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• EPL: Newcastle condemn dismal Tottenham to second successive defeat

  29-08-2026 20:39 via vanguardngr.com
  Big-spending Tottenham crashed to a second successive Premier League defeat as Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa inspired Newcastle’s 2-0 win on Saturday.Roberto De Zerbi’s side conceded twice in the second half in north London to extend their dismal start to the season.Elanga put Newcastle ahead before Wissa killed off lacklustre Tottenham as their frustrated fans streamed to the exits long before the final whistle.Newcastle manager Matthias Jaissle was able to celebrate his maiden Pr
  
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• Processing, packaging key to closing Nigeria’s N9trn food import gap

  09-09-2026 09:35 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •As country spends N16trn on food imports in three yearsBy Providence AyanfeoluwaNigeria’s huge food import gap presents a major opportunity for the domestic food processing and packaging industry to deepen local production, create jobs and retain more value within the economy, the Chief Executive Officer of Beta Glass Plc, Alex Gendis, has said.Gendis cited United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, data showing that Nigeria imported approximately $6.6 billion worth of agricultu
  
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• Refinery IPO is for the people as process is simplified — Dangote

  09-09-2026 09:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Udeme AkpanPresident and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said the forthcoming Initial Public Offering, IPO, of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is being structured to enable ordinary Nigerians to participate in the ownership of one of Africa’s strategic industrial assets.According to him, the public offering was “for the people”, noting that efforts were being made to simplify the share purchase process and make it accessible to inves
  
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• Nigeria ranks 2nd in acute pesticide poisoning in West Africa — Study

  09-09-2026 09:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …It is understated, consumers at high risk – AAPN…Safe use impossible in Nigeria – Prof Irtwange…Calls for ban, saying it contributes to rise in cancer, other health risksBy Gabriel Ewepu and Cynthia AloA new study has shown that about 69 per cent of farmers and farm workers in Nigeria are exposed to and affected by Unintentional Acute Pesticide Poisoning (UAPP) every year.According to the study, acute pesticide poisoning refers to illnesses or health effects ex
  
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• TCN declares force majeure as tower on Kainji-BirninKebbi line collapses

  09-09-2026 09:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Obas Esiedesa, AbujaThe Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has declared force majeure on the 330kV Kainji-BirninKebbi transmission line following the collapse of a transmission tower along the corridor.TCN, in a statement on Tuesday, said the line tripped at 10:44 p.m. on Monday, September 7, 2026.It said a trial re-closure was attempted at 11:07 p.m., but the line tripped again, prompting linesmen from TCN’s BirninKebbi Sub-Region to begin a fault-finding patrol along the transmiss
  
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• UK airports record mass flight cancellations after NATS technical failure

  09-09-2026 09:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  LONDON — More than 1,000 flights were cancelled at airports across the United Kingdom following a technical failure at a NATS air traffic control facility, disrupting flight operations and leaving thousands of passengers affected.Flight tracking platform Flightradar24 reported that about 1,300 flights to and from UK airports were cancelled on Tuesday, while a further 177 cancellations had been recorded by Wednesday, with nearly all of them involving London Heathrow Airport.The disruption
  
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• Elektron Energy moves to transform electricity supply for Victoria Island

  09-09-2026 09:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By UdemeAkpanElektron Energy, a developer and operator of embedded power infrastructure, has unveiled its Victoria Island Power (VIPL) project, a 40-megawatt embedded power network designed to provide dedicated and more reliable electricity to businesses in one of Lagos’ upscale commercial districts.The company opened the project to customers and business leaders recently at its Victoria Island Power Customer Experience Day, giving stakeholders an opportunity to inspect the facility and r
  
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• Obi’s blocked Benue visit, media bias unacceptable — Keyamo

  09-09-2026 09:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA — Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has condemned the blockade of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by protesters in Benue State, describing the incident as unacceptable in a democracy.Keyamo, who spoke with Vanguard, also accused sections of the media of applying different standards in reporting similar incidents depending on the political party involved.He said the prevention of Obi from procee
  
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• RMAFC targets Chinese investors to boost Nigeria’s oil, gas revenue

  09-09-2026 08:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By ObasEsiedesa, AbujaThe Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has commenced engagements with key stakeholders as part of plans to attract increased Chinese investment into Nigeria’s oil and gas sector and boost revenue accruing to the Federation Account.The Commission, in a statement by Head, Information and Public Relations Unit, Maryam Yusuf, said it is planning an Oil and Gas Investment Summit in China, tentatively scheduled for the end of November 2026, to sh
  
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• Benue govt not thugs blocked Obi’s convoy – Sowore alleges

  09-09-2026 08:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the Benue State Government was behind the blockade of Peter Obi’s convoy during the former Anambra State governor’s visit to the state on Tuesday.Sowore said the incident, during which a crowd reportedly prevented Obi and his delegation from proceeding and chanted for him to leave, was planned to stop him from entering Makurdi.The AAC candidate said the alleged presence of a special adv
  
