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• Elechi cautions Umahi against flattering praises

  20-04-2025 11:25 via vanguardngr.com
  Former Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Martin Elechi, has advised the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, to be cautious of the widespread praise he is currently receiving.Elechi gave the advice on Saturday during a civic reception held in honour of the minister at Okposi Okwu, in Ohaozara Local Government Area.The former governor, who handed over to Umahi in 2015, warned that while some praises are well-deserved, others may be insincere or have hidden motives.“You deserve the praise
  
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• Shallipopi, Medulababy lock horns over originator of ‘Laho’

  17-05-2025 02:09 via vanguardngr.com
  …I didn’t copy him, but his song has overshadowed mine—MedulababyBy Benjamin NjokuTwo rising Nigerian music sensations Shallipopi and Medulababy are currently engaged in a battle of wits over who originated the lingua “Laho.”Medulababy, a singer and club hype man, claims to be the pioneer of the song title, citing his November 2024 release of “Uwa Lahor” as proof.In a recent chat with Showtime, Medulababy insisted that he released “Uwa Lahor&rdqu
  
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• Deportation: Trump accuses Supreme Court of blocking ‘what I was elected to do’

  17-05-2025 00:39 via vanguardngr.com
  President Donald Trump unleashed fierce criticism Friday on the US Supreme Court, saying the justices were preventing him from fulfilling his campaign promises after they ruled against him on a migrant deportation case.“The Supreme Court of the United States is not allowing me to do what I was elected to do,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform, adding “this is a bad and dangerous day” for the country.Vanguard News
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• Arteta ready to smash Arsenal transfer budget to sign striker

  17-05-2025 00:34 via vanguardngr.com
  Mikel Arteta is willing to break Arsenal’s transfer budget in a bid to land a star striker to spearhead their Premier League title challenge next season.Arteta’s side have now gone five years without a trophy as they approach the end of a frustrating campaign marred by injuries to key forwards Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus.That trio, as well as influential midfielder Martin Odegaard, all missed substantial chunks of the season as Arsenal failed to keep pace with Premier
  
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• Used Cars: What to know before you buy

  17-05-2025 00:23 via vanguardngr.com
  By Theodore OparaNigerians are known for their deep love for cars. It’s rare to find a car model—luxury or otherwise—that doesn’t grace Nigerian roads. From sleek sedans to rugged SUVs and performance machines, the streets of cities like Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt are filled with a wide variety of vehicles. Some Nigerians will go to great lengths—financially and otherwise—to own the best models.Cars as status symbols and necessityWhile luxury car ownersh
  
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• Cucurella the hero as Chelsea defeat Man United in race for UCL spot

  17-05-2025 00:13 via vanguardngr.com
  Chelsea ensured that qualification for the Champions League remains in their own hands as Marc Cucurella’s winner beat Manchester United 1-0 to climb to fourth in the Premier League.United are gearing up for next week’s Europa League final against Tottenham but ran the Blues close as Ruben Amorim named a stronger line-up than expected.However, the Red Devils ultimately slipped to an 18th league defeat of the season and remain 16th in the table.Chelsea and Aston Villa, who beat Spurs
  
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• 27-year-old man shot dead, three others injured in Bayelsa

  16-05-2025 23:33 via vanguardngr.com
  By Samuel OyadonghaThe police in Bayelsa have confirmed the killing of a 27-year-old man identified as Daniel Ayama in a related shooting, while three others sustained injuries in Yenagoa, the state capital.Spokesman of the state police command, DSP Musa Mohammed, in a statement on Friday night, said one of the victims, identified as Peremoboi Anthony, 27 years, is currently receiving medical treatment for gunshot wounds at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.He said Peremoboi voluntarily provi
  
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• US Supreme Court blocks Trump bid to resume deportations

  16-05-2025 23:28 via vanguardngr.com
  The US Supreme Court on Friday blocked a bid by the Trump administration to resume deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members using an obscure wartime law to avoid normal due process.The 7-2 decision by the nation’s top court is another setback to President Donald Trump’s attempts to expel alleged Tren de Aragua gang members using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA), thereby circumventing the need to present proof of any wrongdoing.The Supreme Court first intervened on April 19 to
  
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• Aston Villa sink Spurs to boost bid to reach Champions League

  16-05-2025 23:04 via vanguardngr.com
  Aston Villa bolstered their bid to qualify for the Champions League as they beat Tottenham 2-0 to climb into the Premier League’s top five on Friday.Unai Emery’s side had no margin for error at Villa Park as the race for top five places approaches a dramatic conclusion.Second-half goals from Ezri Konsa and Boubacar Kamara ensured Villa’s battle to play in Europe’s elite club competition will go down to the last day of the season.Villa, who have won five of their last six
  
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• This is cowardice and treachery - Pat Utomi blasts DSS over shadow govt lawsuit

