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Newspaper Headlines: Army freezes retirement of officers over security emergency

byAyomikunle Daramola
December 7, 2025 7:00 am

The enforcement of a ban on police protection for VIPs, and the security emergency confronting the nation, permeate the frontpages of the dailies.

Punch reports that the Nigerian Army has suspended all statutory and voluntary retirements for certain categories of officers. The newspaper says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the defection of 17 Rivers state lawmakers to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing their action as reckless and an act of betrayal.
Vanguard reports that Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, has asked President Bola Tinubu to withdraw the ambassadorial list he sent to the senate. Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe, says failure to understand the grievances pushing bandits to take up weapons is one of the major factors worsening insecurity, the newspaper says.
Sunday Sun says governors elected on the APC platform have declared full support for the federal government’s ongoing re-engineering of the nation’s security architecture. The newspaper reports that Gani Adams, national coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), said south-west governors do not want the group’s intervention on insecurity.
The Nation reports that the inspector-general of police has set up a special task force to enforce a ban on VIP escorts. Chieftains of the PDP, including Bukola Saraki and Nyesom Wike, are in the process of constituting a national caretaker committee to save the party, says the newspaper.
New Telegraph says Iyiola Omisore, former deputy governor of Osun, has said the APC is likely to lose the governorship election in Osun next year. The newspaper reports that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in 2023, has offered to pay the sum of N4,741,400 for 148 inmates in various prisons in Anambra who are expected to write their National Examinations Council (NECO) test in 2025.
ThisDay reports that Vice-President Kashim Shettima has launched a N1 billion family-based business grant initiative in Ukanafun/Oruk Anam federal constituency of Akwa Ibom state. The newspaper says the Nenadi Usman-led faction of the LP has moved to reorganise the party.
Tribune says the Sokoto government has dismissed reports alleging that Ahmed Aliyu, governor of the state, accompanied Alex Otti, governor of Abia, to visit Nnamdi Kanu at the Sokoto prison. Monday Ubani, former vice-president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), says state police should be optional, the newspaper reports.

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