Monday, 09 November, 2026

Category: Policy


Following a closed-door meeting between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Sunday, Vanguard has learned that the two leaders discussed the state of the nation and how to rescue the country, Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has officially ended the six-month state of emergency in Rivers, effective midnight on September 17, 2025, signalling an immediate return to democratic governance in the troubled oil-rich state.  The President announced personally that the Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, Read more…


A “rollback” in peace efforts is being driven by “rabid militarists” in Europe, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said The US under President Donald Trump is taking a common-sense approach to resolving the Ukraine conflict, Deputy Foreign Minister Read more…


With six and a half months to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) March 31, 2026 recapitalisation deadline, no fewer than 12 banks have successfully shored up their balance sheets, clearing the capital thresholds that will determine their place in Read more…


Private depots in Lagos and environs were deserted yesterday, as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery rolls out its direct petrol supplies. Checks by Vanguard indicated that private depots were deserted because the operators expected to benefit from the direct supplies. A Read more…


Oxfam in Nigeria and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) held a high-level meeting with President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, to strengthen collaboration on peace, security, climate justice, and regional integration across West Africa. The discussions focused on Read more…


The permanent mission of North Korea to the United Nations said the country’s position as a nuclear weapons state was irreversible, denouncing U.S. “anachronistic” claims for denuclearisation, state media KCNA reported on Monday. “The position of the Democratic People’s Republic Read more…


The Office of the Clerk to the National Assembly has said it lacks the authority to facilitate the resumption of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director of Information in the office, Read more…


MTN Foundation has revealed it plans to educate 86,400 public secondary school students and 1,440 teachers in 12 states on the impact of substance abuse. In his speech during the stakeholders‘ workshop on the implementation of the Anti-Substance Abuse Programme Read more…


The management of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals has announced the commencement of its free delivery of fuel to filling stations across the country, starting with Lagos and the South-West, Abuja, Kwara, Delta, Rivers, and Edo States.  According to a video Read more…


Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President Bola Tinubu administration of elevating poverty, division and hate to state policies. Atiku, who spoke through his media aide, Paul Ibe, told Daily Sun, in a Read more…


By Christian ABURIME The political arena is, by its nature, a battlefield of ideas. It is where visions for the future clash, where policies are debated, and where the character and competence of those who seek to lead are rightfully Read more…