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• Bandits allegedly attack Operation Burst base in Oyo

  13-09-2026 21:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adeola BadruArmed bandits, in the early hours of Sunday, reportedly attacked an Operation Burst base located within a forest reserve along the Igbeti–Igboho axis in Oorelope Local Government Area of Oyo State, setting ablaze a block within the security base and a patrol van.The attack, according to a security update from the Oorelope Local Government Command, occurred between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 13, 2026.The security command said it received a distress call rep
  
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• Agro exports fall 36% to N803bn in Q2

  16-09-2026 08:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Cynthia Alo
  Nigeria’s agricultural export earnings fell by 36.09 per cent year-on-year to N802.99 billion in the second quarter of 2026 (Q2’26) from N1.26 trillion in the corresponding period of 2025 (Q2 ’25), latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has shown.
  The figure also represents a 31.51 per cent decline from the N1.17 trillion recorded in the first quarter of 2026.
  Meanwhile, the  top five major agro exports in Q2’26,   were ‘C
  
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• Improvement in economic indicators points to Nigeria’s stabilisation — UBA boss

  16-09-2026 08:47 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Group Managing Director of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Chairman of the Body of Bank CEOs in Nigeria, Oliver Alawuba, has outlined a blueprint for building a resilient Nigerian economy, calling for deliberate policies and stronger collaboration across the public and private sectors to transform economic stability into inclusive prosperity.Alawuba made the call while delivering his goodwill speech at the 19th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nige
  
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• Sanwo-Olu to opposition: You have no ideas

  16-09-2026 08:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Says Lagos spirit has driven democracy, governance, development…Yoruba Tennis Club reaffirms commitment to heritage, excellence at centenary anniversaryThe Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has challenged opposition parties to put forward credible ideas capable of competing with the transformation agenda of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), instead of seeking change for the sake of change.Governor Sanwo-Olu spoke on Tuesday while delivering the Centenary A
  
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• Dangote: We want ordinary Nigerians to own our shares

  16-09-2026 08:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Uzoma MarvellousAliko Dangote has said the planned Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Refinery is aimed at giving ordinary Nigerians and Africans an opportunity to own a stake in one of the continent’s biggest industrial ventures.Dangote, president of Dangote Industries Limited, said the offering was designed to democratise the capital market by bringing people who have traditionally been excluded from major investment opportunities into the ownership of the refinery.He spoke in
  
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• Dangote: We want ordinary Nigerians to own IPO

  16-09-2026 08:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Uzoma MarvellousAliko Dangote has said the planned Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Refinery is aimed at giving ordinary Nigerians and Africans an opportunity to own a stake in one of the continent’s biggest industrial ventures.Dangote, president of Dangote Industries Limited, said the offering was designed to democratise the capital market by bringing people who have traditionally been excluded from major investment opportunities into the ownership of the refinery.He spoke in
  
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• Nigeria has more honest people than Britain, America — SDP’s Adebayo

  16-09-2026 08:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Adewole Adebayo, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has described Nigerians as more honest and compassionate than people in Britain and the United States.Adebayo made the remarks during an interview on the Naija Unfiltered Podcast, where he spoke about his international experience, leadership and the character of Nigerians.The SDP candidate said his professional work and investments had given him the legal right to live and work in 21 countries, adding that his experie
  
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• FG raises N728.9bn in second bond issuance for power sector debt

  16-09-2026 08:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ediri Ejoh with Agency reportThe Federal Government (FG) has raised N728.9 billion in bonds as part of its funding process to offset the N4 trillion legacy debt it owed electricity Generation Companies, GENCOs.Speaking at the bond launch in Abuja, TaiwoOyedele, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, said the Series-2 of the bond issuance program comprises N402 billion in cash bonds, while another N326.9 billion was allotted as non-cash bonds to participating GenCos.The
  
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• Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq: Forging a Sardauna Legacy in Kwara

  16-09-2026 08:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Raheem AdedoyinIN the revelry marking the formal turbanning of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara today (Wednesday, September 16, 2026) in Ilorin, it is apparent that the historical and traditional symbolism of this highly revered title would be on display.The title, Sardauna, originally borne by the charismatic Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, is readily one of the most distinguished in our country’s traditional lexicon. Like the Aare Ona Kakanfo of the ancient Yor
  
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• Headline inflation falls 3rd consecutive month to 15.39%

  16-09-2026 08:29 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanHeadline inflation rate fell by 0.04 percent to 15.39 percent in August from 15.43 percent in July 2026, representing the third consecutive month decline since June.The development was driven by a further ease in the core basket to 13.29 percent in August from 14.97 percent in July.The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this yesterday in its Consumer Price Index, CPI, report for August 2026.NBS stated: “In August 2026, the Headline inflation rate stood at
  
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• Kwara agog as Emir turbans Gov Abdulrazak Sardauna of Ilorin today

  16-09-2026 08:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Demola AkinyemiILORIN — The ancient city of Ilorin, Kwara State capital is, today, agog for the turbaning ceremony of the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, as Sardauna of Ilorin Emirate, by the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari.The event is scheduled to hold at the Emir’s Palace by 1 p.m. President Bola Tinubu, who is currently on vacation, is expected to be rep
  
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• 2027 Campaign Promises: Can Nigerian politicians be taken seriously?

