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• Stowaway caught clinging to aircraft tyres at Ilorin airport

  10-12-2025 19:14 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaMr Segun Martins, a suspected stowaway, has been caught at the General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport in Ilorin, Kwara State.Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, which confirmed the incident, said Martins, in an attempt to flee to the United States of America, gained unauthorised access to the foot of an Overland aircraft that was about to taxi for takeoff.Spokesperson for the NCAA, Mr Michael Achimugu, however, stated that ground security at the airport apprehended him an
  
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• US lawmaker, Moore visits Benue, flays violence driving thousands Into IDP camps

  11-12-2025 01:51 via vanguardngr.com
  UNITED States congressman, Riley Moore, has decried the violence driving people out of their homes into internally displaced persons, IDP, camps.
  Moore, who stated this during his visit to IDP camps in Benue State, said he “met with dozens of Christians who were driven from their homes and subjected to horrific violence and now live in IDP camps.
  In a post on his X handle yesterday, the lawmaker said the IDPs told him “harrowing stories that will remain with me for the rest of my li
  
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• Lagos unveils 2 fresh diaspora insurance plans

  11-12-2025 01:51 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniLagos State Health Management Agency, LASHMA, has launched two new social interventions, known as Ilera Eko Waka Well, and Home Konnect Health Insurance Plans, basically for diasporans, tourists and other non-immigrant travellers, particularly, during the Yuletide period and beyond.
  The initiatives, according to the state government, is to make healthcare more accessible, inclusive, and affordable for healthier conditions of diasporans, tourists, non-immigrants, and other vi
  
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• Geneith @25: Industry leaders push for local drug manufacturing, warn on medicine security

  11-12-2025 01:49 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaIndustry leaders at the weekend rallied behind Nigeria’s push for medicine security, using the 25th anniversary of Geneith Pharmaceuticals Limited to renew calls for deeper investment in local drug production.At the anniversary celebration, speakers hailed Geneith’s growth from a small marketing outfit in 2000 into a nationally recognised pharmaceutical player with products spanning antimalarials, antibiotics, metabolic drugs, analgesics, supplements and antifungals.
  
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• Relief for 1,500 Bariga residents as generosity drive mobilises aid

  11-12-2025 01:47 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaTo mark this year’s Giving Tuesday in Lagos, a coalition of 40 organisations distributed food items, healthcare products and hygiene packs, and free medical checkups to residents of Bariga.
  The humanitarian programme, tagged: “Giving Festival 2025: Where Generosity Takes Centre Stage”, has been described as the biggest gathering for generosity in Nigeria, bringing together non-profit organisations and brands in one location to impact more than 1,500 beneficiari
  
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• Infertility: IVF failure not end of your story — Experts

  11-12-2025 01:47 via vanguardngr.com
  •As fertility advocates, couples open up about loss, power of support at FAAI forumBy Sola OgundipeAt a fertility awareness programme convened by the Fertility Awareness Advocate Initiative (FAAI), with technical support from Nordica Fertility Center, Lagos, fertility advocates and married couples who have experienced both successful and failed IVF cycles laid bare the emotional toll of IVF failure, an issue specialists say is more common, more painful, and more misunderstood than many car
  
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• FG wades in as Burkina Faso refuses to release seized NAF C-130 plane, 11 soldiers

  11-12-2025 01:47 via vanguardngr.com
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stepped in to sort out diplomatically issues around the Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft seized by the government of Burkina Faso.Recall that the Confederation of Sahel States, AES, had in a statement signed by Assimi Goita, the Mali junta leader, alleged that the NAF plane entered the airspace of Burkina Faso without clearance, though NAF said the aircraft made precautionary landing in Bobo Dioulasso, one of Burkina Faso’s cities, due to technical problem
  
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• Ekiti Airport, new era of aviation devt in Nigeria  — Keyamo

  11-12-2025 01:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Rotimi OjomoyelaADO-EKITI— THE Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, yesterday, commended the Ekiti Agro-allied International Cargo Airport, describing it as a new era of aviation development in NigeriaSpeaking at the inaugural commercial flight operations at the Airport by the United Nigeria, Keyamo, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry, Yakubu Adam, described the inaugural flight as a historic event.While he said it is a new
  
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• Lagos launches diaspora health insurance plans to boost universal coverage

  11-12-2025 01:30 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaThe Lagos State Health Management Agency, LASHMA, on Tuesday launched two new health insurance packages aimed at Nigerians abroad and visitors to the state, marking a major expansion of its Ilera-Eko diaspora offerings.
  The new packages unveiled during the Agency’s fourth-quarter media parley include; Ilera-Eko Waka-Well and Ilera-Eko Home Konnect.
  According to the agency, they are designed to respond to rising demand from diasporans and the growing need to protect residen
  
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• YEDI takes HIV awareness, testing to Abete community as new infection rise in Lagos

