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• Reps to investigate error in 2025 UTME

  15-05-2025 14:26 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gift ChapiOdekina, AbujaThe House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to investigate the technical error that led to the mass failure of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).Read Also: JAMB: ‘Some sections had no questions, just answers’; UTME candidates narrate experiencesThe resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Rep. Adewale Adebayo from Osun State.JAMB released the results of candidates who sat for the 2
  
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• Super Eagles retain 38th spot in latest FIFA men’s world ranking

  22-12-2025 14:47 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan AbdultawabThe Super Eagles of Nigeria have retained the no. 38 position in latest world FIFA men’s world ranking.The ranking, which wad updated on Monday, had the Super Eagles maintain the position from November, when they had a total of 1,502 points, as there has not been any competitive matches since then.The Super Eagles, who are currently in Morocco for the 35th edition of AFCON, follow Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, and Algeria, as African teams in the FIFA rankings.Morocco are s
  
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• Trump recalls US ambassador to Nigeria

  22-12-2025 14:32 via vanguardngr.com
  United States President Donald Trump has recalled Richard Mills, the US ambassador to Nigeria, as part of a sweeping diplomatic shake-up affecting more than two dozen American missions worldwide, with Africa emerging as the most impacted continent.Nigeria is among 15 African countries whose envoys have been recalled.Others affected on the continent include Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia and
  
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• ‘Tinubu is happy with you’ – NSA Ribadu tells Fubara

  22-12-2025 14:23 via vanguardngr.com
  …as FG hints at resumption of oil exploration in OgoniBy Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTThe National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has praised Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, for his responsible leadership, stating that President Bola Tinubu is happy with the governor.Ribadu said Rivers is one of the most peaceful states in the country, commending Fubara for his leadership style.NSA spoke on Monday when he led a presidential delegation comprising the ministe
  
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• Jesus could start for Arsenal in League Cup, says Arteta

  22-12-2025 14:17 via vanguardngr.com
  Mikel Arteta has hinted that he is ready to hand Gabriel Jesus his first start in nearly a year in Arsenal’s League Cup quarter-final against Crystal Palace on Tuesday.The Premier League leaders host Oliver Glasner’s side at the Emirates, desperate to end the club’s six-year trophy drought.Jesus scored a hat-trick in Arsenal’s last-eight win against Palace last season before they fell to Newcastle in the semi-finals.The Brazil international then spent 11 months on the si
  
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• Nigeria-US relation stronger – FG

  22-12-2025 14:11 via vanguardngr.com
  The Federal Government says the relationship between Nigeria and the United States (U.S.) is stronger and will continue to wax stronger and beneficial to both countries.The Minister of Information and National Orientation,  Alhaji Mohammed Idris, made this known at the end-of-year media briefing on Monday in Abuja.He explained that in 2025, Nigeria navigated complex international diplomacy with maturity and principle.He added that the recent diplomatic spat with the U.S. has been resolved
  
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• 9 die in Gombe auto crash

  22-12-2025 13:55 via vanguardngr.com
  The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed the death of nine persons in an auto crash on the Kaltungo-Cham Road in Kaluwa community in Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State.The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Gombe Command, Samson Kaura, confirmed the accident in an interview with newsmen on Monday.Kaura said that 18 persons were involved in the crash, which left five persons sustaining varying degrees of injuries, while four other persons were unhurt.He said that the victims were
  
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• ‘Looks arranged’  —  Atiku’s aide casts doubt on students’ abduction, release

  22-12-2025 13:43 via vanguardngr.com
  Paul Ibe, media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has cast doubt on the circumstances surrounding the abduction and release of students from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Niger State, describing the government’s announcement as suggestive of a staged incident.Ibe reacted on Sunday following the confirmation that the final batch of 130 students abducted from the school had regained their freedom, bringing to an end one of Nigeria’s larg
  
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• Yuletide disruptions: NCAA insists on refreshments for delayed passengers

  22-12-2025 13:39 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaNigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has warned that, given the volume and impact of disruptions expected during the Yuletide, airlines must provide refreshments to passengers.NCAA said this on Monday while disclosing that some domestic airlines had been reported to be failing to offer passengers refreshments during lengthy flight delays.Spokesperson for the NCAA, Mr Michael Achimugu, stated on X, formerly Twitter: “It has been reported that some domestic airlines ar
  
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• WHO appoints Nigeria’s Emeje to traditional medicine group

  22-12-2025 13:38 via vanguardngr.com
  Prof. Martins Emeje, Director-General of the Nigerian Natural Medicines Development Agency (NNMDA), has been appointed as a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (STAG-TM).He was appointed alongside 19 other experts from different parts of the world.Emeje was also appointed a Co-Chair by the group members at the just concluded WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine held between Dec. 17 and D
  
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• Full list of 64 ambassadorial nominees confirmed by Senate

