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• Sachet alcohol ‘became uncontrollable’, encourages banditry – NAFDAC

  09-09-2026 14:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adesewa AdewaleThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has linked the indiscriminate consumption of alcohol to banditry in Nigeria, warning that excessive alcohol use can also damage vital organs of the human body.NAFDAC Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, made the disclosure during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.Adeyeye said alcohol poses serious risks to organs, including the brain, kidneys and liver. She n
  
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• Cartoon: ‘When you fail, you repeat class’

  10-09-2026 07:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
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• M-East crisis: Marketers to adjust prices as crude surges past $100 per barrel

  10-09-2026 05:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Experts call on FG to intervene to mitigate impact of petrol price adjustment
  ***Nigeria lacks barrels to maximise forex windfall — OPEC
  ***Expect higher diesel, transport, freight costs — ANALYST
  By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor, Peter Egwuatu, Yinka Kolawole & Ediri EjohLAGOS — Oil marketers are set to adjust upwards the pump prices of petroleum products in the country as international crude benchmarks rose above $100 per barrel yesterday, increasing the cost of crude an
  
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• Tactical voting: How opposition can defeat Tinubu without a sole candidate, by Olu Fasan

  10-09-2026 04:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  This is authorial licence. I am writing about a subject on which I have no particular interest, by which I mean that I’m not rooting for any candidate in next year’s presidential election. However, I am fascinated by how the opposition parties have been “strategising” to unseat President Bola Tinubu, yet doing so in fits and spurts, utterly discombobulated. With only four months to January’s presidential poll, opposition leaders have failed to agree on a single can
  
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• 2027: Don’t turn your pulpits into platforms for incitement, Tinubu cautions bishops

  10-09-2026 04:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chidinma Chukwu, AbujaABUJA — Ahead of the 2027 general election, President Bola Tinubu has urged Christian leaders to promote peace and responsible participation in the electoral process, warning against the use of the pulpit to incite violence or deepen divisions.Tinubu made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at the 2026 International Synod of Charismatic Archbishops, Bishops and Apostles, held at the National Christian Centre.Represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federat
  
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• Nigeria must secure its agro-export future

  10-09-2026 04:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nigeria cannot afford to sleepwalk into the European Union’s new deforestation regime. The warning that the country could put more than $1bn, or about N1.4tn, in annual agro-export earnings at risk should be treated as an economic emergency requiring urgent response. The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) takes effect on December 30, 2026, for large and medium-sized operators, while micro and small operators generally have until June 30, 2027.The regulation covers cocoa, coffe
  
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• Why listening is the most underrated communication skill, by Ruth Oji

  10-09-2026 04:31 via vanguardngr.com
  
  There is no shortage of advice about listening. Every leadership book includes a chapter on it. Every communication workshop dedicates time to it. The guidance is remarkably consistent: make eye contact, avoid interrupting, ask clarifying questions, paraphrase what you have heard. This is all sensible. It is also insufficient, because it treats listening as a matter of receiving information accurately when listening is actually something quite different.I was in a meeting once where a colleague
  
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• 2027, APC and merchants of political violence, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

  10-09-2026 04:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Former Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi buried his mother, Ezinne Mary Oruah, on May 5, 2026 in Ubima, his ancestral Ikwerre hometown. It was a celebration of life. At 89 years, she lived long and well. Her son was not only a two-term governor but also Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly for eight years and Minister of Transportation. When his ministerial tour of duty ended, he set his eyes on the country’s ultimate political diadem – presidency. He is Atiku Abubakar&rsq
  
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• How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers

  10-09-2026 03:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By AKINDELE ADEGEBOFor years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear of being watched, followed, and intercepted by men who know the roads, the settlements, and the forests better than almost anyone. For criminal gangs operating around such corridors, geography has traditionally been an advantage. They know the shortcuts, the bush paths, and the places wh
  
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• Don seeks abortion law review to protect interests of unborn children

  10-09-2026 02:58 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By James Ogunnaike, AbeokutaA Professor of Fetal Medicine at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Prof. Olufemi Oloyede, has called for a review of Nigeria’s abortion law, to take into account the rights and interests of unborn children.Oloyede made the call at the sideline of the university’s 130th inaugural lecture, titled, “To Live or Not to Live: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Fetal Medicine.”Speaking with journalists after the lecture, the f
  
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• Nasarawa plans mobile courts for parents of out-of-school children

  10-09-2026 02:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Government begins advocacy campaign, plans enforcement against parents who keep children out of schoolBy Edwin Phillip, LafiaLAFIA — The Nasarawa State Government has directed the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, to commence an advocacy campaign across the state to ensure that children of school age who are out of school return to the classroom.The government also said it was considering the establishment of mobile courts to prosecute parents whose children are found loiterin
  
