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• 5 underdog teams poised to surprise at AFCON 2025

  09-12-2025 13:40 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan AbdultawabAs the clock to AFCON 2025 draws closer, a number of underdog sides might be subtly preparing to upend the status quo on the continental stage.In the past editions, a couple of seemingly weak teams have reached the knockout stages of the competition, frustrating and upsetting stronger teams on the field of play.This article compiles a list of underdogs who could make history at the 2025 AFCON.Zambia
  More than a decade after lifting the AFCON trophy in 2012, Zambia are showin
  
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• AFCON: Complete list of 34 title-winning coaches

  11-12-2025 10:32 via vanguardngr.com
  Africa Cup of Nations title-winning coaches:1957: Egypt        Mourad Fahmy1959: Egypt        Pal Titkos/HUN1962: Ethiopia     Slavko Milosevic/YUG1963: Ghana        Charles Gyamfi1965: Ghana        Charles Gyamfi1968: Zaire        Ferenc Csanad/HUN1970: Sudan        Jiri Starost/CZE1972: Congo &nb
  
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• Nigeria’s blue economy at risk without drug war victory – Marwa

  11-12-2025 10:29 via vanguardngr.com
  By Folarin Kehinde, AbujaThe Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), says Nigeria cannot fully unlock the wealth of its coastal and marine resources unless the nation treats the fight against drug trafficking as a critical line of defence for its emerging blue economy.Speaking in Abuja at the Presidential Dinner for the Graduating Senior Executive Course 47/2025 of the National Institute for Policy and
  
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• Osimhen wins Sportsman of the Year award in Turkey

  11-12-2025 10:23 via vanguardngr.com
  Super Eagles and Galatasaray forward, Victor Osimhen, has been named Sportsman of the Year at the 2025 GQ Türkiye Men of the Year Awards.The 26-year-old received the prestigious award at an elaborate ceremony on Wednesday night.He earned the award for his standout impact at Galatasaray last season, where he scored 37 goals and provided seven assists in 41 matches, leading the club to the league title and prompting Galatasaray to break the Turkish transfer record with a €75 million per
  
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• FG restates commitment to strengthening security around schools

  11-12-2025 10:01 via vanguardngr.com
  The Federal Government has restated its commitment to strengthening security around schools and safeguarding students and citizens across the country.The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, stated this when he led a Federal Government delegation to the Governor of Niger, Umaru Bago.This was contained in a statement issued by Idris’s Special Assistant on Media, Malam Rabiu Ibrahim, in Abuja.Idris described the rescue of some of the abducted students of
  
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• Osimhen and Nigeria eye AFCON glory after another World Cup flop

  11-12-2025 09:34 via vanguardngr.com
  Victor Osimhen-inspired Nigeria are hurting after another unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign, and the quickest route to recovery would be winning the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.Since 1990, the Super Eagles have never until this year failed twice in a row to secure a place at the global showpiece.After finishing runners-up to table toppers and automatic qualifiers South Africa in Group C, Nigeria were given a second chance as one of the best four second-placed nations.But afte
  
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• Cartoon: ‘Through email, Your Excellency, through email’

  11-12-2025 08:04 via vanguardngr.com
  Read Also: FG wades in as Burkina Faso refuses to release seized NAF C-130 plane, 11 soldiersVanguard NewsThe post Cartoon: ‘Through email, Your Excellency, through email’ appeared first on Vanguard News.
  
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• Meet REDMI 15C 5G: Xiaomi’s New Budget Champion Bringing 5G to Everyone

  11-12-2025 08:00 via vanguardngr.com
  Xiaomi has officially dropped the all-new REDMI 15C 5G in Nigeria today! As the upgraded star of the REDMI 15C lineup, this device isn’t just keeping the series’ reputation for unbeatable value + top-tier specs alive in the local market — it’s taking things up a notch with game-changing 5G performance, a massive battery, a sprawling display, and a high-res camera that’s rare for its price range. Right now, everyone’s calling it Nigeria’s most worth-buyi
  
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• Minister woos investors with $50m lithium processing plant, others 

  11-12-2025 07:11 via vanguardngr.com
  …As Nigeria records over $2bn inflow to lithium, others By Gabriel EwepuTHE Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, yesterday, wooed investors in London, United Kingdom, UK, with a $50 million lithium processing plant along with seamless transfer of profits and duty waiver on imported mining machinery, and other  incentives.According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Minister, Kehinde Bamigbetan, Alake made the offer at the Resourcing Tomo
  
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• Total pension fund assets rise 2.2% to N26. 6trn 

  11-12-2025 07:02 via vanguardngr.com
  …As PenCom goes tough on pension defaultersBy Rosemary IwunzeThe total pension fund assets under the  Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, increased by  2.2 per cent, month-on-month, MoM to N26.66 trillion in October 2025 from N26.09 trillion  in September 2025.National Pension Commission, PenCom, disclosed this yesterday in the unaudited report on pension funds industry portfolio for the period ended 31 October 2025.Analysis of the report showed that a major chunk of th
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, December 11, 2025

