Good morning, Nigeria! You’re welcome to the Lagos Post Online News Roundup of today’s top newspaper headlines for Friday, September 26th, 2025.
Former Arsenal forward Billy Vigar has reportedly passed away following a severe brain injury sustained during a match.
The former Arsenal academy player was involved in a terrifying incident over the weekend while in action for current club Chichester City.
The 21-year-old crashed into a hard pitch-side surface mid-game against Wingate & Finchley.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has stated that he participated in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, alongside the likes of former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.
In a post through his official 𝕏 handle on Thursday, Atiku described the meeting as a gathering of Nigerians committed to challenging “the oligarchs who promote poverty and insecurity.”
“I am currently at the stakeholders meeting of the Coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Abuja. It’s a meeting of the Nigerian people against the oligarchs who promote poverty and insecurity in the land.”
Contrary to social media claims of his terminal leave, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, chaired the commission’s weekly meeting on Thursday.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement after the meeting in Abuja.
Olumekun said the meeting considered several electoral matters, including preparations for the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election, the Federal Capital Territory area council polls, and party primaries for the Ekiti and Osun governorship elections.
Nigerians could experience new power outages due to an indefinite strike initiated by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday. The strike stems from unresolved welfare issues, including the failure to implement the national minimum wage and the alleged casualization of workers.
The industrial action was announced in a notice signed by NUEE’s Acting General Secretary, Dominic Igwebike, who said the strike followed the expiration of the union’s ultimatum to the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
“It is unfortunate that the TCN management has decided to handle these issues with kid gloves and a lack of regard for the hard-working staff of TCN. This, they have displayed without any defined roadmap to addressing them,” the union stated.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, a Nigerian man wanted for violating his conditions of release.
Adediran became a ‘fugitive’ when he fled the Central District of Illinois in late December 2001, shortly before his federal trial was scheduled to begin. He was facing multiple charges, including Bank Fraud, Identification Document Fraud, and Credit Card Fraud.
The federal charges Adediran faces, namely Bank Fraud, Identification Document Fraud, and Credit Card Fraud highlight his alleged involvement in financial crimes often linked to organized efforts to defraud institutions and individuals.
Liverpool Football Club has secured the future of one of its brightest young talents, Rio Ngumoha, with a new long-term contract that will keep him at Anfield until June 2028. The deal, now finalized and sealed, demonstrates the club’s commitment to nurturing young talent and investing in the future of its footballing project.
This was revealed by popular sports analysts Fabrizio Romano on Thursday.
Ngumoha, a highly-rated winger, has been making waves within Liverpool’s academy setup with his impressive pace, creativity, and ability to influence games from wide positions. His development has attracted attention from both fans and football analysts, with many regarding him as a player who could become a key figure in the club’s first team in the years to come.
A human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, who heads a public interest law firm, has submitted a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The petition calls for an immediate investigation into the financial dealings of the former Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (retd.).
In the petition, which was signed by Adeyanju and addressed to the ICPC Chairman, the firm alleged that Rivers State received at least ₦283.3 billion under Ibas’ leadership between March 18 and September 17, 2025, excluding internally generated revenue.
According to data cited from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, the amount included ₦36.6 billion in local government allocations for January and February 2025, previously withheld, as well as ₦246.7 billion in state and local government allocations between March and June 2025.
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