Nigerians cry, ministers smile to foreign banks

No doubt, Nigeria parades the best set of Newspaper editors in Black Africa as aptly shown by the quality of awards received so far by many Nigerian Journalists across Africa. Just last week, the Sunday Trust editor, sorry, one of the nation’s longest serving Acting Sunday Editors Mr. Theophilus Abbah scooped for himself a fantastic award as Africa’s most outstanding editor in the year who published very controversial but objectively sound news material amid widespread pressure from certain quarters.That award was the first PANAFRICAN Journalism award of excellence. May I please ask the senior editorial and management staff of Daily Trust group of Newspapers why this exceptional and gallant editor Mr. Theophilus Abbah is still appearing on their masthead as ACTING EDITOR? Or is it a perfect case of a prophet not being sufficiently recognized in his homeland? Pardon me for this necessary digression because as journalists we owe ourselves a duty to say it as it is because we are worshippers in the temple of truth and objectivity. Thankfully, the motto of our beloved Daily Trust is TRUTH IS A BURDEN.