  11-12-2025 06:59 via vanguardngr.com
  The exchange rate between the Naira and the US Dollar remained relatively stable across major foreign exchange windows today, Thursday, December 11, 2025, as the gap between the official and parallel markets continues to narrow.Official Market (NFEM)
  According to data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange, the Naira is trading at approximately ₦1,451.86 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). This represents a consolidated stability for the local currency, which has hovered
  
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• Petrol supply from Dangote Refinery rises 38% to 23.5m litres daily

  11-12-2025 06:35 via vanguardngr.com
   –Imports hit 52m litres per dayBy Obas Esiedesa, AbujaDomestic supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, rose by 37.7 percent in November 2025 to 23.52 million litres per day, up from 17.08 million litres per day in October, according to data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).The volume of petrol imported into the country also surged by 80.27 percent, reaching 52.1 million litres daily compared to 28.9
  
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• ECOWAS moves to cut air travel cost in Nigeria, others

  11-12-2025 06:29 via vanguardngr.com
  By Favour Ulebor, AbujaThe Economic community of West African States has approved major changes aimed at reducing the high cost of flying within Nigeria and the entire West Africa region.In a statement yesterday, the Commission said Heads of State and Government had, at their December 2024 summit in Abuja, adopted a measure that will remove taxes applied to air transport and reduce passenger and security charges by 25 per cent from January 1, 2026.ECOWAS said the move followed years of slo
  
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• Forex: CBN limits cash payout for PTA/BTA at 25%

  11-12-2025 06:23 via vanguardngr.com
  By Babajide KomolafeThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a limit of 25 per cent  on  the amount of cash beneficiaries can receive when accessing their Personal Travel Allowance (PTA) and Business Travel Allowance (BTA) from Bureau De Change (BDCs).The CBN disclosed this in a document titled, Frequently Asked Questions on Current Reforms of the BDC sector.The CBN said: “Travelers are allowed to purchase foreign currency in the form of Personal Travel Allowan
  
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• Stable currency drives stronger Shipping operations in 2025 — SAN

  11-12-2025 06:17 via vanguardngr.com
  By Godwin OritseThe Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) has said that improved stability of the naira in 2025 pop pohas significantly energised commercial activities across the country’s maritime and logistics corridors, translating into more predictable operations for the shipping industry and its stakeholders.
  Speaking to Newsmen weekend, Chairman of the association, Boma Alabi, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said that there was an improved activities in the sector in 2025 compared
  
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• Ex-AGF, Malami, spends third night in EFCC custody

  11-12-2025 04:19 via vanguardngr.com
  …Describes terrorism claims as political mischiefBy Luminous JannamikeABUJA—Former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, is set to spend a third night in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, custody due to his inability to meet the bail conditions set by investigators.Malami, who is being investigated by the EFCC over allegation of terrorism financing and operating 46 bank accounts, has, meanwhile, dismissing them as poli
  
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• Family of 3 die in Otedola Bridge auto crash

  11-12-2025 04:15 via vanguardngr.com
  By Evelyn Usman & Olasunkanmi AkoniThree, yet to be identified members of the same family, father, mother and their young child were recovered dead in the early hours of yesterday, in a multi auto crash, involving four vehicles at Lagos State Secretariat, inward Otedola Bridge, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.Men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, it was gathered, responded and rescued two persons, though they sustainws various degrees of injuries.The General M
  
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• Ngige in EFCC custody, not kidnapped — Aide clarifies

  11-12-2025 04:03 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – Former Anambra State governor and immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), not a kidnap victim, despite a surge of panic and speculation that swept through political circles on Wednesday.His media aide, Fred Chukwuelobe, stepped in swiftly to douse the rumour after receiving a flurry of calls from journalists, associates and well-wishers.The clarification comes
  
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• Ex-Ondo gov candidate, Akingboye’s widow demands autopsy release

  11-12-2025 03:57 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry OjeluChristy Akingboye, widow of the late Ondo State Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate, Bamidele Akingboye, has demanded the immediate release of her husband’s autopsy report, condemning what she described as wicked, malicious and pre-emptive claims surrounding the circumstances of his death.Speaking with journalists in Lagos, the grieving widow said it was disturbing that neither she nor any of her children had been granted access to the autopsy findings, even
  
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• CDHR urges govt to deepen protections, uphold dignity of citizens

  11-12-2025 03:55 via vanguardngr.com
  The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has called on the Federal Government to take concrete steps toward protecting the rights and dignity of Nigerians as the world marks the 2025 International Human Rights Day.In a statement by its President, Debo Adeniran, the group said this year’s theme, “Human Rights: Our Everyday Essentials,” underscores the fact that human rights begin with individuals and are reinforced through daily actions that build a humane and just
  
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• Uproar in Reps over motion to probe CBN’s alleged non-remittance OF N16.3tn

