Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
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.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), continued their nationwide offensive action against drug traffickers in the past weeks, seizing hundreds of kilograms of illicit substances at the airports, courier firms, hideouts, and destroying hectares of cannabis farms in the remote forests.
