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• Police CP engages Zamfara community on security issues

  09-07-2026 02:09 via vanguardngr.com
  
  As part of ongoing efforts to enhance security and deepen community policing across Zamfara State, the Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State Command, CP A. M Bello, paid an operational visit to Bela and Gada communities in Bungudu Local Government Area, where he engaged traditional rulers, community leaders, and other critical stakeholders on prevailing security issues.The Commissioner of Police was received by the Emir of Bungudu, Sarkin Fulanin Bungudu, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru, alongside Alhaj
  
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• Dangote effects another cut in petrol price

  09-07-2026 08:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •As diesel prices rises across major depotsBy Udeme AkpanThe Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Wednesday trimmed its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, by ¦ 1 per litre, even as diesel prices climbed across several petroleum depots in Lagos, reflecting mixed trends in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum market.Meanwhile, the global crude oil prices suddenly surged sharply on Wednesday, with international benchmark Brent crude climbing close to
  
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• COFAS calls for Cooperative Development Fund in Anambra

  09-07-2026 08:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Laments poor financing, weak governance in the sectorBy Cynthia AloThe Cooperative Federation of Anambra State Limited, COFAS, has called on the State Government to establish a Cooperative Development Fund, CDF, and integrate cooperatives into the state’s economic planning.COFAS also disclosed that poor access to finance, weak governance structures, and low digital literacy among member societies are threatening the growth of cooperatives across the state.President of COFAS, Dr. Ogochukwu
  
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• NAICOM charges NIA to rebuild public trust in insurance

  09-07-2026 07:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Rosemary IwunzeCommissioner for Insurance, National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, Mr. Olusegun Ayo Omosehin, has charged the Nigerian Insurers Association, NIA, to lead the rebuilding of public trust in insurance as the industry enters a new phase of transformation.He gave the charge at the Investiture Ceremony of Mrs. Ebelechukwu Nwachukwu as the 27th Chairman of the NIA in Lagos on Tuesday. Nwachukwu is also the first woman to lead the Association in its history.Describing her emergen
  
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• Rising cost of essentials to push more Nigerians into poverty — IMF

  09-07-2026 07:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Maintains forecast for Nigeria’s GDP at 4.1% in 2026, 4.3% in 2027•Says improved macroeconomic stability supports Nigeria’s economyBy Babajide Komolafe, Economy EditorThe International Monetary Fund, IMF, has warned that rising prices of essential goods will deepen poverty and food insecurity in Nigeria despite improved macroeconomic stability, even as it maintained growth forecasts for the economy in 2026 and 2027 at 4.1 per cent and 4.3 per cent.In its July 2026 Wo
  
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• ILC fallout: NLC engages FG over labour violations, others 

  09-07-2026 07:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  • Raises fresh alarm over unpaid wage awards, anti-union practices   • Reviews minimum wage, telecom tariff cut, labour law reformsBy Victor Ahiuma-YoungABUJA – Details have emerged of a closed-door meeting between the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and top officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, with indications that organised labour confronted the Federal Government over alleged labour rights violations, outstanding agre
  
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• Cartoon: ‘Demonstration of craze’

  09-07-2026 07:41 via vanguardngr.com
  
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• 2027: I might not be alive to contest —Peter Obi

  09-07-2026 07:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chioma GabrielThe presidential hopeful for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in the upcoming 2027 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over his safety and the systematic frustration of his businesses, claiming he “might not even be alive” to contest the next poll.Speaking during an interview on With Chude, hosted by media personality, Chude Jideonwo, and shared on X  yesterday, Obi painted a grim picture of the challenges facing opposition figures in Nigeri
  
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• Naira appreciates to N1,400/$ in parallel market

  09-07-2026 06:59 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,400 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,405 per dollar on Tuesday.But the naira was stable at N1,379 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), as data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the indicative exchange rate remained unchanged at N1,379 per dollar.Consequently, the margin between the parallel and official markets narrowed to N21 per dollar from N26 per dollar on Tuesday.
  The interbank
  
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• DSS confirms detention of journalist, Zainab Sodiq over alleged unauthorized drone

  09-07-2026 06:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the detention of one Zainab Sodiq over alleged possession of an unauthorized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone.This is coming after Publisher of Sahara Reporter, Omoyele Sowore accused the secret police of unlawfully detaining the journalist.In a statement issued on Thursday by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Favour Dozie, the DSS said Sodiq was intercepted on July 6, 2026, by operati
  
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• PFIPC: I’ll give documents to DSS, Police — Adeyemi

