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Newspaper Headlines: Customs intercepts explosives concealed in cartons of Quran at Seme border

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
May 15, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) taking responsibility for a technical error that affected Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results dominate the frontpages. 

ThisDay reports that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the south-east says it will review its relationship with the party if it is sidelined from producing the national secretary. The newspaper says Olu Verheijen, special adviser on energy to President Bola Tinubu, says Nigeria attracted more than $8 billion investments in deepwater projects and gas final investment decisions (FIDs) within one year.
Blueprint reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) has initiated a legal suit against Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy, over his launch of a ‘shadow government’. The newspaper adds that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says over 120 million Nigerians have so far been captured in the ongoing national identity number (NIN) enrolment exercise since its inception.
The Punch reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved a national forest guard system and ordered recruitment of 130,000 operatives to secure Nigeria’s 1,129 forest reserves. The newspaper says Lagos has been selected by the African Union Commission and the International Committee of AFRIMA to host the 2025 All Africa Music Awards.
Daily Trust reports that Richard Montgomery, the British high commissioner to Nigeria, says Nigeria’s deteriorating security situation is a cause for concern. The newspaper adds that Yakubu Gowon, former head of state, says despite the flaws of democracy, military rule should never return to Nigeria.
The Independent reports that the senate says it will unmask those violating the federal character principle in recruitment across federal government-owned ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). The newspaper says JAMB has admitted to a technical error that compromised the integrity of results from 157 UTME centres.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the Oyo government has approved the release of N4.5 billion to the survivors as well as the victims of the Bodija explosion in Ibadan that left in its trail the destruction of property worth billions of naira. The newspaper says Abdul Ningi, the Bauchi central lawmaker, claimed that Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), owes his achievements to the PDP and not to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Vanguard reports that Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, says he will collaborate with the national assembly and other stakeholders to ensure Nigeria enacts a Cybercrime Act that is acceptable to all. The newspaper says the Seme area command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted suspected explosive materials, including corrosive mercury, hidden inside five cartons of a holy book, alongside other prohibited items.
New Telegraph reports that Atiku Bagudu, minister of budget and economic planning, says Nigeria’s economy is undergoing a turnaround “driven by bold reforms, improved coordination, and a renewed focus on national priorities”. The newspaper says troops of the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force (NAF) repelled an attack by suspected ISWAP terrorists on the forward operating base (FOB) in Rann, Kala-Balge LGA of Borno state.

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