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• Nigeria risks deepening health crisis

  09-12-2025 13:58 via vanguardngr.com
  …as Experts Warn of Severe Funding Gap for Family Planning CommoditiesBy Joseph Erunke, AbujaNigeria’s chronic underfunding of family planning commodities is pushing the country toward a deeper public health and economic crisis, the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) has warned.AHBN’s Programme Delivery Lead and Francophone Liaison, Amina Haladu Mohammed, raised the alarm while delivering a presentation titled “Nigeria’s Family Planning Commodities: Pills, Polici
  
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• Who owns it? Nigeria, Ghana Detty December rivalry rekindles

  11-12-2025 18:45 via vanguardngr.com
  By Efosa TaiwoEvery December, Lagos and Accra transform into vibrant magnets pulling in the African diaspora from London to Atlanta, Nairobi to Berlin.
  What started as a party season has grown into a cultural, emotional, and economic engine, driving tourism, shaping pop culture, and influencing spending patterns across West Africa.But this year just like every other year, a heated rivalry has emerged over who truly owns Detty December or even does it better.
  The banter is louder, the competitio
  
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• Digital skills now drive economic growth across every sector – Tinubu

  11-12-2025 18:43 via vanguardngr.com
  — As President, ministers describe 3MTT as catalyst for Nigeria’s digital workforceBy Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA – PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Thursday said digital skills now drive growth across every sector, from agriculture, healthcare to finance and manufacturing.The President described the Three Million Technical Talent, 3MTT, programme as a game-changer for Nigeria’s youth and digital economy.Speaking at the 3MTT National Impact Summit at the State House Conference Hall
  
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• Party error, not pressure, cost us Adeleke, PDP admits

  11-12-2025 18:38 via vanguardngr.com
  *Insists Fubara’s crisis ‘not comparable’ to Adeleke’s*Says Supreme Court delays stalled Rivers emergency case*Internal conflicts are natural in PDP – spokespersonBy Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has admitted that internal leadership failures, rather than external political pressure, were responsible for the defection of former Osun governorship aspirant, Ademola Adeleke, to the Accord Party.Speaking on Channels Television&rsquo
  
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• $1.8 billion lost yearly to Nigeria-linked fraud —US alerts

  11-12-2025 18:37 via vanguardngr.com
  By Favour UleborThe United States government has warned that Nigeria-linked fraud causes over 1.8 billion US dollars in losses annually, with most victims based in the United States.Speaking at the public presentation of the Nigeria Cyber Crime Assessment Report, on Thursday in Abuja, Director of the U.S. Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office, Dr Douglas Grey, raised fresh concerns over Nigeria’s rising cyber crime profile, warning that the country now
  
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• Uncertainty over Bayelsa Deputy Governor’s health after sudden collapse

  11-12-2025 18:29 via vanguardngr.com
  By Samuel Oyadongha, YenagoaAnxiety heightened across Bayelsa State on Thursday following reports that the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, collapsed in his office and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa.The incident, which occurred around 1:30 p.m., sparked immediate concern among government officials and members of the public.Sources said Ewhrudjakpo suddenly slumped while attending to official duties, prompting an emergency response from his aides and securi
  
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• Bird strike grounds flight, triggers passenger riot at Abuja Airport

  11-12-2025 18:26 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaNo fewer than 100 passengers scheduled to fly from Abuja to Owerri were left stranded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, earlier today.The incident, which saw irate passengers destroy United Nigeria Airlines’ laptops, assault its staff and injure a Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, AVSEC officer, happened after the airline’s aircraft suffered a bird strike, leading to the disruption of their flight.Spokesperson for the Nigerian Civil A
  
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• Prof. Fawehinmi assumes office as 8th substantive VC of University of Abuja

  11-12-2025 18:22 via vanguardngr.com
  By Joseph Erunke, AbujaProf. Hakeem Babatunde Fawehinmi on Thursday formally assumed office as the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, taking over from Professor Mathew Adamu, who had served in an acting capacity since August 11, 2025.Fawehinmi’s appointment was approved by the University’s eleventh Governing Council during its 80th Extraordinary Meeting on November 7, 2025, following a rigorous and transparent selection process.Upon resuming, the new Vice-Ch
  
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• CBN’s FX reforms open new opportunities for growth, non-oil exports

  11-12-2025 18:16 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter Egwuatu, Assistant Business EditorThe ongoing drop oil-prices is being cushioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN’s) flexible foreign exchange (FX) regime, rising non-oil exports, and growing services trade. The CBN deployment of the Electronic Forex Market Surveillance System, shift to a single, market-determined exchange rate regime, and enhanced risk-based banking are expanding Nigeria’s capacity to earn more income outside oil, and support macroeconomic stability.Nige
  
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• Ambassadorial nominee Omokri thanks Bamidele, Oshiomhole, Ndume, others after screening

  11-12-2025 18:04 via vanguardngr.com
  Ambassadorial nominee Reno Omokri has expressed gratitude to members of the Senate following his appearance before the upper chamber’s Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday.In a message posted on X shortly after the session, Omokri thanked Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele; the committee’s chairman, Senator Sani Bello; and several members who participated in his screening.
  He also acknowledged Senators Adams Oshiomhole and Ali Ndume, who earlier clashed during deliberations on his n
  
