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• Petroleum Sector Retards National Progress

  08-12-2025 07:51 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dele Sobowale
  NNPCL is the only state-owned oil producing organization in the entire world which has become a perpetual drag on the nation’s progress. Last week, just as the nation was celebrating the declaration of Ntn profits from operations last year, Nigerians were once again reminded that very little has changed in the management of the affairs of the most important business organization in Nigeria. Until new evidence surfaces indicating a new re-orientation of corporate gove
  
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• Why Forex Trading Is Exploding in Popularity Among Nigerian Youth

  10-12-2025 14:11 via vanguardngr.com
  Forex trading has surged into the spotlight in Nigeria, becoming one of the most talked-about ways to earn and experiment with global financial markets. What was once a niche activity reserved for bankers or finance enthusiasts has become a mainstream interest.Young Nigerians are driving this change as they explore new income streams while navigating a rapidly evolving economic environment.A Search for Financial IndependenceFor many young people, the appeal of forex trading begins with one powe
  
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• Lagos street art festival debuts, paints town amid Detty December buzz

  10-12-2025 14:04 via vanguardngr.com
  Spray paint and brushes in hand, the artists focused on their murals, tuning out the chaotic symphony of car horns and swirls of exhaust from the Lagos traffic behind them.They put the finishing touches to their contributions for the inaugural Lagos Street Art Festival, which opens Wednesday and promises to turn the mega-city into an “open-air gallery”, according to the organisers.Pedestrians walk past a mural on Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue ahead of The Lagos Street art Festival in Victor
  
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• Lagos police launch ‘Show of Force’ operation ahead of yuletide

  10-12-2025 14:03 via vanguardngr.com
  The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, on Wednesday, inaugurated a citywide ‘Show-of-Force’ security operation with the police, military, and other agencies.Jimoh said that the aim is to ensure residents’ safety ahead of the festive season.Speaking with journalists in Ikeja, he explained that the exercise is aimed at improving coordination among security agencies.He added that it aims to boost crime prevention efforts, and reassure the public abo
  
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• India deports 32 Nigerians over alleged drug peddling 

  10-12-2025 14:00 via vanguardngr.com
  India has deported 32 Nigerian nationals less than 10 days after the EAGLE anti-narcotics team, working with the Delhi Police, arrested 50 foreign nationals linked to an alleged drug-peddling ring The Times of India has reported.According to senior EAGLE officials quoted by the newspaper, investigators discovered that the suspects were part of an extensive drug network reportedly coordinated by a man known as Nick, believed to be operating from Nigeria. “During the probe, the official
  
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• Adeleke: Critics exaggerating my minor missteps – Remi Tinubu

  10-12-2025 13:51 via vanguardngr.com
  Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has downplayed public criticism following her brief interaction with Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke at the Ooni of Ife’s 10th coronation anniversary, describing the uproar as a “needless controversy.”In a Facebook statement on Tuesday, Mrs Tinubu argued that minor issues are often exaggerated by observers who create distractions around governance.
  She wrote: “Those entrusted with leadership understand their duties
  
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• ‘Battalion-size’ escort for Seyi Tinubu, misallocation of state resources – Soyinka

  10-12-2025 13:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniAmid worsening insecurity and economic challenges across Nigeria, Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has condemned what he described as a “battalion-size” security escort around Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu, saying it represents a gross misallocation of state resources.Soyinka made the remarks on Tuesday in Lagos at the 20th Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting.He recalled stepping out of a hotel in Ikoyi and being confronted by a l
  
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• Algeria owes largest airline trapped funds, Nigeria not listed – IATA

  10-12-2025 13:17 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaAlgeria has emerged as the country owing the highest amount of airline blocked funds, holding $302 million of the total $1.2 billion.Nigeria, which featured prominently, is absent, having cleared 98 per cent of blocked airline funds in 2024.Other countries on the list include Lebanon ($138 million), Mozambique ($91 million), Angola ($81 million), Zimbabwe ($67 million) and Ethiopia ($54 million).International Air Transport Association, IATA, stated that out of the total blocke
  
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• Tompolo, Ijaw monarchs, hold thanksgiving ceremony at Gbaraun Egbesu Temple

  10-12-2025 13:08 via vanguardngr.com
  By Akpokona OmafuaireOPOROZA- IN a historic and culturally significant event, Chairman, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo led Ijaw monarchs, and traditional leaders, in an enlarged thanksgiving service at the sacred Gbaraun Egbesu Temple in Oporoza, Gbaramatu Kingdom of Delta State Tuesday.The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II, Aketekpe Agadagba, led a retinue of traditional rulers to converge at the Gbaraun Egbesu Temple.Th
  
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• NCDC reports 17 new Lassa fever cases, one death

