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]
In the colonial era, the newspaper served as the mouthpiece for Awolowo's populist welfare programmes. 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 the selfishness of successive leaders has destroyed the hopes not just of Nigerians, but of the entire black race.[5]
The managing director and editor-in-chief of Nigerian Tribune, Segun Olatunji, resigned in December 2008 in the wake of a series of staff changes, and 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/editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Tribune by Mrs. HID Awolowo, the chairman of the publisher 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 Nigerian Compass.[6]
In September 2012, the newspaper's board of directors appointed Edward Dickson as managing director, Editor-in-Chief; Debo Abdulai as Editor Nigerian Tribune; Sina Oladeinde, Editor Sunday Tribune and Lasisi Olagunju as Saturday Tribune Editor.[7]
African newspapers of Nigeria PLC is the publisher of Nigerian Tribune with Tribune online as its online edition.[8]
References
^. Nigerian Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
^"Awolowo, Obafemi (1909-1987) 2004". Encyclopedia of African History. London: Routledge. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^Sriramesh, Krishnamurthy; Verčič, Dejan (2009). The global public relations handbook: theory, research, and practice. Taylor & Francis. ISBN978-0-415-99514-6.
^McNezer Fasehun (29 June 2009). "Nigerian Tribune - a Salute to Awo's Newspapernomics". Daily Independent. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^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. ISBN978-1-4490-8409-7.
^"MEDIA: CHANGE OF BATON AT NIGERIAN TRIBUNE". NBF. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
^"We'll solve cases of killings in Akinyele soon, says Oyo CP". Tribune Online. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
nigerian, tribune, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, possibly, contains, original, research, from, fourth, paragraph, last, paragraphplease. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article possibly contains original research From the fourth paragraph to the last paragraphPlease improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Nigerian TribuneTypeDaily newspaperPublisherAfrican Newspapers of Nigeria LtdEditor in chiefEdward DicksonFounded1949LanguageEnglishHeadquartersIbadan NigeriaWebsitehttp www tribuneonlineng com In the colonial era the newspaper served as the mouthpiece for Awolowo s populist welfare programmes 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 the selfishness of successive leaders has destroyed the hopes not just of Nigerians but of the entire black race 5 The managing director and editor in chief of Nigerian Tribune Segun Olatunji resigned in December 2008 in the wake of a series of staff changes and 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 editor in chief of the Nigerian Tribune by Mrs HID Awolowo the chairman of the publisher 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 Nigerian Compass 6 In September 2012 the newspaper s board of directors appointed Edward Dickson as managing director Editor in Chief Debo Abdulai as Editor Nigerian Tribune Sina Oladeinde Editor Sunday Tribune and Lasisi Olagunju as Saturday Tribune Editor 7 African newspapers of Nigeria PLC is the publisher of Nigerian Tribune with Tribune online as its online edition 8 References Edit About Us Nigerian Tribune Archived from the original on 2011 05 20 Retrieved 2011 05 11 Awolowo Obafemi 1909 1987 2004 Encyclopedia of African History London Routledge Retrieved 13 May 2011 Sriramesh Krishnamurthy Vercic Dejan 2009 The global public relations handbook theory research and practice Taylor amp Francis ISBN 978 0 415 99514 6 McNezer Fasehun 29 June 2009 Nigerian Tribune a Salute to Awo s Newspapernomics Daily Independent Retrieved 13 May 2011 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 MEDIA CHANGE OF BATON AT NIGERIAN TRIBUNE NBF 10 January 2009 Retrieved 2011 05 13 We ll solve cases of killings in Akinyele soon says Oyo CP Tribune Online 2020 06 23 Retrieved 2022 05 23 About Us Tribune Online Retrieved 2022 08 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nigerian Tribune amp oldid 1134616499, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
