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• Telecoms Operators propose new guidelines for unclaimed recharges

  08-04-2025 18:53 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Tuesday, engaged stakeholders in a forum to address the growing concerns surrounding unclaimed and unutilised subscriber recharges.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the forum was a major regulatory step towards protecting telecom consumers while ensuring operational clarity for service providers.The Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, emphasised the importance of finding a balanced approach to consumer rights and industry
  
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• Davido’s Road to the Grammys and His Global Music Legacy 

  16-12-2025 14:10 via vanguardngr.com
  Davido’s latest Grammy nomination was long overdue. His hard work, bold choices and the desire to push Afrobeats beyond the continent finally got recognized by the world. Over the past decade, he has moved from being a young artist with a family legacy to protect, into a musician who built his own empire through songs that became cultural staples. Many artists reach fame with one viral track. Davido reached it with consistency. He built a reputation for releasing songs that become pa
  
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• Enugu North Council chairmen unite for Gov. Mbah’s second term

  16-12-2025 14:09 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dennis AgboLocal government council chairmen in the Enugu North Senatorial District have formed an alliance to ensure Governor Peter Mbah’s re-election in the 2027 governorship election.The council chairmen said the governor’s administration has delivered accelerated development across Enugu State, with the Nsukka zone emerging as one of the major beneficiaries of projects executed since 2023.They made the remarks on Monday during the inauguration of the Enugu State Unity Forum (
  
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• I’m not at peace separated from my children – Regina Daniels

  16-12-2025 14:04 via vanguardngr.com
  Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, has shared on social media an emotional video call she had with her children as she continues life separated from them amid marital troubles with her husband, Senator Ned Nwoko.In the Monday night Instagram post, she presented her children, Prince Munir Nwoko (Moon) and Prince Khalifa Nwoko (Kharly), with gifts, including toys, clothes and shoes.One of her children pleaded, “Mama, come back,” and she replied, “I will come soon, OK.”They
  
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• 7 workplace trends that will blow up in 2026

  16-12-2025 13:57 via vanguardngr.com
  As technology reshapes workplaces and careers, the way we work is set to undergo profound change as we move into the second half of the decade. For those wanting to adapt and stay ahead of the curve, these changes can be anticipated by tracking the trends driving this transformation.In 2026, AI will continue to play an increasingly significant role in every part of our lives, and the workplace will be no exception. But just as important as learning to apply these powerful new tools will be unde
  
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• CBN revokes Aso Savings, Union Homes Licences

  16-12-2025 13:56 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licences of Aso Savings and Loans Plc and Union Homes Savings and Loans Plc.The apex bank announced the revocation in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by its Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Mrs. Hakama Sidi Ali.According to the CBN, the action forms part of its efforts to reposition the mortgage sub-sector and promote strict compliance with relevant laws and regulations.The bank explai
  
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• Recent drop in power supply due to gas constraints — EEDC spokesperson

  16-12-2025 13:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Alumona UkwuezeENUGU — The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EEDC) has attributed the recent drop in power supply across the South-East to low system frequency resulting from gas constraints affecting electricity generation companies.The Group Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Eze, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. He explained that the development compelled the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to implement load shedding of available energy,
  
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• Elon Musk becomes first person to surpass $600bn net worth

  16-12-2025 13:30 via vanguardngr.com
  Elon Musk has become the first person in history to surpass a net worth of $600 billion, with his fortune now estimated at $677 billion, according to Forbes.The surge in Musk’s wealth is largely driven by the soaring valuation of his private space company, SpaceX. Earlier this month, the company conducted a tender offer that valued it at $800 billion, doubling its August valuation of $400 billion, investors told Forbes.Musk owns about 42 per cent of SpaceX, and the revised valuation alone
  
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• Nigeria’s World Cup hopes ‘not yet over’ as DR Congo comes under eligibility scrutiny

  16-12-2025 13:22 via vanguardngr.com
  Nigeria’s bid to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has received a potential boost following fresh developments surrounding DR Congo’s eligibility in the playoff stage of the qualifiers.DR Congo defeated the Super Eagles on penalties in November to secure Africa’s slot in the Intercontinental Playoffs.
  However, reports have since emerged suggesting that the Congolese side could face sanctions for allegedly fielding ineligible players, a development that may reopen Nigeria&rsq
  
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• Don’t idolise military rule, former lawmaker tells Nigerians

  16-12-2025 13:22 via vanguardngr.com
  Chief Sam Onuigbo, a former federal lawmaker, has cautioned Nigerians and the broader West African community against idolising coup d’état and military governance.In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, Onuigbo expressed concern that the recent spate of coups and coup rumours across several West African nations should alarm all advocates of good governance.Currently, the Niger Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea-Bissau are under military rule
  
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• No court stopped enforcement of tinted permit order – Force hqtrs