  10-12-2025 13:05 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 17 new confirmed Lassa fever cases and one death across four states in epidemiological week 47 (Nov. 17–23).The agency disclosed this on Tuesday via its official website in the Lassa Fever Situation Report for Epi Week 47.According to the NCDC, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in 2025 has risen to 1,089 with 179 deaths, compared with 1,095 cases and 179 deaths recorded over the same period in 2024.It added t
  
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• My mum didn’t want me to play basketball – BBNaija star Kaybobo

  10-12-2025 13:04 via vanguardngr.com
  Former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10 housemate, Kayode Oladele, popularly called Kaybobo, has revealed that his mother did not want him to play basketball until she was convinced by his coach.Kaybobo stated this while addressing members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ekiti State chapter, in Ado-Ekiti.He assured youths in Ekiti of his readiness to promote sports through his Kaybobo Youth Foundation.The BBNaija star, who hails from Ado-Ekiti, said he played basketbal
  
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• [Just in] Osun 2026: Adeleke emerges Accord Party governorship candidate

  10-12-2025 13:02 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboOsun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Accord Party for next year’s governorship election.Details later…
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• US plans to order foreign tourists to disclose social media histories

  10-12-2025 12:48 via vanguardngr.com
  The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to an official notice.The proposal laid out in a notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register would apply to visitors from 42 countries, including Britain, France, Australia and Japan, who do not need a visa to enter the United States.Currently, those travellers only need apply for a waiver known a
  
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• Osun 2026: Accord Party clears Adeleke for primary

  10-12-2025 12:33 via vanguardngr.com
  The screening committee of the Accord Party has screened and cleared Gov. Ademola Adeleke for the party’s governorship primary, which is being held today in Osogbo.This is contained in a statement by Mr Ibe Thankgod, the chairman of the committee and also the party’s National Organising Secretary, on Wednesday in Osogbo.Thankgod said that the governor has fulfilled all the requisite requirements for nomination and participation at the primary.He said the committee subsequently
  
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• Trump pushes to end birthright citizenship in US, says it was ‘for slaves, not rich’

  10-12-2025 12:17 via vanguardngr.com
  US President Donald Trump has argued that the principle of birthright citizenship was introduced to protect the children of enslaved people, and not, as he claimed, for “wealthy foreigners” traveling to the country to give birth.In an interview with Politico, Trump defended the executive order he signed on his first day back in the White House in January 2025, which sought to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States.
  He warned that it would be “devastat
  
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• Trump ends birthright citizenship in US, says it was ‘for slaves, not rich’

  10-12-2025 12:17 via vanguardngr.com
  US President Donald Trump has argued that the principle of birthright citizenship was introduced to protect the children of enslaved people, and not, as he claimed, for “wealthy foreigners” traveling to the country to give birth.In an interview with Politico, Trump defended the executive order he signed on his first day back in the White House in January 2025, which sought to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States.
  He warned that it would be “devastat
  
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• Why I chronicled my experiences as Buhari’s minister – Lai Mohammed

  10-12-2025 12:07 via vanguardngr.com
  The former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has narrated the reasons behind his new book, ‘Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments that Defined an Administration”.Mohammed said the book was his personal effort to document contemporary Nigerian history from the vantage point of a minister under the late President Muhammadu Buhari.Speaking in an interview with AIT, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mohammed said the book captures critical moments, decisi
  
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• Pogba invests in Saudi Arabian camel racing team Al Haboob

  10-12-2025 12:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan AbdultawabFrench football star Paul Pogba has ventured into the world of camel racing after becoming a shareholder and ambassador for Al Haboob, a Saudi Arabia-based outfit recognised as the world’s first professional camel racing team competing across the Gulf region.Pogba, 32, confirmed the move in an interview with BBC Sport on Wednesday, revealing that his interest in the sport grew after spending time watching races online and studying the techniques involved.“I&rsquo
  
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• Insecurity: Ndume praises Tinubu, urges northern govs to emulate Zulum

  10-12-2025 11:50 via vanguardngr.com
  By John AlechenuFormer Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, has hailed President Bola Tinubu’s renewed commitment to tackling Nigeria’s security challenges.Ndume said in Abuja on Wednesday that the measures so far taken by the president in response to the myriad of security threats to Nigeria’s sovereignty within the last couple of weeks have already begun yielding positive results.Nigeria has, within the last couple of months, witnessed a spike in mass abductions including that
  
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• Alleged N2.4 bn fraud: FG arraigns ex-aviation minister Stella Oduah

  10-12-2025 11:39 via vanguardngr.com
  The Federal Government on Wednesday arraigned a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, in an Abuja High Court over alleged fraud of N2.4 billion.She is arraigned alongside Gloria Odita on a five-count charge bordering on alleged fraud, obtaining by false pretence, and criminal breach of trust.The prosecution alleged that the defendants conspired in January 2014 to obtain a total of N2,469,030,738.90 from the Federal Ministry of Aviation through Broad Waters Resources Nigeria Ltd and Global
  