  22-12-2025 13:23 via vanguardngr.com
  The Senate has confirmed 34 career ambassadors and 30 non-career ambassador nominees.Read Also: FBI charges Nigerian, others over $41m insider trading, market manipulationThis followed the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Committee of the Whole on Thursday.Recalled that President Bola Tinubu’s letter for the confirmation of the ambassadors was read in the Senate on December 4.Presenting the report, the Chairman of the committee,
  
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• Yuletide: IGP orders massive deployment of personnel nationwide

  22-12-2025 13:14 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiInspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the strategic deployment of police personnel and operational assets across the country to ensure a safe, peaceful, and crime-free Christmas and New Year celebration.Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the order is in line with the Force’s proactive security strategy for the festive season.“The IGP has directed all Zonal AIGs and State Command CP’s to intensify patrols, vis
  
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• Guinness Nigeria Marks 75 Years of Brewing Happiness, Community, and Cultural Impact

  22-12-2025 13:09 via vanguardngr.com
  Guinness Nigeria Plc has commemorated its landmark 75th anniversary with a classy dinner celebration in Lagos, delivering an unforgettable experience crafted to show deep appreciation to the people and partners who have shaped the brand’s journey.
  The grand event, themed “A Bold Past, A Bright Future,” took place at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, and gathered captains of industry, government leaders, trade partners, regulators, staff, royal fathers, diplomats, a
  
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• Sunday Igboho seeks Tinubu’s intervention as herdsmen attack farmers in hometown

  22-12-2025 13:08 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adeola BadruYoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, widely known as Sunday Igboho, on Monday raised an alarm over the alleged killing of three farmers during a fresh attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Igboho, his native town in Orelope Local Government Area, Oke Ogun axis of Oyo State.The victims, identified as Aderoju Mukaila, Olawuwo Saka, and Ojeniyi Ojebayo, were reportedly hacked by herders after resisting the destruction of their farms by grazing cattle.Although the farmers were ru
  
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• Go after bandits, criminals in southwest – COAS charges troops

  22-12-2025 13:05 via vanguardngr.com
  The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has charged troops of the 2 Division, Nigerian Army, to intensify operations and flush out bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements operating within its area of responsibility.Shaibu gave the charge on Monday while addressing officers and soldiers at Odugbo Barracks, Ibadan, during his maiden operational visit to the formation.The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Appolonia Anele, made this known in a statement on Monday i
  
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• FG to treat terrorists without ambiguity, says minister

  22-12-2025 12:56 via vanguardngr.com
  By Joseph Erunke, AbujaThe Federal Government has declared an end to what it described as “ambiguous nomenclature” in dealing with insecurity, warning that any individual or group that terrorises Nigerians will henceforth be treated and classified strictly as a terrorist organisation.Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the declaration on Monday, during an end-of-year press conference in Abuja, where he outlined major security, diplomatic and intern
  
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• FBI charges Nigerian, others over $41m insider trading, market manipulation

  22-12-2025 12:47 via vanguardngr.com
  A Nigerian is among five suspects charged by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, over “insider trading and market manipulation on a massive scale” put at $41 million.Read Also: FG declares Dec 25, 26, Jan 1 public holidaysThe suspects are Izunna Okonkwo, a Nigerian; Muhammad Saad Shoukat, Muhammad Arham Shoukat, Muhammad Shahwaiz Shoukat, and Daniyal Khan, all Pakistanis.Another suspect, Gyunho Justin Kim, is being tried over another complaint.Vanguard News
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• Former PDP national youth leader MaiBasira resigns from party

  22-12-2025 12:39 via vanguardngr.com
  Rt. Hon. Abdullahi Hussaini MaiBasira, a former National Youth Leader and National Financial Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has formally resigned his membership of the party with immediate effect.In a resignation letter dated December 22, 2025, addressed to the PDP Ward Chairman of Tudun Wada South Ward, Chanchaga Local Government Area, Minna, MaiBasira expressed gratitude to the party for the opportunities he received while serving in various national and auxiliary capacities
  
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• Man City players face Christmas weigh-in as Guardiola issues ‘fatty’ warning

  22-12-2025 12:16 via vanguardngr.com
  Manchester City’s players face a Christmas Day weigh-in to check they have not over-indulged over the festive period — with Pep Guardiola warning they will be dropped if they have piled on the pounds.City enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 win over Premier League strugglers West Ham on Saturday to keep the pressure on leaders Arsenal.But Guardiola, who has won six league titles during his spell at the Etihad, is famously demanding, revealing his men had been weighed before their short break.&
  
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• More Abducted Nigerian Children Released, Government Says

  22-12-2025 12:09 via nytimes.com
  A spokesman for the Nigerian government said that the “remaining” students from a Catholic school had been freed, but the Diocese said only that a “second batch” had been released.
  
