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TOP STORIES 

• Toxic meat on rampage: A-Ibom residents cautioned against consumption of toxic meat 

  Dog meat Uyo—AKWA Ibom State citizens and residents have been warned against patronizing and consuming the poisonous skin mea...Read More →

  

• I'll probe NNPC's missing $20bn - Buhari 

  Investigations into the circumstances of an alleged $20 billion missing from the coffers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, will be a priority fo...Read More →

  

• N256.2bn debt threatens fuel importation 

  Lagos—There are indications that the nation may be heading for another fuel scarcity few weeks to the May 29, handover to the incoming Muhammadu Buhari administrat...Read More →

  

• Don’t create problems for incoming govt, APC warns Jonathan's men 

  The All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned officials of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration to desist from creating...Read More →

  

• Apapa gridlock: Pedestrians decry one-way traffic 

  Lagos—Pedestrians along the traffic-ridden Oshodi Apapa Expressway have decried the recklessness of one-way traffic drivers, and...Read More →

  

• Toxic meat on rampage: A-Ibom residents cautioned against consumption of toxic meat 

  Dog meat Uyo—AKWA Ibom State citizens and residents have been warned against patronizing and consuming the poisonous skin mea...Read More →

  

• I'll probe NNPC's missing $20bn - Buhari 

  Investigations into the circumstances of an alleged $20 billion missing from the coffers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, will be a priority fo...Read More →

  

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POLITICS View All →

How PDP can survive the harsh life of opposition — Mamora

on April 27, 2015   /   in Politics 1:08 am 

ERstwhile speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, former deputy minority leader of the Senate, Senator Olorunimbe MamorRead More →

2015: The end of the matter in Delta, Imo and Abia

on April 27, 2015   /   in Politics

THe last word for now in the 2015 general elections came to an end yesterday after the results in three governorship contestsRead More →

OPC Crisis: Why Gani Adams must go —Akinpelu

on April 26, 2015   /   in Politics 7:42 pm 

Adesina Akinpelu, the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Oodua Peoples Congress is entangled in a web of crisis wiRead More →

FAYOSE: Fuelling unending crises in Ekiti?

on April 26, 2015   /   in Politics

Since his assumption into office in June 2014, Governor Ayodele Peter Fayose and the lawmakers elected on the platform of theRead More →

Ambassadors rush to meet Buhari as inaugural day nears

on April 26, 2015   /   in Politics

Gradually, things changed for General Muhammadu Buhari for good. He is no more the ordinary Nigerian of yesterday. He is nowRead More →

Jonathan’s defeat, Okunbor’s rejig jolt Edo PDP

on April 26, 2015   /   in Politics

The defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan has changed the politics of Edo State and the question in the minds of many is howRead More →

How PDP can survive the harsh life of opposition — Mamora

2015: The end of the matter in Delta, Imo and Abia

OPC Crisis: Why Gani Adams must go —Akinpelu

FAYOSE: Fuelling unending crises in Ekiti?

Ambassadors rush to meet Buhari as inaugural day nears

Jonathan’s defeat, Okunbor’s rejig jolt Edo PDP

FINANCE View All →

Mixed reactions trail limit on debit cards

on April 27, 2015   /   in Finance 3:59 am 

Bank customers are divided over the reduction in the amount of foreign exchange that can be accessed for overseas transactionRead More →

302 capital market operators meet new capital base requirements

on April 27, 2015   /   in Finance

About 302 capital market operators have so far complied with the new capital base as directed by the apex capital market reguRead More →

Africa CEO Forum: What does the election of Muhammadu Buhari mean for doing business in Nigeria?

on April 27, 2015   /   in Finance

Africa CEO Forum: What does the election of Muhammadu Buhari mean for doing business in Nigeria?Read More →

SEC set to revive corporate bonds market, Commodities Exchange

on April 27, 2015   /   in Finance

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has said that it is taking steps to address the perceived dormancy in the corporRead More →

2015 Federal Budget: Matters Arising — Afrinvest

on April 27, 2015   /   in Finance

The Nigerian Federal House of Representative on Thursday passed the sum of N4.5tn budget for the 2015 fiscal year with an incRead More →

MAY: Nigeria’s month with history as Adesina seeks to lead AfDB

on April 27, 2015   /   in Finance

The month of May is going to be a special year in the annals of Nigerian history as General Muhammadu Buhari will be sworn inRead More →

Mixed reactions trail limit on debit cards

302 capital market operators meet new capital base requirements

Africa CEO Forum: What does the election of Muhammadu Buhari mean for doing business in Nigeria?

