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• National Security Emergency: Generals react

  29-11-2025 00:56 via vanguardngr.com
  ‘It’s a signal that business-as-usual has ended’ — Retired AdmiralGround forces will feel this instantly — Retired General“If we don’t identify financiers, we are chasing shadows” — Ex-DSS DirectorAnalysts divided over scope, clarity of declaration
  By Evelyn UsmanOn Wednesday, November 26, 2025, when President Bola Tinubu declared a National Security Emergency, ordering an unprecedented surge in military and police recruitment as kidnappings
  
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• Bayelsa: Varsity graduate shot dead in suspected cult clash

  21-12-2025 09:03 via vanguardngr.com
  By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem IdioA graduate of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, has been shot dead in a suspected cult clash.It was gathered that the clash, which resulted in his killing on Friday, was between members of the Neo Black Movement, otherwise known as Black Axe, and Vikings, DNKI.The deceased graduate identified as Mark was reportedly shot in the stomach and attempts by friends and sympathisers to rush him to the hospital for medical care failed.A source within the i
  
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• Umahi under fire over ‘forget Biafra’ comment

  21-12-2025 09:02 via vanguardngr.com
  By Steve OkoIgbo groups in the diaspora, including American Veterans of Igbo Descent AVID, Rising Sun Foundation and Ambassadors for Self Determination, have knocked the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, over his recent comments that the agitation for Biafra should be jettisoned, claiming that the Federal Government, under President Bola Tinubu, has ended every marginalisation against the Igbo.The groups, in a statement yesterday, dismissed the comment as an insult to the sensibility of t
  
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• Who rewrote Nigeria’s tax law? — ADC

  21-12-2025 08:58 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeAfrican Democratic Congress, ADC, has called for the immediate suspension of Nigeria’s newly enacted tax laws, alleging that key provisions were altered after the bills were passed by the National Assembly and signed by President Bola Tinubu, raising what the party described as a serious constitutional crisis.The opposition party said the alleged alterations amount to an executive takeover of the lawmaking process and warned that allowing such actions to stand would u
  
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• Detty December: Frenzy as Tinubu storms Lagos for Eyo Festival

  21-12-2025 08:56 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniAfter eight years of absence, all is set for another epochal Eyo Festival, scheduled to hold at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos. The historic cultural event is being organised in honour of the late Sir Michael Otedola, former Governor of Lagos State.The last Eyo Festival was held on May 20, 2017. The festival is a significant Yoruba cultural celebration traditionally staged on Lagos Island to honour departed kings, chiefs, and notable personalities.In an official state
  
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• From Iyana Oworo to Oworo: More homes are gone, what remains is rubble 

  21-12-2025 08:47 via vanguardngr.com
  By Nnamdi Ojiego As the dust from the Iyana Oworo demolition is yet to settle, another Lagos community has been pushed into ruin. This time, bulldozers rolled into Oworosonki, turning a densely populated area into a sprawl of broken concrete and open wounds. What happened months ago in Iyana Oworo, condemned by many and barely addressed by authorities, has repeated itself with chilling familiarity.Trapped in fear From the Ogudu axis through Idi Araba, Musafejo, Coker and adjoining stre
  
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• Despites all intrigues, Adeleke is man to beat in Osun poll – Akindele

  21-12-2025 08:40 via vanguardngr.com
  By Charles KumoluDr. Kunle Akindele is a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State and the current Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Public Health. He speaks on the prospects  of Governor Adeleke in the forthcoming governorship poll in the state. What are the chances of Governor Adeleke in the next election, given his recent defection to the Accord Party? The question is why is APC afraid of defeat? Why is their leader, former Gove
  
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• Peter Obi pays NECO fees for 148 inmates in Anambra Correctional Centres

  21-12-2025 08:38 via vanguardngr.com
  By Vincent UjumaduThe Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has paid the National Examination Council (NECO) fees for 148 inmates in correctional centres across Anambra State.Obi presented a cheque of ₦4.741 million to cover examination fees and related logistics for the inmates, who are sitting for the Senior School Certificate Examination in four correctional centres in the state.The beneficiaries compri
  
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• Gunmen attack Benue mourners, injure victims, loot property

  21-12-2025 08:38 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter DuruBarely five days after burying their mother, the family of Lawrence Lorwa has been plunged into fresh tragedy following a violent attack on their family compound by unknown armed men.According to eyewitness accounts, three unidentified gunmen, stormed the residence of the mourners in the early hours of Friday, subjecting family members to severe beatings and torture.They were said to have also demanded the money contributed during the burial of their late mother, who died in a moto
  
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• Oyarore salt festival showcases Nasarawa’s rich heritage, boosts creative economy – Minister

  21-12-2025 08:35 via vanguardngr.com
  The Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, says Nigeria’s cultural festivals remain vital tools for preserving heritage, strengthening unity and growing the creative economy.Musawa stated this on Saturday at the 2025 National Oyarore Salt Festival in Keana, Nasarawa State.Represented by Mrs Ogechukwu Udegbunam, an official of the ministry, the minister described the Oyarore Festival as a powerful symbol of identity, resilience and community pride.“To
  
