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• Musa assumes duty as new Defence Minister

  05-12-2025 11:58 via vanguardngr.com
  The newly appointed Minister of Defence and immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, retired Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday assumed duty at the Ministry of Defence, Ship House, Abuja.Gen. Musa, appointed on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu following the resignation of former minister Muhammed Badaru, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday.His appointment, welcomed across various sectors, is expected to further strengthen defence operations, with many citing his record of firm and innovative le
  
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• Advanxis Announces the Second Edition of the National  Automation Prize 2025 (NAP 2025): Nigeria’s Premier  Competition for PLC/SCADA and Industrial Automation  Talent 

  05-12-2025 19:27 via vanguardngr.com
  Advanxis Technologies & Process Automation Ltd. is proud to announce the launch of the  Second Edition of the Advanxis National Automation Prize, a nationwide engineering  competition designed to discover, develop, and celebrate Nigeria’s next generation of industrial  automation innovators. The competition, which currently opens for registration , will bring together Automation  Professionals, students, young engineers, technicians, and innovators from across
  
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• Detty December: Nigerians boycott shortlet apartments for hotels as booking prices skyrocket

  05-12-2025 18:42 via vanguardngr.com
  By Efosa TaiwoDetty December in Nigeria has always been a season of movement: airports buzzing, events fully booked, and city centres filled with returning diaspora and holiday seekers.
  But this year, something seems to have shifted as the once-thriving shortlet apartment sector, especially in Lagos and Abuja, is losing its shine as travelers are in utter disbelief at the prices being charged for a night stay.
  In response, many are quietly returning to hotels: a surprising reversal for a season
  
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• Nwoko seeks social media regulation as TikToker accused him of plot to kill Regina Daniels

  05-12-2025 18:26 via vanguardngr.com
  Senator Ned Nwoko, who represents Delta North, has renewed his push for the passage of the social media regulation bill, citing the spread of damaging online allegations — including a recent claim that he paid to have his estranged wife, Regina Daniels, killed.The proposed legislation, sponsored by Nwoko, passed second reading in the Senate on March 18.Speaking on Friday, the lawmaker said a viral TikTok video in which a creator known as “liaroftiktok” accused him
  
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• Arepo gridlock: Controller of Works summons contractor for solution

  05-12-2025 18:03 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley AdegboyeFollowing the daily gridlock experienced at the Arepo bridge by The Punch Newspaper along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, due to ongoing repair works on expansion joints, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Engr. Femi Dare has summoned the Chinese firm handling the job for an urgent meeting to find a solution to the problem.Engr. Dare disclosed this yesterday while responding to our correspondent’s question about an immediate solution to the menace of gridlock on
  
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• Keyamo presents in-flight service award to XEJet at airshow

  05-12-2025 17:58 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaNigerian airline XEJet has said its recognition for the Best In-Flight Service Award is a validation of its efforts to elevate the standard of domestic air travel.The airline stated this after being honoured with the award at the just-concluded Nigeria International Airshow in Abuja.The award, presented by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recognises the airline’s exceptional commitment to premium inflight hospitality and service innovati
  
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• Christmas: There will be stable fuel supply, Dangote assures

  05-12-2025 17:50 via vanguardngr.com
  **Projects refinery expansion to World’s largest by 2028By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, AbujaPresident of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Friday declared that the era of fuel queues in Nigeria “is gone forever,” assuring that petrol supply will remain stable throughout the Christmas season and beyond.Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting behind closed-doors with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Dangote said the company has already no
  
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• Shipping firms in Nigeria record 2,300 stowaways annually

  05-12-2025 17:36 via vanguardngr.com
  By Godwin OritseThe Shipping Association of Nigeria, SAN, has raised concerns over the persistent incidence of stowaways at Nigerian port berths, revealing that vessels recorded about 2,300 security infractions in 2025.Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the association’s chairman, Boma Alabi, SAN, lamented that despite payments made to government agencies responsible for safeguarding vessels at berth, criminal elements still manage to gain unauthorised access to ships.Alabi further noted that
  
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• Police detain seven suspected kidnappers in Gombe

  05-12-2025 17:29 via vanguardngr.com
  The police in Gombe have apprehended seven suspects for alleged kidnapping and cattle rustling in the state.This is contained in a statement by the spokesman of the command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, on Friday in Gombe.Abdullahi said operatives of the command on Nov. 23 detained a 40-year-old suspect (name withheld), who is a member of an interstate kidnapping syndicate.He said the operatives acted on intelligence indicating that the suspects were harbouring criminals, engaged in kidnapping and cat
  
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• Lebanon president says country does not want war with Israel

  05-12-2025 17:11 via vanguardngr.com
  Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday told a United Nations Security Council delegation his country does not want war with Israel, days after civilian representatives from both sides held their first talks in decades.Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, whose militant group refuses to disarm, on Friday backed Lebanon’s pursuit of diplomacy but called the inclusion of a civilian representative in talks with Israel a “misstep”.During Aoun’s meeting with UN Security Co
  
