Nigerian Tribune editorial in the "Nigerian Tribune" that accused the ACN of imposing its candidates in the party primaries for the forthcoming national elections. An ACN spokesman called the paper a front for the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Indeed since Nigeria's new democratic journey, the newspaper has engaged in running battle with some political group which styled itself as " progressives " but which curiously has consistently used the name of the newspaper's founder, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, one of Nigeria's foremost nationalists, to campaign for votes. The progressives who formed the nucleus of Alliance for Democracy (AD),and later Action Congress and Action
Nigerian English into the dialect and have a unique meaning. The examples below of prominent Nigerian English loanwords are provided by Grace Ebunlola: ""agbada:" a kind of flowing dress for men, especially among the Yoruba: ‘Chief Ogini wore agbada to the wedding ceremony.’ "babanriga:" a kind of long, loose dress for men, especially among the Hausas: ‘I really like your babanriga.’ "akara:" an item of food, also referred to as ‘bean cake’ "akamu pap:" a kind of corn porridge: ‘This morning I ate akara and akamu.’ "akpu, banga, eba, egusi, ogbono, tuwo": ‘soup’ (in various Nigerian languages), as in: ‘Anytime I eat