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• Osimhen’s late bicycle kick secures win for Galatasaray over Samsunspor

  05-12-2025 21:57 via vanguardngr.com
  Victor Osimhen scored twice, including a dramatic stoppage-time winner, as Galatasaray held off a late Samsunspor fightback to secure a 3-2 victory in the Turkish Super Lig on Friday night.The home side started strong, with Germany international Leroy Sané opening the scoring in the eighth minute.
  Osimhen then doubled Galatasaray’s lead just before the half-hour mark, finishing off a fine setup from Sané.Samsunspor came roaring back in the second half, with Anthony Musaba pu
  
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• A banner without stain: Justice, accountability, development  

  10-12-2025 02:12 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chidi Odinkalu This conference meets in a difficult moment for a country with a troubling balance sheet. On the credit side, civilian government under the guise of electoral legitimacy is now in its 26th year, the longest unbroken stretch in Nigeria’s history. It is a stretch long enough to inspire genuine questions from the people about the rewards it has offered to any demographic on a national scale in the country other than the politicians. Alive to the fact of their
  
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• CSOs fault hasty NASS approval of Tinubu’s request to send troops to Benin Republic

  10-12-2025 02:06 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gabriel EwepuSome civil society groups have faulted the hasty way and manner the National Assembly approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to send Nigerian soldiers to Benin Republic, which recently experienced a military coup.The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, in its reaction to the development, described it as a sign of collapsed foreign policy.Speaking with Vanguard, Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Rafsanjani, said: “We have a collapse of foreign policy
  
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• Senate approves Tinubu’s request to deploy troops in Benin

  10-12-2025 02:03 via vanguardngr.com
  …ECOWAS declares state of emergency in West Africa over poor governance
  …Flags Nigeria, others as highest in displaced populationBy Henry Umoru, Nkiruka Nnorom & Favour UleborABUJA—The Senate has given President Bola Tinubu approval to send Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin as part of efforts to help restore calm and stability after last weekend’s attempted military takeover.The endorsement was announced yesterday by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, a
  
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• Millions of out-of-school children, a national emergency — Shettima

  10-12-2025 01:54 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruABUJA- VICE President Kashim Shettima yesterday raised alarm that the millions of out-of-school children in the country have become a national emergency.According to him, it has become imperative for all hands to be on deck by the federal, state, local governments and all critical stakeholders in order to address the problem.Speaking at the 2025 Nigeria Education Forum, NEF, organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Educati
  
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• Politics of Gov Otti’s Ngwa identity, by Ochereome Nnanna

  10-12-2025 01:52 via vanguardngr.com
  It is so irritating that some mischievous elements in the deservedly dying Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the Ngwa axis in Abia State have continued to tease the Governor of the State, Dr Alex C. Otti (CON) with the issue of whether or not he is a full-blooded Ngwa person. I saw a recent Facebook post on this issue, with the picture of an unnamed political yokel used to illustrate it. The identity profiler was quoted as threatening to publish a video where Otti allegedly denied his Ng
  
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• Who gave the order?

  10-12-2025 01:41 via vanguardngr.com
  Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, was in the Senate on Wednesday December 3, 2025 for his screening as President Bola Tinubu’s nominee for Defence Minister. Why is an officer removed as CDS just about a month ago suddenly found worthy to be Defence Minister? What changed?At the screening exercise, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, really came out of himself. He strongly opposed suggestions by some of his colleagues that Musa should just be allo
  
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• Airspace Violations: Nigeria, Sahel states differ over detained aircraft, soldiers

  10-12-2025 01:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley Omonobi & Favour UleborBobo Dioulasso—Conflicting accounts yesterday trailed the detention of a Nigerian Air Force, NAF, C-130 plane and 11 soldiers onboard in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.The Hercules aircraft and its occupants were detained by the Burkinabe government on Monday, with the crew, having been accused of entering the country’s airspace without clearance.While NAF claimed its crew landed the aircraft in Burkina Faso due to technical concerns, Burkina Fas
  
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• A coup and its aftermath, by Rotimi Fasan

  10-12-2025 01:34 via vanguardngr.com
  Less than two weeks after the self-orchestrated coup that led to the ouster of then incumbent president of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Embalo, another coup was staged in Benin Republic of President Patrice Talon. It would have been the latest successful coup in the West African sub-region since Mali opened the door that is fast leading African countries, particularly the former French-speaking colonies, down the abandoned route that leads to the khaki-wearing usurpers that postured as the peoples&rsqu
  
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• Edo Youth Parliament Speaker resigns, alleges abandonment of youth activities, funding

  10-12-2025 01:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ozioruva AliuBENIN CITY – THE Speaker of the Edo State Youth Parliament, Prince Fawaz Muhammed, has resigned his position and membership of the parliament, citing abandonment of youth-oriented programmes and non-funding of the parliament.In a letter addressed to the Clerk of the parliament, Muhammed said they have been self-funding the parliament and that most of the programmes that relate to youths were being abandoned while praise singers are the people getting attention, a developme
  
