Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE) has conferred an Honorary Fellowship Award on Adeleye Falade, the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), at a ceremony in Lagos.
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)
Chairman of the 10th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has urged the media to test in court the extent of its constitutional right to obtain and disseminate information during elections.
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)
Nigerian police authorities have revealed how they will secure the 176,846 polling units where voting is scheduled for the 2027 general elections.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Literary writers, Ogaga Ifowodo’s Why Does God Need a Gun? has won The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2026, securing one of Africa’s most prestigious literary honours and its $100,000 cash award.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Aminu Maida, has charged staff of the Commission to go the extra mile in delivering efficient, transparent and responsive services to Nigerians and other stakeholders in the telecommunications sector.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
Worried by the prolong delay in the release of the expected Sokoto State Judicial Commission of Inquiry's report, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has dragged the government to Court, insisting he must be given the outcome.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
The Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District and a chieftain of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has expressed profound sadness over the Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, which claimed the lives of personnel and passengers on board.
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has demanded an apology from The Nation newspaper's Editorial Board over an editorial accusing journalists of failing journalism, insisting that the newspaper's editorial board fell short of professional standards by reaching conclusions without establishing the full facts.
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared that winners of the 2027 general elections will be determined by the votes of the electorate.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Today, Thursday, October 8, 2026, is the day-2 and final round of the 10th Edition of the 2026 Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)
Gender equality advocate and the Creative Director, Gender Agenda, Dr. Adaora Onyechere Sydney-Jack, has made a strong case for a significant increase in the inclusion of women into Nigeria’s-male dominated electoral process from what she described as ‘performative inclusion’.
By Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)
Eight journalists have been cleared to contest various positions in the 2026 election of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi State Council.
