Good morning, Nigeria! You’re welcome to the Lagos Post Online News Roundup of today’s top newspaper headlines for Saturday, November 22nd, 2025.
A gas explosion tragically struck the Bioku-Alaadun area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday night, with fears that many lives were lost in the incident within the Ona Ara Local Government.
An eyewitness who spoke with Saturday PUNCH said he saw mangled bodies at the scene.
The explosion occurred while a tanker was discharging gas into a retail outlet.
Weak political will and the self-serving ambitions of some political office holders are the reasons for the underdevelopment of the Niger Delta, according to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan, who spoke in Abuja on Friday at the launch of The Hidden Treasures, a 202-page book written by former Delta State governorship aspirant Chris Iyovwaye, stated that political rivalry and the scramble for power have repeatedly stalled progress in the region.
This was echoed by ex-presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, and former Minister of Information, Prof Jerry Gana, who also highlighted the failure to act on long-standing regional plans as a challenge to the region’s development.
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has outlined the specific conditions necessary to call off its ongoing indefinite strike, according to Dr. Mohammad Suleiman, President of the association.
Suleiman said NARD’s NEC has narrowed its demands to seven priority issues that must be addressed.
Speaking in an interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, Suleiman explained that although three conciliation meetings were held and 19 items were discussed and agreed upon, the government had failed to implement any of the resolutions except for the partial payment of the 25–35 percent allowance.
No fewer than 227 persons, including teachers and students, were abducted during the attack on St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area.
The Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) made this known in a statement on Friday.
In the statement signed by Daniel Atori, media aide to the state CAN chairman, Daniel Okoh, the association disclosed that 215 pupils and students, alongside 12 teachers, were taken away when armed men stormed the school in the early hours of Friday.
All public schools throughout Katsina State have been ordered to close immediately by the State Government.
The directive on Friday followed fresh security threats in parts of Northern states.
According to Leadership, the Commissioner of Education in the State, Yusuf Sulaiman Jibia, confirmed this to journalists.
Due to a significant increase in student abductions nationwide, the Federal Government has mandated the temporary shutdown of 41 Federal Unity Colleges.
The directive was contained in a circular issued on Friday by the Director of Senior Secondary Education at the Federal Ministry of Education, Binta Abdulkadir.
“Sequel to the recent security challenges in some parts of the country and the need to prevent any security breaches, the Honourable Minister of Education has approved the immediate closure of the listed Federal Unity Colleges,” the circular read.
The seven-year feud between Nigerian music heavyweights Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade has officially ended, as the two artists have reconciled.
Their disagreement began on social media after Yemi Alade subtly called out female entertainers who she claimed enhanced their buttocks in photos to “deceive their fans.” Her post emerged shortly after Tiwa Savage uploaded pictures showing off her curves.
Tiwa, interpreting the comment as a jab, swiftly responded with a warning: “Don’t start a war you can’t finish.”
Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris has questioned the withdrawal of military personnel from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, noting that it occurred shortly before the students’ abduction by bandits.
Sharing his concerns on Friday in Birnin Kebbi while receiving the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, who paid him a sympathy visit over the incident, the governor said the state has demanded a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal.
He stated that the government had received intelligence reports on a planned attack and immediately convened a security meeting.
The convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has reportedly been moved to a correctional facility in Sokoto State, according to his legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor.
On Thursday, a judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice James Omotosho, found Kanu guilty of terrorism and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
In a post via 𝕏 on Friday, Ejimakor stated that Nnamdi Kanu has been moved far away from his lawyers, family and loved ones.
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, November 21, 2025, adjourned a forensic inspection of Exhibit I in the ongoing trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over an alleged $4.5 billion fraud to January 5 and 8, 2026.
The inspection follows the prosecution counsel’s insistence at the previous sitting that the examination of the digital exhibit must be carried out without any internet connection.
Exhibit I is the cell phone of the defendant.
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