SEC set to revive corporate bonds market, Commodities Exchange

2015 Federal Budget: Matters Arising — Afrinvest

MAY: Nigeria’s month with history as Adesina seeks to lead AfDB

SPORTS View All →

Sofoluwe warns Keshi not to fight with NFF

on April 27, 2015   /   in Sports

Former Eagles star, Yisa Sofoluwe has warned newly-singed coach Stephen Keshi not to fight with the Nigeria Football FederatiRead More →

Garba warns players ahead of Germany trip

on April 27, 2015   /   in Sports

Ahead of their training tour of Germany, Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba has warned his players that they are not embarking onRead More →

NNPC-Shell Cup: 27 Schools qualify for zonal preliminaries

on April 27, 2015   /   in Sports

Twenty-seven schools have emerged as champions from the state finals in the ongoing 17th edition of the NNPC-Shell Cup for NiRead More →

Imo wins Etisalat U-15 School Cup

on April 27, 2015   /   in Sports

Government Secondary School, Imo emerged winners of the second edition of the Etisalat U-15 School Cup after beating GoverRead More →

Hazard wins England’s PFA Player of the Year award

on April 26, 2015   /   in News, Sports 11:50 pm 

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard's impressive season was recognised by his peers when he won England's Professional FootballersRead More →

Ibe signs new Liverpool deal till 2020

on April 26, 2015   /   in Sports

Nigerian youngster Jordan Ibe has committed his future to Liverpool as he inked a long-term deal that will see him remainingRead More →

Sofoluwe warns Keshi not to fight with NFF

Garba warns players ahead of Germany trip

NNPC-Shell Cup: 27 Schools qualify for zonal preliminaries

Imo wins Etisalat U-15 School Cup

Hazard wins England’s PFA Player of the Year award

Ibe signs new Liverpool deal till 2020

ENTERTAINMENT View All →

My late father’s greatest wish was for me to get married — Harrysong

on April 26, 2015   /   in Entertainment

Five Star Music signee and songwriter, Harrysong, recently said he has no immediate plans to get married, as his music careeRead More →

Tale of 3 Nollywood damsels who dumped their boyfriends

on April 26, 2015   /   in Entertainment

Vulnerably beautiful and sexy, Chiamaka Nwokeukwu, isn’t a household name in Nollywood. But the fair-complexioned actress iRead More →

My best is yet to come — Essence

on April 26, 2015   /   in Entertainment

Popular singer and former Kennis Music signee, Essence, hasn’t been so visible in the public sphere lately, and she attribuRead More →

Why Nollywood is not recognized at the Oscars — Afriff Boss

on April 25, 2015   /   in Entertainment 8:26 pm 

CEO of AFRIFF, Chioma Ude, has revealed the reason Nigerian movies are yet to get much recognition from global film awards anRead More →

Debbie Rise returns to the Nigerian Idol

on April 25, 2015   /   in Entertainment

More than seven hundred days after Oluwarise Deborah Ebun, otherwise known as Debie Rise, a professional guitarist, computerRead More →

Seyi Shay drops Jangilova to ease pains of Xenophobia

on April 25, 2015   /   in Showtime People

The indisputably talented R ‘n’ B diva ‘Seyi Shay’ drops another single called “Jangilova” produced by Del B. The song “Jangilova” is a high-life track, a story of love and happier times; excellent for weddings and other milestone celebrations.Read More →

My late father’s greatest wish was for me to get married — Harrysong

Tale of 3 Nollywood damsels who dumped their boyfriends

My best is yet to come — Essence

Why Nollywood is not recognized at the Oscars — Afriff Boss

Debbie Rise returns to the Nigerian Idol

Seyi Shay drops Jangilova to ease pains of Xenophobia

INSIDE VANGUARD

Crime Guard

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  Suleiman Abbas’s sack as IGP: Jonathan’s pound of flesh

  Speculations have continued to trail last Tuesday announcement of the sack of Suleiman Abba as the 1

• Anambra: 58 in Police net over electoral malpractices

• Lamentations of a widow: Alfa cast spell on my hubby, milked him dry and killed him

