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• Bitcoin firms push toward global currency shift as govts signal support

  29-04-2025 10:03 via vanguardngr.com
  Bitcoin-focused investment firms are stepping into the spotlight as key players in a growing global movement toward the widespread adoption of cryptocurrency as a reserve asset.
  Industry leaders and market analysts suggest that this shift—commonly referred to as “hyperbitcoinization”—could eventually displace traditional fiat currencies and redefine global financial systems.Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream and the inventor of Hashcash, believes that firms holding Bitcoin in
  
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• NNPP poised for strong showing in 2027 elections – Kwankwaso

  20-12-2025 01:39 via vanguardngr.com
  As Party Leaders Call for UnityBy Henry UmoruABUJA — Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has expressed confidence that the party will make a strong showing at the polls.Kwankwaso, who is the National Leader of the NNPP and a former governor of Kano State, spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. He commended the party’s organisation an
  
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• Adeleke commends FG over army training depot in Osun, welcomes COAS for passing-out parade

  19-12-2025 23:45 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiThe Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has lauded the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army for establishing a Training Depot in Osun, formally welcoming the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, ahead of the Passing Out Parade (POP) of the first set of recruits trained at the facility.Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Appolonia Anele, noted that the event aligns with a direct Presidential directive declaring a state of emerg
  
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• Bologna win shoot-out with Inter to reach Italian Super Cup final

  19-12-2025 23:11 via vanguardngr.com
  Bologna reached the Italian Super Cup final on Friday after beating Inter Milan 3-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Riyadh.Read Also: Presidency’s mgt of Buhari’s burial stopped relatives, wives, grandchildren that filled Villa — AishaCiro Immobile scored the winning penalty for Bologna in front of a sparse crowd in Saudi Arabia, setting up a final showdown with Serie A champions Napoli on Monday.Napoli booked a spot in the final by beating AC Milan 2-0 on Thursday.&ldquo
  
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• ‘Ample evidence of genocide in Nigeria’ — SAN raises alarm, urges urgent action

  19-12-2025 23:11 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ibrahim Hassan-WuyoA Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr. Reuben Atabo, has raised serious concerns over what he described as “ample evidence of genocide in Nigeria,” warning that sustained killings and mass displacement in parts of the country now meet the legal definition of genocide under both Nigerian and international law.Atabo spoke to journalists while marking his 36th year at the Bar, noting that the scale, pattern and persistence of violence in several North-Central sta
  
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• Bauchi Govt appeals for peace during Tinubu’s condolence visit

  19-12-2025 23:03 via vanguardngr.com
  By Charly AgwamThe Bauchi State Government has appealed to residents to conduct themselves peacefully during President Bola Tinubu’s condolence visit to the state over the death of renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi.The appeal was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Media Aide to Governor Bala Mohammed, Mukhtar Gidado, who disclosed that the President would arrive in Bauchi on Saturday.According to the statement, the state government urged residents to remai
  
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• SDP acting chairman asks INEC to remove Gabam’s name after Supreme Court judgment

  19-12-2025 22:59 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruABUJA — The Acting National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prof. Sadiq Umar Abubakar, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately discontinue all engagements with suspended and expelled members of the party and remove the name of the former National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, from its official records.Abubakar made the call on Thursday while addressing journalists at the SDP National Secretariat in Abuja, following the
  
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• North-Central APC Forum welcomes Muftwang, hails defection as strategic boost for party

  19-12-2025 22:29 via vanguardngr.com
  By Joseph Erunke, AbujaThe North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has commended Plateau State Governor, Caleb Muftwang, for joining the ruling party, describing his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a strategic and historic development for the region.Muftwang’s defection was officially confirmed on Thursday night by the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, during the party’s 14th National Caucus meeting held at the State House Conference Cen
  
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• Fuel import licences threaten local investments – Kano Chamber

  19-12-2025 22:27 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bashir Bello, KANOThe Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KACCIMA) has warned the Federal Government that the continued issuance of licences for the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) poses a serious threat to major local investments in the country.Read Also: Dangote quake: Farouk fallsThe President of the Chamber, Amb. Usman Darma, made this known while addressing journalists on KACCIMA’s position regarding the recent face-off between Africa’s riche
  
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• Tinubu departs Abuja Saturday on three-state visit, to spend end-of-year holidays in Lagos

  19-12-2025 22:26 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu will on Saturday depart Abuja on a three-state visit to Borno, Bauchi and Lagos states.In Borno State, the President is expected to commission several projects executed by the Babagana Zulum administration in collaboration with the Federal Government.He will also attend the wedding ceremony of Sadeeq Sheriff, son of former Borno State Governor and Senator, Ali Modu Sheriff, and his bride, Hadiza Kam Salem.From Maiduguri, President Tinubu will p
  
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• Trump administration begins release of Epstein files

