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• Trossard shines as ruthless Arsenal delay Liverpool’s title party

  20-04-2025 17:16 via vanguardngr.com
  Arsenal made Liverpool wait to be crowned Premier League champions as Leandro Trossard inspired a 4-0 win that pushed Ipswich to the brink of relegation on Sunday.Mikel Arteta’s side cruised to their first victory in three league games thanks to Trossard’s double and goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Ethan Nwaneri at Portman Road.Ipswich played more than half the match with 10 men after Leif Davis was sent off for a crude lunge on Bukayo Saka.Second-placed Arsenal are 10 points behi
  
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• Reps to probe ‘technical error’ in JAMB’s 2025 UTME

  15-05-2025 14:26 via vanguardngr.com
  The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate a technical error that allegedly compromised the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).The resolution was passed during Thursday’s plenary session following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Adewale Adebayo, a lawmaker representing Osun State.The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is an annu
  
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• Two NNPP, one PDP rep members defect to APC

  15-05-2025 14:22 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gift ChapiOdekina, AbujaTwo members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) from Kano State on Thursday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).The lawmakers are Kabiru Usman, who represents Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya Federal Constituency, and Abdullahi Sani, who represents Karaye/Rogo Federal Constituency.In addition, a member of the House of Representatives from Osun State, Mr Wole Oke, elected under the Peoples Democratic Par
  
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• Ex-militants in Ondo protest exclusion from Amnesty Programme

  15-05-2025 14:21 via vanguardngr.com
  …Beg President Tinubu to InterveneBy Dayo Johnson, AkureEx-militants from the oil-rich Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have protested their exclusion from the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme since 2017.The protesters, representing various camps including the United Sea-wolf Avengers, Awaja Camp, Forest Soldiers, Big-fish Camp, Ogoloto Camp, Niger Delta Vanguard Camp, Aluma Camp, Ofaran Camp, and six others, expressed disappointment over their non-integration into t
  
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• How Obasanjo ended Boko Haram threat in weeks — Atiku

  15-05-2025 14:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry Oduah
  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has revealed how then-President Olusegun Obasanjo swiftly crushed the Boko Haram insurgency when it first emerged in 2002.Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday during a visit by stakeholders from Kogi East Senatorial District, led by former Kogi Deputy Governor Simon Achuba, Atiku credited the quick response to decisive leadership and strong political will.The former number two citizen, on Thursday, shared a video of his remarks on Facebook.Atiku sai
  
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• Lagos bans night construction

  15-05-2025 13:55 via vanguardngr.com
  Lagos State Government has restricted construction activities across the state to between 7.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m., Mondays to Saturdays.The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, announced the new directive in a statement on Thursday by the agency’s Director, Public Affairs, Mr Mukaila Sanusi.Olumide said the measure became necessary to safeguard the environment, curb incidences of building collapse, and enhance the overall well-being of residents.&
  
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• Lagos LG polls: NNPP adopts consensus for primaries, vows to spring surprise

  15-05-2025 13:40 via vanguardngr.com
  The Lagos State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says it will adopt a consensus mode of primaries to choose its candidates for the July 12 local government election in the state.The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Mr Richard Benson, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.Benson said, “We are adopting the consensus approach for our primaries.“In places where we have many aspirants, we shall ask others t
  
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• First Everest death of climbing season recorded

  15-05-2025 13:24 via vanguardngr.com
  A Filipino climber has died on Mount Everest, officials said Thursday, becoming the first fatality of this year’s climbing season on the world’s highest mountain.Philipp Santiago, 45, was preparing to summit the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak, but was exhausted when he reached the final camp (Camp 4) on Wednesday night, Himal Gautam of Nepal’s tourism department told AFP.“He died at the place where he was resting,” said Bodha Raj Bhandari, of Snowy Horizon Treks an
  
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• UK may set up migrant ‘return hubs’ in other nations – PM Starmer

  15-05-2025 13:19 via vanguardngr.com
  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said the UK would begin talks with other countries on “return hubs” for failed asylum seekers.“What now we want to do and are having discussions of… is return hubs, which is where someone has been through the system in the UK, they need to be returned… and we’ll do that, if we can, through return hubs,” Starmer told GB News television from Albania, where he is on an official visit.Starmer is under pressu
  
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• UTME results: JAMB should take responsibility for Timilehin’s death – NANS

  15-05-2025 13:13 via vanguardngr.com
  …Calls for overhaul of exam bodyBy Adesina WahabThe National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has said the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, should be held responsible for the death of Miss Timilehin Faith Opesusi, who committed suicide over poor scores in the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.The student body also called for a total overhaul of the examination body and the resignation of the Registrar, Prof. Isaq Oloyede.In a statement on Thurs
  
