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• BREAKING: Delta PDP Reps defect to APC

  06-05-2025 13:54
  
  In a sweeping political shift, all Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives from Delta State have officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, announced the change on Tuesday, May 6, during plenary.The move follows the recent defections of former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and current Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, who both abandoned the PDP for the ruling APC during a high-level stakeholders meeting in
  
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• FIFA announces $60 World Cup tickets after pricing backlash

  17-12-2025 08:51 via vanguardngr.com
  World Cup organisers unveiled a new cut-price ticket category on Tuesday after a backlash by fans over pricing for the 2026 tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.Football’s global governing body FIFA said in a statement that it had created a limited number of “Supporter Entry Tier” fixed at $60 for all 104 matches, including the final.It said the plan was “designed to further support travelling fans following their national teams across the tournament”
  
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• AFCON 2025: Super Eagles camp swells to 26 as Chukwueze arrives

  17-12-2025 08:48 via vanguardngr.com
  Nigeria’s Super Eagles camp ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco rose to 26 players with the arrival of winger Samuel Chukwueze on Tuesday.The Super Eagles camp officially opened on Sunday at the Renaissance Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, as final preparations for the continental championship commenced.Goalkeepers Francis Uzoho, Stanley Nwabali and Amas Obasogie are in camp, alongside defenders and midfielders who reported earlier and are participating fully in training.Attackers Ad
  
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• Corruption allegation: NANS renews pressure on Tinubu over NMDPRA boss

  17-12-2025 08:44 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adeola BadruThe Senate of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has reaffirmed its demand for the suspension of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, insisting that it will not relent until justice is served over allegations of corruption levelled against him.In a statement signed by the President of the NANS Senate, Usman Nagwaza, on Tuesday, the association said its renewed call followed what it
  
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• FG inspects Victor Attah Airport, targets full int’l operations

  17-12-2025 08:27 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaMinister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, alongside members of a Federal Government Technical Committee, has conducted an on-the-spot inspection of facilities at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, as part of the ongoing process to upgrade the airport to full international status.Keyamo’s Special Adviser On Media and Communications, Mr Tunde Moshood, in a statement, said to fast-track the inspection process, the delegation was divided into t
  
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• Protest: Tinubu, NLC hold night meeting in Aso Villa

  17-12-2025 08:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA — In a bid to persuade organised labour to shelve the planned nationwide protests over the worsening security situation in the country, President Bola Tinubu met with labour leaders Tuesday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.However, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, told journalists after the meeting that the union would continue its deliberations on the outcome of the consultation with the president before taking a decision.The
  
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• GENCOs’ DEBT: FG set to launch N1.23trn power sector bond

  17-12-2025 07:59 via vanguardngr.com
  By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja  The Federal Government has finalised plans to launch a N1.23 trillion Power Sector Bond as part of a broader N4 trillion debt programme designed to restore liquidity, stabilise the electricity market and rebuild investor confidence.  The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, disclosed at an Investor Forum organised by the Presidential Power Sector Debt Reduction Committee (PPSDRC) in collaboration with
  
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• CBN revokes licences of Aso Savings, Union Homes

  17-12-2025 07:45 via vanguardngr.com
  NDIC begins payment to depositorsBy Babajide Komolafe and Emma UjahThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operational licences of Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc, citing persistent violations of regulatory requirements and failure to meet prudential standards governing mortgage banks in Nigeria. The CBN’s decision was part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the mortgage sub-sector and ensure greater compliance with financial regulatio
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, December 17, 2025

  17-12-2025 07:32 via vanguardngr.com
  ​The Nigerian Naira continues to experience significant activity across the various segments of the foreign exchange market today, Wednesday, December 17, 2025.Data from the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the unofficial parallel market indicate a narrow but persistent gap between official and black-market rates as the year draws to a close.
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  In the official NFEM window, the Naira opened the day with a slight depreciation compared to the previous day’s closing fig
  
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• Is Bola Tinubu persecuting Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi? By Rotimi Fasan

  17-12-2025 05:54 via vanguardngr.com
  A few prominent names in Nigeria’s failed opposition have issued a statement accusing President Bola Tinubu of presiding over an administration that is determined to make Nigeria a one-party dictatorship. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, they claimed, has been weaponised into hounding opposition politicians, particularly governors, who have been or are being forced to defect to the governing All Progressives Congress. Otherwise, they risk prosecution for financial
  
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• Delta: RHIESS donates food items,provides free medical outreach for elderly

