By: IndyPress News Desk 

A Professor of Political Institutions, Governance and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, Emmanuel Remi Aiyede, has emerged as the Editorial Board Chair of the Nigerian Tribune Newspaper.

The appointment was disclosed by the professor in a post on his LinkedIn account on Thursday, February 5, 2026.

“I am happy to announce my assumption of a new role as the Chair of the Editorial Board of Nigerian Tribune Newspaper, Nigeria’s longest surviving privately owned newspaper,” Professor Aiyede wrote.

Professor Aiyede is also an extraordinary professor at the School of Public Management and Administration, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

A Fellow of the Pan-African Scientific Research Council (PASRC), he previously served as the Research and Policy Uptake Lead of the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Nairobi, between July and December 2023. He was also Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, from 2020 to 2022.

He earlier served as Sub-Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences (2012–2014) and Coordinator of the Leadership and Governance Programe (2010–2014) at the Center for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan.

Professor Aiyede has been a member of the Editorial Board of the Nigerian Tribune since 2008 and is a regular contributor to public discourse in the Nigerian media. He previously taught at the University of Lagos before joining the University of Ibadan in 2005.

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