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Newspaper Headlines: Seven women protesters killed in Adamawa

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
December 9, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the foiled coup in Benin Republic, and the festering crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), dominate the frontpages of the dailies.

The Punch reports that the federal government has ordered ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to carry over 70 percent of their 2025 capital budget into the 2026 fiscal year. The newspaper says the federal government has outlawed cash payments in MDAs.
The Nation reports that President Bola Tinubu has asked security operatives to ensure that the remaining abducted schoolchildren are released. The newspaper says Riley Moore, head of the United States congressional delegation to Nigeria, said the US and Nigeria are moving in the right direction on the security front.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the Miners Association of Nigeria has strongly opposed the proposal by northern governors and elders seeking a ban on mining activities as a response to escalating insecurity in the region. The newspaper says Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser, has handed over 100 rescued schoolchildren of St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara LGA of Niger state.
Vanguard reports that the federal government has asked the court to speed up the hearing of terrorism and kidnap cases. The newspaper reports on the legality of Tinubu’s deployment of Nigerian military jets in Benin Republic.
Daily Trust reports that seven women died while 11 others were injured yesterday during a protest in Lamurde LGA of Adamawa state. The newspaper says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sealed the Abuja residence of Timipre Sylva, a former minister of state for petroleum resources.
New Telegraph reports that the federal high court in Abuja has refused the application seeking the transfer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), from Sokoto prison. The newspaper says the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has threatened a strike over alleged marginalisation and unpaid allowances.
The Guardian reports that the national executive committee (NEC) of the PDP faction loyal to Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has approved the establishment of a 13-member national caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the opposition party ahead of the expiration of the Damagum-led national working committee (NWC). The newspaper says the public accounts committee (PAC) of the house of representatives has summoned Bayo Ojulari, group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC).

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