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Newspaper Headlines: Tension as Lagos street urchins stab air force officer

Abdullah.Abdulsalam@thecable.ng'byAbdulsalam Abdullah
November 18, 2025 7:00 am

Reports on the abduction of schoolgirls by gunmen in Kebbi suffuse the dailies.


Blueprint reports that Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, says President Bola Tinubu has ordered the swift rescue of the female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi state. The paper adds that Tinubu says no judicial reform can succeed without integrity, warning that corruption within the judiciary poses a grave danger to Nigeria’s democracy.
Punch reports that residents of Oremeji, in the Shasha area of Alimosho LGA in Lagos were thrown into panic on Sunday, November 9, after street urchins stabbed a Nigerian Air Force officer. The newspaper says chaos is looming within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as two factions of the opposition party have fixed meetings at the national secretariat at Wadata Plaza, Abuja on Tuesday.
New Telegraph reports that Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters said they have killed M. Uba, a brigadier general, following the ambush of a convoy of soldiers and operatives of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno state. The paper reports that Dan Agbese, the veteran journalist, columnist and one of Nigeria’s most influential media figures, has died at the age of 81.
Daily Trust reports that two siblings were burnt to death following a fire outbreak that destroyed properties worth millions of naira at the Rumuola axis of Obio/Akpor LGA of Rivers on Sunday night. The paper says John Bonzena, the speaker of the Taraba state house of assembly, has defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Daily Independent reports that Cyril Ndifon, suspended law faculty dean at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has been sentenced to five years imprisonment without an option of fine. The paper adds that the PDP and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have condemned the attack by gunmen in a Kebbi school.
The Nation reports that Idris Wada, a former governor of Kogi state, has joined the APC. The newspaper adds that the federal government has announced the commencement of a fresh mass recruitment of National Health Fellows.
Guardian reports that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued 124 million National Identity Numbers (NIN) to eligible Nigerians, including those in the diaspora, as of October. Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, says the APC has no option but to accommodate “displaced politicians” defecting from other parties.

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