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Newspaper Headlines: Fire kills family of five in Katsina

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
December 3, 2025 6:30 am

Reports on the conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Osun, and the issuance of expulsion certificates to the Nyesom Wike-backed faction, dominate the dailies.

The Nation reports that President Bola Tinubu urged service chiefs and intelligence heads to enhance strategies to deliver improved results against terrorism, banditry and emerging threats nationwide. The paper adds that the senate will on December 3 screen Christopher Musa, former chief of defence staff, as minister of defence.
Blueprint reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned Omoyele Sowore, activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, over alleged cybercrimes. The newspaper adds that Vice-President Kashim Shettima says the country’s journalists remain the most reliable barrier against authoritarian rule, insisting that no administration, past or future — can successfully suppress the Nigerian media.
PUNCH reports that the Edo state house of assembly has summoned Natasha Irobosa, the member representing Egor constituency, to appear before its ethics and privileges committee within one week. The paper adds that Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola has become the governorship candidate of the PDP for the August 2026 election.
New Telegraph reports that former vice-president Atiku Abubakar on Monday met with state chairmen of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) from all 36 states and the FCT at his residence in Abuja, days after formally registering as a member of the party. The newspaper says Tinubu has nominated Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new minister of defence.
Guardian reports that the Kabiru Turaki-led national working committee (NWC) of the PDP has issued expulsion certificates to 11 party chieftains, including Nyesom Wike, minister of the FCT. The paper says indigenous contractors staged a protest at the ministry of finance in Abuja to demand payment of sums owed them by the federal government.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the International Press Institute (IPI) has listed Umaru Bago, governor of Niger; Umo Eno, governor of Akwa Ibom; and Kayode Egbetokun, inspector general of police (IGP); in its ‘Book of Infamy’. The newspaper adds that Kolapo Alimi, Osun commissioner for information and public enlightenment, says Ademola Adeleke, Osun governor, will unveil his new political party before December 13, following his formal exit from the PDP.
Daily Trust reports that an early morning fire on Monday killed an entire family of five and destroyed property worth millions of naira in Kofar Sauri community in the Katsina metropolis. The newspaper says the already poor state of the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School in Gidan-Bijimi village, Kawu ward of Bwari Area Council in the FCT, has further deteriorated, as only 17 of the 136 enrolled pupils now attend classes.

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