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• 3 African countries that have never borrowed from IMF

  21-08-2026 13:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  While many African countries have turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial support at different points, three countries stand out for never having drawn financial assistance from the institution.1. BotswanaIMF membership: 1968
  Botswana is one of the few African countries that has never received financial assistance from the IMF. Despite being an IMF member, the country has maintained its economic relationship with the institution through consultations and surveillance rathe
  
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• UK court orders Prince Harry, others to pay Daily Mail £9.5m

  21-08-2026 16:24 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A UK court ordered Prince Harry and six others Friday to pay an initial £9.5 million ($13 million) after they lost their privacy case against the publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mail.The court said the prince and six other high-profile figures, who lost their unlawful information gathering and privacy invasions claim against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), must make the payment within a week.The claimants — which include Elton John, his husband David Furnish, actors Eliz
  
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• FIFA issues 10-match ban to Argentina’s Paredes

  21-08-2026 16:20 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes has been suspended for 10 international matches for his behaviour in the aftermath of his country’s defeat to Spain in the World Cup final, FIFA said on Friday.Paredes was also fined $90,000. He was one of several Argentina players given suspensions and fines for the incidents in the final in New Jersey that Argentina lost 1-0 to Spain.AFP
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• Alleged drug trafficking: FBI explains why Tinubu’s record can’t be released

  21-08-2026 16:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked a US court to allow it to keep some records concerning an old investigation linked to President Bola Tinubu from public disclosure, citing the need to protect law-enforcement methods and the safety of individuals.The request was contained in a motion filed on August 20 at the US District Court for the District of Columbia, where the FBI asked to privately provide the judge with additional details supporting its decision to withhold parts of th
  
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• 2027: ADC’s Adio decries rent crisis, promises improve living condition for Eti-Osa

  21-08-2026 16:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for Eti-Osa Constituency 2 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Ayo Adio, has said he is contesting the 2027 election to push for the use of public resources to improve the living conditions of working-class residents.Adio made the remarks during an interview on Vanguard Politics Hub, where he discussed his campaign, legislative priorities and plans for constituents.He said his decision to seek elective office was driven by what he described as t
  
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• PENGASSAN to FG: Turn oil wealth into jobs, prosperity

  21-08-2026 16:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Johnbosco AgbakwuruThe Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has urged the Federal Government to urgently translate Nigeria’s vast oil and gas resources into jobs, increased revenue, investment and sustainable national prosperity.The call was made in the communiqué issued at the end of the 2026 PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit, PEALS 2026, held from August 19 to 21 in Abuja.The communiqué was signed by PENGAS
  
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• World number one Sinner withdraws from US Open with knee injury

  21-08-2026 16:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  World number one Jannik Sinner confirmed on Friday he will not compete in the US Open because of a right knee injury.“Even though I have been working hard with my team and my medical staff, we have now had to make the difficult decision that I will not be able to compete at the US Open this year,” the Italian said in a statement.AFP
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• From US Navy to beauty queen: Seven things about Nigerian-American Miss Grand USA Victoria Oluwakotanmi

  21-08-2026 16:12 via punchng.com
  
  Discover 7 fascinating facts about Victoria Oluwakotanmi, the Nigerian-American beauty queen and US Navy veteran crowned Miss Grand USA 2026. Learn about hRead More: https://punchng.com/from-us-navy-to-beauty-queen-seven-things-about-nigerian-american-miss-grand-usa-victoria-oluwakotanmi/
  
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• 9 popular countries Nigerians travel to where you cannot cover your face in public

  21-08-2026 16:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Travellers heading to some European countries may need to pay attention to local rules on face coverings.Several countries have introduced laws restricting clothing or other items that conceal the face in public places. The rules differ considerably: some countries have nationwide restrictions, while others apply the ban only in specific locations such as public transport, schools or government buildings.For travellers, including Nigerians visiting Europe, understanding these rules can help avo
  
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• S’west monarchs, Sunday Igboho meet to deepen regional security

  21-08-2026 16:09 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adeola BadruTraditional rulers across the South-West are set to hold a high-level security meeting with Yoruba nation activist and founder of the Iru Ekun Security Network, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in a fresh move to strengthen regional security and protect rural communities from criminal threats.The crucial stakeholders’ meeting, scheduled for Friday in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State, is being hosted by the Owa Ajero of Ijero Ekiti, Oba Joseph Adebayo Adewole, and w
  
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• Dangote Transport deploys real-time driver monitoring to boost road safety

