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Newspaper Headlines: Blacklisted Benin varsities using Nigerian polytechnics to ‘sneak’ graduates into NYSC

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
October 11, 2025 8:23 am

Reports suggesting two governors from the opposition party could join the ruling All Progressives Congress feature prominently on today’s newspaper front pages.

Blueprint newspaper reports that Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, minister of women affairs, has urged urgent and sustained action to end child marriage, noting over 44% of Nigerian girls marry before 18. The paper says the Arewa Think Tank (ATT), a prominent Northern socio-political and policy advocacy group, has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Joash Amupitan as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
This Day reports that the Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated Lesotho 2-1 in their ninth game in Group C of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The newspaper says Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu, will on Tuesday defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Vanguard reports that María Machado, a Venezuelan democracy activist and opposition leader, has won the 2025 Nobel peace prize. The newspaper also reports that Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, is set to dump the PDP for APC.
The Guardian reports that the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has cautioned the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) against making what it described as “false and misleading” claims that Christians are being deliberately targeted and killed across the country.
Daily Independent reports that Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has given Raffoul Nigeria Limited one month to complete the Woji–Aleto–Alesa–Refinery Road or risk contract termination. The newspaper says stakeholders in education­al sector have decried the decaying state of educa­tion in Nigeria.
The Punch reports that four soldiers were killed while five sustained injuries when Boko Haram terrorists attacked a military post in Ngamudu along the Damaturu-Maiduguri in Kaga LGA of Borno on Friday. The newspaper adds that some blacklisted universities in the Benin Republic have devised means of sneaking their graduates into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in collaboration with certain private polytechnics in Nigera.
The Nation reports that the federal ministry of finance says reports claiming that the federal government has stopped revenue-generating agencies from deducting their cost of collection at source are false. The paper adds that Babatunde Ogala, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says Joash Amupitan, the newly nominated chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was not part of the legal team that defended President Bola Tinubu at the election tribunal.
Nigerian Tribune reports that Biodun Oyebanji, governor of Ekiti, has presented a budget estimate of N415.57 billion for the 2026 fiscal year to the state house of assembly. The newspaper says that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has applauded Tinubu’s “courageous and compassionate decision” to grant a state pardon to late nationalist, Herbert Macaulay, and 174 others.

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