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• Security operatives arrest five in Oyo over illegal sand mining

  04-09-2026 19:42 via punchng.com
  
  Five suspects have been arrested in Oyo State over alleged illegal sand mining of laterite and gravel from a farm settlement, impacting agricultural land.Read More: https://punchng.com/security-operatives-arrest-five-in-oyo-over-illegal-sand-mining/
  
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• Oye to Tinubu: Economic growth must tackle hunger, joblessness

  07-09-2026 03:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  THE Chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, Dele Oye, has said reforms by the Bola Tinubu-led administration over the past three years have improved the country’s macroeconomic stability and resilience.He, however, urged the government to take further steps to turn these recent macroeconomic gains into lower food prices, productive jobs and improved living standards for Nigerians.Oye in a statement, titled “The Economy Is Stabilising. Now Let the People Fe
  
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• Businesses suffer as FG’s domestic borrowings surge 90% to N24.7trn

  07-09-2026 03:47 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Babajide KomolafeThe federal government increased its borrowing from domestic investors by 90.5 per cent, year-on-year (YoY), to N24.7 trillion in the eight months to August 2026, against N12.98 trillion in the corresponding period of 2025 (8M’25).
  Financial Vanguard findings from the government’s various public finance data also showed that credit to government grew more than four times faster than credit to the private sector during the same period. The data are generated from
  
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• Nigeria in a new Middle East, by Suleiman A. Suleiman

  07-09-2026 02:41 via vanguardngr.com
  
  It was bemusing to read in the news that Nigeria has joined the Red Sea Alliance, an ostensibly “maritime security” coalition cobbled together by Saudi Arabia, along with 12 other predominantly Muslim countries in tow. The announcement exposes our current approach to foreign policy: episodic, sentimental, and reactive rather than deliberate and strategic. It has the fifth-largest Muslim population in the world. It is Africa’s largest country by population and ranks in the top
  
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• The Ogbeni years: Reporting a politician to history, by Owei Lakemfa

  07-09-2026 02:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  There are not a few who see Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, former Minister of Interior and onetime Osun State Governor, as an enigma. A politician that would not shy away from a fight he considers necessary, even if it appears unwinnable. A man who would yield no ground unless confronted with a superior argument. A puzzle that needs to be unknotted.On September 3, 2026, I was part of an audience in Abuja that attended the launch of the book Ogbeni: The Osun Renaissance Years, which tried to ex
  
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• The economy is stabilising

  07-09-2026 02:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Alliance for Economic Research and EthicsNigerians should be honest enough to acknowledge progress when progress has been made and courageous enough to say when progress has not yet become prosperity.The Tinubu administration deserves credit for taking decisions that many Nigerian governments postponed for years. The removal of the petrol subsidy, the movement toward a more market-based foreign-exchange regime, the abandonment of monetary financing of fiscal deficits, the rebuilding of
  
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• S/African Afrophobia: All eyes on AU

  07-09-2026 02:34 via vanguardngr.com
  
  President Bola Tinubu was right to take South Africa’s recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks to the African Union (AU). Speaking for him at the AU’s 21st Extraordinary Session in Luanda, Vice President Kashim Shettima called for collective action and urged that the matter be placed on the agenda of the January 2027 General Assembly. That diplomatic escalation is overdue.South Africa’s latest wave of anti-immigrant violence has exposed an ugly contradiction in the contine
  
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• Nigeria’s rehabilitation crisis deepens as 80% of occupational therapists leave

  07-09-2026 01:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ….AS FSOT graduates 93 students
  By Chioma ObinnaNigeria is facing an acute shortage of occupational therapists, with about 80 per cent of those trained in the country reportedly leaving for greener pastures, worsening access to rehabilitation services for more than 200 million Nigerians.
  The Acting Registrar of the Federal School of Occupational Therapy (FSOT), Lagos, Mrs Philomena Omoike, raised the alarm at the institution’s 20th and 21st combined convocation, where 93 students g
  
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• Rising drug costs: Greenlife unveils new strategy, eyes local production

  07-09-2026 01:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chioma ObinnaAmid rising costs of pharmaceutical raw materials and growing pressure on the drug industry, Greenlife Pharmaceuticals Limited has unveiled a new strategy to strengthen partnerships across the pharmaceutical value chain and advance plans for local manufacturing.
  The company’s new initiative, Pharmacy Access and Commercial Trade, PACT 2026, was launched at its inaugural forum in Lagos, bringing together major wholesalers and trade partners to discuss sustainable growth, bus
  
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• Anatomy: Okanlawon retires after 44 years, leaves legacy of scholars

