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• Lakurawa kill 13 vigilantes in latest attack in Kebbi

  06-04-2025 22:46 via vanguardngr.com
  By Haruna AliyuGunmen suspected to be Lakurawa on Sunday attacked Morai village under Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing at least thirteen vigilante members.According to our source, one Alhaji Augie revealed that the vigilante members took cover under shrubs when they got wind of the impending attack by the terrorist who came and made away with a herd of cattle.Upon seeing them with cattle, the vigilante launched an attack on them with a view to seize the cattle and repel the a
  
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• Anything but Europa League glory ‘means nothing’ for Man Utd, says Amorim

  09-05-2025 00:44 via vanguardngr.com
  Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said Thursday that his side’s run to the Europa League final will have been for nothing if they fail to beat Tottenham in the showpiece in Bilbao later in May.Amorim’s beleaguered team thrashed Athletic Bilbao 7-1 on aggregate to book their spot in the final of Europe’s second-tier club competition.The 15th-placed Premier League side will take on 16th-placed Spurs in the Basque Country on May 21, with the winner ensured of a spot in the C
  
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• Sowore slams Peter Obi for knocking those who protested against Jonathan's govt

  08-05-2025 23:36 via pulse.ng
  
  Human rights activist-cum-politician Omoyele Sowore has blasted Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential flag-bearer in the 2023 election, for questioning the rationale of the 2012 subsidy protest against the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at the memorial lecture and day of tribute for late Niger Delta leader, Pa Edwin Clark in Abuja on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Obi doubled down on his criticisms of the Nigerian economic situation. He answered those who have accused him
  
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• Chelsea ease past Djurgarden to reach Conference League final

  08-05-2025 23:29 via vanguardngr.com
  Chelsea advanced to the final of the UEFA Conference League after a 1-0 win over Swedish side Djurgarden on Thursday sealed a 5-1 aggregate victory in their last-four tie.Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall struck the only goal at Stamford Bridge late in the first half on a night 16-year-old Reggie Walsh became the youngest player to start a European game for Chelsea.The Blues can become the first club to win all three of UEFA’s current competitions if they beat either two-time runners-up Fiorentina or
  
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• Trump calls for ‘unconditional’ 30-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

  08-05-2025 23:12 via vanguardngr.com
  US President Donald Trump called Thursday for a month-long unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, with any breaches punishable by sanctions.“Talks with Russia/Ukraine continue. The U.S. calls for, ideally, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire,” Trump said on his Truth Social network shortly after speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.“If the ceasefire is not respected, the U.S. and its partners will impose further sanctions.”Trump said that “b
  
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• Man United to face Tottenham in Europa League final

  08-05-2025 23:05 via vanguardngr.com
  Tottenham kept alive their hopes of ending a 17-year trophy drought and saving Ange Postecoglou from the sack as they beat Bodo/Glimt 2-0 on Thursday to book a Europa League final clash against Manchester United.After winning the semi-final first leg 3-1 last week, Postecoglou’s troubled side weathered the storm in a second leg played in gale-force winds in Norway.Dominic Solanke and Pedro Porro netted in the second half as Tottenham’s 5-1 aggregate victory secured their place in th
  
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• Bill Gates wants to give away almost all his money and end Gates Foundation

  08-05-2025 23:03 via pulse.ng
  
  Bill Gates, billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder, has declared his intention to give away nearly all his wealth back to society and shut down the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the next two decades. He announced in a post on his blog (Gates Notes) on Thursday, May 8, 2025, that he plans to distribute virtually all of his wealth, which he estimated at $200 billion, before calling time on the foundation on December 31, 2045. Gates predicts that people will have a lot to say ab
  
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• Stock market gains N240bn

  08-05-2025 22:51 via vanguardngr.com
  The stock market extended its rally for a fifth consecutive session on Thursday, adding N240 billion to market capitalisation.Market capitalisation increased to N68.652 trillion, representing 0.35 per cent increase from the opening value of N68.412 trillion.The All-Share Index also rose by 382.13 points, or 0.35 per cent, to close at 109,231.96.This bullish trend was fueled by continued investor interest in medium and large capitalised stocks across key sectors.On the price movement chart, 38 s
  
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• Tinubu congratulates Pope Leo X1V

  08-05-2025 22:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJAPRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has congratulated His Holiness Leo XIV on his election as the Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.The President felicitated the Conclave for electing the American Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome.President Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, rejoiced with the leadership and congregants of the Catholic Church in Nigeria on the historic election of the new pontiff, whose mes
  
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• ‘A blessing’: US Catholics celebrate first American pope