  17-12-2025 05:06 via vanguardngr.com
  No fewer than 250 elderly persons in Delta State have benefited from the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme (RHIESS), receiving ₦200,000 each, alongside a 50kg bag of rice and free medical care provided by the Delta State Government through the Office of the Wife of the Governor.The beneficiaries were supported during the third edition of the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme, held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Asaba. The ev
  
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• Senator Buba mourns ex-CJN Tanko Muhammad, hails judicial legacy

  17-12-2025 04:15 via vanguardngr.com
  Chairman of the Senate Committee on Livestock and Animal Husbandry, Senator Shehu Umar Buba (APC, Bauchi South), has expressed deep sorrow over the death of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad.In a press statement, the lawmaker commiserated with the family of the late jurist, the government, and the people of Bauchi State, describing his passing as a painful loss to the nation and the judiciary.Senator Buba, whose constituency overlaps the deceased’s area
  
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• Tinted glass permit enforcement: NBA, Police disagree

  17-12-2025 04:03 via vanguardngr.com
  By: Kingsley Omonobi, Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA—The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, have disagreed over the fresh notice issued by the police on Monday, hinting of its plan to resume the enforcement of the suspended tinted glass permit policy from January 2, 2026.While the NBA has urged President Bola Tinubu to call the the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to order, describing his action as an affront on the authority of court, the police sai
  
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• Falana to AGF: Re-arrest 10 soldiers, arraign 400 terror sponsors

  17-12-2025 03:58 via vanguardngr.com
  …Accuses Malami of shielding suspectsBy Henry OjeluLAGOS— HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of 10 soldiers accused of killing three police officers in Taraba State, as well as 400 alleged financiers of terrorism whose cases were allegedly abandoned under the last administration.Falana, in a petition, accused the former AGF
  
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• 3 die in Rivers’ renewed cult clash

  17-12-2025 03:56 via vanguardngr.com
  By Davies IheamnachorPORT HARCOURT — A renewed cult war for supremacy has claimed three lives in Oyorokoto community, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.It was gathered that the cultists, pursuing their rivals, attacked the largest fishing settlement in the early hours of Tuesday, killing the three victims.A source in the community said the suspected cultists stormed the area in a speed boat, went directly to the houses of their targets, and carried out the killings.It would be
  
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• Insecurity: NLC threatens indefinite strike, alleges plot to attack protesters

  17-12-2025 03:44 via vanguardngr.com
  By Victor Ahiuma-YoungABUJA — The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has raised the alarm over what it described as a clandestine plot by unscrupulous agencies and political hirelings to infiltrate and violently disrupt its planned National Day of Protest and Mourning scheduled for today.The labour centre warned that any attack on peaceful protesters would be regarded as an act of terrorism and could trigger an immediate, comprehensive and indefinite nationwide strike capable of shutting down
  
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• Accord Party carpets Imumolen over Adeleke’s defection

  17-12-2025 03:42 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ozioruva AliuBENIN CITY—The Accord Party, AP, has carpeted its 2023 presidential candidate, Chris Imumolen, over his opposition to the defection of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to the party.Recall that Imumolen had opposed Adeleke’s defection, insisting that it did not follow due process as stipulated by the party’s constitution.However, a statement by the National Coordinator of the party, Rev. Isaac Adeniyi, on Monday, dissociated the Accord Party from Imumolen&r
  
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• Nigeria’s 80% youth unemployment rate indictment on leadership —Peter Obi

  17-12-2025 03:37 via vanguardngr.com
  By John AlechenuAbuja—The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the recent ActionAid/Plan International report, which puts Nigeria’s youth unemployment rate at 80 per cent, as an indictment on Nigeria’s leadership and its economic direction.Obi noted that these figures represent over 80 million unemployed youths. This, he said, was a staggering reality given the country’s undeniably large population.The former Anambra State gov
  
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• The cabal made Buhari lock his room against me —Aisha

  17-12-2025 03:33 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA — FORMER First Lady, Dr. Aisha Buhari, has said her husband, late President Muhammadu Buhari, suffered from long history of malnutrition, which affected his health when he was the president.She also said some powerful individuals, who were working with the president, polluted his mind against her to the extent that the former president started locking the door to his room to prevent her from having access to it.These among others were contained in the book, &ld
  
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• Naira down to N1,485/$ in parallel market

  17-12-2025 03:25 via vanguardngr.com
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,485 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,480 per dollar on Monday.The naira has appreciated by over seven percent year to date in the official market to ?1,454 per dollar with the gap between the official and parallel markets narrowing significantly between N5 to N30, compared to over N100.00 a year earlier.This stable trend has been supported by regulatory reforms such as the liberalisation of access to the foreign exchange windo
  
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• ICPC probe: Allegations against me false — NMDPRA boss

