Vanguard Latest News Wednesday 12th February 2025
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 12/02/25
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target=_blank>NLC demands immediate reversal of telecom tariff hike, threatens shutdown
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the recent 50% tariff hike by telecommunications companies, calling for an immediate reversal to avoid severe consequences. Despite an agreement with the Federal Government and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), telecom firms have proceeded with the increase, prompting NLC to issue a March 1 deadline for a total shutdown of their operations if the tariffs are not rolled back.
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target=_blank>Russia rejects swapping occupied territory with Ukraine
Russia on Wednesday rejected swapping occupied territory with Kyiv as part of any future peace deal hours after launching a barrage of drones and missiles on Kyiv that killed one person. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who had floated the idea of exchanging occupied land, said the latest strikes showed the Kremlin was not interested in
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target=_blank>Governor Idris pays N2.7bn for 25 Kebbi students in Egypt
By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi Kebbi state governor, Dr Nasir Idris, has released N117 million for upkeep and accommodation fees for 25 students studying in various universities in Egypt. The commissioner for higher education, a ministry for higher education in Kebbi state, Alhaji Isah Abubakar Tunga, said that in a similar kind gesture, the Kebbi
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target=_blank>Saudi Arabia to invest $5 bn in AI data centre
A Saudi company will invest $5 billion to build an artificial intelligence data centre in the futuristic city of NEOM, state media reported.
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target=_blank>N/Korea slams US over plans to relocate Gaza residents
North Korean state media on Wednesday blasted the United States for President Donald Trump’s plan to redevelop the Gaza Strip by taking over the war-ruined territory and resettling residents elsewhere. “The world is now seething with the U.S. ‘bomb declaration’,” the state-controlled KCNA news agency said on its English language website, without naming Trump. “The U.S.
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target=_blank>Suspected human trafficker arrested in Sokoto, 2 Libya-bound women rescued
Akuneme said that the arrest was made at the suspect’s family residence in Yar Kara area, Illela Local Government on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
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target=_blank>Valentine Day: Cleric seeks ban on celebration
General Superintendent of the Holy Spirit Mission, Ikeja, Lagos State, Bishop Charles Ighele, on Wednesday called for a ban on the celebration of Valentine’s Day in Nigeria. Ighele made the called in an interview with Newsmen in Lagos, against the backdrop of illicit sexual abuse attached to the day by some people. He said that
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target=_blank>Kaduna adopts gender responsive public procurement policy
Kaduna State has become the first subnational to adopt the Gender Responsive Public Procurement Policy, which was formulated in collaboration with UN Women and other stakeholders.
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target=_blank>Edo shuts Ambrose Alli University’s satellite campuses
The statement emphasised Governor Monday Okpebholo’s commitment to improving the university’s standards and justified the decision based on the government’s
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target=_blank>Trump fires USAID inspector general
Trump, who began his second term last month, has launched a crusade led by his top donor Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to downsize or dismantle swaths of the US government.
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