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• Group opposes Kwankwaso’s alleged move to APC

  19-04-2025 21:37 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bashir BelloKANO – A group under the auspices of the All Progressive Congress, APC Persons with Disabilities Support Organisation, has opposed the alleged plan by the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to defect to the All Progressive Congress, APC.The group, which spoke through its Chairman, Comrade Aminu Muazu Fagge, during a press conference in Kano, said it kicked against Kwankwaso’s return to the party becaus
  
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• Nigeria leads as Africa’s instant payment transactions hit $2tn — SIIPS

  23-12-2025 05:37 via vanguardngr.com
  By Juliet UmehNigeria has emerged as a continental leader in Africa’s fast-growing digital payments ecosystem, as instant payment systems across the continent processed transactions worth nearly $2 trillion in 2024, according to a new report.  The State of Inclusive Instant Payment Systems, SIIPS, 2025 Report, released by the AfricaNenda Foundation in partnership with the World Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, show that Nigeria’s Inst
  
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• New tax implementation to reduce compliance burdens —RMAFC Boss

  23-12-2025 05:33 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emma Ujah, AbujaChairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Dr. Mohammed Shehu, has said the implementation of new tax laws, starting January 1, 2026, will reduce the burden of compliance and create a more predictable fiscal environment.Shehu made this remark at the National Stakeholders’ Discourse themed “Enhancing Fiscal Efficiency and Revenue Growth under the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025” in Abuja yesterday. The four Acts covered are: Nig
  
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• Petrol supply rises 55% to 71.5m litres daily

  23-12-2025 05:28 via vanguardngr.com
  •As consumption hits 52.1m litresBy Ediri Ejoh7The supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, increased to 71.5 million litres per day in November 2025 from 46million litres per day in October, indicating an increase of 55 per cent.The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said the volume supplied came from both the domestic and the international market. According to its November 2025 report – Fact sheet – released
  
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• DMO to States: Borrow responsibly, in line with law

  23-12-2025 04:58 via vanguardngr.com
  Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefThe Debt Management Office (DMO) has urged state governments to strictly comply with the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act and other relevant laws in their borrowing activities.Director-General of the DMO, Ms. Patience Oniha, gave the charge at a workshop on borrowing guidelines for officials of state governments, held in Abuja.Oniha said the workshop was part of the DMO’s ongoing capacity-building programme for sub-national governments, coverin
  
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• SEC directs market operators to renew registration from Jan 1st 

  23-12-2025 04:48 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter EgwuatuThe Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC has directed  capital market operators  to renew their registration from January 1 to 31, 2026.In a bid to make the process as seamless as possible,  the Commission also disclosed that it will commence electronic receipt and processing of applications for registration and updates of registration information in the first quarter of 2026.Director General of the SEC, Dr. Emomotimi Agama stated this during an inter
  
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• Capital importation declines 62% to $1.13 bn

  23-12-2025 04:42 via vanguardngr.com
  *As Foreign Direct Investment rises 140%By Elizabeth Adegbesan Nigeria’s capital importation fell   by 62 percent month-on-month, MoM, to $1.13 billion in August from $2.98 billion in July 2025.Nigeria’s Foreign Direct Investment,   FDI, increased by 140 percent, MoM, to $120 million in August 2025 from $50 million in the previous month.The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,   disclosed this in its August Monthly Economic Report, which also showed
  
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• PRP raises red flag over alleged alteration of tax laws after passage

  23-12-2025 04:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has raised serious concerns over alleged post-passage alterations to Nigeria’s tax laws, warning that any interference with legislation approved by the National Assembly would constitute a grave violation of the Constitution and a threat to democratic governance.The party’s position was contained in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Falalu Bello, following revelations by a member of the House of Represe
  
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• Osun council bosses present 2026 budgets proposal to legislative arm for approval

  23-12-2025 04:22 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboIn a bid to ensure transparency in the finance of local government administration in Osun State, the Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Council Area, Barr Adegoke Ogunsola, has presented before the legislative arm, a budget estimate of N5.8billion for the 2026 fiscal year.This as the Chairman of Olorunda Local Government Council, Mr Mojeed Kudaisi also presented before the council Legislature, a budget estimate of N6.9billion for the council area for next year.Ogunso
  
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• Dust over conferment of Yorubaland chieftaincy titles

  23-12-2025 04:16 via vanguardngr.com
  •Only Oyo throne has authority — Alaafin
  •His claim to exclusive authority collapsed under law, history — Afenifere
  •Ooni is supreme authority in Yorubaland — ElebuibonBy Dayo Johnson, Shina Abubakar & Laolu ElijahIBADAN—THE Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade I, has raised the dust over chieftaincy titles bearing the name ‘Yorubaland’, saying it can only be conferred by the throne of Oyo.He also stressed that such honours are not decorativ
  
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• Troops nab bandit leader in Benue-Taraba border operation

