Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Chuka Nnabuife
It is apt to get confused about current news from Anambra State. For anyone who is not well abreast with developments in the state, he could be overwhelmed by a sense of being in a swirling mire if not bafflement about all that he currently reads in the news about the South-East state.
By Bola Bolawole
Kidnappers are no longer on the prowl. They are now on a rampage. They have run riot, running rings around hapless Nigerians. The impunity with which they go about it means they know that the coast is clear for them to go about their criminal activity without fearing that there will be consequences. Once there is no chance of punishment, there is no deterrent. As it is said, where there is no law, there is no sin. It is more or less the same thing - or even worse - where there is law but the law is trampled by everyone without consequence.
By Ikeddy Isiguzo
Muhammadu Buhari, former President of Nigeria, has no spartan expectations when he is praised. Forget his ditters. Buhari glows in the glories of the gamut of his failures. He still only cares for himself.
By Kazie Uko
That Governor Alex Otti of Abia State came prepared for his gubernatorial job is no longer in doubt. This is evident in the overwhelming positive public opinion that has greeted his performance, barely seven months into his first term in office as Governor of a state that had the unenviable reputation as the worst governed, prior to his coming.
By Chuka Nnabuife
I Always note the vital roles past and present experiences play in determining the future whenever I encounter the ancient Greece philosopher, Socrates's popular dictum, “the unexamined life is not worth living.”
By Onjef Okidu
Former Kenyan President, Raila Odinga’s hilarious Nigerian corruption story which has stubbornly refused to depart from the global viral space aptly depicts the incredible depth of Nigerian political corruption, and indeed the ridiculous state of its Local Government Councils (LGs). To use the words of Raila Odinga, “hundred percent” of the monies and resources accruing to the LGs are despicably and brazenly diverted and cornered. Consequently, LGs in the country are practically dead. As other states, Benue LGs have been overgrown by grave-weeds, taken over by ghost workers, and perfectly secured by sextons. The LGs’ inhabitants on the other hand are merely undergoing funeral obsequies. Despite this very obvious, severe and thoroughly embarrsing situation, some Benue “leaders” are still advancing the traditional atrocious politics as usual.
By Azu Ishiekwene
I hope Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, can finally get some sleep. He deserves it. After the ruling of the Supreme Court on Friday, upholding his election, the governor told a crowd of his supporters who came to rejoice with him at the State Government Lodge in Abuja, that he had not slept for seven days, in spite of the comfort of his waterbed.
By Bola Bolawole
Described as “prominent Opposition spokesman” (for the 2023 PDP/Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign), Daniel Bwala hugged the limelight early in the week when he was not only sighted at the seat of power, Aso or Presidential villa, but was also captured posing for a snapshot with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress. During the last presidential campaign, Bwala, like many other anti-Tinubu politicians, said unprintable things about the APC and Tinubu and swore by thunder that it was Atiku/PDP or nothing!
By Emeka Obasi
Marital issues remain secrets known only to those involved. Understanding what transpires between lovers is asking for too much. Matters of the heart are quite unlike politics where publicity takes precedence over consequence.
By Azu Ishiekwene
I knew Femi Adesina when he was “Daddy Tobi.” He still is, of course. But back in the day when we were neighbours in “Olowora Inside”, a Lagos suburb, when you could call to a neighbour from your frontage, often by using the name of their first child, that was how we called Femi: Daddy Tobi.
By Steve Osuji
THE HOPE CONUNDRUM:
At a function in Umuaka, Njaba LGA yesterday, a fellow draped in the costumes of a juju priest was directing the traffic of cars exiting the expansive mansion, venue of the meeting. Most of the cars were posh. The guest list was cream of the crop; mainly diaspora kind and key monarchs.
By Ola Awoniyi
Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the Distinguished Senator from Yobe North in Yobe State who is currently serving his seventh consecutive term in the National Assembly, turns 65 on Friday January 12. Lawan was the President of the Ninth Senate, which four-year tenure ended in June 2023. However, his legacies on that eminent seat continue to speak for him.
