Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Max Amuchie
There is a kind of fear that does not announce itself with gunfire. It does not arrive on motorcycles or through midnight phone calls demanding ransom. It settles quietly, reshaping how people think, what they believe, and even what they dare to hope for. This is the fear that outlives the bullet.
By Enyinnaya Appolos
A credible election begins with a credible register. Without it, every other effort, no matter how well-intentioned, rests on a faulty foundation. Therefore, every democracy that seeks to endure, credibility is not optional, it is foundational.
By Azu Ishiekwene
In many parts of the country, the rains poured down earlier in the week, bringing much physical and psychological relief from the searing heat. The absence of electricity from public supply channels made it worse. Average daytime temperatures throughout March ranged from 33 degrees to 38 degrees centigrade in Lagos and Abuja, respectively.
By Femi Malik
Over a week ago, the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, issued an internal signal that was initially misinterpreted by a section of the Nigerian media as a directive proscribing notable police tactical squads across the country.
By Steve Osuji
APC'S Extended Insomnia: It becomes obvious each day that Mr Peter Obi is the abiding nightmare of the ruling party.
By Bola Bolawole
Karl Marx, the man who taught the world the Marxist ideology and after whom it was named, described religion as the opium (or opiate) of the people. His exact words, in his 1844 work titled “A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right”, goes thus: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
