Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Mahmoud Dogara (Bauchi Correspondent)
About 700,000 face masks meant for distribution to beneficiaries in Bauchi State, was flagged off by the state government, as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus.
By Uzoma Agbai (Governance & Society Reporter)
The Pan-Igbo Socio-cultural Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has lamented the demise of an illustrious Igbo son, Engineer (Dr) Ezekiel Izuogu, who passed-on on Monday, 19 July 2020.
By Uzoma Agbai (Governance Reporter)
The president General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has inaugurated the 54-member Steering Committee for the Alaigbo Stabilization Fund.
As the National Assembly probe of the mismanagement of NDDC funds gathers momentum, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, said most contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are awarded to National Assembly members.
A close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, is dead.
He died of cardiac arrest on Monday evening, according to one of his brothers. “Mallam told his family members that he wanted to see his doctor but decided to visit his barber first. He drove himself to the hospital,” said.his brother, who doesn’t want his name in print.
Hours after he was rushed to an Abuja hospital on emergency after he slumped at the National Assembly Committee Probe where he was being quizzed, Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei is said to have been discharged from the hospital.