  16-05-2025 22:45 via pulse.ng
  
  Professor of Political Economy Pat Utomi has blasted the Department of State Services (DSS) over a lawsuit against his ‘Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government,’ describing the move as cowardice and treachery to the Nigerian Constitution. Recall that on May 5, 2025, Utomi launched a shadow government, the “Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government,” comprising members from various opposition parties. The coalition reportedly aims to constructively criticise the current government
  
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• LABS student emerges IATA’s best performer in Nigeria

  16-05-2025 22:20 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaA student of Landover Aviation Business School, LABS, in Lagos has emerged the Best Performer in the March 2025 Diet of the International Air Transport Association, IATA, Foundation in Travel and Tourism with Amadeus Course.The student, Shakira Olagunju, passed the March 2025 Diet of IATA Foundation in Travel and Tourism Course and was awarded IATA’s Overall Best Performer in Nigeria making her the 10th IATA Best Performer LABS has produced since 2012.Chief Administrativ
  
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• Why I’m scared of marriage – Mr Macaroni

  16-05-2025 22:19 via vanguardngr.com
  Popular Nigerian skit maker and actor, Mr Macaroni, has disclosed that he is afraid of getting married due to deep-seated fears of emotional vulnerability and unreciprocated love.The 32-year-old content creator made the revelation during an appearance on Dating In Lagos, where he explained why he has chosen to stay single for now.“When I notice that I start liking someone, I always try to pull back because I don’t want to be in a relationship,” he said. “I’m not th
  
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• Troops of 6 Brigade, OPSH neutralize bandits, recover 1,000 rustled cattle in Taraba

  16-05-2025 22:06 via vanguardngr.com
  By: Kingsley OmonobiTroops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have neutralized two bandits and recovered approximately 1,000 rustled cattle in Taraba State.According to a statement by the Army, the operation was launched following credible intelligence about armed bandits mounted on around 30 motorcycles who crossed from Plateau State into Taraba State. The bandits targeted a Fulani settlement near Jebjeb Vil
  
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• Police arrest woman for chopping off lover’s manhood in Rivers

  16-05-2025 21:52 via vanguardngr.com
  Forty-three-year-old woman simply identified as Gift has been arrested by operatives of Nkpolu Police Division in Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State, for chopping off the cap of her lover’s private part one Mr Sunday.The incident occurred at Bishop Okoye Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt on Thursday, May 15, 2025.It was gathered that trouble started when victim requested for sex from her, but the suspect refused on the grounds that the Sunday allegedly takes s
  
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• Wike/Fubara crisis deepens as supporters clash at Port Harcourt town hall meeting

  16-05-2025 21:46 via vanguardngr.com
  …Disrupts Peace ProcessBy Daniel Abia, P/HarcourtSupporters of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, and the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, clashed verbally during a town hall meeting in Port Harcourt.The meeting, aimed at providing a roadmap for peace and reconciliation in the state, was disrupted by heated exchanges between both camps.The event, which brought together supporters from both sides alongside other Rivers State indigenes and r
  
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• 23-year-old female undergraduate allegedly shot dead in Makurdi

  16-05-2025 21:46 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter Duru, MakurdiA 23-year-old Student of Federal University Wukari, Taraba state, Miss Emmanuella Ahenjir, has been reportedly shot dead by yet to be identified Police personnel at the Wurukum roundabout, Makurdi.An eyewitness disclosed that the 200 level student of Business Management was killed Friday morning by police personnel on patrol at the popular Wurukum roundabout when they opened fire on the vehicle conveying her from the Gyado Villa area of the town.According to the witness, &
  
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• How Dele Momodu rescued me when I got stranded in UK – Gbenga Adeyinka

  16-05-2025 21:38 via vanguardngr.com
  Comedian Gbenga Adeyinka has shared a heartfelt tribute to Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation magazine, noting the profound support he received from the media mogul during a low point in his career.In a detailed Instagram post on Friday to celebrate Momodu’s 65th birthday, Adeyinka recounted how the veteran journalist and businessman came to his aid when he was stranded in London after a performance.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Gbenga Adeyinka (@gbengaadeyinka1stgcon)
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• Umahi compares Tinubu to Biblical Joseph the Dreamer

  16-05-2025 21:10 via pulse.ng
  
  The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has likened President Bola Tinubu to the Biblical Joseph the Dreamer for his courage in pursuing and achieving many goals. The Minister, who spoke while presenting his ministry’s performance at the Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja on Friday, May 16, 2025, said God has helped the President actualise all his dreams. He recalled that when Tinubu gave him the task of constructing the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project, he tapped inspiration from the Eko A
  
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• Tinubu seeks more collaboration with traditional leaders

  16-05-2025 21:08 via vanguardngr.com
  —Receives Alaafin of Oyo in Aso VillaBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu on Friday said traditional institutions remain integral to the country’s development and called for more support in implementing policies that directly impact people’s livelihoods.The President spoke when he received the 46th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Abdulhakeem Owoade I, his wife, Abiwumi, and a delegation of other traditional rulers from Oyo State at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.Pre
  
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• JAMB unveils emergency support centre for counselling candidates