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• 12 airports that feel more like 5-star resorts than terminals

  11-12-2025 18:04 via vanguardngr.com
  A small number of airports throughout the world have revolutionised the concept of terminals by providing experiences, luxury and comfort comparable to those found in upscale resorts. They are more than airports that only provide aircraft that transport people from one place to another.Long lines, small seats and tense stopovers are not always necessary when travelling by air. In addition, passengers are pampered at these airports in addition to being transported.In this article, we look at a c
  
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• Airfare Surge: Govt taxes, low capacity driving prices up – Finchglow MD

  11-12-2025 17:50 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaGroup Managing Director of Finchglow Holdings, parent company of six travel- and aviation-focused businesses, Mr Bankole Bernard, has urged Federal Government to reduce the taxes and levies on air tickets, saying it is one of the reasons for the skyrocketing airfares.Bernard also fingered the surge in ticket prices during the Yuletide to rising demand and limited airline capacity.According to him, if demand exceeded supply, prices would automatically increase and favourable go
  
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• ‘I made you governor,’ Senator Marafa mocks Matawalle

  11-12-2025 17:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Idris Salisu, GusauSenator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has challenged the Defence Minister for state Bello Mohammed Matawalle, for his claimed to have assisted him while he was a Governor in Zamfara state, said it was him who supported Matawalle as he made him to become a Governor in 2023.Senator Marafa in a statement by the Chairman Marafa Support Group, Alhaji Surajo Garba Maikatako, said for Matawalle to claimed that he assisted Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa is a complete falsehood.Maikatako, said
  
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• Fusengbuwa Ruling House rejects KWAM 1’s claim to Awujale throne

  11-12-2025 17:38 via vanguardngr.com
  The Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode has formally dismissed the claim by Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (KWAM 1) that he belongs to the lineage entitled to produce the next Awujale of Ijebuland. The family declared the linkage form he submitted for the succession process “null, void, and of no consequence.”In a letter dated December 11, 2025, and addressed to the musician, the ruling house said an internal investigation found no evidence linking Ayinde to the Jadiara R
  
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• Tackle insecurity to reduce out-of-school students – Oyinlola tells FG

  11-12-2025 17:36 via vanguardngr.com
  As Alolade college holds matriculation
  By Shina Abubakar,OsogboA former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called on the Federal Government to tackle insecurity to reduce the rising number of out-of-school children.Speaking at the matriculation of Alolade College of Health Science and Information Technology in Okuku, Osun State, Oyinlola noted that insecurity remains the biggest barrier to school enrollment and retention in many communities.Oyinlola, who is the proprietor of
  
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• Time magazine names ‘Architects of AI’ as Person of the Year

  11-12-2025 17:33 via vanguardngr.com
  Time magazine named the “Architects of AI” as its Person of the Year on Thursday, highlighting the US tech titans whose work on cutting-edge artificial intelligence is transforming humanity.Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk are among the innovators who have “grabbed the wheel of history, developing technology and making decisions that are reshaping the information landscape, the climate, and our livelihoods,” Time wrote.One
  
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• Ensure Nigeria works, stop complaining – Orangun charges Nigerians

  11-12-2025 17:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar OsogboThe Orangun of Oke-Ila, Oba Adedokun Abolarin has charged youths, especially students across the country to stop complaining about the Nigeria situation but to put in effort to ensure that the system work in the interest of development.The monarch disclosed this on Thursday at the 30th anniversary celebration of Kidvarc School in Iree, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State.While disclosing that prioritising education signalled the importance placed on the future of
  
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• Reps pass bill to establish specialised medical college for armed forces for second reading

  11-12-2025 17:30 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gift ChapiOdekina, AbujaThe House of Representatives on Thursday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish a specialised medical college for members of the Nigerian Armed Forces.The bill, sponsored by the Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson (APC, Lagos), proposes the establishment of a military-run medical institution responsible for training medical doctors, specialist physicians, and allied health professionals for the Nigerian Armed Forces and other uni
  
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• Maritime security, fleet expansion, personnel development defined my tenure – Ogalla

  11-12-2025 17:27 via vanguardngr.com
  By Evelyn UsmanThe Nigerian Navy’s recent gains in maritime security, fleet expansion and personnel development formed the core of the valedictory message delivered by the former Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla,(rtd) as he was formally pulled out of service yesterday, at the NNS QUORRA Parade Ground, Apapa, Lagos.
  In his address at the solemn ceremony which brought together past Chiefs of Naval Staff, Service Chiefs as well as serving and retired senior military per
  
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• Reps urge 50% cut in airport charges, tax breaks for airlines

  11-12-2025 17:25 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gift ChapiOdekina, AbujaThe House of Representatives on Thursday condemned the sharp and continuous rise in domestic airfares across the country, warning that the escalating costs risk shutting millions of Nigerians out of Christmas travel.Lawmakers urged the Federal Government to take immediate steps to stem the trend before the festive rush peaks.The concern followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Hon. Obinna Aguocha, who said the situation had become a
  