  19-12-2025 22:19 via vanguardngr.com
  The US Justice Department on Friday began releasing the long-awaited records from the investigation into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Read Also: Trump refuses to rule out war with VenezuelaThe files are expected to shed light on the disgraced financier’s connections with high-profile business executives, celebrities and politicians, including President Donald Trump.Trump, once a close friend of Epstein, fought for months to prevent the release o
  
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• Pope names new archbishop for Catholics in England and Wales

  19-12-2025 22:09 via vanguardngr.com
  Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most prominent Catholic figure in England and Wales, the church announced on Friday.Read Also: Pneumonia, not cancer, was my husband’s last adversary — Aisha BuhariMoth, 67, will formally replace the retiring Cardinal Vincent Nichols – who held the role leading the two nations’ estimated 3.8 million Catholics for 16 years – on February 14.Nichols, who turned 80 last month, had
  
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• NNPP poised to make strong showing in 2027 elections – Kwankwaso

  19-12-2025 22:07 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry Umoru, ABUJAAHEAD of the 2027 elections, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has vowed that the party will make a strong showing during the polls.Read Also: Nigeria in coma, coffers empty before Tinubu took charge – APC govsSpeaking in Abuja at the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting, Kwankwaso who is National Leader of the party and former governor of Kano State hailed the party’s organizatio
  
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• Nigeria in coma, coffers empty before Tinubu took charge – APC govs

  19-12-2025 21:29 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJAThe All Progressives Congress, APC, governors, for the umpteenth time, passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu, citing his economic reforms that brought Nigeria out of coma.Read Also: Presidency’s mgt of Buhari’s burial stopped relatives, wives, grandchildren that filled Villa — AishaThe progressive governors declared the ruling party as “a beautiful bride” ahead of future elections.They spoke through their Chairman and gov
  
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• Naira appreciates to N1,476/$ in black market

  19-12-2025 21:18 via vanguardngr.com
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe Naira today appreciated to N1,476 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,487 per dollar on Thursday.Read Also: Presidency’s mgt of Buhari’s burial stopped relatives, wives, grandchildren that filled Villa — AishaHowever, the Naira depreciated to N1,466.5 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for the naira rose to N1,466.5 per dollar from N1,462.9 per dollar
  
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• How Shettima, Akpabio, Abbas rallied APC behind Tinubu; stressed legislative backing

  19-12-2025 21:14 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, AbujaAhead of the 2027 election, the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima; President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Friday, rallied support for President Bola Tinubu. Read Also: Presidency’s mgt of Buhari’s burial stopped relatives, wives, grandchildren that filled Villa — AishaThe APC party leaders gave their support at the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Executive Committ
  
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• Presidency’s mgt of Buhari’s burial stopped relatives, wives, grandchildren that filled Villa — Aisha

  19-12-2025 21:03 via vanguardngr.com
  The former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has revealed how her husband, Muhammadu Buhari’s relatives, their wives and grandchildren took over Aso Villa, but their intrusion was stopped by the State’s management of his burial.
  Read Also: Pneumonia, not cancer, was my husband’s last adversary — Aisha BuhariShe also said revealed the challenges of the former president’s last days, adding that pneumonia was her late husband’s ailment, and not the widely-publicised can
  
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• Pneumonia, not cancer, was my husband’s last adversary — Aisha Buhari

  19-12-2025 20:48 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruThe former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has said pneumonia was her late husband’s ailment, and not the widely-publicised cancer – pulmonary lymphoma and/or leukemia.Read Also: Police withdrawal: ‘Some lawmakers may not go home today,’ Akpabio tells Tinubu
  Aisha’s revelation is in the book “From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari,” authored by Dr. Charles Omole.It also revealedthat the final days of President Buhari&r
  
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• Chase Morocco Prize on Easywin

  19-12-2025 20:38 via vanguardngr.com
  Your Ticket to AFCON 2025 Starts Here. AFCON 2025 is fast approaching, and Easywin Nigeria is raising the excitement with the exclusive Chase Morocco Prize on Easywin campaign. This standout leaderboard challenge puts football fans right at the heart of Africa’s biggest tournament, offering an all-expense-paid trip to Morocco to experience AFCON 2025 live. From the roar of the crowd to the intensity of every matchday, this is your chance to be part of football history.How the Challenge Wo
  
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• Police clarify legal basis for tinted glass policy, debunks NBA claims

  19-12-2025 20:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By: Kingsley OmonobiThe Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reaffirmed the legality of its Motor Vehicle Tinted Glass Permit Policy, dismissing recent criticisms attributed to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Afam Osigwe, as misleading and inaccurate.In a statement issued on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin in Abuja , the Police said the policy is firmly rooted in law and aimed at safeguarding public safety and national security, not revenue
  
