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• Trump asks US Supreme Court to halt return of migrant deported in error

  07-04-2025 21:04 via vanguardngr.com
  The Trump administration made a last-ditch appeal Monday to the Supreme Court hoping to overturn a US federal judge’s order to repatriate a Salvadoran migrant who was mistakenly deported last month.Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, who was living in the eastern state of Maryland, was among more than 200 people sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador under President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented migrants.US District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Friday that Abrego Garcia be returned
  
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• 'Nigeria is bleeding': Atiku slams Tinubu’s absence amid rising insecurity

  17-04-2025 09:13 via pulse.ng
  
  Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has launched a scathing critique of President Bola Tinubu, calling on him to declare a "state of emergency" on his own administration amid worsening insecurity and economic hardship across Nigeria. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Paul Ibe, Atiku accused Tinubu of abandoning the country during a time of escalating violence and despair, describing his ongoing trip to France as a thinly veiled vacation rather than a leg
  
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• ‘No problem’ if Real Madrid replace me – Ancelotti

  17-04-2025 09:02 via vanguardngr.com
  Carlo Ancelotti accepted Real Madrid may look to replace him as coach after Arsenal knocked out the Champions League holders in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.The Italian oversaw a 2-1 home defeat with the Gunners progressing 5-1 on aggregate to the semi-finals.Real Madrid suffered their 12th defeat of the season, by contrast to just two across the whole of the previous campaign.“It could be that the club decide to change (coach), it could be this year — or the next when my contrac
  
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• 2027: Labour Party’s Three-way chairmanship

  17-04-2025 07:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By John AlechenuWith 6,101,533 votes representing 25.40 percent of the total votes cast in the 2023 Presidential election, the Labour Party, LP, and its Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, registered their presence as a force to be reckoned with on Nigeria’s national political landscape.Observers of political events took note of the fact that Obi’s entrance into the LP after defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, only weeks earlier turned the race for Nigeria’s to
  
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• Court adjourns Zumax’s N4.1bn negligence suit to April 22

  17-04-2025 04:55 via vanguardngr.com
  By Temilola AtolagbeLAGOS — A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till April 22, 2025, to rule on which application to hear first in a N4.1 billion allege negligence suit by Zumax Nigeria Limited, an oil services company, against Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.The matter is before Justice Akintoye Aluko.The claimant, Zumax, is contending in the suit that the CBN failed in its statutory duty to supervise banks and protect customers’ interests.However, CBN has filed a prel
  
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• Simon Ekpa gets new lawyer ahead of ‘terrorism’ trial in Finland

  17-04-2025 04:35 via vanguardngr.com
  Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra separatist, has appointed a new legal representative ahead of his upcoming trial in Finland scheduled for June 2025.In November 2024, Ekpa, a self-proclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was arrested by law enforcement in Finland.He was subsequently sent to prison by the district court of Päijät-Häme for “spreading terrorist propaganda on social media.”Ekpa was said to have committed the crime in 2021
  
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• Causes, consequences of failing justice system in Nigeria

  17-04-2025 04:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Evans UfeliThe justice system is often regarded as the backbone of a democratic society. It is responsible for maintaining law and order, protecting individual rights, and providing mechanisms for dispute resolution.However, Nigeria’s justice system is increasingly viewed as failing, characterized by inefficiencies, corruption, lack of access, and inadequate resources. This article explores the multifaceted challenges that contribute to the deterioration of Nigeria’s justice syst
  
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• Crashed trading platform: Aggrieved investors storm CBEX Lagos office, break into premises

  17-04-2025 04:29 via vanguardngr.com
  …My wife pushed me into it, victim recounts ordeal…I lost over $7,000, says another victimBy Olasunkanmi AkoniIrate investors in the early hours of yesterday stormed the office of Crypto Bridge Exchange Smart-Treasures, widely known as CBEX, located at 166, Idimu Road, Seliat Bus Stop in Egbeda-Idimu area of Lagos State, breaking into the premises in search of officials in charge of the crashed trading platform, with yet to be ascertained billions of money.
  This came the Economic
  
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• Rivers under scrutiny as Reps invite Sole Administrator, Ibas

  17-04-2025 04:19 via vanguardngr.com
  By Daniel Abia & Gift ChapiOdekinaAbuja—The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight has invited the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), to appear before it for a comprehensive interactive session today.Meanwhile, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has rejected calls for reconciliation from former militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, stating that suspended Governor
  
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• Poor welfare: Maritime workers issue strike notice to firm

  17-04-2025 03:54 via vanguardngr.com
  By Victor Ahiuma-YoungLAGOS — THE Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has issued a 21-day strike notice to the management of Sea Transport Manning Services Ltd over its refusal to sign a new bargaining agreement, CBA, since the expiration of subsisting one since 2023 for its workers, who are bonafide members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria.The union, in a statement in Lagos by its President General, Francis Bunu and Head of Media, Mr John Ikemefuna, alleged that several atte
  
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• 2027: Atiku’s coalition, PDP govs clash over fronting for Tinubu

