Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By NAN Correspondent
The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the appointment of the Secretary and Board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
By Chinwendu Agoha (Governance Reporter)
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of criminal misrepresent of the position of the Chairman of President Muhammadu Buhari's Economic Advisory Council (EAC), Professor Doyin Salami, on external borrowing.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North-Central, in Minna)
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has approved the immediate re-deployment of the Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji, to Kontagora Emirate, as a battle over the succession of the late Emir takes a dangerous turn.
By Barrister Emeka Ugwuonye
I just lost a father, who has been there for me for the past 30 years. It is a big blow that I did not foresee. I mistakenly thought he would live forever. And now, he is gone, suddenly, but with much dignity as he lived.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
Sokoto State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Suleiman Usman (SAN), on Tuesday, inaugurated Justice For Children Coordination Forum in an event held at the Shukura hotels.
By Mohammed Abubakar (In Yobe State)
The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Tuesday, flagged off the distribution of food and non-food items to the victims of 2020 flood disaster in 16 states.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has charged other Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa to consider targeting the assets of drug cartels as a veritable tool that will weaken criminal narco networks.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
A member representing Nigeria at the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, and Chairman of the Parliament’s Committee on Judicial and Legal Matters, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has sued for peace in the country, noting that no nation could make progress without peace.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
Chief Magistrate Shu' aibu Ahmad of the Magistrate Court sitting in Sokoto, on Tuesday, sentenced
Aminu Hayatau Tafida, son of the Special Adviser on Social Investments to governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and two others to a four years and six months imprisonment with an option of fine of N400,000 each.
By Mohammed Abubakar (In Yobe State)
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has described the death of former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafiya, as a great loss to the nation as well as the entire Northern region.
By David Odama (In Abuja)
Widow of late Bashorun MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, HRM Zainab Abiola, on Monday, expressed disappointment at the low level of women participation in active, elective positions in the nation's political system.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North-Central, in Minna)
There is anxiety in Niger state, within Kontagora Emirate in particular, as the king-makers brainstorm to anoint whoever the cap fits most as the 7th Emir to replace the late Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora, Alhaji Saidu Umaru Namaska, who died recently at the age of 84 after 47 years on the throne.
