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Newspaper Headlines: EFCC seizes Malami’s passport, demands account for $400m Abacha loot

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
November 30, 2025 8:30 am

Reports on President Bola Tinubu’s ambassadorial list take centre stage on the front pages.

PUNCH reports that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s bloc of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is shopping for a politician from the southern part of the country as a running mate ahead of the 2027 election. The paper says opposition parties and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) clashed on Saturday over Tinubu’s ambassadorial list.
New Telegraph reports that over 200 parents in Niger state have appealed to federal and state governments to expedite the safe return of 265 children and teachers abducted from St. Mary’s School. The paper reports that Tinubu says Nigeria’s election to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) council reflects the country’s growing influence in global maritime affairs.
Vanguard reports that Matthew Kukah, the Catholic bishop of the Sokoto diocese, has insisted that there is no persecution of Christians in Nigeria. The newspaper says troops of the Nigerian Army have foiled a large scale midnight attack on Chibok communities in Borno state.
ThisDay reports that Abubukar says the ADC is the only reliable political party in the country, noting that others have brought insecurity, hunger, poverty and unemployment. The paper reports that Nenadi Usman-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has submitted a 34-member interim national working committee list to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Nigerian Tribune reports that bandits have abducted a traditional ruler, Oba Kamilu Salami, in the Ifelodun LGA of Kwara state. The paper adds that Nyesom Wike, minister of federal capital territory, has ordered the revocation of 1,095 landed properties belonging to some prominent Nigerians, government establishments and private organisations in Abuja for failing to pay ground rent and land use conversion fee.
Daily Independent reports that Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the senate for confirmation.
The Nation reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the international passport of Abubakar Malami, former attorney-general of the federation (AGF). The newspaper says troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, in collaboration with other hybrid forces, have rescued 21 passengers abducted by bandits in Kogi.

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