Good morning, Nigeria! You’re welcome to the Lagos Post Online News Roundup of today’s top newspaper headlines for Friday, August 15th, 2025.
The former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, believes that opposition parties need to unify to win back the country in the 2027 general elections.
This follows the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum’s declaration that the opposition is currently in disarray, stressing the need for a united front to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking through his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, in an interview with Vanguard Newspaper, Atiku commended the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum for their patriotic stance, noting that their call for unity reflects a desire to save Nigeria’s democracy from sliding into a one-party dictatorship.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what it described as “excessive foreign travel culture,” stating that he has been absent from the country for almost a quarter of his presidency.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the party accused the President of prioritising international trips over urgent domestic issues, especially growing insecurity, widespread poverty, and the growing epidemic of malnutrition among children.
In the statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party noted that President Tinubu has spent about 181 days abroad since assuming office 26 months ago, and this latest trip is the 40th in 26 months, a new record for any Nigerian or African leader in recent memory.
The Federal Government has been given a seven-day ultimatum by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to refund workers’ funds that were allegedly diverted from the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
The resolution was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the NLC Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, in Abuja.
The NLC also demanded the immediate constitution of the Governing Board of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM).
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has alerted the public to a fraudulent Instagram account operating under his name.
Jonathan disavowed a fake Instagram account on Thursday, stating he does not operate any such handle and urged the public to disregard it.
The former President, through his Media Aide, Ikechukwu Eze, said the impostor account, operating under the handle goodluck_ebelejonathan, had been deceitfully posting content, some of which was copied from Jonathan’s official Facebook page.
The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda is to commence a three-week medical leave from August 18, 2025.
This was contained in a statement issued to journalists by the state Commissioner for Information and Culture, Dr. Bala Salisu-Zango, on Thursday.
Radda expressed his commitment to return to serve the people of the state with renewed energy and dedication after this medical leave.
Comfort Emmanson, who was previously given a lifetime “No Fly” ban by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) due to disruptive conduct on Ibom Air Flight QI 513 from Uyo to Lagos on August 10, 2025, has had the ban lifted.
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, the AON said the decision was made following the intervention of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo.
The body said that having considered all the circumstances of the matter, including the exhibition of remorse for her behavior, as reported, the withdrawal of the complaint and consequent striking out of the charges, and release of Emmanson from custody, the statement of Government that it takes aviation safety and security very seriously and decision to draw a line after these clemencies, and the proposed retreat to retrain Aviation Security (AVSEC) personnel and airline crew on the handling of unruly and disruptive passengers, the AON has lifted the ban.
Despite recent leadership crises, Senate Minority Leader Abba Moro has dismissed speculation of disarray within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asserting that there is no division.
The opposition party has been battling internal wranglings triggered by competing interests and power struggles ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Wednesday, Moro stressed that a proper division in a political party only exists when there are two parallel leadership structures, a situation he said does not apply to the PDP.
The U.S. government has reportedly approved a potential deal worth an estimated $346 million to sell munitions, precision bombs, and precision rockets to Nigeria.
The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) disclosed this in a statement quoted by Reuters on Wednesday, saying the sale would strengthen Nigeria’s security capabilities and further U.S. foreign policy goals in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The statement said Lockheed Martin, RTX Missiles and Defense, and BAE Systems have been listed as the contractors for the proposed transaction.
The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticized President Bola Tinubu‘s proposed visits to Brazil and Japan.
Obi, in a statement on Thursday, said Tinubu’s foreign trips are becoming too frequent and unnecessary while many challenges remain unresolved on the home front.
Specifically, Obi said it is worrying that President Tinubu derives joy in travelling abroad at the slightest invitation or excuse but has not found it necessary to visit troubled states in the country.
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the Interim National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, over the comment that the ruling party is a failed government.
The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, has been criticized by the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for his remarks labeling the ruling party as a failed government.
Aregbesola, who had stormed Kosofe Local Government Area on Wednesday to recruit members into the new coalition movement, urged Lagos residents and Nigerians to vote out the APC in the 2027 election.
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