Interview

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  Assassination Plot: How Buhari saved Obasanjo’s in-law  

  Incidentally, both General Buhari and President Jonathan had saved my life before from a flying bull

• Bassey Dan Abia celebrates change in NDDC

• Why I’m not proud to call Buhari my president — Aribisala

Metro

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  Vandals are better armed than us — Lagos NSCDC

  TWO months after the anti-vandals squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, was 

• AACN set to host investors’ conference in London

• Don’t let me die, lady bathed with acid by ex-lover cries

Special Report

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  Xenophobia: When hard work, entrepreneurship, romance ignite hatred

  He moved down there in 2006 in pursuit of the proverbial greener pastures, and he found success. A p

• Why Nigeria deserves a new deal, Agbakoba writes Buhari

• The untold secret of Nigeria’s economic rise

Health

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  NIPDs: Lagos targets 4m children

  The Lagos State Government has said 4.3 million children were immunised against childhood vaccine pr

• Ignorance often the cause of resistance to immunisation

• Society tasks FG to provide more funds to tackle Malaria

Technology

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  Buhari’s government: ICT stakeholders set digital agenda

  Although technology was at the center of the just concluded 2015 elections, Nigerian IT practitio

• 2015 Microsoft Imagine Cup: ABUAB qualifies for semi-finals

• A new look at the ‘Internet of Things’

Education

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  Learning in the face of Xenophobia: Foreign students in South Africa speak up

  According to a 2005 report, South Africa is the number one destination for foreign students in Afric

• Foreign Varsity partners GEC Academy on students’ recruitment

• In serach for meaning

Sweet Crude

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  Marginal fields have met cardinal objectives -Thomas

  First of all, the marginal field award started 14 years ago, in 2001 and finally in February 2003, 2

• Marginal fields: 18 licences under revocation threats

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• E-EDITIONS
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• LATEST NEWS

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  • 3:26 am#BBOG launches #BBOGCountDownToMay29
  • 3:23 amPrimate Okoh urges Gen Buhari to ignore party defectors
  • 3:13 amSenators-elect, House of Representatives-elect begin inaugural induction
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  • 2:50 amCourt restrains 11 banks from honouring any withdrawal transaction of ex-Rep’s accounts
  • 2:29 amIt’ll be unfair to deny North-east senate presidency —Justice Forum
  • 2:24 amCan Buhari, Tinubu share power?
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  • 2:05 amAppoint spiritual adviser, retired General advises Buhari
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  • 1:16 am302 capital market operators meet new capital base requirements
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• FOR THE RECORD

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    PDP managed poverty, we will end it – Tinubu

    A progressive government must turn its face from the austerity policies of the outgoing administrati

  • Remarks by Solomon Arase as Acting IGP

  • APC asks INEC to cancel Governorship/House Of Assembly Elections In Rivers, Akwa Ibom States

• RELATIONSHIPS

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    Does your love life have the ‘S’ factor?

    SNUGGLING: There’s plenty of evidence to show that hugs can do great things for our relationships.

  • Society sympathises with male divorcee than female

  • I lost my man because I slept with 43 men

• EDITORIAL

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    Cholera – A Country’s Shame

    TWO ignored factors that emphasise governments’ insensitivity to Nigerians – overwhelmingly unac

  • Mr. President won’t sign

• CARTOON

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    Catwalk 

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People & Politics

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  Can Buhari, Tinubu share power?

  By Ochereome Nnanna WITH a month to the inauguration of an All Progressives Congress (APC) fede...
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Rational Perspectives

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  When $ became cheaper in the black market

  The actual value of dollars deployed for this purpose is not known, but it was certainly large ...
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Owei Lakemfa

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  Clueless on Jonathan and Buhari

  IT struck like a thunderbolt from the blues. It was an unexpected goal; against the run of play...
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Sobowale On Business

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  Nigeria without oil is now a reality

  “Unsold Nigeria crude grows as buyer interest falls”. PUNCH, Thursday, April 9, 2015, p 41....
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Broken Links

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  What Buhari must do to move economy forward (2)

  To ensure that Nigeria’s growth can be wide, inclusive and sustained, the incoming Muhammadu ...
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Sports Bassey

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  The Awoniyi debate

  I take time out, quite often to relive and relish the four years I spent as member of the NFF T...
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