Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Former leader of Nigeria's National Assembly and Constitutional lawyer, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has expressed great shock and sadness at the death of the former Head of the Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, who passed on in Lagos on Tuesday at the age of 85.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant in the 2023 general elections, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has congratulated the Sokoto state governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on his 56th birthday.
By John Ituma (Ebonyi State Correspondent)
The publicity secretary of the people's Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi state, Chika Nwoba Chika, has been kidnapped.
According to an eyewitness account by the Deputy Chairman of the party in the state, Bar. Ifeanyi Nworie, the incident occurred on Sunday along Abakaliki/Enugu highway. Nworie stated in his account made available to the press that the kidnappers double-crossed the vehicle in which he was driving alongside Nwoba, shooting sporadically in the air and pulling Nwoba in the process into the trunk of a Sienna bus while beating him severely.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
The Niger state government has organized free cervical cancer screening and treatment for initial 5,000 women of reproductive age for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) drawn from across the 25 Local Government Areas of the state.
By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent)
Namala Keftin Amuga, a registered builder and Professor of Construction Management, recently appointed Special Adviser, Projects Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation in Gombe State, has expressed his readiness to hit the ground rolling in his new responsibilities.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Chairman and Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has lost his first wife, an Igbo by birth, Chief (Mrs) Zainab Marwa.
By John Ituma (Ebonyi State Correspondent)
Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. Dave Nweze Umahi has ordered an immediate suspension from duty to the State Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Chief Emmanuel Uguru and the Senior Special Assistant on Education, Dr Obianuju Alo, for alleged acts of negligence and dereliction of duty.
By Agency Reporter
An Igbo interest group, Movement for Election of Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction, on Friday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Senator Margery Chuba-Okadigbo as Board Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited.
By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)
There was a tumultuous joy and wide applause across the country on Wednesday, January 5, as President Muhammadu Buhari announced his choice of Senator (Mrs) Margery Okadigbo, widow of the former Senate President of Nigeria and his ex-political ally, as the chairman of the newly reconstituted board and management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC.
By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)
The Jukun Youths of Southern Taraba in Diaspora under the leadership of Ezekiel Apaji Danjuma, have slammed the governor of Taraba state, Arch. Darius Dickson Ishaku, for abandoning the funeral and traditional rites for the burial of the late Aku Uka of Wukari, leaving the traditional council with no choice than to solicit for an open donation.
By Micheal Jegede (In Abuja)
A Germany-based Ibadan-born chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Olayinka Oladimeji Segelu, has commiserated with Governor Seyi Makinde and the entire people of Ibadan, home and abroad, over the death of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanji Adetunji Aje Oguguniso 1.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Former Commissioner of Information in Imo state, Prof Vitalis Ajumbe, has expressed shock over the death of elder statesman, Alhaji Bashir Tofa.
