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• 5 Secondary schools where students run mini enterprises as part of curriculum

  06-05-2025 17:38
  
  In Nigeria a growing number of schools have adopted mini enterprise programs that require students to design products or services manage budgets market to real customers and reinvest profits.These initiatives foster teamwork financial literacy and creative problem solving while generating small revenues that support school projects or charities. Below are 5 standout institutions where student led ventures move beyond classroom theory into genuine marketplace operations setting graduates on a pat
  
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• Bauchi PDP crisis deepens as caretaker committee takes over party structure

  17-12-2025 15:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The internal crisis within the Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened on Wednesday as a newly appointed Caretaker Committee formally announced its takeover of the party’s structure in the state, intensifying an ongoing struggle between rival leadership blocs within the party.The move has sharpened divisions between the caretaker committee, backed by a national caretaker leadership aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capi
  
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• FG to Oyo advertising regulator: Your directive on pre-exposure vetting illegal

  17-12-2025 15:31 via vanguardngr.com
  By Tunde OsoThe Federal Government yesterday warned the Oyo State Signage and Advertising Agency that its order  directing practitioners, advertisers and advertising agencies involved in out-of-home advertising in Oyo State to submit “betting and gaming-related advertising messages, promotional materials, and public communications for mandatory pre-vetting before exposure, is unconstitutional, ultra vires as “advertising regulation in Nigeria is firmly domiciled at the federal
  
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• Warner Bros. Discovery rejects hostile takeover bid by Paramount

  17-12-2025 15:24 via vanguardngr.com
  Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday rejected a hostile takeover bid by Paramount launched last week to trump plans by streaming giant Netflix to acquire the Hollywood giant and owner of CNN.In a statement, Warner Bros. said the terms of the Netflix merger were better, while the Paramount offer “once again fails to address key concerns that we have consistently communicated…throughout our extensive engagement and review of their six previous proposals.”“We are confident
  
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• US travel ban: Stay back and build your country —  Shehu Sani advises Nigerians

  17-12-2025 15:21 via vanguardngr.com
  Former lawmaker Shehu Sani has reacted to the newly announced United States travel restrictions affecting Nigerians, describing the move as a clear signal that migrants from developing countries are no longer welcome.Sani shared his reaction on X on Tuesday,  after the Donald Trump administration announced fresh visa restrictions on Nigerians seeking to travel to the United States.Under the new policy, Nigerians are barred from entering the US as immigrants or on several non-immigrant visa
  
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• Dangote: CSO storms ICPC, EFCC, demands swift probe of NMDPRA chief

  17-12-2025 15:07 via vanguardngr.com
  A civil society organisation, Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative (EUYI), on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest at the headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, calling for a swift and transparent probe of the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed.The group, led by its conveners, Com
  
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• UK PM warns Abramovich ‘clock is ticking’ over Chelsea sale fund

  17-12-2025 15:02 via vanguardngr.com
  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday warned former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich “the clock is ticking” over the frozen £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) generated from the sale of the club, which has been earmarked to help Ukraine’s war victims.Speaking in parliament, Starmer told Abramovich: “Honour the commitment you made and pay up now, and if you don’t, we are prepared to go to court so every penny reaches those whose lives have been torn apart by
  
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• Wizkid ignites ‘Detty December’ at GTCO End-of-Year bash

  17-12-2025 14:42 via vanguardngr.com
  Nigerian ace singer Wizkid officially ignited the holiday season at the GTCO end-of-year party in Lagos on Tuesday night.
  Delivering a high-octane performance that thrilled the packed crowd, the singer took a moment to claim his role as the season’s ultimate gatekeeper.“Who else go start Detty December if not Daddy Yo?”– Wizkidpic.twitter.com/Kr0fpAy7ge— OLAMIDE(@Olamide0fficial) December 17, 2025
  “Who else go start Detty December if not Daddy Yo?” he a
  
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• Insecurity: NLC observes peaceful protest in Adamawa

  17-12-2025 14:40 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Adamawa chapter, on Wednesday observed a peaceful protest, urging the Federal Government to double efforts to end insecurity, kidnapping and abduction of students in the country.Speaking at the protest in Yola, Mr Muhammad Haruna, National President, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria University (SSANU), said the NLC leadership urges the government to improve the living conditions of Nigerans.He said the issue of security was the responsibility of everyone he
  
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• Ahmed Musa announces retirement from int’l football after 15 years

  17-12-2025 14:36 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emmanuel OkogbaNigeria’s most capped international, Ahmed Musa, has officially announced his retirement from international football, bringing to an end a distinguished career with the Super Eagles that spanned nearly 15 years.In a heartfelt message addressed to Nigerians and football fans, the former Super Eagles captain reflected on a journey that began when he was a young player juggling call-ups to Nigeria’s U-20, U-23 and senior national teams simultaneously. Musa said repres
  