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• Trump refuses to rule out war with Venezuela

  19-12-2025 20:32 via vanguardngr.com
  President Donald Trump left the possibility of war with Venezuela on the table in an interview published Friday, after escalating the US pressure campaign on Caracas with an oil blockade.“I don’t rule it out, no,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview on Thursday.Trump also declined to say whether he wants to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Authoritarian leftist Maduro says Washington wants regime change in Caracas.“He knows exactly what I want,” Trump
  
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• LG autonomy: Tinubu threatens direct FAAC deductions, executive order

  19-12-2025 20:17 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruPresident Bola Tinubu on Friday, warned state governors that he may be forced to issue an Executive Order to enforce direct allocations to local governments if they fail to comply with a recent Supreme Court ruling affirming financial autonomy for Nigeria’s third tier of government.Tinubu gave the warning during the 15th National Executive Committee, NEC meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.President Tinubu had at
  
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• Man Utd can fight for Premier League title in next few years – Amorim

  19-12-2025 20:04 via vanguardngr.com
  Ruben Amorim believes Manchester United can win the Premier League far sooner than the 10 or 11 years that Alex Ferguson fears it could take.The Red Devils have failed to add to their 20 English league titles since the Scot bowed out as a champion in 2013.Ferguson recently told Press Box PR that he felt United are “now in the same situation” as Liverpool were when they went 30 years without winning the title.The club great said it “could be 10 years, 11 years” until the
  
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• Multiple budget implementation to end in March 2026 – Tinubu

  19-12-2025 19:35 via vanguardngr.com
  President Bola Tinubu has said that all multiple budget implementations would end in March 2026, and from April, Nigeria would operate on a single budget, backed by a single revenue cycle.Tinubu stated this on Friday when he presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill of N58.18 trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the appropriation bill was christened “Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and Shared Prosperity”.The pre
  
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• Detained Nigerian military aircraft, crew depart Burkina Faso

  19-12-2025 19:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Favour Ulebor, AbujaThe Nigerian military aircraft and its 11 crew members earlier detained in Burkina Faso, have departed Bobo Dioulasso.Confirming the development, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa, in a message on Friday, said, “The Nigerian Military Aircraft and 11 Crew members have taken off from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso few minutes ago. Bravo to the Embassy of Nigeria in Burkina Faso and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja.”The d
  
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• How Benue teacher was shot dead in confrontation with BSCPG Commander

  19-12-2025 19:18 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter Duru, MakurdiA secondary school teacher identified as Simon Iorkase has been reportedly shot dead in Abaji-Kpav, Tordonga, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, following a tragic and avoidable confrontation involving the Ward Commander of the Benue State Civil Protection Guard (BSCPG).An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity disclosed that the unfortunate incident occurred while the BSCPG Ward Commander was at his lawful duty post.According to him, the Comma
  
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• Detty December: People are investing more in concerts — Odunfa Damilare, Entertainment Executive

  19-12-2025 19:16 via vanguardngr.com
  From street jams to mega concerts, Detty December has grown into one of Africa’s most anticipated entertainment seasons.
  Odunfa Damilare, CEO BOSS CITY iNC who has been in the entertainment industry since 2015 speaks with Patrick Igwe on how the Lagos nightlife has evolved, what it means for artistes, and the work that goes on behind the scenes to deliver unforgettable experiences.You’ve been in the entertainment industry since 2015. From your perspective, how would you describe the
  
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• Woman sells 2-month-old baby for N1.5m in Delta

  19-12-2025 19:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ochuko Akuopha, AsabaOperatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a woman who allegedly sold her two-month-old baby for the sum of N1.5 million.Read Also: What INEC told warring PDP factionsPolice Public Relations Officer of the State Command, Mr. Bright Edafe confirmed this in a statement on Friday.He said  a female, one Ughale, had on December 15, reported at the Ekpan Police Division that her two-month-old baby was snatched from her during a robbery incident while trans
  
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• 2026 budget: Nigeria’s economy still poses significant risks – Economist

  19-12-2025 19:01 via vanguardngr.com
  By John Alechenu
  An Abuja-based Economist and Public Affairs commentator, Chief Peter Ameh, has warned that Nigeria’s current fiscal trajectory still poses significant risks to long-term investor confidence.Ameh, who was responding to a question by Vanguard about the 2026 budget proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly, on Friday, said the gap between figures reeled out and the reality on the ground called for concern.He said, “I sincerely call for seriou
  
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• Kano, Port Harcourt airports secure full NCAA certification

  19-12-2025 18:55 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaNigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has granted full certification to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, and Obafemi Awolowo International Airport, Port Harcourt.Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, said the certification of both airports reinforces confidence among airlines, assures passengers of FAAN’s commitment to world-class safety standards and enhances Nigeria’s standing within the global a
  
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