  08-05-2025 22:36 via vanguardngr.com
  US Catholics flocked to churches across the country in a celebratory mood to mark the “excitement” of the first-ever American pontiff following the election of Pope Leo.Outside Manhattan’s imposing St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 66-year-old Rosaria Vigorito, an artist from Miami, said she could “feel the excitement just in the few minutes I’ve been walking around.”She said she hoped Pope Leo, a 69-year-old from Chicago who spent much of his career in Peru, wo
  
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• 2025 UTME: JAMB to release results Friday

  08-05-2025 22:20 via vanguardngr.com
  By Joseph Erunke, AbujaThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to release the results of candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).Indications have emerged that the board would release the results before noon on Friday, with the event expected to take place at JAMB’s headquarters in Bwari on Friday.The terse invitation is ready: “The release of 2025 UTME is scheduled to hold tomorrow, Friday, 9th May, 2025; Venue: JAMB Natio
  
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• Catholics hail new pope’s emergence, distance Trump from process

  08-05-2025 22:08 via vanguardngr.com
   The Justice Development Peace Commission (JDPC) of the Catholic Church, on Thursday, hailed the emergence of Pope Leo XIV as successor to the late Pope Francis and distanced the election process from U.S. President Donald Trump or any external influence.The JDPC’ Badagry Deanery Executives, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the election of the new Pope, said that God has bestowed a leader on the Church.JDPC’ is the social arm of the Church with a mandate to
  
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• Emergence of Pope Leo XIV “profound blessing” to the world – Peter Obi

  08-05-2025 22:07 via vanguardngr.com
  Peter Obi of the Labour Party has extended warm congratulations to His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV, on his election as the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.Describing the new pontiff’s emergence as a “profound blessing,” Obi said Pope Leo XIV’s leadership comes at a time of deep need for divine guidance and moral clarity in the world.“I wholeheartedly congratulate His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV, on his election as the Supreme Pontiff and spiritual leader of over 1.3 bi
  
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• Senate passes Joint Revenue Board, Nigeria Tax Bill

  08-05-2025 21:40 via vanguardngr.com
  …Retains VAT at 7.5%, with a significant shift allowing VAT input on all items—including fixed assets, overhead costs, and administrative services…Retention of company income tax at 30%By Henry Umoru, ABUJAThe Senate has passed the remaining two of the four tax reform bills, the Joint Revenue Board and Nigeria Tax Bills submitted by President Bola Tinubu in October 2024.The two bills that were read the third time and passed yesterday were the conclusion of the Senate’s
  
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• APGA committed to re-election of Tinubu – Bianca Ojukwu

  08-05-2025 21:31 via vanguardngr.com
  …Rules out defecting to APCBy Johnbosco AgbakwuruAWKA – Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, Thursday, said that the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, is committed to the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.The Minister also said that the one day working visit of President Tinubu to Anambra State was a manifestation of his spirit of inclusivity and that it has proven that he is a president for all Nigerians, regardless of political party af
  
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• Labour Party NEC suspends Abure, Farouk for six months

  08-05-2025 21:25 via vanguardngr.com
  …dissolves NWCBy John Alechenu, ABUJAThe Senator Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party National Caretaker Committee (LP-NCC) has announced the suspension of former National Chairman and Secretary of the party, Barr. Julius Abure and Alhaji Farouk Umar, for a period of six months.This was contained in a statement signed by Usman and the LP-NCC’s Secretary, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, in Abuja, late on Thursday.The party leadership said the decision was a sequel to the findings of the Senat
  
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• Why did Pope Robert Prevost choose Leo XIV as his papal name?

  08-05-2025 20:37 via vanguardngr.com
  In a momentous development in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Prevost,Leo XIV has been elected as the new pope as he made history as the first American to ascend to the papacy.
  Upon his election on Thursday, the 69-year-old chose the name Pope Leo XIV, a name that carries deep historical and spiritual significance.The announcement of his papal name came just moments before his first public appearance as pontiff on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Bas
  
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• World leaders welcome Leo, first US pope

  08-05-2025 20:36 via vanguardngr.com
  World leaders welcomed the election Thursday of Robert Francis Prevost as the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.Prevost, who took the papal name Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States.Here are key reactions:– ‘A Great Honor’: Trump –“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country,&rd
  
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• Natasha: I won’t step down, Akpabio tells critics

  08-05-2025 20:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruABUJA — Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has told Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and others pressuring him to step down from his position to rethink, stating that he will not yield to their demands.Akpabio has faced increasing calls to resign due to allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and another claim linking him to electoral fraud in 2019.On Thursday, in response to remarks from Senate Leader, Ope
  
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• PDP braces for 2027 electoral showdown with key internal reforms