  07-09-2026 01:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … As CMUL celebrates professor’s research, mentorship, institution-building
  By Chioma ObinnaAfter 44 years in academic medicine, Professor Olugbenga Abayomi Okanlawon is retiring from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, CMUL, with colleagues describing his greatest legacy as the generations of scholars he trained and mentored.
  Okanlawon, who retires on September 16, began his journey in Anatomy as a medical student before becoming a professor, researcher, academic adminis
  
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• 11.2m Nigerians battle diabetes as stakeholders seek safer sugar cuts

  07-09-2026 01:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … NIFST, ISA call for science-based food reformulation, stronger local researchBy Chioma ObinnaWith an estimated 11.2 million Nigerians living with diabetes, food scientists and industry stakeholders have called for science-based measures to reduce sugar consumption without compromising food safety, quality or consumer choice.The stakeholders, under the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, NIFST, and the International Sweeteners Association, ISA, also urged the Federal Gove
  
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• SFU probes multi-billion-dollar fraud in oil sector

  07-09-2026 01:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Emma NnadozieThe Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Ikoyi, Lagos, has commenced investigations into alleged massive fraud running into billions of dollars in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.
  The unit reportedly began probing the alleged fraud following complaints from concerned Nigerians and intelligence networks said to have uncovered what could be one of the biggest scams in the country’s oil and gas industry.
  In one of the cases, the investigation followed a petition by an anti-corr
  
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• Brain drain: Nigeria risks losing more eye specialists, OSN warns

  07-09-2026 01:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Damilola SamuelNigeria’s shortage of eye-care specialists could worsen as more ophthalmologists leave the country, with the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN) estimating that the migration of a single specialist could cost the economy about $150,000 annually.The President of OSN, Dr Gloria Patrick-Ferife, raised the concern in a communiqué issued at the end of the society’s 51st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Abuja.The three-day conference, them
  
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• Colon cancer: Widow, 38, appeals for N5m to undergo chemotherapy

  07-09-2026 01:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Sola OgundipeAt 38, Aminat Bello should be building her fashion business and raising her three sons, instead, she is battling colon cancer and struggling to raise the money needed to complete her treatment.
  A widow, Aminat’s ordeal began on December 15, 2025, when she developed severe abdominal pain that left her unable to stand. Medical tests later revealed a tumour in her colon.
  She underwent surgery to remove the tumour on March 18, 2026. She was subsequently referred to the NSIA-LU
  
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• Osimhen suffers groin injury as Galatasaray confirm adductor strain

  07-09-2026 00:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has suffered a groin injury, with Galatasaray confirming that medical examinations detected a moderate-to-advanced strain in his right adductor muscle group.The Turkish champions said Osimhen underwent MRI and advanced examinations at Acıbadem Hospital alongside teammate Mario Lemina, who was also diagnosed with a similar injury.In a statement, Galatasaray said: “Following the completion of MR and advanced examinations at our sponsor Acıbadem
  
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• Koeman Jr makes history as first Eredivisie goalkeeper to score twice in a match

  07-09-2026 00:29 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Ronald Koeman Jr made Eredivisie history on Sunday after becoming the first goalkeeper to score twice in a single match, rescuing a 2-2 draw for Telstar against Cambuur.The 31-year-old, son of former Netherlands and Barcelona star Ronald Koeman, converted two penalties as Telstar fought back after falling two goals behind.Telstar were reduced to 10 men in the 22nd minute following Nökkvi Thórisson’s red card, but managed to stay in the contest.Cambuur took control after the br
  
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• Nigeria pretending to practise democracy – Donald Duke

  07-09-2026 00:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Former Cross River State governor and presidential candidate of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Donald Duke, has declared that Nigerians were better off under military rule.He argued that 27 years of civilian government had imposed enormous costs without delivering corresponding improvements in the lives of the people.“The people were better off under the military. At least governance was not that expensive,” Duke said in an interview weekend.He added that the assessment should be me
  
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• Iran threatens greater force if US launches more attacks

  06-09-2026 23:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Iran’s top negotiator on Sunday threatened a more forceful response to any further US attacks after Tehran targeted American warships in their latest round of clashes.The exchanges of fire, which began with US raids last week, come amid a deadlock in the six-month war between the two foes.Iran has maintained its stranglehold on the strategic Strait of Hormuz while Washington continues a counter-blockade of Iranian ports.Washington is also seeking to choke Iran’s economy, rolling out
  
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• NOUN bursar shot dead while returning from Gusau

  06-09-2026 23:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Joseph Erunke, AbujaThe National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, has announced the death of its Bursar, Mallam Nasiru Marafa, who was reportedly shot dead while returning from Gusau, Zamfara State.The university announced Marafa’s death in a statement on Sunday, describing it as a “sudden and untimely” loss of a senior administrator who had served the institution in various capacities.However, the university did not disclose the exact location of the attack or details sur
  
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• Police arrest 10 suspected vandals, recover cables in Abuja