  21-08-2026 16:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Udeme AkpanDangote Transport has stepped up its road safety efforts with the deployment of a real-time Driver Monitoring Control Room to monitor truck drivers and respond promptly to unsafe behaviour while they are on the road across Nigeria.
  The facility, located at the Dangote Transport operational base in Ibese, Ogun State, was recently showcased to journalists during a guided tour of the company’s transport operations centre.
  Officials said the initiative demonstrates Dangote Trans
  
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• FG set to conclude paramilitary recruitment in 4 weeks

  21-08-2026 16:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA: The Federal Government has announced that the ongoing paramilitary recruitment process into the four services in the Ministry of Interior will be concluded within four weeks, assuring candidates across the country that their patience will be rewarded.“The recruitment process has taken place, and it has now reached its last stages, which will be completed within four weeks. Once this process is completed, candidates will be informed via the recruitment platform at the
  
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• 5 things Nigerians, other foreigners cannot do in Canada

  21-08-2026 16:01 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Canada offers opportunities to visitors, students, workers and immigrants, but foreign nationals do not automatically have the same rights as Canadian citizens or permanent residents.Here are five things foreigners may be prohibited from doing or may need specific authorisation to do in Canada:1. Work without authorisationA visitor cannot simply take up employment in Canada because they have a valid visitor visa or eTA.In most cases, foreign nationals need a work permit before they can legally
  
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• Police rescue 75 kidnapped travellers in Kaduna

  21-08-2026 15:56 via punchng.com
  
  Kaduna State Police Command successfully rescued 75 travellers abducted by gunmen in Birnin Gwari. Learn how timely information led to the rescue.Read More: https://punchng.com/police-rescue-75-kidnapped-travellers-in-kaduna/
  
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• EPL: Liverpool need more wingers, says Iraola

  21-08-2026 15:56 via punchng.com
  
  Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola admits the club needs to sign more wingers to bolster the squad after Mohamed Salah’s departure. Find out more about LiverpRead More: https://punchng.com/epl-liverpool-need-more-wingers-says-iraola/
  
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• Atiku fires back at Tinubu over ‘ignorant’ fuel subsidy comment

  21-08-2026 15:56 via punchng.com
  
  Atiku Abubakar rejects Tinubu’s ‘ignorant’ fuel subsidy comment, accusing the administration of worsening the cost-of-living crisis.Read More: https://punchng.com/atiku-fires-back-at-tinubu-over-ignorant-fuel-subsidy-comment/
  
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• Portugal bans face coverings in public places

  21-08-2026 15:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Portugal has enacted a law banning face coverings in public spaces, a measure that has been widely criticised as targeting Muslim women who wear full-face veils.President António José Seguro signed the legislation into law, following its approval by parliament in July.The law prohibits clothing or other items designed to conceal a person’s face or prevent identification in public spaces. It also makes it an offence to force another person to cover their face on grounds relat
  
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• Adeleke’s visit to Tinubu routine courtesy call, no plan to join APC — Campaign Council

  21-08-2026 15:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Gift ChapiOdekina, AbujaThe Imole Campaign Council has dismissed reports that Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, is planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing his recent visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a customary engagement following the conclusion of the state’s off-cycle election.The council, in a statement issued on Friday by its Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, Rep. Bamidele Salam, said Adeleke’s visit to the President was in kee
  
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• 100 days in captivity: Borno families demand rescue of abducted children

  21-08-2026 15:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Gift ChapiOdekina, AbujaFamilies and concerned citizens of Borno State have called on President Bola Tinubu and Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to urgently mobilise all available security and intelligence resources to rescue children and other residents who have remained in captivity for 100 days.The call was made at a press conference on Friday at the National Assembly under the theme, “Bring Our Children Home — 100 Days of Horror, Pain and Suffering Is Enough.”The group exp
  
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• 2027: Adeleke belongs to us; I’ll give Atiku’s opposition high BP – Wike

  21-08-2026 15:47 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Omeiza AjayiFederal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has declared that his mission ahead of the 2027 general election is to make opposition figures, including opposition presidential candidates, Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, uncomfortable by increasing their blood pressure.Wike, who spoke with journalists on Friday in Abuja during an inspection of ongoing projects in the territory, insisted that the current political landscape does not have a clearly defined lead
  
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• List of Nigerians with institutions, public facilities named after them in foreign countries

