Nigerian Tribune

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Nigerian Tribune
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherAfrican Newspapers of Nigeria Ltd
Editor-in-chiefEdward Dickson
Founded1949
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersIbadan, Nigeria
Website www.tribuneonlineng.com

The Nigerian Tribune is an English-language newspaper published in Ibadan, Nigeria. It was established in 1949 by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, making it the oldest running private Nigerian newspaper. [1]

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. Sam Adesua was appointed as the new Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper by Mrs. HID Awolowo, the Chair of African Newspapers of Nigeria Ltd., which owns the Nigerian Tribune. The changes were said to be part of a move to modernize the paper and expand beyond its narrow Yoruba base in the face of competition from papers such as 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 of the Nigerian Tribune, Sina Oladeinde as Editor of the 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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  5. ↑ Femi Okurounmu (2010). Leadership Failure and Nigeria's Fading Hopes: Being Excerpts from Patriotic Punches a Weekly Column in the Nigerian Tribune from 2004 - 2009. AuthorHouse. ISBN   978-1-4490-8409-7.
  6. ↑ "MEDIA: CHANGE OF BATON AT NIGERIAN TRIBUNE". NBF. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
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