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Newspaper Headlines: Gunmen kill 12 in fresh Kwara attack

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
September 29, 2025 7:00 am

The lingering dispute between Dangote refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) perfuses the cover pages of the dailies.

The Punch reports that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has issued an ultimatum to Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, Babachir Lawal, ex-secretary to the government of the federation (SGF); and other party figures to register at their wards before year’s end or lose recognition. The paper adds that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has rescued a 24-year-old Ghanaian from a human trafficking syndicate and arrested five suspects — both Ghanaian and Nigerian nationals — in Ofada, Ogun state.

 

 

 

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The Guardian reports that the ADC has criticised the President Bola Tinubu administration for seeking a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with insecurity ravaging the country. The paper says the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a 30-day ultimatum to the federal government to address outstanding welfare and policy demands affecting its members.
New Telegraph reports that Jerry Gana, a former minister of information, says ex-President Goodluck Jonathan would contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The newspaper says the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Tinubu to make public details of the process for appointing the next chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Daily Times reports that the federal government has waded into the looming industrial dispute between PENGASSAN and Dangote refinery. The newspaper adds that Livestock Management Services (LMS) says interrupting rabies transmission requires 70 percent of vaccination of the dog population across the country because persistent gaps in coverage sustain outbreaks of the disease.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the Osun state chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has accused the federal government of improperly disbursing six months’ allocation intended for LGAs into accounts opened by the chairmen and councillors elected in the 2022 LG polls. The paper also reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Victor Nwosa and Felix Chika Obiegbu, two suspected drug kingpins, after consignments of cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine were recovered from their Lagos homes.
Daily Trust reports Femi Otedola as saying that he has instructed his lawyers to file a N1 billion libel suit against Umar Sani, the former media aide to ex-Vice-President Namadi Sambo, who alleged that the billionaire entrepreneur benefitted from subsidy payments when Jonathan was in power. The newspaper says a wave of coordinated attacks on Sunday left Kwara in mourning as gunmen stormed Oke-Ode in Ifelodun LGA and Tsaragi in Edu LGA, killing many and abducting residents.
Vanguard newspaper reports that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has unveiled a one-stop-shop initiative aimed at reducing cargo clearance times from an average of 21 days to 48 hours.
THISDAY reports that the federal government has responded to claims that terrorists in Nigeria are waging a systematic genocide against Christians, describing the allegations as “baseless and divisive”. PENGASSAN has instructed its members to embark on a nationwide strike immediately following Dangote refinery’s dismissal of “over 800 workers”.

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