  23-12-2025 04:05 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter DuruMakurdi— Troops of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Wukari, operating under the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army and Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have arrested a notorious bandit leader, identified as Fidelis Gayama, linked to several kidnapping and armed robbery incidents along the Benue-Taraba axis.Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 6 Brigade, Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, disclosed that the arrest followed a precision, intelligence-driven operation c
  
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• Yuletide: S-East-bound commuters battle extortion, terrible roads

  23-12-2025 04:02 via vanguardngr.com
  By Theodore OparaThousands of Nigerians travelling by road to their hometowns for Christmas and New Year celebrations are enduring severe hardship, particularly on routes to the South Eastern part of the country, as poor road conditions, traffic congestion and illegal checkpoints exacerbate the festive travel rush.Many travellers returning home for traditional end-of-year festivities described the journey as horrific, torturous, and exhausting.Mrs. Vivian Tochukwu, a businesswoman, who travelle
  
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• 2 women nabbed for attempt to smuggle drugs into Kano prison

  23-12-2025 04:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bashir BelloKANO — Operatives of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Kano State Command, have arrested two women for attempting to smuggle illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, MSCC, Goron Dutse, Kano State.The suspects, identified as Maryam Ali, 19, and Hauwa Musa, 20, were apprehended during routine security checks while attempting to gain access to the custodial facility.Confirming the incident, the Command’s spokesperson, Musbahu Lawan, said the women
  
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• Tenant stabs landlord to death in Delta over N1,500 electricity bill

  23-12-2025 03:59 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ochuko AkuophaASABA— A landlord, Mr. Lucky Obaze, has allegedly been stabbed to death by his tenant in Boji-Boji Owa, Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State, over a N1,500 electricity bill.The Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, Mr. Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident yesterday.Edafe, who did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding the incident, stated that two suspects were involved and are currently at large.According to a source, the trou
  
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• Late Akingboye’s son to ex-aide: Stop dishonouring my father’s memory

  23-12-2025 03:58 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry OjeluZion Akinbamidele Akingboye, son of the late governorship candidate and businessman, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye (OBA), has rebuked his father’s former aide, Mr. Oyeniyi Iwakun, accusing him of spreading falsehoods and dishonouring his father’s memory.In a statement, Zion described Iwakun’s press release as “a brazen compilation of lies, distortions and deliberate suppression of verifiable facts,” insisting that the denial of OBA’s medical history
  
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• Kwara community deserted after renewed bandit attack

  23-12-2025 03:49 via vanguardngr.com
  …Monarch still in captivityBy Demola AkinyemiIlorin— Residents of Bayagan Ile in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State have fled the community in large numbers following renewed attempts by suspected bandits to abduct residents, even as the community’s monarch remains in captivity.Vanguard gathered that fear and confusion have gripped the community since the abduction of the traditional ruler, Alhaji Kamilu Salami, the Ojibara of Bayagan, on November 29, 2025 on his f
  
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• 12 die in Cross River auto crash

  23-12-2025 03:47 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emma UnahCALABAR — No fewer than ten market women and two others were reportedly killed in a road accident while returning from a local market in northern Cross River State.The women, the bus driver and his assistant (conductor) lost their lives weekend when the bus conveying them and their goods was involved in a head-on collision with a truck at Iwuru community along the Calabar–Ikom Highway.A resident of the area, who identified himself as Ohubu Okam, told Vanguard that the in
  
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• Gazette furore: We didn’t alter tax laws — FG

  23-12-2025 03:42 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry Umoru, Joeseph Erunke, Gift Odekina & Luminous JannamikeABUJA — The Presidency, yesterday, distanced itself from alleged alterations of the tax bill passed by both chambers of the National Assembly.Addressing questions from journalists, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, dismissed claims of executive interference in the tax law process, saying any discrepancy identified was an affair of the National Assembly.Mr. Abdulsammad Dasuki (PDP, Soko
  
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• ADC: Tinubu’s 2026 budget ‘buries’ next generation in debt

  23-12-2025 03:31 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described President Bola Tinubu’s 2026 budget proposal as a dangerous debt trap that threatens to mortgage Nigeria’s future and deepen the country’s fiscal crisis.In a preliminary review of the budget presented to the National Assembly by President Tinubu, the opposition party said the proposal exposes growing fiscal recklessness, administrative chaos and what it called a disturbing lack of concern fo
  
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• Trump recalls US envoy to Nigeria

  23-12-2025 03:28 via vanguardngr.com
  By Nkiruka Nnorom (with agency report)United States President, Donald Trump, has recalled the country’s ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, and 29 other career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy postings in a bid to reshape Washington’s diplomatic posture in line with Trump’s “America First” priorities.The ambassadorial recalls, first reported by Politico, and the latest major shake-up of the diplomatic ranks under Trump’s administration,
  
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• Assessing the relevance of traditional rulers (4), by Eric Teniola