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• Not rude, just relentless: The case for adversarial journalism in Nigeria

  10-09-2026 02:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Saheed FuhadThere is a question Nigeria’s journalism profession must confront honestly: When those entrusted with public power refuse to answer difficult questions, should journalists remain polite spectators, or should they become more persistent, more probing and, where necessary, adversarial? In a healthy democracy, journalism is not supposed to be a public-relations department for government. It is not the job of a journalist to make powerful people comfortable.The journalist&rsquo
  
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• Awon Ọlọ́pàá ti mu Obìnrin kan to gbé oògùn olóró lo s’ogbà ẹ̀wọ̀n fún ọmọ rẹ̀ tó wà ní àhámọ́…

  10-09-2026 02:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Ní ọ̀sẹ̀ yìí lórí ètò Ìwòyé : Awọn Ọlọ́pàá ti mú Ìyábọ̀ Ṣowùnmí tí ó fẹ́ gbé oògùn olóró fun omo rẹ̀ tó wa ni ọgbà ẹ̀wọ̀n ni ìpínlẹ̀ ògùn.
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• CBN warns banks, fintechs over cyber risks

  10-09-2026 02:18 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Says weak links could destabilise financial systemBy Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefABUJA: The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has urged banks, fintechs and other financial institutions to treat cybersecurity and third-party technology risks as critical financial stability issues, warning that vulnerabilities in one institution could trigger widespread disruption across the financial system.The Director, Payments System Supervision at the CBN and Chairperson of the Nigeria Electronic Fraud
  
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• 2027: Adebutu unveils seven-point agenda in governorship campaign flag-off

  10-09-2026 02:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …vows people-centric governance, prosperity, anti-corruption driveBy James Ogunnaike, AbeokutaThe governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2027 elections in Ogun State, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, has unveiled a seven-point development agenda, tagged “ITURA DE,” promising to restore local government autonomy, improve workers’ welfare, revive the state’s economy and strengthen social services if elected.Adebutu unveiled the agenda on Wednesda
  
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• Yobe LG poll: ADC alleges exclusion by YSIEC

  10-09-2026 01:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Maryam Abdul-aziz Usman, DamaturuDAMATURU — The Yobe State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has accused the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission, YSIEC, of excluding the party from crucial electoral information ahead of the 2026 local government election.The party threatened to seek legal redress and organise peaceful protests if the commission fails to address its concerns.ADC made the allegations in a letter of concern addressed to the Chairman of YSIEC, expres
  
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• Tinubu’s wife empowers 500 women in Ebonyi

  10-09-2026 01:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Jeff Agbodo, AbakalikiABAKALIKI — Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has distributed empowerment items to 500 indigent women in Ebonyi State to support them in starting new businesses or improving existing enterprises.The items included deep freezers, gas cookers with ovens, power generators and industrial grinding machines.Tinubu, who was represented by the wife of the Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru, said the empowerment programme was being imple
  
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• Unilorin don urges FG to prioritise aquaculture

  10-09-2026 01:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Demola Akinyemi
  ILORIN: A Professor of Agriculture and Fisheries at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Wasiu Adeyemi Jimoh, has urged the Federal Government to make sustainable aquaculture a strategic component of Nigeria’s food security, nutrition and economic development agenda.Jimoh said increased investment in aquaculture could accelerate the development of a resilient, environmentally sustainable and globally competitive industry capable of creating jobs, reducing dependence o
  
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• Gombe JPDA DG highlights three years of projects

  10-09-2026 01:09 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ben Ngwakwe, GombeGOMBE — The Director-General of the Gombe State Joint Projects Development and Essential Social Services Agency, JPDA, Dr Mahmood Yusuf, has highlighted the agency’s projects across the state in his three years in office, describing the period as one of institutional growth, leadership experience and grassroots development.Yusuf, a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Building, FNIOB, also expressed appreciation to Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for the opportun
  
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• Gombe women mobilise over 6,000 for unity summit

  10-09-2026 01:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ben Ngwakwe, GombeGOMBE — More than 6,000 women from across Gombe State on Wednesday converged on the APC Square, Gombe, for the maiden Gombe Women’s Unity and Progress Summit convened by Dr Zainab Jamil Gwamna.The summit, held under the theme, “Stronger Voices, United Women, Greater Impact,” brought together women from the state’s 11 local government areas and 13 Local Council Development Areas, including entrepreneurs, professionals, community leaders, politic
  
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• Polaris Bank manager killed in Imo kidnapping attack

