Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Mohammed Abubakar (In Yobe State)
The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Tuesday, flagged off the distribution of food and non-food items to the victims of 2020 flood disaster in 16 states.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has charged other Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa to consider targeting the assets of drug cartels as a veritable tool that will weaken criminal narco networks.
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.
By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent)
Following the public outrage which trailed the entry of controversial politician, Chief Femi Fani Kayode, into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) last week, members of the APC are already spoiling for a protest action against President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the party should Fani Kayode be considered for an appointment in the APC administration.
By Rose Nwankwu (Anambra State Correspondent)
The Anambra State Government, on Saturday, mourned the passage of foremost Igbo multi-billionaire, Alhaji Abdulaziz Chibuzor Ude, who died on Thursday and was buried at the weekend in his hometown Abor, in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu state, according to Islamic rites. He was aged 80 years.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has warned tricycle owners, popularly known as Keke Marwa, that they will lose their investments if they are caught using the popular means of transportation to move drug traffickers or illicit substances in any part of the country.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
Justice Muhammad Dogon Daji of the Sokoto State High Court 111 has adjourned till 20th October 2021, ruling on the substantive matter in the case filed against Sokoto State Government by one Sani Muhammad and Co, for refusing to pay his agreed 20 percent of the N8.8 billion he allegedly recovered for them.
