Nigerian Tribune
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The Nigerian Tribune is an English-language newspaper published in Ibadan, Nigeria. It was established in 1949 by Obafemi Awolowo and is the oldest running private Nigerian newspaper.[1]
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Publisher | African Newspapers of Nigeria Ltd |
| Editor-in-chief | Edward Dickson |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Ibadan, Nigeria |
| Website | www |
During the colonial era, the newspaper served as the mouthpiece for Awolowo's populist welfare programs. It also played an important role in defending the interests of the Yoruba people in a period when different ethnic groups were struggling for ascendancy.[2] After independence in the 1960s, most publications were government-owned until the 1990s, but private papers such as the Nigerian Tribune, The Punch, Vanguard, and the Guardian continued to expose public and private scandals despite government attempts at suppression.[3] General Ibrahim Babangida stated that out of all the Nigerian newspapers, he would only read and take seriously the Nigerian Tribune's editorial column.[4]
The book Leadership Failure and Nigeria's Fading Hopes by Femi Okurounmu consists of excerpts from a weekly column in the Nigerian Tribune published between 2004 and 2009. The author, a patriotic Nigerian elder statesman, laments how the corruption and selfishness of successive leaders have destroyed the hopes not just of Nigerians but of the entire black race.[5]
The managing director and editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Tribune, Segun Olatunji, resigned in December 2008 in the wake of a series of staff changes. A few days later, the editor, Rauf Abiodun, also resigned in the wake of a series of staff changes. Sam Adesua has been appointed as the new managing director and editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Tribune by Mrs. HID Awolowo, the chairman of African Newspapers of Nigeria Ltd., which owns the Nigerian Tribune. There was a change in the editorship of the daily newspaper when Edward Dickson was appointed. The changes were said to be part of a move to modernize the paper and expand beyond narrow Yoruba partisan politics in the face of competition from The Westerner, The Nation and the Nigerian Compass.[6]
In September 2012, the newspaper's board of directors appointed Edward Dickson as managing director and Editor-in-Chief; Debo Abdulai as Editor Nigerian Tribune; Sina Oladeinde as Editor Sunday Tribune; and Lasisi Olagunju as Saturday Tribune Editor.[7]
African Newspapers of Nigeria PLC is the publisher of the Nigerian Tribune, with Tribune Online as its online edition.[8]
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