Nigerian Tribune private scandals despite government attempts at suppression. General Ibrahim Babangida once said that of all the Nigerian newspapers he would only read and take seriously the "Nigerian Tribune's" editorial column. 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. In December 2008 Segun Olatunji, managing director and Editor-in-Chief of "Nigerian Tribune",
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