  21-08-2026 15:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nigerians have continued to make their mark outside the country in fields ranging from law and literature to academia and social media.For some, their contributions have earned them a particularly lasting form of recognition — institutions, buildings and public facilities named in their honour.From a Nigerian nurse who became an internet sensation through her love for London’s buses to a literary giant whose legacy lives on at a US college, these Nigerians have had their names attac
  
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• Anambra’s local AI raises Nigeria’s digital sovereignty hopes

  21-08-2026 15:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  *As OADC, Analytics Intelligence deal, media’s Big Tech battle fuel push for homegrown AIBy Prince OsuagwuNigeria’s dream of achieving artificial intelligence AI sovereignty may have received an unexpected boost from Anambra State, where the state’s ICT Agency has begun deploying a locally trained AI system to automate government operations and explore new ways of improving productivity, governance and revenue collection.While Anambra’s initiative is not a frontier AI mo
  
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• Ondo South NASS: No rift with Aiyedatiwa, Kekemeke debunks rumour

  21-08-2026 15:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Says Aiyedatiwa remains his benefactorBy Dayo Johnson Akure  The All Progressives Congress, APC, Senatorial Candidate for Ondo South Senatorial District, Dr. Isaacs Kekemeke, has dismissed reports of a rift between himself and governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, describing the claims as the handiwork of political opponents.Kekemeke, a former APC National Vice Chairman, South-West, who addressed journalists in Akure said his relationship with the governor remains cordial and that there was no b
  
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• Father’s plea: EFCC withdraws charges against two Nigerians

  21-08-2026 15:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous JannamikeThe Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, has ordered the withdrawal of charges against two young Nigerians arraigned for alleged cybercrime and peddling malicious information against the commission, after the father of one of them pleaded for mercy.For the two defendants, what began with an appearance before a Federal High Court in Abuja ended with a reprieve after their case drew a personal appeal from Shehu’s fa
  
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• Afenifere warns S’West faces food crisis as kidnappers target farmers

  21-08-2026 15:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adeola BadruThe pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has warned that the Southwest may face worsening food insecurity as escalating kidnappings, killings and attacks on farmers continue to drive agricultural workers off their farms.The organisation said the growing insecurity was not only threatening lives and property but also discouraging agricultural investment, reducing food production, worsening unemployment and deepening poverty across the region.Afenifere’s Nation
  
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• Afenifere raises the alarm over attacks on farmers in South-West

  21-08-2026 15:40 via punchng.com
  
  Afenifere expresses deep concern over incessant attacks and kidnappings targeting farmers in the South-West, urging urgent action to protect agricultural pRead More: https://punchng.com/afenifere-raises-the-alarm-over-attacks-on-farmers-in-south-west/
  
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• MOWAA: Oshiomhole committee recommends return of museum to Benin Palace

  21-08-2026 15:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ozioruva AliuNine months after Governor Monday Okpebholo set up a six man committee headed by Sen Adams Oshiomhole to investigate the controversies that have trailed the Museum of West African Arts (MOWAA), the committee has recommended that the facility should be given to the palace of the Oba of Benin to manage because the original plan was for the government to support the building of a befitting museum to house returned artefacts.The committee also said that the museum experienced multip
  
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• ORF accuses Ondo govt of neglecting governance for political manoeuvring

  21-08-2026 15:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Henry ObettaThe Ondo Redemption Front, ORF, has accused the Ondo State Government of allowing political manoeuvring to overshadow governance, urging Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to focus more on security, healthcare, education, water supply, workers’ welfare and infrastructure.The group, in its August State of the State Address signed by its Chairman, Ayodeji Ologun, said the state had failed to fully exploit the opportunities provided by the administration of President Bola Tinubu to att
  
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• NFF handed a 24-hour ultimatum to resign

  21-08-2026 15:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …”It’s not true”, EssienThe Executive Committee of the NFF headed by Ibrahim Gusau has been reportedly handed a 24-hour ultimatum to resign following accusation of maladministration, misappropriation and misjudgment.
  The order was said to have been given by the National Sports Commission (NSC) and it followed serious concerns by Nigerians over the administration of football in the country.
  The Super Eagles failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, while their female cou
  
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• Meet Nigeria’s George Azih celebrated by US for fintech innovation

  21-08-2026 15:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The U.S. Mission Nigeria has spotlighted Nigerian-American entrepreneur George Azih for his contribution to financial technology and innovation in the United States.In a post on its official X account, @USinNigeria, the U.S. Mission Nigeria highlighted Azih’s work as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of FinQuery, a financial technology company formerly known as LeaseQuery.Azih founded FinQuery to help businesses simplify complex accounting processes, particularly lease accounting an
  
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