  16-12-2025 13:17 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiThe Nigeria Police Force has maintained that no court order has restrained it from enforcing the tinted glass permit regulation, insisting that the directive remains in force until a competent court rules otherwise.The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this while briefing journalists during a presentation of criminal suspects arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT). According to him, the Police will continue the enforcement o
  
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• Int’l Friendly: Egypt vs Nigeria: Time, venue and how to watch

  16-12-2025 13:00 via vanguardngr.com
  Nigeria’s Super Eagles will lock horns with Egypt in a high-profile pre-AFCON 2025 friendly as both sides continue preparations for the continental tournament set to hold in Morocco.The encounter has already generated excitement among fans across Nigeria and the rest of Africa, with expectations of a fiercely contested match between two of the continent’s most decorated football nations.The friendly provides an important opportunity for both technical crews to fine-tune tactical pla
  
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• Benin jails around 30 people, mostly soldiers, over foiled coup attempt: legal sources

  16-12-2025 13:00 via vanguardngr.com
  Benin jailed on Tuesday around 30 people, most of them soldiers, accused of links to a thwarted coup attempt earlier this month, legal sources told AFP.Soldiers appeared on national television on December 7 to announce President Patrice Talon had been deposed but the attempted putsch was swiftly defeated by loyalist army forces with the help of the Nigerian air force and French special forces.Several people were killed and the alleged coup leader lieutenant-colonel Pascal Tigri and other mu
  
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• Transcorp Hotels appoints Awele Elumelu as board chairperson

  16-12-2025 12:23 via vanguardngr.com
  Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, has announced the appointment of Dr. (Mrs.) Awele Elumelu, as chair of the company, effective January 01, 2026.Dr. Elumelu’s appointment follows the retirement of the current Chair, Mr. Emmanuel Nnorom, with effect from January 01, 2026.A statement by the company on Tuesday said Elumelu brings exceptional leadership experience across healthcare, insurance, corporate governance, and philanthropy. She is the
  
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• M23 militia says to pull out of key DR Congo city at US’s request

  16-12-2025 11:55 via vanguardngr.com
  The M23 armed group said Tuesday it would withdraw from the key city of Uvira in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at the request of Washington, which vowed “action” over the “clear violation” of a US-brokered peace accord.The Rwanda-backed militia seized the strategic city near the border with Burundi last Wednesday, days after the Congolese and Rwandan governments signed the peace deal in Washington — an agreement US President Donald Trump had hailed as a
  
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• Tinted Glass Permit Enforcement: Call IGP to order, NBA tells Tinubu

  16-12-2025 11:47 via vanguardngr.com
  … says police exhibiting troubling disregard for rule of lawBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJAThe Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged President Bola Tinubu to call the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to order, describing the planned resumption of enforcement of the suspended tinted glass permit policy from January 2, 2026, as an affront to the authority of the court.NBA, which is the umbrella body of lawyers in the country, in a statement that was signed by its president, M
  
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• Rivers: Tinubu can now rule Nigeria with military - Okonkwo faults Supreme Court verdict

  16-12-2025 11:33 via vanguardngr.com
  Kenneth Okonkwo, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has faulted the Supreme Court’s verdict on the emergency rule on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.On Monday, the apex court affirmed the constitutional power of the President to declare a state of emergency and suspend elected officials. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Okonkwo said the apex court should have declined to comment on the emergency rule declared in the state, arg
  
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• AFCON: Troost-Ekong, Okocha, 32 others who have won best player award

  16-12-2025 11:33 via vanguardngr.com
  Africa Cup of Nations best player award winners:1957: Mohamed ‘Ad-Diba’ Al Attar (EGY)1959: Mahmoud El Gohary (EGY)1962: Mengistu Worku (ETH)1963: Hassan El Shazly (EGY)1965: Osei Kofi (GHA)1968: Kazadi Mwamba (COD)1970: Laurent Pokou (CIV)1972: Jean-Pierre Tokoto (CGO)1974: Ndaye Mulamba (COD)1976: Ahmed Faras (MAR)1978: Karim Abdul Razak (GHA)1980: Christian Chukwu (NGR)1982: Fawzi Al Issawi (LBA)1984: Theophile Abega (CMR)1986: Roger Milla (CMR)1988: Roger Milla (CMR)1990: Rabah
  
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• ADC not planning to hold state, LG congresses – David Mark

  16-12-2025 10:48 via vanguardngr.com
  ‎By Boluwaji Obahopo
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  ‎The  African Democratic Congress has said it was not planning to hold any state and Local government congresses of the party for now.
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  ‎The party was reacting to a publication in which the National chairman of the party, Senator David Mark, was quoted as directing  the party members to hold their state and local government Congress  to elect  new members,  saying the publication was the figment of the imagination of the write
  
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• Russia says has control of key Ukrainian city of Kupiansk