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• Australian writer, Bob Hawke’s widow, Blanche d’Alpuget dies at 82

  09-09-2026 08:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  SYDNEY — Blanche d’Alpuget, acclaimed Australian writer and widow of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has died at the age of 82.D’Alpuget died from complications arising from influenza, according to her family.In a final statement released by the family, she said: “Our highest calling and greatest achievement is love, the rule of life. Love one another.”Her family described her as a woman who lived entirely on her own terms, saying they would “miss her force,
  
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• Appeal Court upholds 490-year jail term for ex-NEXIM bank MD Orya

  09-09-2026 08:35 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ABUJA — The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has affirmed the conviction and 490-year prison sentence imposed on former Managing Director of the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Robert Orya, over a N2.4 billion fraud case.A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Muhammed Danjuma, with Justices Ntong Festus Ntong and Ele Ejo Enenche, delivered a unanimous judgment on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, dismissing Orya’s appeal for lacking merit.Orya was convicted and senten
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, September 9, 2026

  09-09-2026 08:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The naira is trading at about ₦1,321.37 to the US dollar in the latest available official market data, while parallel-market quotes put the dollar at between ₦1,385 and ₦1,410, depending on the source and transaction side.The Central Bank of Nigeria’s NFEM table, however, shows September 4 as its latest dated trading entry, with an official rate of ₦1,321.2160 per dollar. The September 9 live figure should therefore be treated as the latest avai
  
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• Obi urges FG to secure communities, return displaced Nigerians home

  09-09-2026 07:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts to secure communities affected by attacks and facilitate the safe, dignified return of displaced Nigerians to their ancestral homes.Obi made the call in a statement posted on X on Wednesday after he visited an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, following his inability to visit displaced persons in Yelwata, Ben
  
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• Domestic crisis: Violence tearing Lagos homes apart

  09-09-2026 06:01 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniRECENTLY, the kitchen is no longer the only place getting hot in Lagos homes; every room is on fire. Marriage is supposed to be about partnership, but in 2026, for a growing number of Lagos couples, it’s about who throws the first punch. She threw the plate. He threw the first punch.
  By morning, the marriage of five years had two black eyes and a broken dining table. Meanwhile, Lagos has handled approximately 700 cases involving male victims of domestic abuse over the
  
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• Outrage as Benue youths block Peter Obi from visiting Yelewata

  09-09-2026 05:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Presidential candidate condemns action***We were not aware of his visit  —  Benue  govt
  By Chioma Obinna, Peter Duru & Gabriel EwepuThe presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, was yesterday stopped by some Benue youths from visiting Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of the state, where he was scheduled to make personal donations to victims of the June 13, 2025, armed herdsmen attack.The action of the youths drew scathi
  
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• Petrol pump prices defy low depot rates, stay above N1,300

  09-09-2026 05:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Udeme Akpan, Energy EditorPetrol prices remain elevated at filling stations across Nigeria despite a significant drop in depot prices raising fresh questions over profiteering between wholesale loading and retail prices.The latest mid-day depot price report for Tuesday, September 8, 2026, showed Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol selling between N1,266 and N1,280 per litre at several major Lagos depots.Dangote Refinery and Pinnacle quoted N1,266 per litre, while MRS was at N1,26
  
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• Naira rises to N1,387/$ in parallel market

  09-09-2026 05:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,387 per dollar from N1,390 in the parallel market on Monday.Similarly, the naira appreciated to N1,322.9 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira fell to N1,322.9 per dollar from N1,320 per dollar on Monday, indicating N2.9 appreciation for the local currency. Consequently, the margin between the parallel and official
  
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• Economic gains must show in Nigerians’ lives — CIBN

  09-09-2026 05:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Tinubu tasks banks on real-sector financing, jobs***Nigeria’s credit bypassing job creators –W/BankBy Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefNigeria’s improving macroeconomic indicators will amount to little if they failed to translate into lower living costs, more jobs, higher incomes and better living standards for citizens, the President and Chairman of Council of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, Dr. Dele Alabi, has said.Alabi spoke yesterday at the opening of
  
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• Sokoto attack: Beggar’s son shot by terrorist needs N190,000 for scan

  09-09-2026 05:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Evelyn UsmanOne of the five persons who sustained bullet wounds during last week’s attack on Girkau community in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State by suspected bandits is lying helpless at the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), unable to afford the N190,000 required for a
  Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,MRI and Computed Tomography CT scan , prescribed by doctors.
  The victim, 30-year-old Jamilu Abubakar, was shot in the back by suspected bandits while returning
  
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• One million out-of-school children return to classrooms in 20 months —FG