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• UTME Scandal: Peter Obi commends JAMB Registrar for transparency, accountability

  15-05-2025 12:57 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bayo WahabPeter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate has commended Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), for his transparency and accountability over the 2025 UTME result scandal.The 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) results recently released by JAMB indicated that over 1.5 million out of 1.9 million candidates who sat for the exam scored below 200.Following public outcries on the controversial resu
  
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• Haaland eyes FA Cup to save face after Man City’s ‘horrific’ season

  15-05-2025 12:53 via vanguardngr.com
  Erling Haaland said Manchester City must deliver in the FA Cup final on Saturday to salvage something from a “horrific” season that saw them deposed as English champions for the first time in five years.City face Crystal Palace at Wembley aiming to avoid a first trophyless campaign since Pep Guardiola’s debut season in charge in 2016/17.Guardiola’s men sit fourth in the Premier League, 18 points adrift of champions Liverpool, and in a battle just to secure a top-five fin
  
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• Russia calls Zelensky ‘clown’, ‘loser’ ahead of Turkey talks

  15-05-2025 12:51 via vanguardngr.com
  Russia and Ukraine traded insults on Thursday as negotiators were due to meet in Turkey for the first direct peace talks in more than three years.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Russia for sending a “dummy” delegation, as he touched down in Ankara for a meeting with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Russian officials, for their part, called Zelensky “pathetic” and a “clown”.The exchange of personal barbs undermines the chances of any bre
  
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• Real Madrid to sign Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen for £50m

  15-05-2025 12:27 via vanguardngr.com
  Real Madrid are closing in on the signing of Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen after agreeing to activate his £50 million release clause.The 20-year-old Spain international is set to return to his home country, having grown up in Marbella and come through the ranks at Malaga and Costa Unida CF. Despite interest from Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Newcastle, Huijsen has chosen Real and is close to finalising personal terms.Madrid will pay the fee in three instalments. Former clubs Juv
  
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• 2025 UTME: How we scored above 340 — Candidates

  15-05-2025 12:24 via vanguardngr.com
  Some candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), who scored above 340 overall and had over 90 marks in mathematics, have largely attributed their success to hard work.In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday, the candidates also pinpointed prayer and commitment as other secrets behind their stories.Temiloluwa Afolabi, a 15-year-old would-be computer engineer from the Oritamefa Baptist Model School, Ibadan, said that he sco
  
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• Accidental discharge won’t be tolerated, NSCDC warns armed personnel

  15-05-2025 12:20 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ebonyi Command has warned its personnel who recently underwent arms training that it will not tolerate any case of accidental discharge.The State Commandant of the corps, Mr Francis Nnadi, gave the warning on Wednesday in Abakaliki while addressing a guard of honour mounted for him by the 83 personnel.Nnadi charged the personnel who were trained at the 14 Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Ohafia, Abia, to stick to all rules of engagement.“On
  
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• Adaka Boro’s Day: Ijaw Youths demand Fubara’s reinstatement

  15-05-2025 12:15 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA: The Ijaw Youth Council IYC on Thursday declared that its patience was fast thinning out following the continued emergency rule in Rivers State, urging President Bola Tinubu to immediately restore democracy in the state and reinstate the suspended governor, Siminalayi Fubara.According to the IYC, Ijaw people and indeed all lovers of democracy are deeply concerned about the appointment of a sole administrator in the State.Tinubu had in March declared a state of emergency in
  
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• Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi out of coma, recovering after emergency surgery

  15-05-2025 12:10 via vanguardngr.com
  Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi is out of an induced coma and recovering well after urgent abdominal surgery that followed a collision with the goalpost during Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester.The 27-year-old Nigerian continued playing after the crash but was later subbed off, with Forest having used all available substitutions.
  He was rushed to hospital on Monday, and underwent a complex, potentially life-saving operation on Wednesday.
  The surgery went as planned, and he is now a
  
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• Defections: We don’t want Nigeria to become one-party state – APC

  15-05-2025 12:09 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bayo WahabThe National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has said that the ruling party has no desire to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.Morka, speaking on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Thursday, said the defections of opposition party members to the APC do not mean the ruling party wants a one-party system.He stated that when the PDP was in power, the party controlled over 28 states without being accused of turning the
  
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• Nigeria to launch four satellites for Earth observation, security

  15-05-2025 12:03 via vanguardngr.com
  The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, on Wednesday, said the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the launch of four satellites to aid Earth observation and the fight against insecurity in the country.Nnaji said this at the 22nd National Council on Innovation, Science and Technology (NCIST) in Abuja.The meeting which was held from May 12 to May 14 had as its theme: “Research, Develop, Innovate and Commercialise: A Cycle for National Prosperity.”The minister sai
  
