Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Bolanle Bolawole
Scripture says from the mouth of two or three witnesses the truth of a matter is established (Deuteronomy 19: 15; Matthew 18: 16; 2Corinthians 13: 1). So, today I bring another testimony to the so-called 1951 cross-carpeting saga in the Western Region House of Assembly. Taken from Wikipedia, it contains more details than what was published here last week. It reads:
By Garba Shehu, OON, FNGE,
(former presidential spokesman)
This year, the Leadership newspaper is conferring its prestigious Man of the Year award on two Nigerian icons in recognition of their leadership journeys:
By Chekwas Okorie (Ojeozi Ndigbo)
I wish to state unequivocally that all our people who are pushed by our painful and unbearable situation in Nigeria to embark on and demand for our self-determination in Nigeria or outright exit for a separate state of Biafra are within their inalienable rights to do so. It is on record that the president of Nigeria Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu stated boldly and publicly that he did not believe in one Nigeria. He made this statement, which was widely published in Nigerian newspapers when he lost faith in the unity and oneness of Nigeria. Some years later, he became the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria without being restrained as a result of disowning Nigeria in the past.
By Lawal Nasir
As the drums of politics begin to sound again with the commencement of campaigns for the 2027 elections, rallies, billboards, media blitzes and display of constituency projects are set to flood the country. While many, including media owners, see this as a harvest time, an opportunity to make money, the time is also critical for the health of the Nigerian economy.
By Tonnie Iredia
By providing a slot for feedback (responses and suggestions) many television stations in the past gave viewers a weekly opportunity to comment on the programmes they watched; the opportunity appears to have since been inadvertently blocked.
By Azu Ishiekwene
A few months before the 2023 general elections, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, warned voters to reject any politician who promised an easy road. “Anybody who tells you that it is going to be easy,” he said in Kaduna in October 2022, “please, don’t vote for him. It’s either that he’s lying to you, or he does not know what job he’s going to get.”
