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• More than 100 inmates make deadly prison break in Chad

  19-04-2025 15:30 via vanguardngr.com
  More than 100 inmates escaped a Chad prison during a shoot-out that left three people dead, and wounded a state governor visiting the facility, officials told AFP on Saturday.The break-out occurred late Friday when an uprising happened in the high-security penitentiary five kilometres (three miles) from the town of Mongo, in the centre of the country.“There are around 100 who escaped, three dead and three wounded,” Hassan Souleymane Adam, secretary general of the Guera province in w
  
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• AC Milan thrash Bologna to keep Euro hopes alive

  10-05-2025 00:02 via vanguardngr.com
  AC Milan kept alive their hopes of European football next season by coming from behind to beat Bologna 3-1 in Serie A on Friday in a warm-up for next week’s Italian Cup final.Santiago Gimenez’s brace and a Christian Pulisic strike turned around a match which looked set to be Bologna’s when Riccardo Orsolini lashed in his 13th goal of season three minutes after the break.A third straight league win moved Milan up one place to eighth, within three points of fourth-placed Juventu
  
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• PDP senators decide to join APC after meeting with Tinubu in Aso Villa

  09-05-2025 23:58 via pulse.ng
  Three senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have formally agreed to dump their party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after meeting President Bola Tinubu. The decision was reached after hours of discussion with the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, May 9, 2025. The lawmakers involved in the defection include Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North), and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South). The APC National Chairman,
  
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• 25-yr-old man nabbed in Lagos while transporting human organs for rituals 

  09-05-2025 23:58 via vanguardngr.com
  By Efe Onodjae Operatives of the  Lagos State Police  Command have arrested a 25-year-old man, Samson Oghenebreme, in Lagos while transporting human organs from Edo State to a native doctor for use in money-making rituals. The command, in a statement by its spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said, “Operatives of Odo-Noforija Division have arrested one Samson Oghenebreme ‘m’ aged 25 in Odomola community, Epe, for being in possession of human organs. The ar
  
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• Zamfara govt accused of sponsoring anti-Matawalle protest to undermine Tinubu's govt

  09-05-2025 23:20 via pulse.ng
  
  The Zamfara State Government has been accused of sponsoring a recent protest against the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, as part of a broader plan to sabotage President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration. This is according to a prominent pressure group within the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Integrity Network, in a statement by its President, Bamidele Ibrahim Ayoola, on Friday, May 9, 2025. This follows a demonstration by another APC group, the Young Leaders
  
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• Matawalle: We‘ve received your petition – EFCC tells protesters

  09-05-2025 23:13 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has pledged to investigate allegations of financial misconduct involving Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defense, following a petition submitted by the All Progressives Congress Young Leaders Alliance (APC-YLA).The petition calls for the EFCC to revisit claims of financial irregularities during Matawalle’s tenure as the Governor of Zamfara State.The assurance came during a protest held on Fri
  
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• Naira depreciates to N1,630/$ in parallel market

  09-05-2025 23:05 via vanguardngr.com
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe naira on Friday depreciated to N1, 630 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,625 per dollar on Thursday.This week the naira experienced a fluctuating trend having opened the week with a depreciation to N1,610 per dollar.The exchange rate for the naira has risen by 1.49 percent when compared to N1,606 per dollar it closed the previous weekend.Meanwhile, black market traders have attributed the depreciation of the naira to continuous increase in demand and low supply
  
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• I’m not a member of any secret cult – Edo Deputy Gov

  09-05-2025 23:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ozioruva AliuBENIN CITY – The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, has strongly refuted allegations linking him to membership in a secret cult.The accusation surfaced in a viral video that implicated Idahosa and other notable figures in Edo State as members of various cult groups. In his reaction, the Deputy Governor described the claims as spurious, defamatory, malicious, unfounded, and grossly misleading. He further stated his intention to pursue legal action to address
  
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• Otti to convert new govt house built by Ikpeazu to hotel

  09-05-2025 22:45 via vanguardngr.com
  ..Says Structure is a Security Risk, UninhabitableBy Steve OkoThe Abia State Government has announced plans to convert the newly constructed Government House, built by the immediate past Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, into a five-star hotel.The decision was made public by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, following a tour of the three-storey complex. Kanu described the structure as “uninhabitable and a security risk”, accusing the former administration of erecting what
  
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• Visa delay: Team Nigeria withdraws from World Relays in China

  09-05-2025 22:08 via vanguardngr.com
  Nigeria has withdrawn from the 2025 World Relays scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, China, citing delays in the issuance of visas to its athletes.The  Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) in a statement on Friday blamed China’s visa process for the withdrawal.The federation regretted that despite beginning the application process in February, “the embassy delayed till a last-minute visa issuance” making it impossible for the team to participate in the event.“Wit
  