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• Ojota traffic robbery: Lagos Police arrest two after viral distress message

  10-12-2025 11:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Efe OnodjaeThe Lagos State Police Command says its operatives have arrested two suspected traffic robbers just 24 hours after a motorist raised an alarm over repeated attacks along the Ojota-Ketu axis.The motorist, in a message sent directly to the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, via X, SP Abimbola Adebisi, narrated how a gang of four men attempted to break into her vehicle in broad daylight at the Ojota bridge while she was commuting with her daughter. The suspects reportedly hit her
  
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• Rwanda accuses DR Congo, Burundi of ‘violations’ days after peace deal

  10-12-2025 11:13 via vanguardngr.com
  Rwanda accused the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi Wednesday of deliberately violating a ceasefire in eastern DRC, days after the signing of a peace agreement in Washington.Rwandan-backed M23 fighters entered the strategic city of Uvira, near the Burundian border late Tuesday, as it became the latest major settlement to fall in the mineral-rich region that has been plagued by decades of conflict.Thousands of civilians and scores of Congolese soldiers have fled across the border into Bu
  
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• Breaking: 150 delegates gather to pick Accord gov candidate in Osun

  10-12-2025 10:55 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboNo fewer than 150 delegates of the Accord Party are set to pick the party’s governorship candidate as its leadership cleared Governor Ademola Adeleke as the sole candidate.Adeleke joined the party on Tuesday evening after leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, citing crisis as the ground for his resignation.At the time of filing this report, 150 delegates, five from each local government council area of the state, are seated at the venue waiting to commence the exe
  
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• Venezuela opposition leader Machado to miss Nobel Peace Prize award

  10-12-2025 10:31 via vanguardngr.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, will not attend Wednesday’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and the award will be accepted by her daughter, organisers said.Machado has only been seen once in public since going underground in August last year amidst a tense showdown with President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela’s attorney general has said the 58-year-old would be considered a “fugitive” if she left the country to accept the award.It was not k
  
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• Ukraine faces military aid shortfall as Europe struggles to plug US gap

  10-12-2025 10:17 via vanguardngr.com
  Military aid for Ukraine plummeted in the second half of 2025 as falling European contributions failed to make up for the halt in US support, data from the Kiel Institute showed Wednesday.As US President Donald Trump wound down US contributions at the beginning of the year, Europe stepped up with record pledges of almost 20 billion euros ($23 billion) between March and June, more than offsetting the overall shortfall.But Europe was only able to muster fewer than eight billion euros between July
  
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• EFCC detains ex-AGF Malami over recovered Abacha loots, others

  10-12-2025 09:31 via vanguardngr.com
  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, following his inability to meet the bail conditions granted to him.A source from the commission who confirmed the development said that Malami was still in custody till 10.00p.m. on Tuesday for failing to meet the bail requirement.The former minister has been asked by the anti-graft agency to clear himself of issues relating to money launder
  
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• Reps accuse commercial banks of perpetrating illegal charges, deductions

  10-12-2025 08:47 via vanguardngr.com
  The House of Representatives on Tuesday accused commercial banks of perpetrating illegality by deducting inexplicable monies from customers without remittances.The House Ad-hoc Committee Chairman, investigating the deduction of taxes from civil and public servants’ earnings and bank charges on customers’ accounts, Rep. Kelechi Nwogu, said this during an investigative panel in Abuja.Nwogu reiterated the panel’s mandate to ensure that all deductions or charges by banks on accoun
  
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• Trump admin confirms probe of possible Covid vaccine deaths

  10-12-2025 08:43 via vanguardngr.com
  The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting a broad investigation into deaths potentially linked to Covid-19 vaccines, a spokesperson for Donald Trump’s vaccine-skeptic health secretary said Tuesday.Since Trump’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, the US government has initiated a major overhaul of vaccine policy, prompting growing concerns among the medical community.“FDA is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deat
  
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• Army crushes bandit warlord Kachalla Kallamu in Sokoto

  10-12-2025 08:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Musa Ubandawaki, SokotoThe 8th Division of the Nigerian Army has neutralised a notorious bandit commander, Kachalla Kallamu, in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State.A military source confirmed the development to newsmen on Tuesday, describing the elimination of the criminal kingpin as “a significant victory in the ongoing war against terrorism and banditry in the Northwest.”The source, who requested anonymity, revealed that Kallamu, one of the most trusted lieute
  
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• Is decentralized finance on a track to redefine our impression of banking? 

  10-12-2025 08:22 via vanguardngr.com
  The very creation of cryptocurrency has changed the way we perceive finance in its core. For the first time in forever, transactions could be made truly independent, yet secure and unreplicable. And since that moment, it was only a matter of time until crypto would try to mimic available features from traditional banking. Since the “cold storage” crypto wallets are fighting for their niche in the market, the manufacturing companies (such as Ledger and Trezor) are becoming a global c
  
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