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• Adamawa communal clash: Army, community, disagree over killing of women

  10-12-2025 00:58 via vanguardngr.com
  •Militia killed 2 protesting women — ArmyBy Kingsley Omonobi & Umar YusufThe Nigerian Army 23 Brigade, and the people of Bachamas community in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State, have disagreed over the killing of protesting women in Lamurde, during which some others were injured.While the army denied being responsible for the killings, locals alleged that the protesters were shot by the soldiers drafted to the area to maintain peace and order.Recall that there have b
  
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• France Beyond Politics: The Civilisation that Continues to Shape the World, by Usman Sarki

  10-12-2025 00:52 via vanguardngr.com
  “A nation is great not by its size alone, but by the justice it upholds and the ideals it serves”— Jean JuaresThere is a tendency in contemporary African discourse to reduce France to a set of political quarrels, historical grievances, and present-day misalignments. In the heated rhetoric of the Sahel, France is spoken of only as a fading power, a resented former colonial authority, or a scapegoat for domestic failures. This framing, while emotionally potent and simplisti
  
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• The resurgence of military coups in Africa and why democracy is failing 

  10-12-2025 00:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By ERNEST OSOGBUEThe recent coup de’tat in Guinea Bissau should begin to get all lovers of good governance in Africa worried about the fate of democracy on the continent. It has now become the vogue in recent years for impatient military officers to turn their guns against democratically elected governments. These officers, who pretend to be messiahs, hide their ambitions behind their rifles in a bid to show their superiority in statecraft, of which knowledge they lack in reality.Whi
  
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• Telecoms:  We are all underserved, dear Minister, by Okoh Aihe

  10-12-2025 00:16 via vanguardngr.com
  I am obviously excited that the Nigerian government is going to build 4,000 telecom towers in order to boost the capacity of the nation’s telecommunications backbone. A happy Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, informed, last week, that it was one of the decisions taken at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. Good reasons, he adduced for such a landmark decision. It will help to take service to the underserved people in the underserved areas
  
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• The Need for National Political Reform Conference (11), by Afe Babalola

  10-12-2025 00:09 via vanguardngr.com
  Continued from last weekEconomic ReformsAs part of the ongoing exercise, there is urgent need for economic reforms. Regrettably, Nigeria is one of the poorest countries in the world.Having regard to the natural resources, including minerals, grassland, savannah, tropical and rain forest region, we should be one of the richest countries in the world. There is urgent need to develop agriculture, minerals of all types, including oil, bitumen, gas, iron, coal, gold, columbite, etc.Government s
  
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• Allow political pluralism if you want to stop coups — Falana tells FG

  09-12-2025 23:32 via vanguardngr.com
  Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has urged the Federal Government to expand political freedoms and open up the democratic space if it intends to prevent coups and promote stability in Nigeria and West Africa.Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Falana said Nigeria must confront the underlying social and political conditions that fuel instability.“If we want to have political stability in Nigeria, you must address the cris
  
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• NAFDAC raises alarm over incessant importation of unregistered edible oil

  09-12-2025 23:15 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has issued a public alert over the rising importation and circulation of substandard and unregistered edible oils across the country, warning that the trend poses a serious risk to public health.In a press statement published on its X handle – @NafdacAgency, the agency said the alert followed a formal complaint from Lebruni Agro Limited, a duly registered Nigerian manufacturer of premium-quality edib
  
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• 2026: Osun APC elects 1,660 ward delegates for guber primary

  09-12-2025 23:11 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina AbubakarAs the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State prepares for its governorship primary on Saturday, the party on Tuesday elected one thousand six hundred and sixty (1,660) delegates for the exercise.Announcing the outcome at the party secretariat in Osogbo after the exercise held across the 332 wards, the Chairman of the Osun State Gubernatorial Congress Delegate Committee, Engr. Shehu Dange confirmed that five delegates were elected in each of the state’s 332 wards.H
  
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• Why I decided not to celebrate my birthday -Akpabio

  09-12-2025 23:06 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruThe President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that he decided against an elaborate celebration of his birthday due to the nation’s mood.According to Akpabio, there was no elaborate celebration of the occasion except the cutting of the birthday cake presented to him by the Staff and Aides in the Office of the Senate President.Akpabio, who clocked 63 yesterday, was presented with a cake  in his office after the Senate Plenary, with some Senators in
  
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• Why Plateau govt is reorganising mining sector – Commissioner

