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 Merchant Navy "is a captain from Nigerian Merchant Navy formation, and he was the class mate of Commodore Olatinwo in the academy. So it is wrong to say Nigerian Merchant Navy is fake". Afelani said "For anybody or group of persons to tarnish the image of a noble institution like the Merchant Navy, especially in view of its strategic importance to the Nations economy is callous and wicked". He said the Nigerian Navy should cease its persecution of the Nigerian Merchant Navy and instead view it as a sister organization with complementary goals. Nigerian Merchant Navy The Nigerian Merchant Navy (NMN) consists