Good morning! Here are five top headlines from Nigeria Newspapers today;

1. Nigeria Retired police officers rally for Pension reforms:

Ex-police officers have demanded under the Contributory Pension Scheme on Monday marched from the National Assembly and shut the main gate of the Force Headquarters in Abuja for hours, demanding that the police be removed from the scheme, which they say has trapped them in poverty. The elderly ex-officers refused repeated pleas to disperse until they secured a meeting with the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.

The Protest was lead by former Presidential Candidate of African Action Congress with placard inscription sayin ‘No Nigeria Police officers must earn less than N500,000.

The protesters said they had endured years of neglect, poor pension payouts, and a system that strips dignity from those who dedicated decades to policing the country.

One of the participants, retired Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Manir Lawal, condemned the pension scheme as exploitative.

“We are here to ask the government to remove us from the CPS,” he said. “The scheme is unjust. I am 67 years old. Many of us are sick, hungry, and can no longer meet basic needs. This is not the retirement we were promised.”

2. Suspended Nigerian Senator defies Senate warnning:

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan appears poised to resume plenary today, despite warnings from the Senate that her suspension remains in force and binding. The lawmaker representing Kogi Central, who was suspended in March, revealed over the weekend that she had formally notified the Senate of her intention to return, citing a recent court decision as her basis.

The lawmaker, who was suspended in March 2025, revealed over the weekend that she had formally notified the Senate of her intention to return, citing a recent court decision as her basis.

She told journalists during a constituency training programme that she had already written to the leadership of the Upper Chamber about her intention.

“I will be there, because the court did make the decision on that. Now, they argue that it’s an order, it’s not an order, but it is a decision,” she insisted.

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, West Idahosa, maintained that the court judgment justifies her return.

“Let me be honest with you. Attendance is a legislative action.

“As far as we are concerned, we are focused on the appeal and other issues before the court.

“Now that she said she wants to go and resume, let us see what the reaction of the Senate will be. But the most important thing is that she is still a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said in a phone interview.

3. Edo State Police crackdown on crime:

The Nigeria Police in Edo State said they have arrested no fewer than 175 suspects involved in various crimes across the three senatorial districts of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonik, said 124 of the suspects were arrested for cultism, 40 for kidnapping, while 11 were apprehended for armed robbery and other violent crimes.

4. NLC sounds alarm on Democratic erosion:

Nigeria Labour Congress leadership on Monday, warned that Nigeria is sliding dangerously towards authoritarian rule, as the country’s democratic space continues to shrink and workers’ rights come under sustained assault. President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, who made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 21st Rain School of the NLC, held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, stated that Nigeria was on the brink of tyranny.

5. APC leadership crisis on the agenda:

Barring any last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress will meet in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on key issues threatening cohesion within the party. Credible sources at the APC national secretariat in Abuja disclosed that top on the agenda is the matter of the party’s leadership, particularly the emergence of Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s substantive successor.