Good morning, Nigeria! You’re welcome to the Lagos Post Online News Roundup of today’s top newspaper headlines for Saturday, August 16th, 2025.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revoked its recognition of Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party, pointing to the expiration of his tenure and the Supreme Court judgment delivered on April 4, 2025, as the basis for its decision.
The Commission’s position, as contained in a sworn counter-affidavit filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, appears to have finally settled the leadership crisis that has plagued the party for months.
In Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1523/2025, INEC clarified that Abure’s tenure ended in June 2024 in line with the ruling of the Supreme Court in Appeal No. SC/CV/56/2025, which dismissed his claims for lack of jurisdiction and nullified all earlier rulings that affirmed his leadership.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims circulating that a Canadian Court decision designated the ruling party as a terrorist organization.
In a statement on Friday, National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, stated categorically that the court did not declare the APC as a terrorist organisation, contrary to “highly erroneous media reports in circulation.”
The party stated that the declaration was allegedly made in the case of Douglas Egharevba and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, in which the Applicant (Douglas Egharevba) sought judicial review of a decision by the Canadian Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) which determined that the Applicant was inadmissible in Canada under its Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).
The Lagos State Police Command has initiated an investigation into an alleged attempted extortion by its officers, which reportedly occurred at gunpoint.
It began the investigation after an X user: Boluwatife, shared how officers from Onikan Police Station Tactical Squad attempted to extort him at gunpoint.
Boluwatife said that the officers apprehended him and his friend at about 1:am on Thursday along Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge and allegedly accused him of murder.
Veteran Nollywood actor Segun Remi, better known as Chief Kanran, is dead.
Celebrity journalist, Seun Oloketuyi, in a post on his Instagram page, disclosed that the film star passed away on Friday at the age of 72.
However, details surrounding the death were not disclosed at the time of filing this report.
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate saw a slight decrease in July 2025, reaching 21.88% compared to June 2025’s 22.22%, according to recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The July 2025 inflation rate showed a decrease of 0.34% compared to the June 2025 headline inflation rate.
The food inflation rate in July 2025 was 22.74% on a year-on-year basis. This was 16.79% points lower compared to the rate recorded in July 2024 (39.53%).
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that he could have halted the 2015 general elections after facing repeated failures with the INEC card reader system.
Adding that the 2015 voting process was flawed.
Speaking during a recent interview, he disclosed that the card reader rejected him, his wife, and his mother at their polling unit.
President Bola Tinubu left Abuja on Friday for a two-nation official visit to Japan and Brazil. He will also make a brief stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
PUNCH Newspaper reports that the President left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at exactly 11:15 am, accompanied by top government officials who turned out to bid him farewell.
Those present included the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; and the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
The Labour Party’s (LP) former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has encouraged his supporters to cast their votes for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the upcoming by-elections.
Obi explained that his appeal is due to the LP having no candidates recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the ballot amid an internal crisis.
Speaking via a post shared on X on Thursday, Obi said, “On the 16th of August 2025, Nigerians will go to the polling units again for the by-elections.
Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced that the Federal Government faces a cost of approximately N3.8 trillion to rehabilitate the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, while a new construction would be slightly less, at N3.6 trillion.
The Minister disclosed this when he briefed State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.
Umahi said recent assessments revealed severe deterioration to the bridge’s piles and piers, largely caused by illegal sand mining, erosion, and corrosion.
Aminu Waziri TambuwalSenator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the former Governor of Sokoto State, has declared that he will not be intimidated by any anti-graft agency or political force, following his recent interaction with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Speaking in Sokoto after returning from what he described as a “brief visit” to EFCC custody, Tambuwal revealed that he honoured an invitation from the commission on August 6, where he was questioned and released, but asked to return on August 10 and 11.
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives said that after hours of questioning on his follow-up visit, EFCC operatives insisted on stringent bail conditions before he could be released.
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