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• Two dead, others injured as Dangote truck crushes tricycles, mini bus at Iyana Meiran

  17-12-2025 14:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniPandemonium broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at Iyana Meiran Bus Stop along the Lagos–Abeokuta Expressway following a tragic auto crash that claimed the lives of two persons and left three others critically injured.The fatal accident, which involved a Dangote Cement silo mixer truck, a commercial mini bus (popularly known as Korope), and four tricycles, threw the area into chaos as sympathisers wailed uncontrollably at the scene.Eyewitnesses said the truck, re
  
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• Kano NLC joins protest, demand end to persistent insecurity

  17-12-2025 14:31 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bashir Bello, KANOThe Chairman, Kano State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Council, NLC, Comrade Kabiru Inuwa has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency find a lasting solution to the persistent insecurity in the country.The Chairman made the called during the nationwide protest to present it demand to Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf for onward submission to President Tinubu.Comrade Inuwa said the issue of insecurity has thrown Nigerians into untold hardship hence the need fo
  
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• Dangote–NMDPRA face-off a failure of constitutional responsibility — Agbakoba

  17-12-2025 14:27 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniHuman rights activist and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has described the ongoing face-off between the Founder and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, as a fundamental failure of constitutional responsibility.Agbakoba made the assertion in a statement released on Wednesday.The statement,
  
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• Enugu moves to name ESUT Sports Complex after late football Icon, Christian Chukwu

  17-12-2025 14:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Alumona UkwuezeENUGU — The Enugu State Government has announced plans to immortalize late former Green Eagles captain and football legend, Christian Chukwu, in recognition of his immense contributions to sports development in Nigeria and beyond.The Vice-Chancellor of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Prof. Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, disclosed this on Tuesday while receiving ESUT athletes who returned from the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) Games
  
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• 2026 FIFA World Cup winner to get $50 million – Report

  17-12-2025 14:15 via vanguardngr.com
  …as football body announces massive $727 million prize potBy Emmanuel OkogbaThe FIFA Council has officially greenlit a record-breaking financial distribution package for the 2026 World Cup, signaling a massive windfall for competing nations.
  Total contributions will reach $727 million, representing a staggering 50% increase over the figures seen at the 2022 tournament in Qatar.The bulk of this funding-$655 million-is earmarked specifically for prize money. This significant investment ref
  
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• Vision beyond the sight: A call of fulfilment for the visually impaired

  17-12-2025 14:11 via vanguardngr.com
  By Rofiat OlayemiMy name is Rofiat Oyindamola Olayemi. I am a visually impaired young lady. That is I am blind. I am a student of Lagos state university where I am studying English language in Faculty of Arts. I am a person who strongly believe in struggles, hard work, perseverance and patience. I believe that I will be there someday. But my dreams and belief of spreading my wings widely to fly all came crashing when I lost my sight. All hopes gone during that time for me. No joy nor happiness b
  
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• Photos: NLC stages protest in Lagos, Abuja, Enugu over insecurity

  17-12-2025 14:08 via vanguardngr.com
  Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday took to the streets in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu to protest worsening insecurity across the country, demanding urgent government action to curb violent crimes and kidnappings.In Lagos, protesters converged early in the morning at the Ikeja underpass, carrying placards and chanting slogans calling on the Federal Government to end insecurity. Some of the placards read, “Federal Government, No More Excuses and Rhetoric, End Insecuri
  
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• Cheating isn’t dealbreaker for me – Daniel Etim’s wife

  17-12-2025 14:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Patrick IgweToyosi Etim Effiong, wife of Nollywood actor Daniel Etim Effiong, has offered a candid perspective on marriage that is already stirring conversations, particularly around the subject of infidelity.Speaking on a recent episode of the Toke Makinwa Podcast, Toyosi made it clear that cheating, while serious, is not a personal dealbreaker for her.“Cheating is not a dealbreaker for me; this is not encouraging cheating,” she said.Rather than viewing infidelity as an automati
  
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• Putin says Russia will ‘certainly’ achieve its goals in Ukraine

  17-12-2025 14:01 via vanguardngr.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Moscow would “certainly” achieve its goals in the offensive in Ukraine, including seizing the territories it claims are its own, amid a flurry of international diplomacy to end the war.“The goals of the special military operation will certainly be achieved,” Putin told a meeting with defence ministry officials in Moscow, using the Kremlin’s wording for the nearly four-year offensive.“We would prefer to do thi
  
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• Bhutan pledges $1 bn cryptocurrency for ‘mindfulness’ city

  17-12-2025 13:56 via vanguardngr.com
  Bhutan said Wednesday it will invest $1 billion from national cryptocurrency reserves to develop a “Mindfulness City”, which it hopes will become an economic hub for the tiny Himalayan nation.Buddhist-majority Bhutan, squeezed between giants India and China, champions a policy of prioritising “Gross National Happiness” over growth.But that has not helped the government deal with widespread unemployment, forcing thousands of young people to leave the country.As part of br
  
