Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)
Special Adviser of the President, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, stressed the need for national unity, saying Nigeria needs peacemakers who will entrench nationalism and patriotism in the polity, and not spoilers.
By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)
A 25 years-old young man, David Nnaedozie Jnr., has been reported missing in lagos.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
Former Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has described the former Head of the Interim Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, as one of Nigeria’s finest and an uncommon patriot who contributed in the shaping of Nigeria’s fiscal policies.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Abia State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Chukwu has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of Senator Margery Okadigbo as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC).
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The former governor of Yobe state, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, on Wednesday, said posterity would be kind to the present governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, for repositioning the All Progressives Congress (APC) amid the myriad of challenges facing the governing party.
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.