  11-12-2025 01:28 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaTo mark this year’s World AIDS Day, the Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative, YEDI, weekend led a major community outreach in Abete, Lagos, delivering free HIV testing, counselling, and a wide range of medical services to hundreds of residents in one of the state’s most vulnerable settlements.
  Speaking during the outreach, the Executive Director of YEDI, Mrs. Tomisin Adeoye, said the organisation deliberately chose Abete because of its “high-risk enviro
  
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• Nigeria breaks new ground as Vestergaard, Harvestfield launch 1st mosquito net manufacturing plant

  11-12-2025 01:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaNigeria yesterday recorded a major industrial and public-health milestone as Vestergaard Sàrl and Harvestfield Industries Limited broke ground for the country’s first mosquito net manufacturing plant, a joint venture that will redefine malaria prevention and strengthen national health security.
  The new entity, SNG Health, will produce PermaNet Dual, Vestergaard’s next-generation, dual active-ingredient pyrethroid–chlorfenapyr net designed to counter incr
  
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• From medicines to mentorship: Pharm. Udeh bags YOCEN 2025 Transformative Leadership Award

  11-12-2025 01:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaThe Youth Coalition for Education in Nigeria, YOCEN, has honoured the Principal Manager of Marketing and the Head of Hospital and Institutional Business at Geneith Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pharm. Judith Ngozi Udeh with the 2025 Transformative Leadership Awar: “Amazon of the Societal Development in Nigeria”.
  The award, which recognises her outstanding contributions to nation-building, healthcare education, and youth mentorship was presented at the Landmark Event Centr
  
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• Ambassadorial list: Senior lawyers pick holes, harp on rigorous vetting

  11-12-2025 01:19 via vanguardngr.com
  Nigeria’s diplomatic machinery jolted back to life after nearly three years of vacancy when President Bola Tinubu earlier this week finally released his long-awaited ambassadorial nominee list.
  But instead of easing concerns, the list has triggered a storm of legal and ethical debates, with some of the nation’s most outspoken lawyers dissecting its implications and warning of the long-term damage it could cause if not properly scrutinized and vetted by the Senate.
  The lawyers who sp
  
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• Court stops transfer of 13-hectare Lekki property in N21.5bn sale dispute

  11-12-2025 01:13 via vanguardngr.com
  By Innocent AnabaThe High Court of Lagos State sitting in Igbosere, has issued far-reaching pre-emptive orders restraining Industrial and General Insurance Plc, IGI, and The Four H Nigeria Limited from transferring or tampering with a large expanse of land in the Lekki Peninsula after a property development company, Bravematt Property and Investment Limited, alleged that it had already paid N21.5 billion for the property.Trial judge, Justice R. Olukolu granted the orders, yesterday, following a
  
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• UNN VC under pressure to resign over Uche Nnaji’s certificate

  11-12-2025 01:09 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dennis AgboThe Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Simon Ortuanya has come under fresh pressure to step down from the office over his alleged tempering with the documents of the former Minister of Innovation Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji.Recall that Nnaji had accused Ortuanya of tempering with his university documents while the hit was on Nnaji for alleged falsification of  his UNN  degree certificate, despite an earlier clean bill of health that wa
  
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• Man City edge Real Madrid 2-1 to leave Alonso on brink

  10-12-2025 23:29 via vanguardngr.com
  Manchester City came from behind to beat Real Madrid 2-1 on Wednesday in the Champions League and leave Xabi Alonso’s position as coach of the Spanish giants in grave danger.Without injured superstar Kylian Mbappe, Madrid took the lead through Rodrygo but Nico O’Reilly and an Erling Haaland penalty secured Pep Guardiola’s City the three points.Spanish media reported in the lead-up to the game that a defeat would seal Alonso’s fate as Madrid coach, although his team&rsquo
  
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• Trump says had ‘pretty strong words’ with Europeans on Ukraine

  10-12-2025 23:04 via vanguardngr.com
  US President Donald Trump said he exchanged “pretty strong words” Wednesday with the leaders of France, Britain and Germany on Ukraine, in the latest sign of a growing rift on how to end Russia’s invasion.Trump added that the Europeans wanted to hold fresh talks this weekend but warned that that they risked “wasting time” amid divisions over a US plan to bring the war to an end.“We discussed Ukraine in pretty strong words,” Trump told reporters when ask
  
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• Security: Makinde vows to make Oyo uncomfortable for criminals

  10-12-2025 22:43 via vanguardngr.com
  Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has vowed to make the state uncomfortable for criminally minded elements.Makinde made the vow on Wednesday in Ibadan shortly after the state’s expanded security council meeting.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting comprised state executive council members, service commanders, local government chairmen and traditional rulers.The governor, speaking through his Special Adviser on Security, Mr Fatai Owoseni, assured residents of the secu
  
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• ‘Terrorism claims are pure political mischief,’ Malami fires back

  10-12-2025 22:11 via vanguardngr.com
  *Says claims of 46 bank accounts ‘fictitious’, part of smear campaign*As Ex-AGF spends third night in EFCC custodyBy Luminous Jannamike, ABUJAFormer Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has rejected media reports alleging that he is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for terrorism financing and operating 46 bank accounts, dismissing them as politically driven fabrications aimed at damaging his reputa
  
