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Newspaper Headlines: ADC demands Atiku, Obi’s full membership

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
September 26, 2025 7:00 am

The national stakeholders meeting of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) dominates the cover pages of the dailies. 

 

Daily Trust reports that Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Kano governor, is in talks with Nentawe Yilwatda, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over joining the ruling party. The paper says former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday night, visited David Mark, national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), amid speculations about his presidential ambition.
Guardian newspaper reports that Caleb Mutfwang, the Plateau state governor, has raised the alarm over rising religious violence, saying over 6,000 people were killed in 2023, in the middle belt.The paper says that the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has directed its members to withdraw services across the country.
Daily Times reports that Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, says President Bola Tinubu has ended decades of career stagnation in Nigeria’s paramilitary agencies. The newspaper says the federal high court in Abuja has fixed October 14 to rule on the Department of State Services (DSS) request to re-present rejected exhibits in Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), firearms trial.
The PUNCH reports that opposition coalition leaders have asked their members, including Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president; and Peter Obi, ex-Anambra governor; to resign their membership of other parties and fully join the ADC. The newspaper reports that Alex Otti, governor of Abia, says his colleagues from the south-east are in discussions with the federal government over the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Blueprint newspaper reports that Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin says President Bola Tinubu has shown love to Kano and will be repaid with massive support in 2027. The newspaper adds that Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says Abuja will compare favourably with other cities of the world before the end of Tinubu’s tenure.
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it has approved the sale purchase agreement (SPA) of TotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited to assign its entire 12.5 percent contractor interest in oil mining lease (OML) 118 to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPco) and Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) Limited. The paper adds that Abubakar Bagudu, minister of budget and economic planning, has urged the World Bank to back the Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme.
The Nation reports that Zannah Jaridama, a Maiduguri resident, discovered the lifeless bodies of his two children and a neighbour in his car boot days after raising an alarm. The newspaper reports that the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says security agents arrested over 147 suspected terrorists and other criminals across the country within the past week.
Vanguard newspaper reports that the Lagos state government has demolished at least 19 buildings at New Mandela Plaza, Trade Fair Complex. The paper also reports that the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and other Ogoni groups have rejected the planned resumption of oil production in Ogoniland.

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