  16-12-2025 10:44 via vanguardngr.com
  Russia said on Tuesday it was in control of the key city of Kupiansk in northeast Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces recently claimed to have retaken several areas.“The city of Kupiansk is under the control of the Russian Sixth Army,” Leonid Sharov, head of the Zapad military group, told state news agency TASS.Diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict have continued this week in Berlin, where Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed progress in talks with the US negotiators
  
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• One killed as gunmen abduct ex-custom officer in Osun

  16-12-2025 10:43 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar OsogboSome gunmen on Monday night stormed Ora Igbomina, a border community in Ifedayo local government area, Osun State, abducting an ex-customs officer, Prince Emmanuel Owolabi, from his house.The gunmen also reportedly killed the leader of non-indigenes in a community outside the Osun boundary after invading Akisa road, where the ex-custom officer was kidnapped.Sources revealed that the gunmen attacked the community around 7pm, forcefully entered Owolabi’s house while
  
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• Nigerian newspapers review: Year-end festivities push monthly inflation to 4-month high

  16-12-2025 10:38 via vanguardngr.com
  In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with rising food prices from festive demand and insecurity which drove November 2025 month-on-month inflation to 1.22%, the highest in four months, with December expected to follow suit.Another headline states that the Senate condemned the Federal Government’s multiple budget rollouts in 2025, calling them unacceptable and urging normalisation from next year.Vanguard also reports that the House Commit
  
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• Blue economy not complicated, but badly explained – Tinubu’s aide

  16-12-2025 10:38 via vanguardngr.com
  By Folarin KehindeThe Special Adviser to the President on Social Media, Mr Dada Olusegun, has said the blue economy is not as complex as many Nigerians perceive it to be, arguing that the real challenge lies in how it is communicated to the public.Speaking at a media parley in Abuja ahead of the Blue Economy Investment Summit scheduled for March 9–11, 2026, in Lagos, Olusegun said social media offers the government a powerful opportunity to simplify maritime policies and connect them dire
  
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• Protect exam bodies from harassment — NANS to FG

  16-12-2025 10:33 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the Federal Government to ensure that examination bodies are allowed to perform their statutory duties without disruption, undue pressure or actions capable of affecting the smooth conduct of examinations across the country.The students’ body said its call followed ongoing public discussions and media reports on interactions between the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education Ex
  
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• Govs’ defections pose risks to Nigeria’s democracy — CHRICED

  16-12-2025 10:30 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) has warned that Nigeria’s democracy is facing a grave threat as the growing wave of defections by state governors from opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) risks entrenching a de facto one-party system and eroding the electoral mandates freely given by voters.In a statement signed by Ibrahim Mualeem Zikirullahi, Executive Director of CHRICED, the organisation
  
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• NOUN awards degrees to six Kuje inmates

  16-12-2025 10:19 via vanguardngr.com
  The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has presented degree certificates to six inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja.Speaking at the event in Abuja, the Controller General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Sylvester Nwakuche, commended the graduates for their resilience and determination.In a statement by the Command Public Relations Officer (CPRO), Samson Duza, on Tuesday in Abuja, Nwakuche said that the graduates pursued various NOUN programmes while in
  
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• Child stabbed to death by fellow student in Russian school

  16-12-2025 10:05 via vanguardngr.com
  A 10-year-old was stabbed to death at a school in Russia by an older pupil on Tuesday, the authorities said, adding that a suspect had been detained.“Police received a report that a student had stabbed a security guard, sprayed pepper spray and then stabbed a 10-year-old student, who died from their wound,” local police said on Telegram.The statement added that “the attacker was detained” and was now in custody after the attack in Gorki-2, a village west of Moscow in the
  
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• AFCON 2025: Super Eagles camp swells to 24 ahead of Egypt friendly

  16-12-2025 10:04 via vanguardngr.com
  The Super Eagles camp in Cairo has grown to 24 players with the arrival of Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Alebiosu, new invitee Salim Fago, and Chidozie Awaziem ahead of Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) international friendly match against Egypt.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman and defenders Semi Ajayi and Bright Osayi-Samuel reported to camp earlier on Monday at the Renaissance Hotel, joining a steadily increasing squad.Goalkeeper Amas
  
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• Shinkafi writes US envoy, urges pressure on Tinubu to restructure defence ministry

  16-12-2025 10:01 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA — A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has written to the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, calling for diplomatic engagement with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the need to restructure the Ministry of Defence to improve coordination in the fight against terrorism and other security threats.In the letter, which was delivered to and acknowledged by the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Shinkafi advocated a unif
  
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• Edo community writes Okpebholo over restoration of payment to deposed ruler

  16-12-2025 09:52 via vanguardngr.com
  …cautions civil servant on alleged contemptBy Ozioruva AliuBENIN CITY – THE Onogie of Ewu in Esan Central local government area of Edo State, HRH Jafaru Isesele I who was reinstated by the Supreme Court has written to Governor Monday Okpebholo to stop the planned restoration of the payment of emoluments to the deposed king, Prince Rasak Ogiefo.He also cautioned the Acting Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs believed to have written
  
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