[1] By March 2011 the Executive Chairman and publisher of Champion Newspapers was Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu.

[3] According to Iyara Esu, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, the Daily Champion is "the major paper we have east of the Niger, a paper that is indigenous to our people, that is the voice of people, this part of the country".

[3] The Daily Champion covers a wide variety of news, sports, business and community events.

Compared to other papers, the Daily Champion tends to report more positively on the oil industry.

[4] The newspaper is usually cautious in its coverage of issues, and does not stray far from the government line.