  11-12-2025 03:46 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gift ChapiOdekinaAbuja-A rowdy session broke out on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a motion alleging the non-remittance of more than N5.2 trillion in operating surpluses and N11 trillion in revenue discrepancies linked to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, between 2016 and 2022.The motion, moved by the Chairman of the Public Account Committee, Bamidele Salam, relied on findings from the Public Accounts Committee, PAC, which is currently investigati
  
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• Nigeria’s swift response foiled Benin Rep coup — Defence Minister

  11-12-2025 03:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiAbuja-Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, retd, has said but for Nigeria’s swift intervention, the coup plotters who wanted to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Tallon in the Republic of Benin would have succeeded, thanking President Bola Tinubu for his proactiveness.“Our prompt response made sure that coup failed. We will support our allies when the need arises,” he said.The minister, who spoke at the decoration
  
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• Police orderly withdrawal: Senators kick, Tinubu insists

  11-12-2025 03:16 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry Umoru & Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA —The Senate yesterday raised alarm over what some senators described as selective implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s order on withdrawal of police orderlies from Very Important Persons, VIPs, to complement efforts to tackle the high level insecurity in the country.The senators complained that while their orderlies had been withdrawn, several VIPs still enjoyed the services of police orderlies.Their complaint came on a day Presiden
  
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• Rivers crisis: I’ve suffered too much because I refused to tell my side of the story — Fubara

  11-12-2025 02:48 via vanguardngr.com
  …Explains why he hasn’t met with Amaewhule, othersBy Daniel Abia & Davies IheamnachorPORT HARCOURT— Governor Siminialayi Fubara of Rivers State has said he suffered so much as a governor because he refused to tell his own side of the story in the lingering political crisis in the state.Fubara also explained that he has not been able to meet with the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, and the other lawmakers, after the state of emergency in the stat
  
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• US lawmaker, Moore visits Benue, flays violence driving thousands Into IDP camps

  11-12-2025 01:51 via vanguardngr.com
  UNITED States congressman, Riley Moore, has decried the violence driving people out of their homes into internally displaced persons, IDP, camps.
  Moore, who stated this during his visit to IDP camps in Benue State, said he “met with dozens of Christians who were driven from their homes and subjected to horrific violence and now live in IDP camps.
  In a post on his X handle yesterday, the lawmaker said the IDPs told him “harrowing stories that will remain with me for the rest of my li
  
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• Lagos unveils 2 fresh diaspora insurance plans

  11-12-2025 01:51 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniLagos State Health Management Agency, LASHMA, has launched two new social interventions, known as Ilera Eko Waka Well, and Home Konnect Health Insurance Plans, basically for diasporans, tourists and other non-immigrant travellers, particularly, during the Yuletide period and beyond.
  The initiatives, according to the state government, is to make healthcare more accessible, inclusive, and affordable for healthier conditions of diasporans, tourists, non-immigrants, and other vi
  
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• Geneith @25: Industry leaders push for local drug manufacturing, warn on medicine security

  11-12-2025 01:49 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaIndustry leaders at the weekend rallied behind Nigeria’s push for medicine security, using the 25th anniversary of Geneith Pharmaceuticals Limited to renew calls for deeper investment in local drug production.At the anniversary celebration, speakers hailed Geneith’s growth from a small marketing outfit in 2000 into a nationally recognised pharmaceutical player with products spanning antimalarials, antibiotics, metabolic drugs, analgesics, supplements and antifungals.
  
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• Relief for 1,500 Bariga residents as generosity drive mobilises aid

  11-12-2025 01:47 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaTo mark this year’s Giving Tuesday in Lagos, a coalition of 40 organisations distributed food items, healthcare products and hygiene packs, and free medical checkups to residents of Bariga.
  The humanitarian programme, tagged: “Giving Festival 2025: Where Generosity Takes Centre Stage”, has been described as the biggest gathering for generosity in Nigeria, bringing together non-profit organisations and brands in one location to impact more than 1,500 beneficiari
  
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• Infertility: IVF failure not end of your story — Experts

  11-12-2025 01:47 via vanguardngr.com
  •As fertility advocates, couples open up about loss, power of support at FAAI forumBy Sola OgundipeAt a fertility awareness programme convened by the Fertility Awareness Advocate Initiative (FAAI), with technical support from Nordica Fertility Center, Lagos, fertility advocates and married couples who have experienced both successful and failed IVF cycles laid bare the emotional toll of IVF failure, an issue specialists say is more common, more painful, and more misunderstood than many car
  
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• FG wades in as Burkina Faso refuses to release seized NAF C-130 plane, 11 soldiers

  11-12-2025 01:47 via vanguardngr.com
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stepped in to sort out diplomatically issues around the Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft seized by the government of Burkina Faso.Recall that the Confederation of Sahel States, AES, had in a statement signed by Assimi Goita, the Mali junta leader, alleged that the NAF plane entered the airspace of Burkina Faso without clearance, though NAF said the aircraft made precautionary landing in Bobo Dioulasso, one of Burkina Faso’s cities, due to technical problem
  
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