  16-05-2025 21:04 via vanguardngr.com
  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced a Candidate Counselling Emergency Support Centre (CCESC) to assist candidates facing urgent challenges, particularly in light of ongoing examination issues.Announcing the development on Friday via its official X handle, JAMB stated that the new support centre will serve as a supplementary channel to its existing ticketing platform, which remains the primary mode of communication with the Board.“In addition to our usual and
  
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• Global cinema attendance drops in 2024

  16-05-2025 20:37 via vanguardngr.com
  Cinema ticket sales fell 8.8 percent worldwide in 2024 from the previous year, marking the first annual drop since the Covid pandemic, the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) said in Cannes on Friday.The decline comes after years of recovery for the industry since the collapse triggered by pandemic restrictions in 2020.“In 2024, a total of 4.8 billion cinema tickets were sold worldwide, generating estimated revenues of 28 billion euros,” Martin Kanzler, a film analyst at the EAO,
  
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• College of Petroleum & Energy Studies Kaduna ready for commissioning – FG

  16-05-2025 20:37 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ibrahim Hassan-WuyoKaduna – The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has said that the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna( CPESK) , is ready for commissioning.The Minister spoke during a facility tour of the institution owned by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund(PTDF)located along the Kaduna – Zaria Expressway way, on Friday.He said the facilities on ground were at a 90 per cent completion stage,adding “I want to believe
  
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• 2027: There will be nothing like political parties in Akwa Ibom — Akpabio

  16-05-2025 20:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma Onuegbu, UyoThe Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has declared that by 2027, there will be no political parties in Akwa Ibom State.Akpabio, who represents Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District in the Senate, made the declaration during his midterm empowerment briefing held at Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium on Friday.He confidently stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in disarray, claiming its “umbrella is in shreds and can no longer protect.”In his
  
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• Hardship: We’re all sitting on kegs of gunpowder – Obasanjo

  16-05-2025 20:15 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olayinka AjayiFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, and the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, have called for the urgent end to abject poverty across Africa.Obasanjo insisted that if China could lift 700 million people out of poverty, Nigeria ought not to have anything to do with abject poverty.Speaking during Dele Momodu’s leadership lecture, ‘How to end hunger and poverty in Africa,’ Chief Obasanjo, in his keynote address, posited
  
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• Nothing can stop Tinubu’s re-election in 2027—Ex- PDP governorship candidate

  16-05-2025 20:00 via vanguardngr.com
  Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), the 2023 PDP Governorship Candidate in Lagos State  and Lead Visioner of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, says his assignment presently is working towards  the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.Adediran  said this during a rally to announce his return to the  APC in Ojo area of Lagos  on  FridayThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Adediran had on March 3 resigned from the PDP and  announced his return to his forme
  
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• Finland charges Simon Ekpa with inciting terrorism as trial commences

  16-05-2025 19:59 via pulse.ng
  Prosecutors in Finland have pressed terrorism charges against Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra agitator and self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in exile. As contained in a statement by Finland’s National Prosecution Authority, the Biafra separatist has been charged with “public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent” and “participation in a terrorist group.” Finnish media outlet YLE confirmed that the charges were filed a
  
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• Criminal hideouts, shanties: Lagos, Navy to clean up Apapa, environs

  16-05-2025 19:45 via vanguardngr.com
  ….To commence exercise May 24By Olasunkanmi AkoniThe Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft in Apapa have formed a partnership to clean up Apapa and its surroundings, aiming to enhance environmental sustainability in the area.During a courtesy visit by the NNS Beecroft command, led by Navy Commodore Paul Ponfa Nimmyel, at Alausa on Friday, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, reaffirmed the state’s commitment to fosterin
  
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• Arts, Culture Ministry secures $200m investment, plans to create 2.5m jobs by 2030

  16-05-2025 19:45 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emmanuel ElebekeThe Minister of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy has announced plans to establish the Creative and Tourism Infrastructure Corporation (CTICo) with a projected investment of $100 billion and create about 2.5 million jobs by 2030.
  The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Barr. Hannatu Musawa disclosed this on Friday at the eighth edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing Session, held at the National Press Centre in Abuja.
  To achieve this, she said the Ministry is
  
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• Adidas ad showing shoe on Acropolis sparks outrage in Greece

  16-05-2025 19:43 via vanguardngr.com
  A promotional video for Adidas featuring a multicoloured trainer on the Acropolis has sparked public outrage in Greece, prompting the government on Friday to announce legal action as no filming permit was granted.“The legal procedure was not followed,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told Skaï radio, describing the imagery as “extremely unpleasant” and likening it to “the Adidas shoe… kicking the Acropolis”.She said a legal complaint would be filed
  
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• 2027: PDP will lose its remaining states if Atiku runs – Anakwenze

  16-05-2025 19:38 via vanguardngr.com
  By Vincent UjumaduFormer PDP presidential aspirant and ex-President of the World Igbo Congress, Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against fielding Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the 2027 presidential election, predicting that the party would lose the remaining states it currently controls if it does.Speaking during an interview in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, where he recently assumed the position of the Regent of the community, Anakwe
  
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