Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Chido Nwakanma
Arise, O compatriots, the call of accountability obey. Demand from your governors and LG chairpersons actual dividends of democracy in performance management. Do so in tears because your pains from the Tinubu Fuel Tax have inflated the coffers of the federal and state governments.
By Funke Egbemode
Efe and Dayo dated for three years and we all thought they were headed for the altar. The introduction ceremony had already taken place and we were already picking out colours of the day, at least in our heads. Then out of the blue, things fell apart. Dayo dumped her in the meanest way. He took her money, her pride and her love and jetted out to Canada with another woman. After three years of romance andscented candles. Efe tried to be strong, putting a fake smile on, like everything was going on well. We all thought she was strong and doing fine until tragedy came calling. She wrapped her Toyota Camry round an electric pole and almost died.
By Femi Babafemi
If there is anyone who is not undaunted by difficult assignments—someone society can bank on to take on an existential problem and find a lasting solution to it—that must be Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd).
By Amb. Lilian Onoh (Chief C.C Onoh's Daughter)
In 1970, shortly after the Civil War, my sister’s secondary school had a temporary English teacher who taught them the immortal nonsense: “I threw the ball and catched it,” being the past tense of the verb “to catch.”
By Emmanuel Ogebe
Nigeria’s epic presidential election challenge, which I had flown from Washington to cover over the summer, just ended with a 13-hour live broadcast. It was tiring even watching from my home in Washington and not from my tight courtroom seat.
By Steve Osuji
JUDGMENT WITHOUT JUSTICE: It was an unduly long and tiresome pronouncement last Wednesday, 6th of September. One couldn’t help but feel for lead justice, Simon Tsammani. For over 12 hours, he rattled on and on like a cranky molue.