  17-12-2025 03:23 via vanguardngr.com
  By Udeme AkpanTHE Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Engr. Farouk Ahmed, yesterday, dismissed allegations levelled against him by President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote.He, however, explained that his childre’s education overseas was funded mainly through scholarship, family support and savings over the years.Dangote had called for an investigation and prosecution of the NMDPRA boss, accusing him of econ
  
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• Melaye petitions CNA, to sue NASS over Tax Act

  17-12-2025 03:20 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruABUJA- SENATOR Dino Melaye, who represented Kogi West Senatorial District in the 8th Senate has petitioned the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, informing him of moves to sue the National Assembly over the enactment of the Nigeria Tax Act and Nigeria Tax Administration Act 2025, which contains provisions relating to the imposition, administration, collection, and distribution of Value Added Tax, VAT.Consequently, Senator Melaye is calling for the immediate suspensio
  
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• Reps seek legislative intervention in NMDPRA–Dangote refinery dispute

  17-12-2025 03:18 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gift ChapiOdekinaAbuja -Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Midstream), Prince Henry Okojie, has called for the urgent need for legislative intervention in addressing the ongoing dispute between the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, and the Dangote Refinery.He made the call at a high-level committee workshop aimed at capacity building, strengthening policy direction and strategic planning for Nigeria’s petro
  
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• Workers facing worst survival crisis in Nigeria’s history — NLC

  17-12-2025 03:14 via vanguardngr.com
  By Victor Ahiuma-YoungLAGOS — The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned that workers and Nigerians were facing the worst survival crisis in the nation’s history, driven by rising inflation, deepening insecurity, poor wages and the collapse of social protection systems.It contended that they were worse off, when compared to other African workers, including war-ravaged nations such as Somalia and Sudan.NLC, yesterday, said the current hardship is more severe than what some Nigerian
  
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• For DSTV business, things will not remain the same again, by Okoh Aihe

  17-12-2025 01:59 via vanguardngr.com
  When they look at the weariness of life around them, my people would always say, no condition is permanent. Meaning that the fellow struggling for the crumbs from the master’s table can become the master in no time by dint of hard work or with a destined swing of metamorphosis. Master playwright, Ola Rotimi, captured it more dramatically in Hopes of the Living Dead. In a veiled reference to the imminent departure of Dr Ferguson from the leprosy research section of the Port Harcourt G
  
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• The Need for National Political Reform Conference (12), by Afe Babalola

  17-12-2025 01:53 via vanguardngr.com
  JUDICIAL REFORMS  The Judiciary has suffered a great deal owing to the inactivity or incompetence of some judges or judicial officials manning our courts. It is important to ensure that only those who are fit and competent in terms of knowledge are appointed as Judges and Judicial officials. It is in the light of the above that I make the following proposals:  *Appointment of Judges of the High Court shall be by Recommendation from the Local Chapter of the Nigeria Bar A
  
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• Lawal moves against political thuggery, empowers youths

  17-12-2025 01:53 via vanguardngr.com
  Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ending political thuggery by empowering youths through skills acquisition and economic empowerment programmes.The governor stated this at the graduation ceremony of the first batch of youths trained under the Government Enterprises and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) Skills Acquisition initiative in Gusau.A total of 1,600 youths were graduated as the first set under the scheme, marking the completion of Ph
  
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• Zamfara emerges best state in e-government  — NCCIDE

  17-12-2025 01:50 via vanguardngr.com
  The National Council on Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (NCCIDE) has announced Zamfara state as the top performing in e-government in Nigeria’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.The state has also emerged as the first Runner-Up in ICT Human Capital Development at the 13th National Council on Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy in Jos, Plateau State.Last year, Zamfara state was recognized as the Best State in Digital Infrastructure Developmen
  
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• Zamfara ranks best in North-West in healthcare

  17-12-2025 01:49 via vanguardngr.com
  Zamfara State has emerged as the best-performing state in the North West Primary Health Care Leadership Challenge.Zamfara was announced the winner of the PHC Leadership Challenge during an award night held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre on Friday.A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, disclosed that in 2022, the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) launched the Primary Health Care Leadership Challenge, pledging to build a health system that de
  
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• Lawal presides over 58th State Executive Council meeting

  17-12-2025 01:47 via vanguardngr.com
  Governor Dauda Lawal has presided over 58 sessions of the Zamfara State Executive Council meetings since taking office in 2023.On Monday, the governor presided over the 58th session of the State Executive Council at the council chamber in Government House, Gusau.A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed that Governor Lawal has chaired 23 sessions of the Executive Council in 2025.He also noted that, besides discussing important development issues, each meeti
  
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