Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Ikeddy Isiguzo
IT was just a day, if ever there was such a day, for people in the city. Something was strange about the young taxi driver. His troubles were ahead of him. One could feel them. The long sighs, the endless ringing of his phone. He never took the calls. He seemed to have exhausted solutions to whatever bothered him.
By Bola Bolawole
Sections of the Yoruba are beginning to grumble about his appointments and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must to hear this, like the Zazu crooner, Portable, sang in his album titled “Apostoli must to hear this” Despite that I am a Pentecostal pastor, I like that song no be small! Many will be surprised to hear that the Yoruba are beginning to grumble about Tinubu’s appointments, especially the ones coming to the South-west.
By Bolanle Bolawole
In journalism parlance, we say facts are sacred and opinion, free; some prefer to say “opinion is cheap”. Writing the manifesto for the Guardian newspaper in 1921, its editor, CP Scott, said: “Comment is free but facts are sacred” Comments, or opinions, are like wishes which an old English proverb says beggars would ride were they to be horses. Facts, however, are empirical and verifiable truths, devoid of the likes or dislikes of its purveyor. Facts are news and must be reported contemporaneously; so that we do not lose any of its essence. Opinion, on the other hand, allows for the idiosyncrasies of the purveyor. While time lag may affect the effectiveness of news, it does no damage to opinion. The liberties that a writer enjoys with opinion is denied in news writing. Talk is another thing that is said to be cheap. It is easy to talk animatedly or flamboyantly about so many things but do nothing afterwards. So, we are advised to walk the talk if we mean to be taken seriously.
By Emeka Obasi
Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria should know Samuel Azu Crabbe, Chief Justice of Ghana between 1973 and 1977. He stood his ground, when many feared Jerry Rawlings and Kojo Tsikata were going to intimidate him. The judge delivered justice.
By Enyinnaya Appolos
Thursday, November 16, 2023 is the 119th birthday of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Owelle-Osowa-Anya of Onicha, affectionately called Zik of Africa, a remarkable figure in Nigerian and African journalism and political history.
By Funke Egbemode
This DNA problem is steadily becoming a problematic epidemic, isn’t it? It is querying the integrity of our men’s manhood and stripping our women of their belt of chastity.