  09-09-2026 05:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •As Education Minister seeks deeper UNESCO partnership
  •Warns against leaving boys behind
  By Joseph ErunkeTHE federal government has announced that more than one million out-of-school children have returned to classrooms in the last 20 months, in what it described as a major breakthrough in its ongoing education reform agenda.
  The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja while receiving the newly appointed United Nations Educational, Scientific a
  
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• Rising Times for NGX

  09-09-2026 04:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has received a significant vote of confidence, with FTSE Russell confirming Nigeria’s return to Frontier Market status from September 21, 2026. The decision reverses the country’s relegation to “Unclassified” status in 2023, when foreign-exchange liquidity problems, difficulties in repatriating investment proceeds, and concerns about market accessibility made Nigeria increasingly unattractive to international institutional investors.
  For the N
  
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• Aminu Atiku appointed Sarkin Zamfaran Zurmi

  09-09-2026 04:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Governor Dauda Lawal yesterday approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Atiku as the new Emir and Sarkin Zamfaran Zurmi of the Zurmi Emirate Council.This appointment was announced by the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Malam Abubakar Mohammad Nakwada.He said the approval followed due consultation and the recommendation of the Kingmakers of the Zurmi Emirate Council, in accordance with the established traditions, customs and relevant laws of the state.The new monarch ascends the thron
  
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• Igbo identity crisis: The DNA option (I), by Ochereome Nnanna

  09-09-2026 04:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  There is this Northern Muslim girl who has carved a niche for herself on social media by making candid comments on Nigeria’s major ethnic groups. She packages it as comedy to blunt accusations of bigotry. She recently commented on one of the greatest dilemmas militating against Igbo unity: identity crisis. According to her, the Igbo are “the most confused” people in Nigeria. A person will bear Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh from Abavo in Ika South LGA of Delta. They speak a dialect o
  
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• Canoe business booms at Ose-Ekwodu market in Onitsha

  09-09-2026 04:48 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …As young men make brisk business to survive
  By Nwabueze OkonkwoAt the waterfront of the popular Ose-Okwodu market, Onitsha, located at the bank of the River Niger, boat and canoe transport business thrives. The Canoe park there is always busy with paddlers, and their loaders make brisk business.
  They work daily and make money to sustain them and cushion the effects of economic downturn.
  It may be assumed that the present economic downturn in the country, coupled with the high cost of bo
  
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• Education as a common Northern responsibility: Revisiting the ICSA principle on the road to 2027 (1), by Usman Sarki

  09-09-2026 04:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
  “Degeneration and advance are not fixed processes but recur in cycles in the history of every nation.” — John BuchanA most disconcerting phenomenon confronting Northern Nigeria today is the failure to educate its children properly. A drive around Abuja and adjoining parts of Nasarawa State makes the point painfully vivid. Children of school age, boys and girls, many apparently from the North-West, can be seen in disturbing numbers living, begging and wandering on the streets w
  
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• 2027: Ebonyi not in ‘Auto Reverse Gear’ — Commissioner

  09-09-2026 04:35 via vanguardngr.com
  
  — Tackles Nwifuru’s critics, challenges them to produce evidenceBy Jeff Agbodo, AbakalikiABAKALIKI — Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and Communication Technology, ICT, Toochukwu Machiavelli Uzoh, has dismissed claims by critics of Governor Francis Nwifuru that the state is on “auto reverse gear” under the present administration.Uzoh challenged the critics to produce empirical evidence to substantiate their claims, insisting that developments in key sector
  
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• The lackluster campaigns for 2027, by Rotimi Fasan

  09-09-2026 04:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The campaigns for the 2027 general election are officially on, and it has been three weeks since the field was thrown open for action. But not so much seems to be happening, as the politicians appear to be taking their time. This was not the case in 2023. At this time in that year’s electoral cycle, the political temper was different, and the campaign grounds across the country had assumed the energy of a gravitational force. Both the candidates and their supporters were everywhere, up an
  
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• AI comes to the rescue, by Okoh Aihe

  09-09-2026 04:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Whether you like it or not, very soon, AI will take over most human responsibilities. It will reason and think for you and attend to the most basic of needs. AI will function in such a way as to demonstrate such superhuman capabilities that can literally not be overridden by the humans who created it in the first place. In our part of the world, we probably are already expecting that AI will fix our roads and spare road users the horror of spending three days on a six-hour journey, fix our powe
  
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• Zamfara gov’t overhauls healthcare delivery system, begins digitisation of general hospitals

  09-09-2026 03:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  In a grand move to deepen transparency and improve healthcare service delivery, the Zamfara State Government has digitised the General Hospital Gusau as a first step of automating all general hospitals in the state.The Gusau General Hospital was the first among seven general hospitals in the state to go digital. Other general hospitals in Anka, Maru, Kauran Namoda, Maradun, Nasarawa Burkullu and Yariman Bakura are also being equipped with the system and will be launched in due course.The feat w
  
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