Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Bolanle Bolawole
In many States of the Federation, the story is the same: State governors treat Local Governments as appendages and not the independent third tier of government that the 1999 Constitution (as amended) proposes them to be.
By lkeddy Isiguzo
Africa is complicated, conflicted, conflagrating, but its leaders are digging deeper to further complete the combustive commotion in the continent. They are wont to don their successes in election robberies as democracy.
By Azu Ishiekwene
Abuja is not in a hurry to change. However, in a city famous for its bad habits fostered by wayward politicians, I think the dial may have moved a bit in the right direction. It’s hard to say if this slight movement has been fortuitous, or whether it had anything to do with the threat of the new minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to tackle lawbreakers with an iron hand.
An illustrious indigene and community philanthropist in Idi-Opi Nsukka, in the Northern Senatorial District of Enugu state, Engr. Nnaemeka Mmadu, has denied a barrage of allegations against him by some persons in his community, accusing him of land grabbing and intimidation. Mmadu, in a telephone interview with NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Newspaper, dismantled the allegations, insisting that the actual land grabbers in the community, Umuhunato, Idi-Opi Nsukka, were his accusers. He said he had evidences to back up his counter-claims. Excerpts:
By Emeka Obasi
There is no disputing the fact that Godwin Dudu - Orumen knows almost everything about Nigerian football from 1970 to 1982. If you challenge him to a test, be prepared to go back home on the losing side, for beating him needs more than the ordinary.
By Godknows Boladei Igali, Ph.D
Born a princess of Ebirraland (one of the ethnic groups in Nigeria’s middle-belt), Ambassador Judith Sefi Atta, unarguably mother of the Nigerian bureaucratic class, in dignified silence, turned 90 on July 14, 2023. A pioneer female graduate from what was once Nigeria's Northern Province, a teacher, educationist, diplomat, and administrator, her life has remained founded on national service and global applause. Her story is seldom told, obscured in the grandeur of self-abnegation and simplicity.