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• Osun 2026: APC bars Omisore, Alabi, four others; clears Oyebamiji, Jimoh

  05-12-2025 17:09 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJAThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified a former deputy governor and ex-National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore; another former deputy governor, Benedict Olugboyega Alabi; and four other governorship aspirants from participating in its December 13, 2025, primary election in Osun State.Others affected by the disqualification are Dotun Babayemi, Akin Ogunbiyi, Senator Babajide Omoworare, Kunle Adegoke (SAN) and Babatunde Haketer Oralusi.In its re
  
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• Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for nearly $83 billion

  05-12-2025 16:52 via vanguardngr.com
  Streaming giant Netflix has agreed to acquire film and television studio Warner Bros. Discovery for nearly $83 billion, the two US companies announced Friday.The acquisition, which gives Netflix access to a vast film catalog as well as the prestigious streaming service HBO Max, is the largest consolidation deal in the entertainment industry since Disney’s $71 billion acquisition of Fox in 2019.The transaction values Warner Bros. Discovery at $27.75 per share, implying a total equity value
  
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• FG attracts $2bn investments in CNG, targets $5bn in 2027 – PiCNG

  05-12-2025 16:45 via vanguardngr.com
  The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (PiCNG) and Electric Vehicles (EVs) says it has attracted more than two billion dollars investments in the CNG subsector.The Executive Chairman/CEO, PiCNG, Mr Ismaeel Ahmed, made this known on Friday in Abuja at the Alfa Design Nigeria Limited CNG products unveiling and stakeholders’ engagement.The products were unveiled by the PiCNG boss, alongside other dignitaries.The dignitaries included Malam Ali M. Ali, NAN Managing Director, Mr
  
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• PDP Crisis: Court defers hearing of pro-Wike faction’s suit till Jan 14

  05-12-2025 16:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriThe Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, adjourned further proceedings on the suit seeking to nullify the outcome of the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  recently held in Ibadan, Oyo State, till January 14, 2026.The adjournment came on a day a faction of the party led by Kabiru Turaki, SAN, asked Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, who is handling the matter, to recuse herself.In a motion they filed through a consortium of seven Senior Advoca
  
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• APC backs urgent call for border fencing to strengthen Nigeria’s security

  05-12-2025 16:23 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adeola Badru A security expert and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has joined calls on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government to urgently implement comprehensive border security measures, including the fencing of Nigeria’s porous borders.In a statement issued on Friday by his media aide, Rasheed Abubakar, Mumuni warned that the country’s unguarded borders are facilitating terrorist infiltration and worsening the nation
  
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• Turaki-led PDP asks judge to withdraw from suit against party’s leadership

  05-12-2025 16:17 via vanguardngr.com
  The Kabiru Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Justice Joyce Abdulmalik to recuse herself from the suit filed against the leadership of the party.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a faction of the party in the camp of the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, led by its acting National Chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulrahman, had filed the suit.But the Turaki-led leadership of the party, in a motion on notice filed by a team of lawyers led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN, sought two
  
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• Gen Musa vows stronger joint military operations to tackle insecurity

  05-12-2025 16:02 via vanguardngr.com
  The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday vowed to intensify efforts to tackle Nigeria’s security challenges through enhanced coordination and unified operations among the Armed Forces.Speaking at his assumption of office at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Musa said, “Our goal is to overwhelm the enemy through jointness and seamless coordination.”He added that a rigorous review of all theatre commands and inter-service operations would begi
  
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• Guardiola says broadcasters owe him wine after nine-goal thriller

  05-12-2025 15:53 via vanguardngr.com
  Pep Guardiola joked Friday that he and Fulham manager Marco Silva deserved a bottle of wine for serving up a nine-goal thriller, but admitted Manchester City must tighten up defensively.City, second in the Premier League, led 5-1 at Craven Cottage on Tuesday but were left hanging on as the home team pushed for an equaliser.City manager Guardiola described the match, which finished 5-4, as “one of the games of the season”.“If I would be at home and watching that game, I don&rsq
  
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• NFF hails Ekong on international retirement

  05-12-2025 15:45 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has paid glowing tribute to Super Eagles captain, William Troost-Ekong, describing him as a “committed and humble leader” following his retirement from international football.Troost-Ekong announced his retirement on his official X (Twitter) handle on Thursday, thanking fans, teammates and coaches for their support through his 10-year journey with the Super Eagles.The former Olympiakos and Watford defender wrote that representing Nigeria at the F
  
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• Mainoo ‘being ruined’ at Man Utd, says Scholes

  05-12-2025 15:44 via vanguardngr.com
  Manchester United great Paul Scholes says Kobbie Mainoo is “being ruined” by his lack of chances under Ruben Amorim, suggesting his best option is to leave Old Trafford.The 20-year-old had a breakthrough season in 2023/24, which ended with the academy graduate scoring in the FA Cup final and breaking into the England squad.But the midfielder has gone from starting the Euro 2024 final to struggling for game time at United.He requested a loan move in August but was turned down.Mainoo,
  