  10-09-2026 01:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  OWERRI — Polaris Bank has expressed grief over the killing of one of its branch managers, identified as Mr Ossy, who was reportedly shot dead by suspected kidnappers at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, Imo State.The incident occurred on Sunday, September 6, 2026, within the university premises, while the banker, who was based in Owerri, was reportedly taking his children to the institution.Two female students were also reportedly abducted during the incident.In a statem
  
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• What the NBA must do to help Nigeria, Africa grow — Ex-Liberian President Weah

  10-09-2026 01:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriDespite the controversy that trailed his selection as keynote speaker at the recent Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), George Weah, immediate past President of the Republic of Liberia, took the legal body to task, outlining what it must do to help the country and the continent.
  Weah, who served as President of Liberia from 2018 to January 2024 before losing his bid for re-election to Joseph Boakai, insisted that the NBA, as the continent’
  
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• I’m not Obidient, not Kwankwasiyya, I’m NDC  -  Seriake Dickson

  10-09-2026 00:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Seriake Dickson, has said he does not belong to either the Obidient or Kwankwasiyya political support groups, insisting that his allegiance is to the NDC.Dickson made the clarification during an interview on Arise TV’s Prime Time on Wednesday, while speaking on the relationship between the party and the support bases of its presidential and vice-presidential candidates, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso.“I’m not a m
  
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• Police arrest 27-yr-old woman over fake OPay shutdown notice

  10-09-2026 00:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a 27-year-old woman, Hafsat Abubakar, over the alleged creation and circulation of a forged document claiming that fintech company OPay Nigeria Limited was shutting down its operations.The arrest was announced on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Anietie Iniedu, during a press briefing at the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre in Abuja.Iniedu said the investigation followed a formal petition submitted by OPay Digital Services Lim
  
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• Chelsea fight back from 2-0 down to beat Leeds 6-3

  10-09-2026 00:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Chelsea fought back from two goals down to beat Leeds 6-3 as Cole Palmer and Danny Welbeck rescued the Blues in a League Cup third-round classic on Wednesday.Xabi Alonso’s side were in danger of crashing out following Tarik Muharemovic’s first-half opener and a Brenden Aaronson goal soon after the interval at Stamford Bridge.But Alonso sent on England forward Palmer, along with Morgan Rogers, Pedro Neto and Reece James, at half-time and the decision inspired Chelsea’s stirring
  
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• Mac Allister scores winner as Liverpool beat Atletico Madrid 2-1

  09-09-2026 23:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Alexis Mac Allister did his case for an improved Liverpool contract no harm with the winner as Andoni Iraola got off to a winning Champions League start by beating Atletico Madrid 2-1 on Wednesday.Mac Allister expressed his frustration at not being offered a new deal on the eve of the match, but responded by blasting home from the edge of the box to cap Liverpool’s comeback.Marcos Llorente had given Atletico an early lead before Dominik Szoboszlai levelled before half-time.Victory came at
  
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• PSG begin UCL title defence with 6-1 win over Slovan Bratislava

  09-09-2026 23:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick as two-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain began their bid to win a third consecutive Champions League title by thrashing Slovan Bratislava 6-1 on Wednesday.Ousmane Dembele got the first two goals for PSG at the Parc des Princes, before Spain’s World Cup final hero Torres struck three times on his Champions League debut for his new club.Fabian Ruiz sealed the win late on as the big victory sets PSG up nicely for the rest of the league phase.Vangua
  
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• Device Mgt System won’t expose users’ data – NCC

  09-09-2026 22:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Prince OsuagwuThe Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has allayed fears that its new Device Management System, DMS, designed to strengthen Type Approval compliance for mobile devices in Nigeria, could give the regulator access to users’ personal data and communications.The Commission, in a statement by its Director, Corporate Affairs, Nnenna Ukoha, maintained that the insinuation was unfounded, stressing that the platform was designed solely for device identification and regulator
  
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• Police arrest man over mother’s murder in Osun

  09-09-2026 22:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Shina AbubakarThe Osun State Police command on Wednesday disclosed that it arrested one Taye Kasali for allegedly killing his mother, Mrs Kudirat Kasali over farm dispute.A statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer DSP Abiodun Ojelabi disclosed that the police in Bode-Osi in Ola-Oluwa local government received report that the deceased and her son were missing on September 1, 2026.Following the report, operatives from the command embarked on investigation and intelligen
  
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• Obi: Ortom condemns blockade, says Alia is responsible

  09-09-2026 22:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dickson OmobolaFormer Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has condemned the blockade of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, from visiting Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area of the state, accusing Governor Hyacinth Alia of disrespecting the rule of law.Ortom said the incident was a reflection of the situation in Benue, noting that it was unfortunate that a clergyman who should be telling the truth was telling lies.Speaking on Politics T
  
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