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• Was ransom paid to secure kidnapped schoolchildren’s release? Amnesty raises fresh query

  21-12-2025 08:34 via vanguardngr.com
  By Nnamdi Ojiego In this interview, the Country Director of Amnesty International, Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, speaks on human rights in Nigeria. Sanusi reflects on the persistent killings, mass abduction of schoolchildren and alleged payment of ransom to secure their release, and the steady erosion of civic freedoms that shape daily life for many communities, setting out why these patterns trouble the organisation and what must change if public trust is ever to be restored. Excerpts:Let&rsqu
  
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• Payments into ‘private account’: Tinted Glass Permit Controversy; 20 Things You Did Not Know

  21-12-2025 08:33 via vanguardngr.com
  By Vera OpiaThe controversy over the enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy has once again placed the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on a collision course, raising fundamental questions about legality, constitutional authority and respect for court orders.It resurfaced after a press release dated December 15, 2025, announced that enforcement of the suspended policy would resume from January 2, 2026.The announcement triggered immediate backlash because the pol
  
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• Payments into ‘Private Accounts’: Tinted glass permit controversy, things to know

  21-12-2025 08:18 via vanguardngr.com
  By Vera OpiaThe controversy over the enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy has once again placed the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on a collision course, raising fundamental questions about legality, constitutional authority and respect for court orders.
  Read Also: Tinted Glass Permit: Confusion over court judgmentIt resurfaced after a press release dated December 15, 2025, announced that enforcement of the suspended policy would resume from January 2, 2026
  
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• The Supreme Court’s emergency politics

  21-12-2025 08:12 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu“All judges are politicians whether they know it or not.” Enrique Petracchi, former Chief Justice of Argentina, (2002).Among lawyers trained in the traditions of the Common Law, judicial power is often mis-understood. In Nigeria, the 1999 Constitution divides the powers of the federation between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. The first two are elected. Judges are not. In the elected arms, it vests the legislative and executive powers of the
  
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• 11 Days to Tax Reform: Will my bank account be blocked from Jan 1, 2026 if I don’t have TIN?

  21-12-2025 08:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter Egwuatu,  Assistant Business EditorChairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has allayed widespread fears among Nigerians over the impending tax reforms scheduled to take effect from January 1, 2026, insisting that the exercise is not designed to overburden citizens with higher tax rates or arbitrary revenue targets.Speaking at the 2025 Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) ceremony in Lagos last weekend, Oyedele said tax reform goes be
  
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• Christmas: Surplus rice, price crash, hope dashed

  21-12-2025 07:49 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gabriel EwepuPeter Dama takes a deep breath before saying slowly: “Yes. Rice price has crashed, and Nigerians are benefiting. But as local producers, we are losing big.We are losing billions. “ He singles out import duty waiver to select importers, which has flooded markets across the country with imported rice and crashed price, but to which local producers of the staple food are losing big, as the main cause of their woes.Local producers are losing significantly because their p
  
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• NiMet forecasts 3-day sunshine, haziness from Sunday

  21-12-2025 07:46 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast sunshine and hazy conditions across the country from Sunday to Tuesday.In its weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, NiMet predicted sunny skies over the northern region throughout the period, with hazy atmospheric conditions expected over the North-Central states.The agency also forecast localised morning thunderstorms with light rainfall over parts of Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta states on Sunday.Later in the day, isolated thunders
  
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• Nigeria’s misplaced priorities

  21-12-2025 07:27 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ifeanyi ObinaliAs the dust settles from last weekend’s failed coup in Benin Republic, and the Nigerian Senate’s recent approval of troops deployment to assist the Beninese government, many Nigerians are asking: Was this really the right call — especially given the worsening security disaster back home?“On December 7, 2025, the government of Benin requested military intervention after mutinying soldiers attempted to overthrow their president. Responding swiftly, Presid
  
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• Dangote illuminates Nigeria’s abandoned values, by Tonnie Iredia

  21-12-2025 06:47 via vanguardngr.com
  In precolonial Africa, the societal values of honesty, respect and fairness were influenced by shared norms and beliefs which fostered healthy relationships. Everyone cherished the values and no one needed to be threatened with written sanctions in order to keep faith with the norms.
  Perhaps, the most important factor which aided general acceptance of shared values was the fear of societal stigma for any breach. No one wanted to be known as a member of a family castigated by the entire communit
  
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• PDP House built by Ekwueme demolished by Obasanjo, by Dele Sobowale

  21-12-2025 06:34 via vanguardngr.com
  Two bald men fighting over a [toothless] comb.”Reading that Alhaji Turaki and Sule Lamido were fighting over who would be Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to me, was the funniest joke of the year. It sounded like a tragic story of two elderly women laying claim to a baby during the World War II, not realizing that the baby was dead. Expulsion of members of one faction, by the other group had me rolling on the floor. My old friend, Bode George, who wielded great powers in the
  