  16-09-2026 08:07 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Gabriel Ewepu, ABUJAAs politicians return to the campaign trail ahead of 2027 general polls, Nigerians are asking whether another season of grand pledges will produce a different reality after the votes are counted.Read Also: 2027: APC govs at daggers-drawn with Wike It is an old political ritual in Nigeria. Whenever fresh election approaches, politicians dust off their manifestos, polish their slogans, print colourful posters, mount giant billboards and take their campaigns to the stre
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, September 16, 2026

  16-09-2026 08:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian naira is trading at different levels against the United States dollar across the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.The latest available official data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) put the NFEM rate at ₦1,329.15 per dollar for the September 15 trading session. The CBN describes the NFEM rate as the volume-weighted average and the official exchange rate for the day. In the parallel market
  
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• ‘Let’s not seek change for sake of change,’ Oba of Benin backs continuity

  16-09-2026 07:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ozioruva AliuBENIN CITY — The Oba of Benin, His Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on Tuesday urged opposition parties in Nigeria not to be extremely critical of the ruling party, but to play their role as opposition for the betterment of the country.Read Also: 2027: APC govs at daggers-drawn with WikeThe Benin monarch also urged Nigerians to support continuity in governance and not seek change just for the sake of change.The monarch spoke on Tuesday when
  
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• Editors raise concerns over harassment, intimidation, prosecution of journalists

  16-09-2026 07:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  THE Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has raised concerns over the increasing harassment, intimidation and prosecution of journalists by security agencies, warning that such actions could undermine press freedom and legitimate journalistic practice.The Guild also called on the federal government and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure a level playing field for all political parties and candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.In a communiqué signed by Eze A
  
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• 2027: Why Kaduna is crucial to Tinubu’s re-election push

  16-09-2026 07:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By John Alechenu, ABUJAWHEN presidential strategists, who have started working overtime, especially inside Aso Rock, spread the big electoral map of Nigeria on the table to plot President Bola Tinubu’s path to a second term in 2027, Kaduna State will enjoy a pride of place.Read Also: INEC to Nigerians: 2027 election outcome will reflect your willIt is not Kano with the highest number of voters. It is not Lagos, the President’s political base. It is not even Katsina, home of the
  
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• Why petrol remains expensive despite local refining— Dangote

  16-09-2026 05:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  *Notes having a male heir not his priority*Says ‘I’ve lived in my current home for 36 years’By Juliet UmehTHE President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said Nigerians were still paying high prices for petrol despite the commencement of large-scale domestic refining, saying local production does not completely insulate the country from global crude oil prices and market disruptions. Dangote, who spoke in an interview on Arise TV yesterday, said the refinery bought cru
  
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• 2027: APC govs at daggers-drawn with Wike

  16-09-2026 05:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Why we moved against Wike’s Rainbow Coalition – APC govs***Warn against parallel structures
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA – State governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, were at daggers drawn with Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday, over creation of parallel political structures believed capable of undermining President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.In a position widely seen as a direct response to th
  
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• Need for speedy reconstruction of police barracks

  16-09-2026 04:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu’s recent inspection of police barracks under reconstruction in Lagos has exposed a painful reality: decades of neglect have turned many police quarters into slums unfit for human habitation. His frustration over delays in completing the projects is understandable. But beyond expressing frustration, the inspection must translate into urgency, accountability and tangible results. The scale of the Lagos intervention is significant, though still inade
  
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• Igbo identity crisis: The DNA option (2), by Ochereome Nnanna

  16-09-2026 04:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Since the end of the Biafra War in January 1970, ethnic disunity has wreaked great havoc in the former Eastern Region. In the former Northern Region, the Minorities (especially Christians and non-Muslims) want to be fully accepted by the so-called “Hausa/Fulani” Muslim Majority, who wield overwhelming power. But they (the Minorities) are rebuffed, discriminated against and subjugated. The same applies to the Minorities in the old Western Region. The Yoruba tend to keep the Edoid and
  
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• Education as common Northern responsibility: From 19 separate efforts to 1 Northern compact (2), by Usman Sarki

