Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Salejo Kano (Kano State Correspondent)
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has explained that the reason he appointed Umar Farouk Ibrahim as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG) was for him to "significantly contribute to realizing his administration’s vision for Kano State".
* Says Govt Only Proposes 12-Year Compulsory Education Within 6-3-3 Policy
By Tayo Oguntade (Education Correspondent)
The Federal Ministry of Education, on Friday, said it's attention has been drawn to what it described as "misleading reports" suggesting that the Federal Government has scrapped the Junior Secondary School (JSS) and the Senior Secondary School (SSS), and replaced them with a new 12-year uninterrupted basic education model.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has engaged Sokoto state local government chairmen, religious and traditional leaders on steps towards permanent eradication of polio.
(By Ankeli EmmanuelI Sokoto State)
Sokoto State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Aishatu Ahmad Kaoje, on Thursday, appealed for the abolition of the current prison calendar while sentencing convicts in Nigeria.
By Theodore Duke (Cross River State Correspondent, in Calabar)
A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Rosemary Oghogho-rie has convicted and sentenced Dr. Geraldine Orok Ita to prison for fraud.
Ita was prosecuted by the Uyo Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on a twelve-count charge, bordering on forgery and diversion of fund to the tune of N127, 686, 594, 87k (One Hundred and Twenty-seven Million, Six Hundred and Eighty-six Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety-four Naira, Eighty-seven Kobo).
By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Correspondent)
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) and Mr. Mike Osilama, Legal Adviser, Zenith Bank Plc, have paid tribute to High Chief Emmanuel Ikonne Amuchie, the late father of Dr Max Amuchie, Chief Executive Officer of Sundiata Post Media Ltd and North Central Zonal Co-ordinator of GOCOP.