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• Shedding of innocent blood over – Defence Minister Musa

  05-12-2025 15:36 via vanguardngr.com
  The newly appointed Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Musa, on Friday declared that the era of shedding innocent blood in Nigeria was over.Musa spoke as he assumed office at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Abuja.He vowed to lead with urgency, accountability and a renewed sense of national purpose.Musa, who until now served as Chief of Defence Staff, said he was returning to the ministry with the backing of President Bola Tinubu and the trust of the Nigerian people.“Aft
  
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• ‘700k per night?’ BBN’s Leo DaSilva, Nina call out ‘outrageous’ December shortlet prices in Lagos

  05-12-2025 15:33 via vanguardngr.com
  BBNaija stars Leo DaSilva and Nina have joined the growing chorus of complaints over the shocking cost of short-let apartments in Lagos this festive season.Leo shared screenshots of apartment prices in Victoria Island (VI) and Ikoyi, expressing concern that Lagos hosts are “overdoing things” this December.According to him, many apartment owners assume that December bookings are guaranteed. However, with hotels likely to attract the bulk of travellers, short-let owners may be forced
  
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• Passports: ‘Avoid louts, we’re available 24/7’ – Immigration CG tells Nigerians

  05-12-2025 15:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza AjayiComptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Kemi Nandap, on Friday, urged Nigerians to shun touts and middlemen when applying for passports or other immigration services, insisting that the Service operates round-the-clock channels to assist citizens directly and transparently.Nandap made the call in Abuja while delivering the keynote address at the fourth-quarter Nationwide Sensitisation Campaign against corruption and for improved service delivery.The campaign,
  
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• Rivers Assembly: I’m still in PDP, Wike declares, shrugs off arrest rumours in France

  05-12-2025 15:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the decision of the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and 15 other lawmakers to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, is the direct result of deepening divisions within the PDP.Speaking after inspecting road projects in Abuja, Wike said the lawmakers acted within the provisions of the Constitution, given the current state of the party.Asked to reac
  
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• Osun assembly passes bill to regulate LG finances

  05-12-2025 14:58 via vanguardngr.com
  The Osun Assembly on Friday passed a bill regulating the administration of the state local government accounts with commercial banks and financial institutions.The bill titled “Osun State Local Government Account Administration Bill 2025” was introduced by the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Adewale Egbedun.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bill was introduced during plenary and passed in quick succession till its third reading.The Majority Leader, Mr Adewunmi Babajide, said u
  
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• Police arrest three suspected bandits’ financiers in Sokoto

  05-12-2025 14:56 via vanguardngr.com
  The Police Command in Sokoto State has arrested three suspected financiers of banditry and several other individuals linked to motorcycle theft and criminal conspiracy, recovering rustled cattle as well as stolen motorcycles in two coordinated operations.The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufai, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Sokoto, stating that the successful operations demonstrated the command’s renewed operational effectiveness.According to him,
  
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• 2027: Time for Nasarawa state to produce indigenous governor – Orogu

  05-12-2025 14:22 via vanguardngr.com
  —–PDP structures in Nasarawa intactBy Abel Daniel, LafiaThe acting zonal chairman, north central People’s Democratic Party, PDP, hon Francis Enokela Orogu has called on people of the state to support the move to elect an indigenous governor irrespective of religion, tribe or political party for maximum development .Orogu also revealed that Nasarawa state is PDP state with all state structures in place, noting that if free and fair elections are conducted both for local go
  
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• Pass reserved seats bill for women — UN Women tells National Assembly

  05-12-2025 14:21 via vanguardngr.com
  The Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE), UN Women, Ondo State Chapter, has called on the National Assembly to pass the reserved seats bill for women to avoid political exclusion in the country.Mrs Olabisi Omolona, GEWE, UN Women State Coordinator, made the call at a news conference on Friday in Akure to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign 2025.Omolona, who said the passing of the bill became necessary, explained that women worked tirelessly, mobil
  
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• Player rotation unavoidable, Chelsea’s Maresca says

  05-12-2025 13:47 via vanguardngr.com
  Enzo Maresca said he had no choice but to rotate his Chelsea squad when questioned Friday over his team’s damaging 3-1 defeat at Leeds in midweek.The loss at Elland Road on Wednesday left the Blues in fourth place, nine points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal.“We did many things bad,” Chelsea boss Maresca said. “Probably we also paid the bill for playing one hour with 10 players against Arsenal.”The Italian, who has previously been criticised over his rotation
  
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• Why Tech Innovation in Online Games Is Reshaping the Future of Fun

  05-12-2025 13:43 via vanguardngr.com
  Online gaming has evolved from a niche subculture into one of the world’s most dominant forms of entertainment. But behind the bright visuals and immersive experiences is a wave of technological innovation that’s quietly transforming the way people engage with digital games. Whether it’s casual mobile players or fans of more immersive gaming platforms, the common thread is that innovation is making play more accessible, more social, and undeniably more fun.One sector driving t
  
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