Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Dare Babarinsa
There is no doubt that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has become the most popular, even notorious, trade union in Nigeria. Its power is far-reaching and its influence is unquantifiable.
By Femi Adesina
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground, says Amadou Hampate Ba, Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist (1901-1991). And so it was with frontline journalist, essayist and image maker of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) military administration, Chief Duro Onabule, who passed away August 16, 2022. It was about five weeks shy of his 83rd birthday.
By Azu Ishiekwene
One of the ironies of politics is how easily fiction becomes reality, and reality, precedent. Before our eyes, the president-elect of Kenya, William Ruto, who has played all sides of Kenya’s politics for at least three decades, has just won an election by claiming to be an outsider.
By Jude Ogechi Eze
Politics of acrimony and campaign of calumny are inevitable among elites bereft of ideas even amidst their megalomaniac followers. When one is desperate to grab power at all cost, one usually don't take the stairs. All requisite decorum obtainable among power seekers in sane societies are jettisoned.
By Azu Ishiekwene
“I’m going to waste my vote,” a friend told me recently. “And don’t argue with me,” he added. “It’s my right to do so.”
By C. Don Adinuba
On the eve of his 66th birthday on July 13, I quickly scribbled a tribute to Bart Nnaji, the internationally engaging engineering professor who has been, among other things, the Minister of Science & Technology as well as the Minister of Power. The article was well received by the traditional and social media but also the Nigerian public, including those in the Diaspora.