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• World Human Rights Day: Lagos to release 91 inmates

  10-12-2025 22:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Deborah Oladeji, LAGOSAs part of activities marking the 2025 United Nations Human Rights Day, the Lagos State Government has approved the release and commutation of sentences for 91 inmates as part of efforts to deepen access to justice and uphold fundamental rights.Announcing the development at a press briefing in Lagos, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro, SAN, said the annual observance on December 10 reinforces the global pledge to dignity, equality and the r
  
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• Bauchi governor denies defection rumour, says no plan to leave PDP but …

  10-12-2025 21:52 via vanguardngr.com
  By Charly AgwamBauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has denied a defection move to the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) after rumours spread that he was considering changing camp.The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, in Bauchi State, in a statement recently, had claimed that the governor was making moves to join the party to avoid the strife in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.In a swift reaction, Governor Mohammed, through his Special Adviser on Media, Muhktar Gidado, n
  
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• FEC approves major upgrades for airports’ navigation systems

  10-12-2025 21:37 via vanguardngr.com
  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved major upgrades for airports’ navigational and communication systems nationwide to enhance air safety and modernise aviation infrastructure.The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.He said the approvals included installing an Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System in Lag
  
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• Police raid fake drug factory in Lagos, hunt for mastermind

  10-12-2025 21:22 via vanguardngr.com
  The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, has announced the successful discovery and shutdown of a large-scale fake drug manufacturing site in the Ojo area of the state.Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday at the raided building on Alhaji Oki Road, Mosafejo, in Ojo, Jimoh described the operation as a significant breakthrough in safeguarding public health.He said that the illegal facility had been producing counterfeit pharmaceutical products intended for public consump
  
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• COAS hails troops for restoring democracy in Benin Republic

  10-12-2025 21:09 via vanguardngr.com
  By Evelyn UsmanThe Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has praised troops of the Nigerian Army for what he described as their decisive and rapid response during the deployment to restore democratic order in the Republic of Benin, noting that their conduct reflects the true hallmark of the Nigerian soldier.He gave the commendation yesterday while addressing soldiers at the 65 Battalion Parade Ground, Victoria Island, Lagos, as part of his maiden familiarisation visit to
  
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• Beyonce, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman to co-chair 2026 Met Gala

  10-12-2025 20:47 via vanguardngr.com
  Music powerhouse Beyonce, tennis legend Venus Williams and Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman will co-chair the 2026 Met Gala on May 4 alongside Vogue’s Anna Wintour, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Wednesday in New York.The annual Met Gala, traditionally held on the first Monday in May, was first organized in 1948 and for decades was reserved for New York high society.Wintour, the high priestess of US fashion, took over the show in the 1990s, transforming the party into a c
  
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• PDP: Tensions ease as 27 state chairmen declare full loyalty to Turaki-led NWC

  10-12-2025 20:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJATensions within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) eased markedly on Wednesday after state chairmen from across the country pledged full loyalty to the National Working Committee (NWC) led by National Chairman, Dr Tanimu Turaki, SAN, a development that signals growing consolidation in the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections.The endorsement was made during an interactive session at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, where members of the newl
  
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• We Won’t Look Away — US Congress reasserts stand against Christian persecution in Nigeria

  10-12-2025 20:29 via vanguardngr.com
  The United States House Appropriations Committee has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling religious persecution worldwide — with a specific emphasis on Nigeria — declaring that America “will not look away as innocent lives are stolen.”The committee stated this in a message posted on its official X account on Wednesday, stressing that religious freedom remains a key priority in its National Security and Related Programs (NSRP) bill.“Directed by @POTUS, Appropriator
  
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• ‘IJGBs, here’re things to know before coming to Nigeria’ — TolaniBaj shares Detty December guide

  10-12-2025 20:21 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan AbdultawabIf you’re an IJGB gearing up for Detty December in Nigeria, reality tv show star TolaniBaj has a message for you.As excitement builds for the country’s biggest festive season, the reality TV star and actress has dropped a playful yet painfully accurate guide on how returnees — and even locals — can survive Lagos during the December rush.
  Her TikTok video, delivered with her signature humour, has quickly become a checklist for anyone hoping to enjoy th
  
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• Insecurity: NIDCOM warns Nigerians against risky migration

  10-12-2025 20:18 via vanguardngr.com
  The Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has cautioned Nigerians against embarking on dangerous and illegal migration.Dabiri-Erewa said this while speaking on the dangers of irregular migration at the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Human Rights Institute event commemorating 2025 International Human Rights Day on Wednesday in Abuja.The NIDCOM Chairman, who highlighted the risks involved, said that over the past few years, she had seen Nigerians willingly ent
  
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• Defection: ‘I love PDP but things fell apart everyday’  -  Gov Adeleke

  10-12-2025 19:48 via vanguardngr.com
  Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke says his decision to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Accord Party was driven by uncertainty within the PDP and the need to protect his political future and the stability of the state.Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today after formally announcing his defection, Adeleke said he loved the PDP but could no longer rely on the party due to internal crises and pending court cases.“I did all the best I could do, but I love my s
  
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