Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Hassan Gimba
I want to believe Allah (SWT) brought me back to read my scorecard. He does that whenever He wants. All the more reason to forgive those who transgressed against you and seek forgiveness from those you have hurt. Importantly, to continue doing the good things one has been doing for humanity, as Dr Imdad of Al Shifa Hospital told me.
By Azu Ishiekwene
The next British general election is in 2029, but you could already feel the tremor from the council election of May 7.
The surge of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party is the clearest warning sign yet that Prime Minister Keir Starmer is living on borrowed time. The Labour Party is divided, its influence weakened, and Starmer’s days in Number 10 are numbered.
By Ofor Nwodo
In the words of Michael Jordan, “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, while others make it happen.”
By Azu Ishiekwene
The former Labour Party presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, thinks he is Nigeria’s most misunderstood politician. Why is it hard for us to see that his serial party flipping is not a sign of desperation but a tactic of survival for our own good? Why, even though he has flipped political parties five times in three election cycles, should he be compared to Vice President Atiku Abubakar in political vagrancy? Who is chasing Obi and his new soulmate, former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso? There are three possible answers.
By Azu Ishiekwene
Listening to Kenyan President William Ruto diss Nigerians with a smile from faraway Italy, one would think he had taken a page from Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard. It was obvious that Ruto assumed Nigerians spoke that variety of unconventional English rendered by Tutuola in his story of magical realism from Yoruba mythology.
By Max Amuchie
A nation does not declare its own decline. It performs normalcy — until the performance can no longer hold.
What follows is not an announcement, but a pattern — visible to those willing to look beyond the performance.
