Nigerian Tribune of these, however, Nigerian Tribune has continued to wax stronger in terms of patronage and national outreach and has remained the voice of the voiceless. It has refused to be cowed by these political elements who have continued to profit from the name of its founder but who are not following his political ideals and ideology. 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. Nigerian Tribune The Nigerian Tribune is an English-language newspaper published in
Nigerian Merchant Navy arrested for allegedly assaulting men of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority. Edema claimed he had recruited 10,000 men to his "Nigerian Merchant Navy Corps" with the job of policing the nation’s waterways. Edema, who was never a Navy Commodore but had been a welder with Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) from 1994 to 1996, was arrested for alleged impersonation. Responding to the Tribune report, the Director-General of the self-styled Nigerian Merchant Navy, Commodore Allen Edema, called for President Umaru Yar'Adua to investigate the Nigerian Navy, implying it might be involved in import of illegal arms, contraband and hard drugs.