Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By ANA Media Team
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has announced its 45th International Convention and Conference, scheduled to hold from Thursday, 29th October to Sunday, 1st November 2026, at the Mamman Vatsa Writers’ Village, Maitama Extension, Mpape, Abuja.
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)
The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation Dr Kayode Opeifa has described the sudden death of the former President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), as a great loss to the Nigeria’s media industry and to the nation.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
SORA emerged as the overall winner of the Fourth Edition of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Hackathon Live Show 2026, clinching the 3 million Naira grand prize, while Clear Signal and IKOR secured second and third places, receiving 2 million Naira and 1 million Naira respectively in a competition designed to develop innovative technology solutions for persons with disabilities and other underserved communities.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has extended its Sustainable Empowerment Programme (NSEP) to Lagos State, empowering 1,000 beneficiaries with clean energy solutions, livelihood support and practical skills training as part of efforts to deploy technology that directly improves the lives and economic opportunities for Nigerians.
By Janet Bassey (Governance Correspondent)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today for Europe to begin a three-week vacation as part of his annual leave.
By Ibraheem Damola
Aliko Dangote’s family office is set to ramp up operations in 2027 as the conglomerate targets a fivefold revenue increase to $100 billion under its Vision 2030 strategy.
By Sobechukwu Okafor
Global country music maestro, Dolly Parton, looked like a rhinestone goddess with a voice like an angel, but beneath the big hair and bigger heels, beat the mind of a steel-eyed businesswoman.
By Nazo Okafor
Long before she became a global icon, Dolly Parton harbored a dream that had nothing to do with Grammy awards or Hollywood stardom. She wanted to build a "Smoky Mountain fairy land"—a place that would celebrate the rugged beauty of the Appalachian hills she called home and honor the proud, hardworking people who raised her. That dream, first shared with Barbara Walters in a 1982 television interview, would eventually become Dollywood, one of the most beloved theme parks in America and the cornerstone of a billion-dollar tourism empire.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The question almost feels redundant, yet it demands examination.
When Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at age 80, the world didn't just lose a beloved entertainer; it lost a figure whose stature in country music may be unmatched in the modern era.
By Sobechukwu Okafor
To millions of people, her fans around the world, Tennessee song icon, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, was the rhinestone-studded Queen of Country Music. But to the children who received a book in the mail every month, she was simply "The Book Queen". And to the families who lost everything in devastating wildfires and floods, she was the neighbor who never forgot where she came from.
By Nazo Okafor
Before the wigs, the heels, and the worldwide fame, Dolly Parton was just a girl from the hills of East Tennessee. Her story begins not on a stage, but in a one-room cabin in Locust Ridge, where she was born on January 19, 1946. She was the fourth of 12 children born to a sharecropper father and a mother who filled their humble home with songs and stories. They were "dirt poor" by any measure . Her father famously paid the doctor who delivered her with a bag of oatmeal, a testament to the family's financial struggles . Yet, the cabin was rich in music and love, providing the fertile ground from which her extraordinary talent would grow.
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) said it has received with profound shock and sadness the death of a distinguished journalist, publisher of The Eagle Online and former President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Mr. Dotun Oladipo.
