: News. Stanford University. 23 February 2011. Stanford, California, USA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101104202824/http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/nigeria/nigerianews.html. 4 November 2010.
  2. Web site: Nigerian Sun Newspaper . NigerianDailyNewspaper.com . 13 May 2011.
  3. Web site: Kalu steps down as The Sun Publisher, Neya Kalu takes over . sunnewsonline.com . 26 June 2022 . 27 June 2022.
  4. News: Change of Guards At the Sun. 7 January 2010. ThisDay. 23 February 2011.
  5. Web site: Management changes in The Sun . 7 January 2010 . . Nigeria . 13 May 2011.