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• Impending flood: NSEMA warns FG over distressed Kaduna dam

  21-08-2026 03:15 via punchng.com
  
  The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has alerted the Federal Government to the noticeable structural distress and cracks observed at Kangimi dam in Kaduna State. The Director General of NSEMA Abdullahi Baba-Arah made this known in a statement made available to Arewa PUNCH wherein he said the defective dam could result in serious flooding inRead More: https://punchng.com/impending-flood-nsema-warns-fg-over-distressed-kaduna-dam/
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, September 11, 2026

  11-09-2026 07:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The naira is trading at about ₦1,329.44 to the US dollar at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), while the dollar is quoted at around ₦1,390 in the parallel market on Friday, September 11, 2026.The latest available Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) NFEM data put the official exchange rate at ₦1,329.44 per dollar, reflecting the most recent published market data.In the parallel market, the dollar is being bought at around ₦1,380 and sold for approx
  
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• 2027: Obi supporters won’t trust INEC with votes —  Aisha Yesufu

  11-09-2026 07:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Sekinat OsundijiPolitical activist and Nigeria Democratic Congress member, Aisha Yesufu, has said supporters of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will not rely solely on electoral institutions to protect their votes in the 2027 presidential election.Yesufu said Obi’s supporters would deploy representatives to polling units and monitor the movement of election materials and results from polling units through the various collation centres to Abuja.She stated this durin
  
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• Dangote Refinery IPO: Global leaders rally behind plan to democratise Africa’s industrial wealth

  11-09-2026 06:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Udeme Akpan, Energy EditorThe proposed initial public offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has drawn strong backing from prominent African and international leaders, who say opening the industrial giant to wider ownership could mark a new phase in African wealth creation, industrialisation and economic sovereignty.
  The leaders, speaking at the 2026 ADF Africa Diaspora Leadership Programme Young Global Leaders Convening in Lagos, yesterday, said the refinery had already d
  
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• The 9/11 that never happened: What Britain saved the world from

  11-09-2026 06:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …and What Nigeria Must LearnBy Jide AjaniTWENTY-FIVE years after the planes struck America, the most frightening part of 9/11 may not be what the terrorists achieved, but what they originally intended to achieve – and what intelligence agencies have since learned to prevent. Twenty-five years ago, the world watched in disbelief as four commercial aircraft became weapons of mass destruction. Two disappeared into the towers of the World Trade Centre. Another tore into the Pentagon.The
  
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• Kidney crisis: Rising cases, crushing treatment costs threaten Nigerians

  11-09-2026 06:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chioma ObinnaFOR more than 150 kidney patients gathered under canopies in Enugu, and thousands of others across the country, the struggle goes beyond the pain of a failing organ. It is a daily battle to raise the money needed to stay alive. Recently, videos and pictures of some of the patients in Enugu surfaced on social media, drawing.Recently, videos and pictures of some of the patients in Enugu surfaced on social media, drawing public attention to their plight. Many reportedly arrived in
  
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• Presidency, APC battle Obi over 2023 victory claim

  11-09-2026 06:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Obi’s fat on ambition, drunk on political arrogance — PRESIDENCY
  ***He has reached the end, should prepare for another loss — APC
  ***None of Tinubu’s challengers has 10% of his qualities — YARI
  By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru Johnbosco Agbakwuru Ayobami  Okerinde & Olayinka AjayiLAGOS — The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, took the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr. Peter Obi to task over his clai
  
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• Self-care key to curbing Nigeria’s rising disease burden — Experts

  11-09-2026 05:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … Say hospitals can’t cope if Nigerians ignore prevention, rational drug use
  By Chioma ObinnaAs Nigeria battles a growing burden of chronic and non-communicable diseases, health experts have called for an urgent shift from hospital-centred healthcare to preventive self-care, warning that the country’s health system and household finances cannot withstand the rising cost of treating preventable illnesses.
  The wellness experts spoke at the third edition of the D’Bio Welln
  
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• Obi’s Benue blockade: NDC never told me to transmit letter to go, I only provided security – CP

  11-09-2026 05:16 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous Jannamike and John AlechenuAs reactions continue to trail the blocking of  Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi  during his visit to Benue State on Tuesday, the state Commissioner of Police,  Mr. Cletus Nwadiogbu, has said the party (NDC), never asked him to transmit a letter notifying him of  Obi’s visit to the state to Governor Hyacinth Alia.Meanwhile, the Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has condemned the attack, al
  
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• The Emperor! By Donu Kogbara

  11-09-2026 03:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nyesom Wike, the former Rivers Governor and current FCT Minister, has become the most visible, voluble and overbearing individual on the Nigerian political stage. He is more assertive and aggressive than his boss, Mr President. He hosts more pro-government media interactions, grants more interviews and issues more statements than the Minister of Information and presidential spokesmen. He is far, far louder than any other member of Tinubu’s cabinet. He boasts that APC would have won the re
  
