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Newspaper Headlines: Residents flee as gunmen attack Kwara villages

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
August 11, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the raid by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a hotel within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) complex in Abeokuta, suffuse today’s frontpages.

The Punch reports that states spent about N235.58 billion on external debt servicing in the first half of 2025, according to Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The newspaper also adds that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has launched an electronic invoicing system to improve tax compliance and modernise revenue collection.
The Nation reports that Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti, has rejected claims attributed to Rotimi Amaechi, ex-minister of transportation, that they jointly founded the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition before broadening it to include other members. The newspaper says EFCC operatives arrested 93 suspected internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on Sunday.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the federal government has assured medical doctors and other healthcare workers that their seven months salary arrears will be paid before end of August, to prevent a strike. The newspaper says the Osun government has asked the federal government to release local government allocations, citing a recent court of appeal judgment on the state’s leadership dispute.
Daily Independent reports that the ADC has expressed concern over the pervasive suffering in the land, saying another four years under the APC-led federal government will be catastrophic for the country. The newspaper adds that Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has begun receiving 4,000 compressed natural gas-powered trucks for its fuel distribution logistics programme which begins on August 15.
The Guardian reports that the senate has asked the Emeka Anyaoku-led ‘The Patriots’ to use the national assembly’s upcoming public hearing to present recommendations for a new constitution. The newspaper adds that political tension is rising in Ogun as Dapo Abiodun, the state governor, and Gbenga Daniel, ex-governor, clash over quit and demolition notices on the latter’s Sagamu property.
Daily Trust reports that bandit attacks in Babanla and nearby Ifelodun LGA communities in Kwara have left a police officer and four others dead, forcing residents to flee. The newspaper adds that hoodlums armed with cutlasses have attacked Dallami Yunusa, a truck driver, at Okigwe LGA in Imo, injuring him before setting his vehicle ablaze.
Vanguard newspaper reports that the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) says Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is a man of integrity and can be trusted to keep his promise of serving a single term if elected president in 2027. The newspaper adds that Dennis Otuaro, administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, says the Niger Delta will support President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.
Blueprint newspaper reports that Aminu Masari, chairman of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), says the agency’s board approved over N100 billion for tertiary institutions to boost medical science training capacity. The paper also adds that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (aka Abbas Ajakaiye) for allegedly masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria.

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