By Emmanuel Ogebe

Last night, l posted: "In the morning...we shall have a country or we will not; hope or we will not; Justice or we will not; a future or we will not because weeping endures for a night but joy cones in..."

By Steve Osuji

NEVER DID WE HAVE IT SO BAD: Nigerians never had a worse first 100 days; and that’s not an exaggeration. We thought immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari was our lowest limit but upon a cursory review, 100 days of PMB turns out far more salutary to Nigeria and her people.

By Jude Ogechi Eze

As the nation awaits the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal tomorrow, Nigerians are holding their breath in anticipation of justice being served. The outcome of this judgement will determine whether the purported winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential election, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is indeed deserving of the title. With the weighty eligibility encumbrances and legitimacy albatrosses surrounding his victory, Nigerians are yearning for a fair and transparent resolution.

By Funke Egbemode

Kudi, fine-girl-no-pimples, was one of those undergraduates who lived their lives on their own terms on campus. Kay-girl, as she was fondly called, was an ‘aristo’ girl.

By Bolanle Bolawole

In many States of the Federation, the story is the same: State governors treat Local Governments as appendages and not the independent third tier of government that the 1999 Constitution (as amended) proposes them to be.

By lkeddy Isiguzo

Africa is complicated, conflicted, conflagrating, but its leaders are digging deeper to further complete the combustive commotion in the continent. They are wont to don their successes in election robberies as democracy.

By Azu Ishiekwene

Abuja is not in a hurry to change. However, in a city famous for its bad habits fostered by wayward politicians, I think the dial may have moved a bit in the right direction. It’s hard to say if this slight movement has been fortuitous, or whether it had anything to do with the threat of the new minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to tackle lawbreakers with an iron hand.

An illustrious indigene and community philanthropist in Idi-Opi Nsukka, in the Northern Senatorial District of Enugu state, Engr. Nnaemeka Mmadu, has denied a barrage of allegations against him by some persons in his community, accusing him of land grabbing and intimidation. Mmadu, in a telephone interview with NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Newspaper, dismantled the allegations, insisting that the actual land grabbers in the community, Umuhunato, Idi-Opi Nsukka, were his accusers. He said he had evidences to back up his counter-claims. Excerpts:

By Emeka Obasi

There is no disputing the fact that Godwin Dudu - Orumen knows almost everything about Nigerian football from 1970 to 1982. If you challenge him to a test, be prepared to go back home on the losing side, for beating him needs more than the ordinary.

By Godknows Boladei Igali, Ph.D

Born a princess of Ebirraland (one of the ethnic groups in Nigeria’s middle-belt), Ambassador Judith Sefi Atta, unarguably mother of the Nigerian bureaucratic class, in dignified silence, turned 90 on July 14, 2023. A pioneer female graduate from what was once Nigeria's Northern Province, a teacher, educationist, diplomat, and administrator, her life has remained founded on national service and global applause. Her story is seldom told, obscured in the grandeur of self-abnegation and simplicity.

By Steve Osuji

TINUBU IS A POLITICIAN, NOT A REFORMER: Some cheap talk has crept into the media space recently indicating that President Bola Tinubu is on some reform mission that would set things right in Nigeria in due time. But that’s a joke. We have gone through this route several times in recent history. This column can assert that this is mere cheap, foolish talk. The wilful imposition of suffering upon the populace by the impulsive removal of a tainted subsidy is being untutoredly referred to as ‘reform'.

By Ikeddy Isiguzo

In a manner of speaking we do not know who Bola Ahmed Tinubu is. He feels no discomfort about his variegated identity. His commitment to a life that showcases him as an exemplary embodiment of averseness to clarity is only a wonder to the rest of us. Everything about him is sipped in debates, doubts, and ridiculousities peculiar to Tinubu.