  09-07-2026 06:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***NASS divided as Reps probe N1.3bn insertion; Senate blocks fresh inquiry***You can’t be judge and jury in your case, Atiku flays TinubuBy Henry Umoru, Omeiza Ajayi, Gift Odekina & Luminous JannamikeABUJA — THE brewing storm over the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, took a dramatic turn, yesterday, as the embattled Director-General of the council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, declared his readiness to cooperate fully with the Independent Corrupt Pr
  
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• IMF: Rising cost of essentials to push more Nigerians into poverty

  09-07-2026 06:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Projects Nigeria’s GDP at 4.1% in 2026, 4.3% in 2027…Cuts global growth forecast to 3.0% for 2026…Says improved macroeconomic stability supports Nigeria’s economyBy Babajide Komolafe, Economy EditorThe International Monetary Fund, IMF, has warned that rising prices of essential goods will deepen poverty and food insecurity in Nigeria despite improved macroeconomic stability, even as it maintained growth forecasts for the economy in 2026 and 2027 at 4.1 per cent
  
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• Defence Minister to troops: Shoot terrorists, don’t wait for orders

  09-07-2026 05:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Musa Ubandawaki, SokotoThe Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), on Wednesday directed security personnel engaged in counter-terrorism and anti-banditry operations not to hesitate in confronting armed criminals, warning that any operative who fails to act under the guise of awaiting orders would be treated as aiding the enemy.Speaking in Sokoto during the commissioning of security assets procured by the Sokoto State Government, the minister stressed that troops must take decisi
  
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• Lagos rescues unconscious pregnant woman, hands mother, baby to Plateau govt

  09-07-2026 04:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chioma ObinnaA 22-year-old pregnant woman found unconscious on a Lagos street has been rescued from the brink of death, delivered of a healthy baby girl and reunited with the Plateau State Government in what officials described as another success story of the Lagos State emergency healthcare intervention programme.The woman, identified as Tingni Kindness, was discovered unconscious in the Allen area of Lagos on June 6 and rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, after
  
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• Enforcement, key to effective labour market governance – ILO

  09-07-2026 03:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Victor Ahiuma-YoungSafeguarding workers’ rights is a prerequisite for quality jobs, fair labour mobility, and sustained competitiveness. The key challenge lies in ensuring that these rights are effectively realised in practice. This was the central message of Peter van Rooij, ILO Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, at the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs (EPSCO). Speaking during a plenary session on How the EU’s imp
  
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• FG reaffirms commitment to fighting drug cartels, expanding rehabilitation services

  09-07-2026 03:01 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Marwa seeks national action plan to tackle substance abuseBy Kingsley OmonobiThe Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to combating illicit drug use by dismantling drug trafficking networks, expanding access to treatment and rehabilitation, and promoting the wellbeing of Nigerians.Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, gave the assurance at the opening of the National Drug Use Summit in Abuja on Wednesday. The summit, themed “Addressi
  
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• NMA secures bail for Prof. Martin Aghaji after DSS arrest over alleged economic crime

  09-07-2026 02:47 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chioma ObinnaThe Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has secured the release on bail of renowned consultant cardiac surgeon, Prof. (Dr.) Martin Aghaji, after he was arrested and detained by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged economic crime.
  Aghaji was arrested at his residence in Enugu on Thursday, July 2, 2026, by the Enugu State Command of the DSS and was later transferred to the Lagos State Command of the agency, where he was detained as investigations con
  
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• Supreme Court goes fully digital, ditches paper records to curb tampering

  09-07-2026 02:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriOn April 23, Vanguard Law & Human Rights highlighted some of the challenges plaguing the Nigerian judiciary, chief among them the judiciary’s continued reliance on analogue systems.
  This factor, it noted, was partly responsible for the slow pace of justice administration in the country — a situation that breeds widespread public dissatisfaction and threatens to erode trust in the court system.
  Over the years, many heads of courts have acknowledged that, as t
  
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• NSW: APM mobilises stakeholders to remove cargo bottlenecks

  09-07-2026 02:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Godwin OritseNigeria’s largest container terminal, APM Terminals Apapa, has brought together key government agencies and importers in a concerted effort to resolve operational bottlenecks affecting cargo clearance on the National Single Window (NSW) platform, as authorities pledged to fine-tune the system and improve trade facilitation across the nation’s ports.
  At a Stakeholders and Customer Engagement Forum held at the terminal in Lagos yesterday, representatives of the Nationa
  
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• Zamfara gov’t digitalises public healthcare system

  09-07-2026 02:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Zamfara State Government launched a digital health initiative to improve healthcare delivery across hospitals and health facilities in the state.The Commissioner for Health, Dr Nafisa Muhammad Maradun, announced the initiative during the One-Day Digital Health Stakeholders’ Engagement Meeting held at the Ministry of Health Conference Hall in Gusau.Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Dr. Maradun said digitalising the health sector has become necessary to improve access to quality h
  