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• Osun 2026: Governance is serious vusiness, APC candidate, Oyebamiji declares

  21-12-2025 01:44 via vanguardngr.com
  The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the August 8, 2026 governorship election in Osun State, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), has declared that governance is a serious business that must not be left in the hands of mediocre leaders.Oyebamiji made the assertion shortly after receiving his Certificate of Return from the leadership of the APC at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Friday.He said Osun State requires a serious and competent m
  
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• Defection: PDP sues Oborevwori, Delta Attorney-General, APC, INEC

  21-12-2025 01:38 via vanguardngr.com
  A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ward 3/7, Ughelli North local government area, Delta state, Alex Akporute, has instituted an originating summons against m Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state as 1st defendant; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as 2nd defendant; All Progressives Congress (APC) as 3rd defendant; Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as 4th defendant; and Attorney-General of Delta State as 5th Defendant.
  The plaintiff, in the originating summons with
  
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• Benin Republic, Seamfix digitise passport renewals for diaspora

  21-12-2025 01:36 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaProvider of digital identity and biometric solutions supporting institutions across Africa and globally, Seamfix, has developed ePass, a self-service digital passport renewal application for citizens of the Republic of Benin.According to a statement, the application is powered by GovSmart, Seamfix’s government digital identity and service delivery platform, and was delivered in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Benin.The statement reads in part: &ldquo
  
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• Arsenal stay top of PL with narrow victory over Everton

  20-12-2025 23:14 via vanguardngr.com
  Arsenal ensured they will top the Premier League at Christmas with a 1-0 over Everton, while Liverpool survived a nervy finale to beat nine-man Tottenham 2-1 on Saturday.Manchester City briefly moved top of the table after Erling Haaland’s double inspired a 3-0 win over West Ham.Arsenal restored their two-point lead thanks to Viktor Gyokeres’ penalty but failed to shine in grinding out victory on Merseyside.It was a tale of penalty appeals at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.Arsenal had s
  
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• NNPP re-elects Ajuji as national chairman

  20-12-2025 23:13 via vanguardngr.com
  The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on Saturday re-elected Dr Ahmed Ajujia as its National Chairman.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajuji was re-elected unopposed through voice votes at the party’s National Convention held in Abuja.The convention, which was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), also witnessed the return of Dipo Olayoku as National Secretary, alongside other national officials, all of whom were elected unopposed.The electi
  
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• Mbappe matches Ronaldo record as Real Madrid beat Sevilla

  20-12-2025 23:08 via vanguardngr.com
  Kylian Mbappe matched Cristiano Ronaldo’s club record for goals in a calendar year and Jude Bellingham also scored as Real Madrid beat Sevilla 2-0 on Saturday in La Liga.French superstar Mbappe levelled Ronaldo’s tally of 59 goals in 2013 by stroking home a late penalty, after Bellingham sent Madrid ahead with a first half header.The victory allowed Los Blancos, second, to cut the gap on leaders Barcelona to one point before the Catalans visit Villarreal on Sunday.Gaining a third co
  
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• Okpebholo, Obaseki mourn ex-Edo commissioner Idahosa

  20-12-2025 22:43 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ozioruva AliuBENIN CITY – Edo State Governor, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, on Saturday mourned the passing of former Commissioner of Information in the state and unarguably one of the most vocal politicians in the state, Charles Idahosa.Idahosa reportedly died on Saturday afternoon after his daily routine of receiving visitors in the morning at his house along Airport Road.He was 72 years old and hailed from Ehor in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area where he o
  
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• Tinubu arrives Lagos

  20-12-2025 21:56 via vanguardngr.com
  President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos State for the end-of-year holidays. He had visited Borno and Bauchi states earlier in the day, as part of his three-state official tour.Read Also: Tinubu departs Maiduguri for BauchiOn arrival at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, President Tinubu was receivedby Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, government officials and the All Progressives Congress, APC, members.Meanwhile, he is expected to be the guest of honour at
  
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• Female LAWMA sweeper hit on duty, dies 

  20-12-2025 21:54 via vanguardngr.com
  The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says a female Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) sweeper lost her life while on duty along Meran Road, inward Iyana Ekoro axis of Lagos.The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos.He said that preliminary security findings indicated that the fatal occurrence involved a blue Ford commercial bus laden with bottled /can beverages, which was recklessly  reversed on the expresswa
  
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• Ogijo lead poisoning: Ogun suspends three environmental firms over negligence

  20-12-2025 21:50 via vanguardngr.com
  By James Ogunnaike, AbeokutaThe Ogun State government has suspended three environmental consultancy firms over professional negligence, linked to alleged acid battery pollution from closed Used Lead Acid Battery recycling companies in the Ogijo, Sagamu local government area of the State.According to a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Saturday, the the State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Ola Oresanya, said the firms were found culpable during a review of the Process Audit o
  
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