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  11-09-2026 03:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By TONY AFEJUKU One thing the Glitterer, this Glitterer, does from time to time now is read old books. In fact, he has been reading the ancient books and works of all shades, books and essays that he had read before. The first time one reads a book or any work, one, generally speaking, does not read it very carefully – one just runs through it for the story or narration or for whatever it is worth or not worth. One has to keep re-reading; one has to keep running and re-running throug
  
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• The Daily Times we wish for, but can’t have, by Azu Ishiekwene

  11-09-2026 03:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The piece by columnist and former Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, Martins Oloja, entitled “Why Should We Celebrate Daily Times @ 100, FRCN @ 75?”, published on September 5, was an angry one. And Oloja had many good reasons to be angry. Daily Times, Nigeria’s newspaper of record, was 100 years old on June 1, and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), the legacy successor to the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS), was 75 in April. The anniversaries
  
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• Still on GDP data and realities facing Nigerians, by Adekunle Adekoya

  11-09-2026 03:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  OUR government, especially the one in office now, is fond of reeling out data, particularly data from multilateral institutions and global rating agencies to justify their performance in office. As you may know, government officials have been throwing macro-economic data at us to  show that they they have been working in our interest. As if people eat data. The latest in this regard is data about re-basing the country’s Gross Domestic Product, or GDP. The re-basing has generated
  
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• Boat mishaps: When will they end?

  11-09-2026 03:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nigeria must begin to confront boat mishaps as a national public-safety crisis. The latest tragedy at Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, where 65 people reportedly died, is too grim a reminder of the price Nigerians pay for regulatory failure and government neglect. The tragedy is particularly disturbing because it was entirely predictable. More than 70 people were reportedly aboard the ill-fated boat, many of them farmers, labourers, women, and children travelling
  
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• GCK in Ogun: Trying times and transformation the world needs

  11-09-2026 03:48 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By BANJI OJEWALE When the train of the nondenominational Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK) stopped over in Ota, Ogun State, for a five-day programme in late August 2026, it was more than a historic homecoming for its convener, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi. He recalled old ties with Ogun: he had his primary and secondary education right here in Ogun when it was part of the sprawling Western Region of Nigeria; he was born again in the state; it was from here he gained admission into the Un
  
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• The United Nations fail the Saharawi, Africans must defend them, by Owei Lakemfa

  11-09-2026 03:47 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The United Nations Security Council, UNSC meets end October, 2026  on the  future of Western Sahara.  The emerging consensus in the 15-Member body is not to renew the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) which expires on October 31, 2026. Since the main objective of MINURSO is to organize a referendum on the Saharawi demand for independence, this technically, would mean handing over the founding Member of the African Union, AU to Morocco. This its
  
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• Tribute to Chief Gabriel Isawaru Igbinedion CFR, Esama of Benin Kingdom @92

  11-09-2026 02:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Before the advent of religion, before the coming of missionaries with their books and bells, our forefathers had a way of naming men who walked among them with the grace of the divine. Such men were set apart. They did not eat like ordinary men, they did not think like ordinary men, and they did not live for themselves alone. Before the advent of religion, people would have classified him a god — not in worship, but in awe. A living embodiment of destiny, wisdom, and the spirit of enterpr
  
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• Ndigbo are very nice people — Tinubu’s wife

  11-09-2026 00:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Nwabueze Okonkwo Nigeria’s first lady and wife of President Bola Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has identified Ndigbo as very nice set of people worthy of partnering with in all it’s ramifications.Mrs. Tinubu who made the observation at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, Anambra State capital during her one-day official visit to the state and civic reception, shortly after she was conferred with a Chieftaincy title of “Ugoeze Anambra” (Royal Eagle), by the state c
  
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• Edo ‘spiritualist’ sentenced over $1,100 sextortion of Indian woman

  11-09-2026 00:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Odigie Moses to one year imprisonment for defrauding an Indian woman seeking spiritual healing and subsequently blackmailing her with a nude video.Justice C.N. Nwabulu convicted Moses on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge bordering on cheating and impersonation as a spiritualist, a statement Thursday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said.The commission said Moses defrauded the woman, identif
  
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• Troops rescue 13 kidnapped victims, intercept terrorist ammunition

  11-09-2026 00:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian Army says troops have rescued 13 kidnapped victims, intercepted 300 rounds of ammunition and neutralised a suspected kidnapper in separate operations nationwide.The military operational update made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday covered significant occurrences between Sept. 9 and Sept. 10.The report stated that the operations also disrupted illegal bunkering, recovered suspected illegally refined petroleum products and intercepted a trailer conveying ille
  