  08-05-2025 20:34 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has intensified its efforts to reorganise and strengthen internal structures in preparation for the 2027 general elections.Key measures include the appointment of the Edo State Caretaker Committee, as well as preparations for the forthcoming National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting and National Convention.Acting on behalf of the NEC, the National Working Committee (NWC) approved the establishment of the Edo State Caretaker
  
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• Judge withdraws from hearing Osun NULGE, APC suit over bias allegation

  08-05-2025 20:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboThe suit filed before Justice Isiaka Adeleke by the leadership of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee, NULGE, seeking an order of the court to bar APC reinstated council officials from secretariats suffered setback as the judge recused himself from the suit.The judge cited a petition authored by the Chairman, APC, Osun State, Tajudeen Lawal, accusing him of move to give judgment in favour of NULGE without hearing from all parties involved.While disclosing that an
  
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• Resolve LP crisis before thinking of fixing Nigeria - Akpabio tackles Peter Obi

  08-05-2025 20:27 via pulse.ng
  
  Senate President Godswill Akpabio has challenged Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, to concentrate on resolving his party's crisis before thinking of fixing Nigeria. Akpabio made the remarks during a valedictory session held by the senate in honour of the late Pa Edwin Clark, leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, representing Ekiti Central senatorial district, moved the motion for the valedic
  
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• Economic reforms not to punish Nigerians, but to avert collapse, says Tinubu

  08-05-2025 20:26 via vanguardngr.com
  President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said that recent government policies are not meant to punish Nigerians, but are necessary interventions to prevent the economy from collapsing.Tinubu made this known at the 55th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) in Abuja.The president was represented by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa.Dangiwa was, in turn, represented by Dr Edna Tobi, Special Assistant for International Cooperation a
  
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• Sowore blasts Peter Obi for ‘gaslighting’ Nigerians who protested against Jonathan’s govt

  08-05-2025 20:16 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bayo WahabHuman Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore has chastised the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi for questioning the necessity of the 2012 subsidy protest against Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.In his response to critics, who accused him of demarketing Nigeria abroad, Obi wondered why those who protested against Jonathan’s government are not raising their voices against fuel and food price hikes under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.“Where
  
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• FG’ll continue to partner with Anambra govt to harness it’s huge potentialities – Tinubu

  08-05-2025 20:12 via vanguardngr.com
  By Nwabueze OkonkwoONITSHA – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Ndi Anambra that federal government would continue to partner with the state to harness it’s huge potentialities.Tinubu who gave this assurance in Awka, during his one-day state working visit to Anambra state where he commissioned some projects completed by Governor Soludo administration, said such a partnership would come through progressive ideological alliance.According to the president, “Our diversity wil
  
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• Wike seeks access to natural resources development fund for Abuja infrastructure projects

  08-05-2025 20:05 via vanguardngr.com
  —Targets Dams, Solar Irrigation, Mechanized Farming, and Tourism DevelopmentBy Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefABUJA — The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has requested the backing of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to access the Natural Resources Development Fund to boost infrastructure and agricultural projects across Abuja.Representing the Minister, the Acting Chairman of the FCT Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Mr
  
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• US to deport African migrants to Equatorial Guinea

  08-05-2025 20:05 via vanguardngr.com
  The United States wants to deport African migrants to Equatorial Guinea, the west African country’s deputy leader has said.“I confirm that there was a conversation in which the United States expressed its intentions, but no conclusion was reached,” vice president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue wrote on his X account on Wednesday.In exchange for accepting deported African migrants from the United States, Mangue said he had asked President Donald Trump’s administration to co
  
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• How Kanu’s broadcast led to murder of Jonathan’s ex-Aide, Gulak – Witness

  08-05-2025 19:52 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA– A witness in the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday, alleged that a media broadcast by the defendant was responsible for the killing of a former presidential aide, Mr. Ahmed Gulak.The witness, who is an operative of the Department of State Services, DSS, alleged that Gulak who served ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was murdered in Imo state on May 30, 2021, after Kanu, in a bro
  
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• Photos: Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, appears on balcony of St Peter’s Basilica

  08-05-2025 19:49 via vanguardngr.com
  Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced.A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV.Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Ro
  
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• JUST IN: Senate passes remaining 2 tax reform bills

  08-05-2025 19:49 via pulse.ng
  
  The Senate has passed the remaining two out of the four tax reform bills after completing the clause-by-clause consideration during the Committee of the Whole and their subsequent third reading on the Senate floor. The two latest bills passed are the 'Nigeria Tax Bill 2024' and the 'Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill.' This comes barely 24 hours after the red chamber passed the first two bills - one seeking to repeal the Federal Inland Revenue Service (Establishment) Act and another to estab
  
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