  16-09-2026 04:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  “The strength of a race is found both in material and spiritual things associated with that race, that form the kernel of its being and progress or, alternatively, its degeneration.” — John BuchanWhen material and spiritual advance cease and degeneration becomes the norm, the perdition of a race or society becomes inevitable. The argument advanced in the first part of this article was straightforward: Northern Nigeria’s education emergency has become too profound and int
  
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• What is Peter Obi looking for in Yelwata? By Rotimi Fasan

  16-09-2026 04:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Now that he has been given a fresh invite by so-called elders of the community to visit after last week’s botched attempt, I think it is legitimate to ask what Peter Obi, the National Democratic Congress’s presidential candidate, is looking for in Yelwata, a somnolent town in Benue State, at a time when he should be campaigning for the mandate of Nigerians in the January 16, 2027 presidential election? The lacklustre nature of the campaigns was the subject of this column last week.
  
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• 2027: Let us end this presidential campaign charade

  16-09-2026 03:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By SUNNY IKHIOYAIt is not a matter of whether you love President Bola Tinubu or not. It is a question of the way forward for Nigeria. We are taught to believe that politics is a contest of ideas. The side that convinces the people that it has the best way forward wins. This is because there is no unidirectional path to governance. As economists would put it, there is always “the other hand.” That is why a strong opposition is a sine qua non in every political system, no matter the i
  
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• Nutrition: Shettima raises alarm as 41% of Nigerian children stunted

  16-09-2026 03:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … Only 6% of pregnant women complete iron supplementation
  By Chioma ObinnaVice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday in Lagos raised the alarm over Nigeria’s nutrition crisis, saying it poses a serious threat to the country’s human capital, as latest data show that 41.1 per cent of children under five are stunted, with the figure rising to 58.2 per cent in the North-West.
  Shettima, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Health and Focal Person on Nutrition, M
  
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• Prove I left debt, I’ll stop campaigning, Obi tells Anambra govt

  16-09-2026 03:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has challenged the Anambra State government to prove that his administration left behind unpaid debts, salaries, pensions or contractor liabilities.
  Obi issued the challenge in a statement posted on his official social media page on Monday while responding to claims by the Anambra State Government that his administration left inherited debts, including a N2 billion ecological loan.
  He dismissed the claims as false, saying
  
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• A closer look at the Zero Rated Access Initiative, by Okoh Aihe

  16-09-2026 03:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The NCC programme wasn’t part of my schedule last week but the insistence of a young employee drew me to the Hilton, venue of the programme, and I left very appreciative that I found my way there. Sometimes, you need to clear your schedule to do certain things. This was one of them. As I write now, I am still checking my body to see whether there are some tiny pieces of confetti that rained down at the launch of the Zero Rated Access Initiative by the Commission’s Board.
  I was only
  
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• Gombe vows to end open defecation

  16-09-2026 02:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ben Ngwakwe, GombeThe Gombe State Government has reiterated its determination to improve the water, sanitation and hygiene, WASH, sector and achieve an open-defecation-free state.The commitment was reaffirmed as the Gombe State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, RUWASSA, under the Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, SURWASH, programme, intensified sensitisation and mobilisation campaigns across Local Government Areas that have claimed Open Defecation Free
  
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• Ekanpou set to release 11 books, chronicles N-Delta struggle in new work

  16-09-2026 02:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Award-winning writer, Dr. Enewaridideke Ekanpou, from Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, is poised to release 11 books cutting across drama, prose and poetry.
  His new book entitled TOMPOLO’S HAULERS AND HAILERS, is to be released alongside his creatively repackaged works that include The Wanted Man in Camp Four, The Honourable Commissioner, The Strong Blood, The Raffia Palm Tree, You must Leave Ekameta Tomorrow, The Imbeciles, the Imprisonment of Ebi in the Coven, Sandbanks in R
  
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• Dangote: Petrol cheaper in Nigeria than neighbours

  16-09-2026 02:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ABUJA — President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said petrol is relatively cheaper in Nigeria than in neighbouring countries, a price difference he said has continued to encourage cross-border smuggling.Dangote spoke in an interview with Arise Television on Tuesday while responding to questions about rising petrol prices in Nigeria.He said the cost of petrol should be considered in relation to prices in neighbouring countries, noting that consumers in some of those coun
  
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• Police, experts meet on 2027 election security

  16-09-2026 02:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Kingsley OmonobiThe Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is set to host the sixth Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers (CARSPO 2026) in Imo State from September 21 to 24, with election security expected to feature prominently in discussions ahead of the 2027 general elections.The conference, themed “Developing a Police Roadmap for Effective Management of Security During Elections,” is expected to bring together senior police officers, security experts, policymakers, election s
  
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