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• Tennis world number one Alcaraz splits with coach after 7 years

  17-12-2025 13:54 via vanguardngr.com
  Men’s tennis world number one Carlos Alcaraz announced on Wednesday on social media he is splitting from his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after seven hugely successful years.“It is very difficult to write this post… After more than seven years together, ‘Juanki’ and I have decided to end our story together as coach and player,” Alcaraz said in a post which was illustrated with two photographs of them hugging during their association.“Thank you for making
  
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• Doctors in England embark on strike amid ‘super flu’ outbreak

  17-12-2025 13:50 via vanguardngr.com
  Doctors in England walked out for the 14th time in less than three years Wednesday in a dispute with the government over pay and jobs.The five-day stoppage by resident doctors — those below consultant level — comes as negotiations reached a deadlock over the medics’ demand for a 26 percent pay rise to compensate for what they say is a real-time loss of earnings due to inflation.Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer has branded the industrial action “irresponsible” at
  
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• Nigeria’s local fish production rises to 1.4m metric tons — Oyetola

  17-12-2025 13:43 via vanguardngr.com
  By Folarin Kehinde, AbujaThe Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, says local fish production has risen from 1.1 million to 1.4 million metric tons this year, reflecting efforts to boost domestic output, reduce imports, and enhance food security.Oyetola made this known on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking at the 4th Quarter 2025 Citizens/Stakeholders’ Engagement Meeting of the ministry.According to Oyetola, the growth recorded in the fisheries and aquaculture subsector
  
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• 10 countries in the world with oldest roads

  17-12-2025 13:36 via vanguardngr.com
  Across the world, some countries still preserve road networks that date back thousands of years, offering a glimpse into how ancient civilisations moved goods, armies and people long before modern transportation.These roads were often built with remarkable engineering skill, using stone paving, drainage systems, and precise layouts that allowed many of them to survive centuries of wear. From trade routes to military highways, they played crucial roles in shaping empires, boosting commerce, and
  
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• You are pursuing a personal vendetta against me, Malami tackles EFCC boss

  17-12-2025 13:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Haruna AliyuFollowing the continued detention of former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Chika Malami,his detention has taken a new twist as Malami described his detention by the EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, as a personal vendetta.Malami, through his media aide, Muhammed Bello Doka, said that the commission chief lacks moral and constitutional rights to detain or investigate him.Referring to our sour relationship with the commission boss, he said Ayo Sala
  
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• Benue Govt directs political appointees seeking re-election to resign

  17-12-2025 13:11 via vanguardngr.com
  The Benue Government has  directed  political appointees who are interested in contesting for elective positions in 2027 to resign their present appointments with immediate effect.This is according to a memo dated Dec 16, 2025, signed by the state Deputy Governor, Mr Sam Ode and issued to the media on Wednesday in Makurdi.The memo said the decision was due to the recent increase in political activities within the state.“In light of the recent increase in political activities wit
  
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• Swiftbit Invexor Review 2025: Legit or Not?

  17-12-2025 13:05 via vanguardngr.com
  Visit Swiftbit Invexor PlatformSwiftbit Invexor Review Facts and MoreLooking for a reliable investment platform that delivers consistent returns? With so many options out there, choosing the right one can be overwhelming. That’s where Swiftbit Invexor comes in.Designed for both beginners and experts, Swiftbit Invexor offers a seamless investment experience with the potential for steady profits across various market conditions. Whether you’re just starting your investment journey or
  
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• Enforcement of tinted glass permit: IGP warns against extortion, harassment

  17-12-2025 13:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiThe Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Force leadership to maintaining a zero-tolerance stance towards extortion, harassment, or abuse of authority by its personnel in the enforcement policy on vehicle tinted glass.This is just as the IGP said, “The Force will comply fully with all valid orders of courts of competent jurisdiction and will not act in any manner that undermines ongoing judicial proceedings.”“But
  
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• Police recover alleged stolen ₦636,700, firearms, vehicle from fleeing suspects

  17-12-2025 12:33 via vanguardngr.com
  The Anambra Police Command says its operatives recovered  ₦636,700 cash, firearms and an accidented vehicle abandoned by robbery suspects in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made available to newsmen on Wednesday.Ikenga stated that the operation was carried out by the Commissioner of Police’s Special Patrol Team on Dec. 16.“The o
  
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• S/Africa raids US ‘refugee’ centre, to expel Kenyans working illegally

  17-12-2025 12:07 via vanguardngr.com
  South African authorities have arrested and will expel seven Kenyans accused of working without the correct documentation on a US government programme to accept white Afrikaners as “refugees”, the government said Wednesday.US President Donald Trump’s administration in May offered refugee status to the minority white Afrikaner community, claiming they were victims of discrimination and even “genocide”, which the Pretoria government strongly denies.The United States
  
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