  17-04-2025 03:53 via vanguardngr.com
  •We’ll ride any vehicle that guarantees good governance—Ex-VPBy Dapo Akinrefon & Omeiza AjayiABUJA—THE decision of the governors, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, not to be part of the planned coalition did not go down well with the organisers as the anti-Tinubu coalition, led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, accused the PDP governors of playing the spoiler for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election.The
  
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• Excitement as UK Supreme Court backs biological definition of woman

  17-04-2025 03:43 via vanguardngr.com
  By Nkiruka Nnorom with agency reportsIn a landmark ruling that signaled  victory for women and setback for trans-gender people, judges at the UK Supreme Court, yesterday, unanimously ruled that a woman was defined by biological sex not ideology under the UK’s equalities law.The judgment marked the culmination of a long-running legal battle which could have major implications on how sex-based rights apply across Scotland, England and Wales and followed a case brought against the Scott
  
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• Buhari’s men pass confidence vote on Tinubu

  17-04-2025 03:37 via vanguardngr.com
  *We endorse president’s reforms — Al Makura, Masari, Adamu, othersABUJA: Against reports of discontent among members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change CPC, one of the legacy parties which formed the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders of the bloc have passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu.The CPC bloc had former President Muhammadu Buhari as its leader before the merger to form the APC.
  Since the defection of one of its members and a former Gov
  
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• NSIA grows asset to $2.8billion

  17-04-2025 03:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefThe Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has grown its asset to $2.84 billion, up from the $1. billion it received in 2013.The Managing Director, Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq, who disclosed this while briefing the press on the organisation’s 2024 performance, in Abuja, yesterday, said:  “The NSIA has received a total of $1.82 bn  in net Government Contributions since its inception. These funds have been efficiently utilized by NSIA, resulting in a
  
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• Insecurity worsens: Herdsmen kill 144 in Plateau, Benue in 14 days

  17-04-2025 03:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Umar Yusuf, Peter Duru, Marie-Therese Nanlong, Abel Daniel, Gabriel Ewepu & John AlechenuMAKURDI — No fewer than 144 persons have been killed by herdsmen in the two north central states of Plateau and Benue states in the last two weeks, as the blood-letting continued late Tuesday, with the killing of at least 13 persons, while scores of others sustained injuries, with over 50 houses razed.Recall that within the period, 104 persons, comprising 52 in Bassa local government area and a
  
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• Nigeria cuts power supply to Niger by 42% to 46mw

  17-04-2025 02:34 via vanguardngr.com
  Nigeria has cut electricity sale to Junta-ruled Niger Republic to 46 megawatts from 80 megawatts.Vanguard gathered yesterday that the cut represent a 42 per cent reduction in power supply to the country.Niger’s Energy Minister, Haoua Amadou, said the measure has led the country’s electricity production to fall by 30 to 50 per cent, forcing state-owned power company, Nigelec, to impose planned power cuts that could last several days, especially in the capital, Niamey.Nigeria suspende
  
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• Cashcraft and CBEX: Two of a kind in Ponzi netherworld, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

  17-04-2025 02:04 via vanguardngr.com
  In the wake of the disappearance, on Monday, of Crypto Bridge Exchange Smart-Treasures, widely known as CBEX, a digital asset platform, grief and regret have enveloped the land and understandably so. In the coming days, some will commit suicide, having watched, in some cases, entire life savings, pensions and hope for a more secured financial future evaporate like morning dew.This latest Ponzi scheme, experts say, may have cost the victims an estimated N1.4 trillion. Such colossal sum will, no
  
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• The language of conviction: Unpacking “I Think,” “I Believe,” and “In My Opinion”, by Ruth Oji

  17-04-2025 02:01 via vanguardngr.com
  In the subtlety of everyday conversation, we rarely pause to consider the weight our introductory phrases carry. Three expressions in particular—”I think,” “I believe,” and “in my opinion”—slip from our lips with such frequency that they’ve become nearly invisible to us. Yet these seemingly interchangeable phrases colour our statements in distinctly different hues, revealing volumes about our certainty, our convictions, and even our cul
  
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• Africa and Washington’s disruptive trade wars: Opportunities and challenges

  17-04-2025 01:59 via vanguardngr.com
  By CHARLES ONUNAIJUBorders that are criss-crossed more frequently by trades in goods and services are less likely to besieged by soldiers and other armed elements, buttressing the fact that trade dividends are not just development, growth and prosperity but also peace and mutual understanding through the instrumentality of dialogue among civilizations. With the establishment and flourishing of regional free trade areas across the world, it is no doubt that trade makes concrete contribution
  
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• Tinubu fiddles as Trump’s tariff war upends Nigeria’s economy, by Olu Fasan

  17-04-2025 01:57 via vanguardngr.com
  Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s junketing president, chose the week Donald Trump, America’s ultra-protectionist president, unleashed a global trade war to go on a “working visit” abroad. As the world reeled from Trump’s tariff blitz, the deepest and most sweeping in a century, leaders of most other countries were hands on deck at home.
  President Emmanuel Macron of France, where Tinubu was hibernating, actively reached out to his fellow European leaders to coordinate the EU&
  