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• Obangame Express 2025: Gulf of Guinea nations join forces against arms trafficking

  09-05-2025 22:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Evelyn UsmanThe annual multinational Exercise Obangame Express 2025 officially commenced on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Lagos, with a focused mission to dismantle small arms and light weapons trafficking networks in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).The five-day exercise sees the participation of 25 nations, including Nigeria, the United States, and Spain, in a collaborative effort to enhance maritime security and disrupt illicit arms movements. The Nigerian Navy (NN) has deployed an impressive array of
  
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• US judge orders release of student detained in immigration case

  09-05-2025 22:00 via vanguardngr.com
  A US judge on Friday ordered the release of a Turkish student detained by federal agents as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activism.Judge William Sessions said Rumeysa Ozturk, a Ph.D student at Tufts University in Massachusetts, should be released “immediately” from custody while her removal proceedings continue.Ozturk’s student visa was revoked by the State Department after she co-authored an article in the university newspaper The
  
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• Three Kebbi senators meet Tinubu, defect to APC

  09-05-2025 21:49 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, AbujaThe ranks of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have continued to deplete as three serving senators from Kebbi State, elected on the party’s platform have formally declared their intention to join the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.The three Senators met with President Bola Tinubu, Friday, at the presidential Villa, Abuja.The lawmakers are Senators Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), a former governor of the state; Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi Nort
  
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• Trump floats cutting China tariffs to 80% ahead of trade talks

  09-05-2025 21:39 via vanguardngr.com
  US President Donald Trump signaled on Friday that he could lower sky-high tariffs on Chinese imports, as the rival superpowers prepare for trade talks in Switzerland over the weekend.“80% Tariff on China seems right!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Levies on the Asian manufacturing giant are currently 145 percent, with cumulative duties on some goods reaching a staggering 245 percent.In retaliation to the steep tariffs from Washington, China has slapped 125 percent levies
  
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• South-East will reward Tinubu with votes in 2027 due to his love for Igbo - Umahi

  09-05-2025 21:39 via pulse.ng
  David Umahi, the Minister of Works, has foretold that the entire South-East will overwhelmingly vote for President Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming 2027 general elections to reciprocate his unwavering love for Ndigbo. The Minister made this known while expressing gratitude to the President for his visit to Anambra State on Thursday, May 8, 2024, where he commissioned some legacy projects of the Governor Chukwuma Soludo administration. In a statement by his special adviser (media), Barr. Orji Uchen
  
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• Lagos LG Polls: All set for APC primaries tomorrow amidst tight security

  09-05-2025 21:23 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniAll is now set for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Primaries, scheduled to take place at the State Secretariat, Acme Road, Ikeja, tomorrow, May 10, 2025.Final preparations have been concluded to ensure a smooth and successful exercise, which is expected to produce the party’s chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the upcoming July 12 council polls.The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) had previously slated July 12 for the conduct of ele
  
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• Awolowo's grandchild leaves Labour Party as executive committee member

  09-05-2025 21:09 via pulse.ng
  
  Pastor Funke Awolowo, the granddaughter of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, has resigned her membership of the Labour Party Executive Committee in Lagos State. Awolowo announced her resignation in a statement on Friday, May 9, 2025, citing damage to her personal reputation among other concerns. Until her exit, she served as the Labour Party's Head of Mobilisation and Integration Team in Lagos. In the statement she signed and addressed to Dayo Ekong, the party's Chairman in Lagos, the late sage's
  
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• FAAN opens new cargo terminal at GAT Lagos

  09-05-2025 20:50 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaFederal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has commissioned a new domestic cargo terminal at the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, Lagos.This initiative, led by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, under the Directorate of Cargo Development and Services, headed by Mr Lekan Thomas would boost export activities and strengthen Nigeria’s cargo infrastructure.Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, Mrs Obiageli Orah, made thi
  
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• Lagos pays N978.6m insurance to families of deceased workers

  09-05-2025 20:38 via vanguardngr.com
  The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with LASACO Assurance Plc, on Friday presented cheques worth N978.62 million to 510 beneficiaries as insurance death benefits for the dependents of deceased public servants in the state.The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Abayomi Oluyomi, who led the presentations, said that N978.62 million was presented to provide relief for families of the deceased workers.He commiserated with the families of the deceased and explained the role of government in ensuri
  
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• Tougher days ahead for pipeline vandals as FG targets 2.5m barrels output – NSA

  09-05-2025 20:25 via vanguardngr.com
  …Over 100 Suspects ProsecutedBy Samuel Oyadongha, YenagoaThe Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to achieving its crude oil production target of 2.5 million barrels per day.The National Security Adviser to the President, Nuhu Ribadu, made this known on Friday in Yenagoa during a stakeholders’ meeting organized by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) to review the company’s operations on the Trans Nig
  
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• British-Nigerian art dealer Ochuko Ojiri pleads guilty to funding terrorism offences

  09-05-2025 20:25 via pulse.ng
  A British-Nigerian art expert, Oghenochuko ‘Ochuko’ Ojiri, has admitted to financing terrorism for failing to report a series of high-value art sales to a man sanctioned for alleged links to the Hezbollah terrorist group. Ojiri is a 53-year-old London-based gallery owner who has appeared on BBC Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip and Channel 5’s Storage: Flog the Lot! He was docked at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, May 9, 2025, where he pleaded guilty to eight-cou
  
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• LCCI urges bold action on ‘Nigeria First’

  09-05-2025 20:20 via vanguardngr.com
  The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says the success of the ‘Nigeria First’ policy depends on bold, coherent, and well-coordinated execution.Dr Chinyere Almona, Director General of LCCI, made this known in a statement on Friday.Thepolicy will be backed by an executive order from the Federal Government.It mandates that Nigeria must be prioritised in all procurement processes across sectors, both public and private.This implies that foreign goods or devices locally produc
  
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• A’Ibom police apprehends suspected pipeline vandal; others escape

  09-05-2025 20:19 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma Onuegbu, UyoThe Akwa Ibom State Police Command announced Friday the arrest of a 36-year-old man, identified as Ekwere Obiowo Ernest, in connection with pipeline vandalism.The arrest took place at the scene of the crime in Ikot Oboron Enyin Village, according to a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Timfon John, and made available to journalists in Uyo.DSP John explained that the police received a distress call from a Marine Police Officer at a
  
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• Alleged $1.04m Scam: Supreme Court revokes Ajudua’s bail, orders his remand

  09-05-2025 19:43 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA – The Supreme Court, on Friday, revoked the bail that was granted to Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, who is facing trial over his alleged complicity in a $1.43m fraud.In a unanimous decision, a five-member panel of the apex court ordered that he should be returned back to prison custody.It equally ordered the resumption of hearing on the criminal charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him.The judgement followed an appeal marke
  
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• 25-yrs-old man nabbed in Lagos while transporting human organs for rituals

  09-05-2025 19:28 via vanguardngr.com
  By Efe OnodjaeOperatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old man, Samson Oghenebreme, in Lagos while transporting human organs from Edo State to a native doctor for use in money-making rituals.In a press statement released by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that Oghenebreme was apprehended in the Odomola community of Epe on April 25, 2025, following credible information from members of the public regarding his suspicious movements.Hun
  
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• FG to repatriate 15,000 Nigerians stranded abroad

  09-05-2025 19:27 via vanguardngr.com
  The Federal Government says discussions are ongoing on how 15,000 Nigerians stranded in Cameroon, Niger, Chad and other parts of the world will be returned to Nigeria in safety and dignity.Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI),  disclosed this at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja.Ahmed revealed that no fewer than six million people are displaced in Nigeria while thousands of refugees are living else
  
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• Teen girl takes JAMB to court over hijab ban during UTME

  09-05-2025 19:26 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – Lawal Hameedat Adenike, a teenager, has taken legal action against the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and PEFTI for allegedly forcing her to remove her hijab before writing the University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).The case was filed on her behalf by her mother and lawyer.Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Friday, Basirat Ojo, Lawal’s mother, recounted the incident that occurred on 25 April 2025 at the PEFTI CBT Centre in
  
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• Otedola congratulates Pope Leo XIV, shares throwback photo from Nigeria visit

  09-05-2025 19:25 via vanguardngr.com
  Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Femi Otedola has extended his congratulations to the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost.Taking to Instagram on Friday, Otedola, who serves as Chancellor of Augustine University, Ilara, shared a photo of the pontiff from his 2016 visit to the Augustinian community in Abuja, Nigeria.In his post, Otedola celebrated the Pope’s deep roots in the Augustinian Order, the religious foundation upon which the university is built.&l
  
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• From Reims to Roussillon, the Wines Finding Their Way to Bangkok’s Glasses

  09-05-2025 19:20 via vanguardngr.com
  After more than a decade in the spirits industry, James Ong shifted his focus to wine. He recognised a gap in Thailand for more thoughtful selections: wines with strong provenance, producers who have a clear vision, and a portfolio built on intentional choices rather than mere convenience.
  In 2024, he founded JDSS, a Bangkok-based import house dedicated to sourcing wines and spirits that reflect both heritage and precision. Part of JDSS’s work is identifying producers whose wines, th
  
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• Leo XIV says Church must fight ‘lack of faith’ in first mass

  09-05-2025 19:18 via vanguardngr.com
  Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to work urgently to restore the faith of millions in his first homily as pope Friday, a day after the little-known cardinal become the first head of the 2,000-year institution from the United States.Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became the 267th pope, spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics and successor to Argentina’s Pope Francis on Thursday, after a secret vote by fellow cardinals in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.In today
  
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