  06-09-2026 23:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Kingsley OmonobiThe Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has arrested 10 suspected vandals in separate operations in Kubwa, Wuye and the National Mosque area of Abuja, recovering armoured cables and a vandalised solar-powered street light.The command said on Sunday that the arrests were part of its efforts to protect critical public infrastructure in the Federal Capital Territory.The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said the suspects were arrested during separate op
  
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• IGP Disu inspects 23 police barracks, pledges improved welfare

  06-09-2026 23:34 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Kingsley OmonobiThe Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has inspected 23 police barracks across the country as part of efforts to assess the living conditions of personnel and their families and identify areas requiring urgent intervention.A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Aniete Iniedu, on Sunday said the inspection covered residential quarters and other welfare facilities within the barracks.According to the statement, Disu interacted with personnel
  
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• FG deploys 13 ambulances to Ogun to boost emergency care

  06-09-2026 23:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Daniel KudayahThe Federal Government has deployed 13 emergency ambulances to Ogun State as part of efforts to strengthen pre-hospital and emergency medical care across the country.The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, flagged off the deployment in Ogun with the distribution of three Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) ambulances, one Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance and nine tricycle ambulances to selected health facilities in the state.The deployme
  
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• How to identify a collapsing building – NEMA

  06-09-2026 23:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has urged Nigerians to remain alert to warning signs that could indicate an impending building collapse.NEMA gave the warning in a post on its X platform on Sunday, noting that building collapses are often preceded by visible or audible signs of structural distress.According to the agency, cracks, unusual sounds, tilting walls, sagging floors and other structural changes should not be ignored.It urged members of the public to learn to recognise th
  
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• NELFUND debunks claim of life jail term over loan repayment

  06-09-2026 23:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has dismissed as false a viral publication claiming that President Bola Tinubu approved life imprisonment for students who fail to repay their education loans after graduation.NELFUND described the claim as “fake news” in a post on its official X account on Sunday, where it also shared an image of the purported newspaper front page being circulated online.The doctored publication, dated Thursday, May 27, 2027, carried the headline: “A
  
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• ‘We need to keep calm and carry on’ after Arsenal defeat – Alonso

  06-09-2026 22:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Xabi Alonso urged Chelsea to use their 2-1 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday as a valuable lesson in the race to catch the Premier League champions.Blues boss Alonso had presided over free-scoring wins against Fulham and Brighton in the top-flight and Luton in the League Cup.But Arsenal, who have won their opening three games, inevitably proved a far more formidable opponent in a pulsating London derby at the Emirates Stadium.Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead after just 77 seconds but Kai Havertz equal
  
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• 2027: I know Tinubu’s mistakes, I won’t blame him when I become President — Adebayo

  06-09-2026 22:24 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has said he is fully aware of the shortcomings of President Bola Tinubu’s administration but would not blame the incumbent if he succeeds him as president in 2027.Adebayo said he understood the challenges confronting the country and the policies of the Tinubu administration that he considered wrong, insisting that whoever takes over government must accept both its achievements and liabilities.He made the rem
  
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• 2027: Moro flags off campaign, accuses Alia of neglecting Zone C

  06-09-2026 21:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Peter Duru, MakurdiSenate Minority Leader and Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Abba Moro, has accused the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia of neglecting the district, saying the people of Zone C had “never had it so bad” under the present government.Moro spoke at St. Andrew’s Primary School Field, Otukpo, where he formally flagged off his campaign for re-election to the Senate in the 2027 general elections.Addressing a large gathering of support
  
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• ‘I’m alive,’ Actress Ruth Kadiri debunks death rumour

  06-09-2026 21:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nollywood actress and filmmaker Ruth Kadiri has debunked reports claiming that she died, assuring fans that she is alive, safe and was not involved in any accident.Kadiri addressed the rumour on Sunday after false reports circulated across social media, causing concern among her followers.In a video shared on her Instagram page, the actress urged members of the public to disregard the reports and report social media pages spreading the false information.“Please note that I am alive. I did
  
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• OPEC+ maintains output as Nigeria seeks higher production

  06-09-2026 21:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Udeme Akpan, Energy EditorThe Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, OPEC+, has maintained October oil production levels for seven major producers, as Nigeria seeks to increase crude output and strengthen its revenues from the global oil market.Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman agreed at a virtual meeting on September 6, 2026, to maintain their September 2026 required production levels for October after reviewing global market conditi
  
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• New Zealand visa allows foreign students to stay up to 5 years

  06-09-2026 21:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  New Zealand’s Pathway Student Visa allows international students to study up to three courses consecutively on a single visa, providing they have an approved study pathway and meet the country’s visa requirements.The visa allows eligible students to remain in New Zealand for up to five years, depending on the length of their study pathway.Applicants must have an offer of place from an approved pathway education provider and demonstrate that they have enough money to pay their tuitio
  
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