  09-12-2025 22:45 via vanguardngr.com
  Mr Peter Gwom, the Plateau Commissioner for Environment, Climate Change and Solid Mineral Development, says the State Government’s move to reorganise the mining sector would benefit all citizens.Gwom said this on Tuesday at a two-day workshop on implementing Extractive Industries Transparency Standards in Plateau, organised by the ministry.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was organised in collaboration with the Open Government Partnership (OGP), Forum, Publish Wh
  
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• Transport minister directs NRC to improve services delivery

  09-12-2025 22:18 via vanguardngr.com
  The Minister of Transportation, Mr Said Alkali, has directed the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to intensify reforms across the nation’s rail network to boost safety and  efficiency.This is contained in a statement signed  by Mr Alkali Jibril, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Minister of Transportation, in Abuja on Tuesday.Alkali stated that the directive essentially followed recent public feedback on the sector’s developments and the need for an ove
  
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• Ogun disability community pleads with Abiodun for inclusion

  09-12-2025 21:43 via vanguardngr.com
  The Ogun Disability Community has made a passionate appeal to Gov. Dapo Abiodun to respect and recognise their rights in the state’s scheme of things.Mr Abdulwahab Matepo, interim National President, Spinal Cord Injuries Association of Nigeria (SCIAN), stated this while addressing newsmen on behalf of the community in Abeokuta on Tuesday.Matepo said the state was too enlightened to allow more than 15 per cent of its population with disabilities to continue living in exclusion.Therefore, h
  
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• Abduction of schoolchildren is a lesser evil than killing soldiers — Gumi

  09-12-2025 21:13 via vanguardngr.com
  Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, says the abduction of schoolchildren is a “lesser evil” when compared with the killing of soldiers.According to Gumi,  both acts are condemnable, but they do not fall within the same moral category.Gumi stated this in an interview with the BBC published on Tuesday, where he defended earlier comments that had drawn criticism from security analysts and members of the public.The cleric said  his assertion is based on a moral hierarchy,
  
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• Fubara’s exit a ‘self-inflicted injury – PDP

  09-12-2025 20:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) poses a serious threat to Nigeria’s democratic equilibrium, saying the move accelerates the country’s drift toward a ‘one-party state.’The party argued that the political upheaval in Rivers State reflects a deeper erosion of democratic norms and the growing influence of powerful actors over state institutions.In a sta
  
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• Tinubu remains steadfast in tackling security challenges – Shettima

  09-12-2025 20:31 via vanguardngr.com
  Vice President Kashim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu has remained steadfast in tackling security challenges across the country.Shettima stated this on Tuesday, when participants in the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 18 of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The participants, led by the NISS Commandant, Mr Joseph Odama, and representatives of the 78 participants, were at the Presidential Villa to present the execut
  
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• Presidency urges Nigerians to back 2030 climate agenda

  09-12-2025 20:24 via vanguardngr.com
  Dr Bala Inusa, Senior Technical Adviser to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has urged Nigerians to intensify efforts toward achieving the 2030 climate-related targets.Inusa made the call on Tuesday at the 2025 Nigeria SDG Awards and Symposium in Abuja, organised by the African Cleanup Initiative in partnership with the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC).With the theme “Scaling Up Actions: Accelerating Nigeria’s Journey Towa
  
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• Senate summons Keyamo, NCAA, FAAN, airline owners over soaring airfares

  09-12-2025 20:02 via vanguardngr.com
  The Senate has summoned the Minister of Aviation, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and the Association of Airline Owners to appear before its Committee on Aviation.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summon is over what the senate described as an “astronomical hike” in domestic flight ticket prices.The upper chamber condemned the sharp rise in air fares, noting that it had placed a greater burden on Nigerian
  
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• ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ deepens Diddy’s woes, sparks questions about Tupac, Biggie

  09-12-2025 19:52 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan Abdultawab50 Cent’s Netflix docuseries – Sean Combs: The Reckoning – has placed Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs under intense scrutiny, revisiting his role in the turbulent 1990s hip-hop scene and reigniting public questions about the mysterious deaths of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. The series’ portrayal of events has sparked heated debate among fans and critics, as old controversies and unresolved suspicions resurface in the spotlight.Following the re
  
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• Shinkafi urges Tinubu to unify defence command, warns of worsening insecurity

  09-12-2025 19:48 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeAbuja — Former National Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr. Abdullahi Sani Shinkafi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to unify the command structure of the Ministry of Defence, warning that Nigeria’s security challenges could worsen if the current split leadership arrangement persists.In a statement, Shinkafi, who is also the Executive Director of the Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPSD), said the rise in t
  
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• Just in: Adeleke officially joins Accord Party

  09-12-2025 19:42 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboGovernor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has officially joined the Accord Party ahead of the party’s governorship primary, scheduled for Wednesday.The governor’s defection comes days after a resignation letter, dated November 4, surfaced online on December 1, following which the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) conducted its primary that produced Adebayo Adedamola as its candidate.Adeleke formally announced his move on Tuesday evening at the Banquet Hall of the
  
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