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• Ambassadorial Screening: Dambazau, Ibas, Fani-Kayode, Reno, others asked to bow and go

  11-12-2025 17:22 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruAs the Screening of the Ambassadorial nominees submitted to the Senate by President Bola Tinubu entered the third day, former Senators, House of Representatives members, former Ministers, Career Ambassadors, former first ladies, among others, were asked to take a bow and go.The Senator Sani Bello, APC, Niger North led Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday screened former ministers, Femi Fani-Kayode and Abdulrahman Dambazau, for ambassadorial appointments.Both nominees, w
  
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• Oshiomhole, Ndume clash over Reno Omokri’s ambassadorial nomination

  11-12-2025 17:21 via vanguardngr.com
  Abuja – Tensions flared in the Nigerian Senate on Thursday as Senators Adams Oshiomhole (APC, Edo North) and Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) engaged in a heated confrontation over the ambassadorial nomination of former presidential aide Reno Omokri.The exchange occurred during the second day of the Senate’s screening of President Bola Tinubu’s 65 ambassadorial nominees, which were submitted last week. Omokri, seated quietly in the chamber, watched as two of the Senate’s mos
  
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• Vote Buying: Why we’ve not charged those arrested in Anambra to court – INEC

  11-12-2025 17:12 via vanguardngr.com
  … says poor telecommunication service hinder speedy upload of resultsBy Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA–The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, on Thursday, gave reasons why those that were arrested for engaging in vote-buying during the recent governorship election in Anambra state, have not been charged to court.According to him, whereas the INEC is statutorily empowered to prosecute electoral offenders, however, security agencies t
  
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• Air Power central to Nigeria’s security success, says Defence Minister

  11-12-2025 17:03 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiAbuja – The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), has affirmed that the application of air power remains “central to the successes recorded across multiple theatres” in Nigeria’s ongoing operations against terrorists and criminal elements.Speaking at the investiture ceremony for newly promoted Air Commodores and Air Vice Marshals at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, General Musa said the promotions re
  
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• Soludo seeks to end multiple taxation with new bill in Anambra

  11-12-2025 17:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Vincent UjumaduAwka, Anambra – Governor Chukwuma Soludo has proposed a bill aimed at eliminating multiple taxation and illegal levies in Anambra State. The “Anambra State Taxes, Levies and Presumptive Tax Collection 2025” bill has successfully passed its second reading in the state House of Assembly.The bill stipulates that anyone mounting unauthorized roadblocks for revenue collection will face fines exceeding N5 million and potential imprisonment, among other penalties.Pr
  
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• Catholic priest narrates how terrorists bombed Owo church in court

  11-12-2025 16:59 via vanguardngr.com
  A Catholic priest and one of the victims of the terrorist attacks at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State, on Thursday, narrated how the incident, which left over 40 worshippers dead and over 100 others with various degrees of injuries, occurred.The priest, identified as “SSA” for security reasons, spoke while giving his evidence as the 1st prosecution witness (PW-1) before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
  
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• Political tensions rise in Nasarawa as Lafia LGA chairman suspended amid 2027 election jostle

  11-12-2025 16:48 via vanguardngr.com
  By Abel Daniel, LafiaLafia, Nasarawa – Political tensions are escalating in Nasarawa State as power struggles ahead of the 2027 general elections begin to surface, raising concerns about cracks within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).The recent suspension of Lafia Local Government Chairman, Hon. Mohammad Haliru Arabo, has intensified political uncertainty in the state, coinciding with the redeployment of the former Commissioner of Police and the appointment of a new police chief
  
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• 2027: Fubara drums support for Tinubu’s reelection

  11-12-2025 16:48 via vanguardngr.com
  By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTRivers State Governor, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, has called on Rivers people to rally behind President Bola Tinubu on his reelection bid, saying that the state stands to benefit more when the federal and state governments align.Fubara made the appeal on Thursday during the commissioning of 12 km Egbeda–Omerelu link road connecting communities in Emohua and Ikwerre Local Government Areas.Fubara said his administration is willing to work with all pro-Tinubu
  
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• PSG team bus stoned outside Bilbao hotel

  11-12-2025 16:46 via vanguardngr.com
  The Paris Saint-Germain team bus was pelted with stones outside the team hotel in Bilbao during the night after their Champions League game with Athletic, a source close to the club told AFP on Thursday.The bus was parked and had no passengers, the source said.Media reports said two cracks were visible on the coach and two people were arrested.The PSG players and staff were able to travel to the city’s airport for their Thursday morning flight back to Paris.The club is considering filing
  
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• FG launches Africa’s first gas trading market, licenses JEX

  11-12-2025 16:42 via vanguardngr.com
  By Obas Esiedesa, AbujaFederal Government on Thursday took a major step toward fully harnessing Nigeria’s 209 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves with the launch of Africa’s first gas trading market.
  At an event in Abuja, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jointly presented a Gas Trading Licence, as well as Clearing House and Settlement Authorisation, to JEX Market Limited. Speaking at the ce
  
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