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• Nigeria and the wind of change in Africa 

  17-04-2025 01:56 via vanguardngr.com
  By AMINU JAHUNAfrican ruling parties are becoming politically endangered. Against their sit-tight syndrome, they meet their Waterloo in youth dominated oppositional coalitions.Before delving into Africa’s wind of change, there is an oppositional light from Latin America: an Argentine two-party political coalition, known as the Front For All,  fielded Alberto Fernandez as its presidential candidate, who trounced the incumbent President, Mauricio Macri in a 2019 election.The year 2024
  
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• Tinubu’s deadline to end insecurity

  17-04-2025 01:54 via vanguardngr.com
  President Bola Tinubu’s December 2025 deadline for the armed forces to end insecurity in Nigeria is a fresh approach to the duties of his office as Commander-in-Chief. It is different from the usual “marching orders” that no longer means anything, even to the military and police personnel.In most cases, the armed forces and police appear to wait to be issued these “marching orders” to avoid unwittingly stepping on wrong toes. We saw how a former Chief of Army Staff
  
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• Lagos LGAs: IPAC to boycott polls over 37 LCDAs inclusion

  17-04-2025 01:46 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniLAGOS — AHEAD of the forthcoming Local Government elections in Lagos State, some political parties, yesterday, threatened to boycott any election recognising the 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, as against the constitutionally recognised 20 council areas.This came as the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, held a stakeholders’ parley with leaders of 19 registered political parties, assuring a free, fair exercise for all political parti
  
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• Newcastle thrash Crystal Palace to go third in Premier League

  17-04-2025 00:07 via vanguardngr.com
  Newcastle soared up to third in the Premier League with a 5-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace on Wednesday to close in on a return to the Champions League next season.Jacob Murphy, Harvey Barnes, Fabian Schar and Alexander Isak were on target for the Magpies, with Marc Guehi also scoring an own goal, as Newcastle made light of the absence of manager Eddie Howe due to pneumonia.A sixth consecutive victory in all competitions opens up a five-point lead for Newcastle over sixth-placed Chelsea, with a
  
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• Buhari's group CPC declares loyalty to Tinubu, dismisses plot to leave APC

  16-04-2025 23:59 via pulse.ng
  
  Members of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) bloc have reaffirmed their loyalty to President Bola Tinubu and the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defunct CPC is former President Muhammadu Buhari's party. It merged with others to form the APC and eventually kicked out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in 2015 after the latter had ruled for 16 years. Other parties that formed the merger include the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Action Congress of Nigeri
  
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• Nigeria is in full-blown state of emergency – Atiku

  16-04-2025 23:47 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruABUJA- FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lampooned the government of President Bola Tinubu, describing the country as one that was presently in a full state blown of state of emergency.The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, also asked when President Tinubu will declare a state of emergency on his own ‘disastrous presidency’.According to Atiku, President Tinubu on April 2, 2025, flew out to France, saying that there was absolutely n
  
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• Nigeria, Niger move to strengthen bilateral ties, security cooperation

  16-04-2025 23:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Favour Ulebor, AbujaNigeria and Niger Republic have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties, with a focus on economic cooperation, regional security, and joint infrastructure projects.In a statement on Wednesday, signed by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and his Nigerien counterpart, Mr. Bakary Yaou Sangaré, both parties emphasized the importance of revitalising the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission (NNJC) to address commo
  
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• Plateau, Benue, Ondo killings: When will the bloodletting stop? –  Gbenga Hashim asks

  16-04-2025 23:32 via vanguardngr.com
  Former presidential candidate, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has condemned the recent wave of violence in Plateau, Benue, and Ondo States, describing the continued killings as a tragic indictment of Nigeria’s deteriorating security architecture.In a strongly worded statement issued on Wednesday, Hashim questioned the Federal Government’s ability to halt the carnage, while calling for urgent and comprehensive reforms to Nigeria’s security system.“How many more innocent lives
  
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• 'They want to create panic in Rivers' - Administrator denies summoning Fubara

  16-04-2025 23:27 via pulse.ng
  
  The Sole Administrator in charge of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has denied issuing a summons for suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Nma Odu, to appear for a probe. This followed a report that made the rounds on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, claiming that the Sole Administrator summoned Fubara to appear before a panel of inquiry regarding appointments made under his watch before the suspension. Recall that in March, President Bola Tinubu proclaimed a state of emergency in
  
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• Inter edge past Bayern to set up Champions League semi against Barcelona

  16-04-2025 23:26 via vanguardngr.com
  Inter Milan reached the semi-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday after drawing 2-2 with Bayern Munich to win a pulsating last-eight tie 4-3 on aggregate.Italian champions Inter will face Barcelona in the semis after goals in the space of three minutes from captain Lautaro Martinez and Benjamin Pavard cancelled out a Harry Kane strike for Bayern which levelled the tie in the 52nd minute.Eric Dier’s looping header in the 75th minute earned Bayern a draw on the night in soaking
  
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