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• Iran says missile programme defensive, non-negotiable

  22-12-2025 12:00 via vanguardngr.com
  Iran insisted on Monday that its missile programme was defensive in nature and designed to dissuade attack, while adding the existence of its arsenal was not up for debate.Israel had presented Iran’s ballistic missiles, along with its nuclear programme, as the two main threats it sought to neutralise during the 12-day war the foes fought in June.“Iran’s missile programme was developed to defend Iran’s territory, not for negotiation,” foreign ministry spokesman
  
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• Court grants FG’s plea to reopen terrorism case against suspects linked to Bello Turji

  22-12-2025 11:45 via vanguardngr.com
  The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application filed by the Federal Government to reopen a terrorism charge filed against five suspects linked to the notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji.Justice Emeka Nwite granted the application in a ruling on the motion on notice filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) seeking an order re-listing the charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/633/2024, in the cause list of the court.Justice Nwite held that the motion, moved by the AGF’s la
  
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• Liverpool fear Isak has broken leg – Reports

  22-12-2025 11:28 via vanguardngr.com
  Liverpool are awaiting scan results they fear will confirm record signing Alexander Isak has suffered a broken leg after he was injured in their win against Tottenham, reports said Monday.The Sweden forward was hurt in the act of scoring the opening goal in Saturday’s 2-1 victory in London after a sliding challenge from Spurs defender Micky van der Ven.Isak, 26, who had come on as a second-half substitute, was unable to celebrate with his teammates and left the pitch in considerable distr
  
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• Troops arrest bandit leader in Benue

  22-12-2025 10:55 via vanguardngr.com
  Troops of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Wukari, under the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have arrested a bandit leader in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.A statement on Monday by Lt. Umar Muhammad, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Brigade, described the arrest as a major operational breakthrough for the army.According to him, the arrest of the notorious bandit leader responsible for multiple kidnapping and armed robbery incidents
  
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• Residents flee Kwara community after fresh abduction attempt as king remains in captivity

  22-12-2025 10:50 via vanguardngr.com
  By Demola Akinyemi, IlorinResidents of Bayagan Ile in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State are now fleeing the community in droves, following a fresh attempt by bandits to abduct residents Sunday morning.Vanguard reliably gathered that the community has been left in fear and confusion following the sudden abduction of the monarch, Alhaji Kamilu Salami, the Ojibara of Bayagan, on November 29, 2025, while working on his farm on that fateful Saturday morning.It was further gathered th
  
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• Nigerian newspapers review: Why Presidency raised 2026 budget to N58trn

  22-12-2025 10:16 via vanguardngr.com
  In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Presidency increasing the 2026 budget from N54.46 trillion in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework to N58.18 trillion to fund large-scale recruitment into the military, police and other security agencies.Another story focuses on the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on June 12, 2023, highlighting the slim numerical gap between the ruling All Progressives Congress and opposition parties in
  
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• Photos: Forum congratulates Seyi Tinubu on coronation as Okanlomo of Yorubaland

  22-12-2025 09:57 via vanguardngr.com
  The Non-Indigenes in Lagos Consultative Forum has congratulated Mr. Seyi Tinubu on his coronation as the Okanlomo of Yorubaland, describing the title as one of deep ancestral significance, cultural honour, and moral responsibility within the Yoruba traditional institution.In a congratulatory message signed by its Coordinator, Hon. Steve S. Oswald, the forum noted that the revered title represents a solemn call to service to humanity, culture, and the people whose heritage it embodies. The group
  
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• Rescue of Niger students reaffirmation of Nigeria’s resolve to protect its people – FG

  22-12-2025 09:37 via vanguardngr.com
  The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the rescue of the remaining 130 children and staff from St Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, is a reaffirmation “of our nation’s resolve to protect its people.”This is contained in a statement issued by Idris in Abuja on Sunday.He said, “As it is, the Federal Government can confirm that all the abducted pupils of the Catholic School, Papiri, numbering 230, have been freed.
  
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• AI resurrections of dead celebrities amuse and rankle

  22-12-2025 09:06 via vanguardngr.com
  In a parallel reality, Queen Elizabeth II gushes over cheese puffs, a gun-toting Saddam Hussein struts into a wrestling ring, and Pope John Paul II attempts skateboarding.Hyper-realistic AI videos of dead celebrities — created with apps such as OpenAI’s easy-to-use Sora — have rapidly spread online, prompting debate over the control of deceased people’s likenesses.OpenAI’s app, launched in September and widely dubbed as a deepfake machine, has unleashed a flood of v
  
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• Visa restrictions‘ll address US-Nigeria mutual security concerns – Envoy

  22-12-2025 08:15 via vanguardngr.com
  The United States’ Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, says the recent visa restrictions announced by the U.S. government are designed to strengthen security procedures and are not actions targeted at Nigerians.Mills gave the clarification at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja during the visit of a U.S. Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Nigeria.He said the presidential proclamation, which would take effect from Jan. 1, 2026, affecting certain visa categories, was part of broader mea
  
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