Jaafar Jaafar is a Nigerian journalist from Kano state and the founder of Daily Nigerian, an online publication company which published a controversial video clip showing a Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje receiving $5 million bribe in October 2018.
Jaafar holds a Master's Degree in Communication Studies (Bayero University, Kano) Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication (Bayero University Kano), a diploma in Public Relations Strategy (London School of Public Relations).
He started his journalism career at Daily Trust newspapers in 2007 and left the newsroom after his appointment as Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso between 2011 and 2015.
[6] He joined Premium Times as Assistant Editor in 2015[7][8] and left a year after to establish Daily Nigerian,[9] one of the fastest growing online publications in Nigeria.
[17][18][19] [20][21] Jaafar endanger himself by releasing the video clip according to him on BBC Hausa Radio News.