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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers;
1. The Bishop of the Catholic Kontagora Diocese, Bulus Dauwa Yohanna on Saturday said that the total number of victims abducted by suspected terrorists from the St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri in Agwarra local government area of Niger State is now 303 students and 12 teachers. He said the update was done after a final verification exercise and census was carried out.
2. Zamfara State Police Command said on Saturday that it foiled bandits attack and rescued 25 kidnapped victims Friday night. In a statement, the public relations officer of the state police command, DSP Yazid Abubakar, said the rescued victims included 10 women and 15 children.
3. The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Adewale Martins, has called for urgent and decisive measures to curb the alarming rise of insecurity across the country. He said the persistent terrorist attacks and the recent mass killings of innocent Nigerians highlight the pressing need for the Federal Government and security agencies to identify and decisively confront the perpetrators and their sponsors.
4. The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has formally withdrawn from the race for the party’s governorship ticket ahead of the 2026 election in Osun State. Basiru’s announcement comes less than three weeks before the APC governorship primary slated for December 13.
5. The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the arrest, detention and eventual conviction of the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu as unfortunate. He said the process represents a failure of leadership and was capable of highlighting tensions rather than decreasing it.
6. Professor Wole Soyinka has described President Donald Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria over “Christian genocide” as madness. Speaking with journalists after meeting Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State in Makurdi, Soyinka vehemently kicked against US military action in Nigeria.
7. No fewer than 24.47 million individuals tested positive for malaria in Nigeria in the first nine months of 2025. This is according to the 2025 National Health Statistics Report released by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and obtained by journalists weekend.
8. Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a social media content creator, Osarobo Omoyemen, over false claims. According to a statement by the command’s PPRO, Moses Yamu, Omoyemen claimed that she was kidnapped at Upper Sakponba Road in Benin and later rescued by police operatives who purportedly detained her at Akpata Police Station and collected N10,000 as bail.
9. Several persons were feared dead on Friday night after a gas explosion rocked the Bioku-Alaadun area in Ibadan, Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State. It was gathered that the explosion reportedly occurred while a tanker was discharging gas into a retail outlet.
10. US President Donald Trump has continued his attack against Nigeria, describing the most populous black nation on earth as “a disgrace”. In his latest outburst, Trump, who redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern two weeks ago, described Nigerian government as ineffective.
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning