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• Trump says US should ‘take’ Gaza and turn it into ‘freedom zone’

  15-05-2025 11:48 via vanguardngr.com
  President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted the United States to “take” Gaza and turn it into a “freedom zone”, as the Israel-Hamas war rages on in the Palestinian territory.“I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good, make it a freedom zone, let the United States get involved and make it just a freedom zone,” the US leader said in Qatar, adding: “I’d be proud to have the United States have it, take it, make it a freedom zone.&rdquo
  
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• Lagos LG election: LP holds primaries Friday, adopts indirect mode

  15-05-2025 11:38 via vanguardngr.com
  The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has fixed Friday for its chairmanship primaries for the July 12 local government election in the state.The LP State Chairman, Pastor Dayo Ekong, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.Ekong said that the chairmanship primaries would be held at the various council areas.According to her, the party will adopt the delegate-based mode (indirect) to pick its candidates.“Our councillorship primar
  
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• Harvard president to take pay cut amid US funding review

  15-05-2025 11:22 via vanguardngr.com
  Harvard president Alan Garber will take a voluntary 25% pay cut, as the elite university faces mounting federal funding reductions under U.S President Donald Trump’s administration.U.S media reported on Thursday, citing the university.The salary cut is set to take effect at the start of the new fiscal year on July 1.Harvard presidents typically earn upward of 1 million dollar annually.Harvard spokesman Jonathan L. Swain was quoted by several U.S. media outlets as saying that other Harvard
  
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• UTME scandal: JAMB, minister face N10bn suit over alleged abuse of minors’ rights

  15-05-2025 11:12 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry OjeluLagos – A human rights lawyer, Evans Ufeli, has filed a N10 billion suit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the Minister of Education over what he described as widespread irregularities and technical failures that allegedly marred the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, during a press conference on Wednesday admitted that the early reported mass failure in the examination was caused by a syste
  
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• Afenifere disowns call for Akume’s suspension over alleged aide’s fraud

  15-05-2025 11:02 via vanguardngr.com
  Yoruba socio-politcal-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has disowned a group which claimed to be its faction calling for the suspension of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, from office.This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Abagun Omololu, the Organising Secretary of Afenifere, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.Omololu described the statement, which he said was falsely attributed to Afenifere, as a mischievous, un
  
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• Gunmen seize ransom bearers, demand fresh N30m to free Ondo APC chairman, two others

  15-05-2025 10:57 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dayo Johnson, AkureIn a dramatic turn of events, kidnappers, who abducted the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Ose council area of Ondo State, Nelson Adepoyigi, have detained the ransom bearers.The kidnappers have reportedly demanded for fresh N30 million to release the three captives. The two ransom bearers, identified as Bayode Loco and Isimeri, who reportedly took the N5 million and some food items to the abductors have been detained Adepoyigi, who was a ward chairman
  
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• Insecurity: FG told to act as 3,610 killed in 3 months

  15-05-2025 10:28 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The Nigeria Youth Forum (NYF) has expressed concern over Nigeria’s escalating security crisis, revealing that at least 3,610 Nigerians were killed by bandits and Boko Haram insurgents between January and March 2025.The group called on the Federal Government to act decisively, warning that the country is drifting dangerously toward anarchy.In a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Toriah Olajide Felani, the NYF described the ongoing killing
  
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• S/African president to meet Trump next week over rising tensions

  15-05-2025 10:27 via vanguardngr.com
  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will meet US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington next week at a time of strained ties between the two countries, Pretoria said in a statement released late on Wednesday.Tensions have been rising for months over a range of policy issues, culminating this week in the United States resettling a first group of white Afrikaners that Trump claims are facing “persecution” in South Africa.“On Wednesday, 21 May 2025, President Ramaphosa will m
  
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• New Dawn for Policing in Nigeria as NPTF Unveils Modern Divisional Police Station

  15-05-2025 10:08
  A new chapter has opened in Nigerian Policing with the commissioning of the Katampe Modern Divisional Police HQ and the groundbreaking of the 6-Man Rank & File Quarters — a major milestone by the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) to enhance welfare and infrastructure for the force.Dr. Anuma Ogbonnaya, who represented Dr. Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, Honourable Minister of Police Affairs, flanked by Mohammed Sheidu, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), and AIG Victor Olaiya,
  
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• Killings: Benue govt seeks help to return IDPs home, secure borders

  15-05-2025 10:08 via vanguardngr.com
  Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has called for assistance in facilitating the return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their homes.Alia made the call at the North-Central Regional Consultation on the Harmonisation of the National Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Framework on Wednesday in Makurdi.The workshop on the theme “Towards Creating Exit Pathways out of Violence and Criminality” was organised by International Alert in collaboration with the Office of the
  
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