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• Man United, Bayern cruise as Como make dream Champions League start

  10-09-2026 23:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Manchester United celebrated their return to the Champions League with a 4-0 thrashing of Sabah on Thursday, as Cesc Fabregas’s Como impressed on their debut in Europe’s premier club competition.Harry Kane and Michael Olise, with a brace, both scored in the week that they were nominated for the Ballon d’Or as Bayern Munich were made to work before Bodo/Glimt’s second-half collapse in a 5-0 rout.Matheus Cunha scored his first goal of the season while captain Bruno Fernand
  
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• US Appeal Court affirms block on Trump bid to curb mail-in ballots

  10-09-2026 22:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A US appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s block on President Donald Trump’s executive order curbing the use of mail-in ballots in November’s midterm elections.District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction last week barring the US Postal Service (USPS) from carrying out a plan that critics say would restrict distribution of mail-in ballots.A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit unanimously upheld Talwani’s injuncti
  
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• 2027: Abiodun promises 2m votes for Tinubu

  10-09-2026 22:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By James Ogunnaike, AbeokutaThe All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State is fully prepared for the 2027 general elections, Governor Dapo Abiodun declared on Thursday, as thousands of party supporters and members of Caucus 7202 converged on the Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode, for a mega rally in support of the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi.The rally, which drew supporters from the 20 local government areas of the
  
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• Elumelu shares old business card from days as photocopier salesman

  10-09-2026 22:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adegboyega AdeleyeBusinessman and philanthropist Tony Elumelu has shared a picture of his old business card from his early days as a photocopier salesman, recalling the lessons that shaped his approach to business and made him resilient.Elumelu shared the photograph on his X handle on Thursday, saying he stumbled upon the card and was reminded of his days as a “young, hungry sales rep.”The old card identifies Elumelu as a Sales Executive with Precissa Sales Limited, with the comp
  
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• Remi Tinubu gets chieftaincy title in Anambra

  10-09-2026 22:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruAs a mark of appreciation for her contributions to national development and strong support for her husband President Bola Tinubu, the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has been conferred with the traditional title of Ugoeze of Anambra by the Chairman of the state traditional rulers’ council, HRM Igwe Chidubem Iweka.Mrs Tinubu was decorated with the title on Thursday during her one-day official first visit to Anambra.She also flagged off the National Community Food
  
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• Court adjourns Anthony Joshua crash trial to November 17

  10-09-2026 21:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adegboyega AdeleyeA Magistrate’s Court in Ogun State has adjourned until November 17 the trial of Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, the driver involved in the crash that injured former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed two members of his team.According to Sky Sports, proceedings scheduled for Thursday were adjourned as the case continued over charges arising from the fatal accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.Kayode, 46, is facing a four-count charge bordering on dangerous
  
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• D’Tigress $100,000 cash, houses reward completed in one yr – Tinubu

  10-09-2026 21:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruPRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has fulfilled the full package of presidential rewards promised to Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, with each player receiving the naira equivalent of $100,000 and each official $50,000, completing a package that also includes three-bedroom flats in Abuja and national honours.The President, on his verified X handle, said: “Today, the rewards I promised our D’Tigress have been fully redeemed.” He added t
  
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• Peter Obi is fat on ambition, drunk on political arrogance — Presidency

  10-09-2026 21:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruThe Presidency has accused the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, of hallucinating and wallowing in a political fantasy land over his claims that he won the 2023 presidential election.Reacting to the victory claims by the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, the Presidency, through the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, Mr. Sunday Dare, said: “Mr. Peter Obi is fat on ambition
  
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• West Ham’s Alvarez denies kidnapping allegations, threatens legal action

  10-09-2026 21:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adegboyega AdeleyeWest Ham midfielder Edson Alvarez has categorically denied allegations linking him to a kidnapping plot in Mexico, saying he has instructed his legal team to pursue action against those making or spreading false claims.According to a report by talkSPORT, the Mexico international broke his silence in a statement posted on social media after reports in his native country attempted to associate him with the alleged incident.Alvarez said he had previously chosen not to respond
  
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• Family seeks justice as Butcher hacks 25-year old wife to death in Ekiti

  10-09-2026 21:07 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Rotimi OjomoyelaAdo-Ekiti–A meat seller, Ibrahim Sodiq, popularly known as Alfa Eleran, has allegedly hacked his 25-year old wife, Kehinde Onizeokaraga to death during a domestic dispute in Dalimore area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.It was gathered that the butcher attacked his wife with a machete during a heated argument while efforts were being made to resolve their marital differences.Sources said the couple had gone to the residence of one Lamidi Salawu, a friend of the de
  
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