Student Escape, Rising Insecurity And Federal Crackdowns Dominate Today’s Nigerian Newspaper Headlines

In today’s edition of Today in the News, Nigerian newspapers spotlight a wave of security-related developments across the country.

Vanguard leads with the announcement by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that 50 students abducted last Friday from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara LGA of Niger State, have escaped their captors. The paper also features Bishop David Oyedepo’s renewed warning urging Christians to take responsibility before “genocide descends into anarchy.” Additionally, Vanguard reports that the Federal High Court in Abuja has warned the managing directors of First Bank, Access Bank, and Zenith Bank that they risk imprisonment for allegedly disobeying a court order.

The Guardian focuses on growing international pressure on the Federal Government as several states shut down schools in response to rising kidnappings.

The Punch leads with President Bola Tinubu’s directive reassigning 100,000 police officers currently serving VIPs and politicians to frontline policing and counterinsurgency operations, part of intensified efforts to curb escalating terrorist attacks.

The Nation highlights nationwide alarm over the ease with which terrorists abducted students and teachers in Niger State.