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• Zamfara boosts emergency response, launches firefighting trucks

  09-07-2026 02:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Zamfara State government yesterday boosted its emergency response mechanisms by distributing eight firefighting trucks to some local government areas across the state.Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Lawal Barau Bungudu, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Engr. Amiru Musa Anka, officially received the eight firefighting vehicles from the Secretary to the State Government for onward disbursement to the local government fire service stations.The handover forms p
  
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• Is Tinubu Nigeria’s saviour? Some genuinely think so! By Olu Fasan

  09-07-2026 01:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Recently, two weeks ago to be precise, I found myself in an ambush, facing something akin to a Spanish Inquisition. I had attended the wedding of a friend’s daughter in London. There I met some old Nigerian friends, some based in Nigeria, who I hadn’t seen for several years. We exchanged pleasantries and banters. Then, one of them said: “I read your newspaper column, why are you always critical of President Bola Tinubu.” He said being resident in the UK, I was detac
  
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• Nigerian healthcare: Questions worth asking

  09-07-2026 01:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By LADE BANDELE How should a nation judge the performance of its health sector?”Public life has an odd way of allowing the loudest questions to eclipse the most important ones.A claim is made, a rebuttal follows, familiar positions harden, and attention gradually drifts from the matter under discussion to the argument surrounding it. Before long, the debate acquires a life of its own, and the original subject begins to disappear beneath the weight of opinion. Something of that s
  
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• NYSC reforms: Wrong step in the right direction

  09-07-2026 01:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By ANTHONY KILA Some institutions deserve our gratitude, even when they demand our courage to change them. The National Youth Service Corps is one of them.When the NYSC was established in 1973, Nigeria was emerging from the trauma of the civil war. The country needed more than roads and bridges; it needed trust. It needed young Nigerians from Sokoto to know Calabar, from Enugu to understand Kano, and from Lagos to experience Maiduguri. It needed a generation that would discover that b
  
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• Probing the Safe Schools Initiative

  09-07-2026 01:35 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Senate’s planned probe of the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI) has arisen from a bitter national irony: a programme meant to protect children has become a symbol of waste and recurring insecurity. Fresh outrage over school kidnappings has pushed lawmakers to demand answers on how about N144 billion was spent with so little visible protection to show for it. The Senate, through an ad hoc committee, has resolved to investigate the initiative’s funding, implementation and outcomes. It
  
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• Self-awareness: First step to becoming a better communicator, by Ruth Oji

  09-07-2026 01:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A senior executive once walked into a meeting determined to “set everyone straight.” Sales had declined, deadlines had been missed, and frustration had been building for weeks. He spoke forcefully, convinced that he was being firm and decisive. When he finished, the room fell silent. No one challenged him. No one asked questions. Everyone simply nodded and left. As he recounted the meeting later that day, he described it as productive. His deputy, however, offered a different a
  
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• PFIPC scandal: The joke is on Aso Rock, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

  09-07-2026 01:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nigeria is one country where scandals break at the speed of light. As a public commentator, you can hardly keep pace.On May 15, terrorists raided three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting 46 people, including 39 schoolchildren. The victims, who include seven teachers and a toddler, have spent almost two months at God knows where. Two teachers were killed – one of them during the raid while the other, Mr. Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher, was beh
  
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• Sanitation: Zamfara records milestone, adopts new strategies

  09-07-2026 01:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Zamfara State Environmental Sanitation and Enforcement Agency (ZEPEA) said it will adopt a new strategic approach to the monthly environmental sanitation exercise following the significant improvement in public compliance.The chairman of the agency, Muhammad Zangina Abdullahi Yarin Gusau, disclosed this after the successful conduct of the July monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Gusau.He was represented by Permanent Member I, Alhaji Sani Muhammad Mayanci.He said the high level of c
  
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• Zamfara begins hiring of 3,050 primary school teachers

  09-07-2026 01:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Zamfara State government opened an online application portal to recruit 3,050 additional basic school teachers.This was revealed in a public announcement signed by the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Maryam Yahaya Shantali, at the weekend.She said the online application starts on July 2, 2026 and closes on July 16, 2026.The public announcement said applications submitted after the closing date will not be accepted.Some of the eligibility requirement
  
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• Tinubu, Lawal grace State House Press Corps dinner

  09-07-2026 01:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State attended the inaugural State House Press Corps Presidential Dinner at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.At the event, Governor Lawal had the honour of decorating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Grand Patron of the State House Press Corps.The presidential dinner aimed to strengthen engagement between journalists and senior government officials, recognise excellence in presidential reporting, and provide an informal setting for interaction between media and top
  
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