  23-12-2025 02:53 via vanguardngr.com
  From last week continues the narrative on the emergence of Dr Moses Majekodunmi as administrator of Western Nigeria following the declaration of emergency rule. It also highlights the intrigues involved in the emergence of Olu of Warri, as well as the rivalry between NCNC and the Action Group.Olu of Warri Kingdom with the title Ogiame Erejuwa II. He succeeded his father Ginuwa II as Olu. Ginuwa II was a great grandson of Olu Akengbuwa the last Olu who died in 1848, he was crowned in 1936 af
  
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• Coups in West Africa and sustainability of democracy

  23-12-2025 02:52 via vanguardngr.com
  The recent failed coup attempt in Republic of Benin, allegedly led by Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri, has once again drawn attention to a disturbing trend in West Africa: the resurgence of military interventions in governance.  Coming just days after soldiers reportedly seized power in Guinea-Bissau while a presidential election was underway, the incident underscores the fragility of democratic institutions in a region once regarded as a continental beacon of constitutional rule.Sinc
  
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• Abubakar Malami:  What manner of a suspect?

  23-12-2025 02:49 via vanguardngr.com
  By WALE OLAYINKA Nobel Laureate,  Wole Soyinka in one of his works,  The Man Died,  described a comical scene as “ dramaturgical fantasia”!   This phrase  aptly captures the public posturing of  the former Attorney – General and Minister of Justice,  Abubakar Malami,  SAN,  to his investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC.  Malami’s reactions,  disclosures  an
  
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• Time and Tide, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

  23-12-2025 02:47 via vanguardngr.com
   “There is only one thing more precious than time, and that is who we spend it on”— Leo Christopher.I sat through a discussion involving a few villagers from parts of eastern Kaduna State and western Katsina State in my home town, Zaria,  last week. A respected elder has been ill, and he is the type who would encourage a free flow of conversation. The one hour I spent listening to discussions around conditions and circumstances under which villagers in parts of
  
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• Nigeria, US partner on health security, primary care

  23-12-2025 01:58 via vanguardngr.com
  By Sola OgundipeThe Federal government of Nigeria and the United States government have signed a technical Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen bilateral health cooperation, strengthen health security, and build a more resilient and self-reliant health system for Nigerians.The agreement will enhance collaboration on the early detection, prevention, and control of emerging, re-emerging, and existing infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, while expanding access to qualit
  
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• Fibroid removal does not guarantee fertility — Expert

  23-12-2025 01:55 via vanguardngr.com
  By Sola OgundipeFor years, the presence of fibroids has been mistakenly linked to infertility. Similar to the past misperceptions, many women have unnecessarily endured anxiety and invasive procedures.An experienced gynecologist and fertility expert, Dr Abayomi Ajayi, has said that having fibroids does not mean a woman cannot get pregnant.Ajayi, who is the Founder/CEO of Nordica Fibroid Centre, Lagos, said despite the recommendation for fibroid removal as an infertility solution, the condition
  
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• Urologists decry double brain drain crisis in Nigeria

  23-12-2025 01:53 via vanguardngr.com
  •As robotic surgery debuts in Lagos, AbujaBy Sola OgundipeFresh concerns have been raised over the worsening internal and external brain drain of medical doctors and other health workers from Nigeria even as experts warn that tertiary hospitals are losing top specialists to private facilities at an alarming rate.While external Japa drains talent out of the country, internal Japa is also draining expertise from one part of Nigeria to another, leaving entire regions medically stranded and de
  
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• Occupational health: SOEHPON pushes for global standards in Nigeria

  23-12-2025 01:51 via vanguardngr.com
  By Sola OgundipeIn line with its drive to ensure occupational and environmental health practices meet global standards, the Society of Occupational and Environmental Health Physicians of Nigeria (SOEHPON) has renewed its call for stronger regulatory backing for occupational and environmental health practices in the country.The call came during the Society’s 2025 Annual International Conference themed “Advancing Occupational and Environmental Health Practice in Nigeria, designed as a
  
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• Youth, tech drive Nigeria’s healthcare transformation at STACK Fair

  23-12-2025 01:18 via vanguardngr.com
  By Sola OgundipeThe 2025 edition of the STACK Reform Health Fair delivered one of the most compelling demonstrations yet of youth-driven innovation and cross-sector collaboration in Nigeria’s health ecosystem.Held at the Tayo Aderinokun Hall, University of Lagos, the fair drew more than 550 students, professionals, innovators, and policymakers, filling the venue under the theme “Tomorrow’s Healthcare Today.”At the opening, Prof. Ademola Oremosu, Provost of the College of
  
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• Local pharma: Nigeria targets global antimalarial market as NIPRD pushes WHO prequalification

  23-12-2025 01:12 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaNigeria’s drive for stronger healthcare delivery and pharmaceutical self-reliance has received a major boost as the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) steps up efforts to equip local drug manufacturers with the capacity to secure World Health Organisation prequalification for antimalarial medicines.The move is expected to enhance quality, cut import dependence, and position the country for global competitiveness.The renewed push came at
  
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