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Newspaper Headlines: Rising insecurity may push 35m Nigerians into severe hunger in 2026, UN warns

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
November 26, 2025 7:00 am

The frontpages spotlight the rescue of the abducted Kebbi schoolchildren.

Blueprint reports that the 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi state, have been rescued. The paper adds that at least 10 residents of Isapa community in Ekiti LGA of Kwara state were abducted on Monday by about 20 armed men.
The Nation reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says 16 banks have fully met the regulatory capital requirements. The newspaper adds that President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the release of the 24 schoolgirls abducted in Maga, Kebbi state, on November 17.
PUNCH reports that Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos governor, has presented a proposed N4.237 trillion budget for the 2026 fiscal year, to the state house of assembly. The paper reports that Joash Amupitan, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has expressed his resolve “to combat all forms of election rigging, including the menace of vote-buying”.
Guardian reports that the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that growing instability across northern Nigeria, including the surge in attacks, could push nearly 35 million people into severe food insecurity during the 2026 lean season, which is the highest figure ever recorded in the country. The paper says the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the CBN has retained the country’s monetary policy rate (MPR) at 27 percent.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to withdraw all teachers from classrooms nationwide if the federal government fails to immediately bring an end to the rising tide of abductions and killings targeting schools. The newspaper says at least eight people have been abducted during a late-night raid on Biresawa village in the Tsanyawa LGA of Kano state.
New Telegraph reports that Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, says the national assembly has formally conveyed its resolution to the United States government, rejecting Nigeria’s designation as a ‘country of particular concern (CPC)’ under the Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025. The paper adds that Ahmad Gumi, the Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, says he is prepared to personally lead a campaign for amnesty for Nnamdi Kanu, the convicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), if the separatist agitator publicly renounces violence.
Vanguard reports that the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) says it has received “disturbing reports” of delayed or withheld security responses on attacks in several predominantly Christian communities. The paper adds that Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to the president, says non-kinetic approach was deployed in securing the release of the 38 worshippers of a church in Kwara state. 

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