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• DELSUTH consultants begin indefinite strike over chairman’s dismissal

  18-06-2026 18:39 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma ObinnaDelta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara, was on Thursday thrown into disruption as medical consultants under the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) commenced an indefinite strike over the dismissal of their chairman and alleged government insensitivity to their demands.The industrial action has led to a total shutdown of clinical services, residency training, and academic activities, leaving patients stranded and medical training sus
  
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• Police nab female students over viral assault video in Plateau

  29-08-2026 09:53 via vanguardngr.com
  The Police Command in Plateau has arrested some female students over a viral video showing them allegedly attacking another female student in Pankshin Local Government Area.The Command spokesman, SP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Jos.Alabo said the Commissioner of Police, CP Ayodeji Faniyan, directed the Area Commander in Pankshin to investigate and arrest those involved immediately.“Immediately the CP got wind of it, he directed the Area Commander in Pankshin LG
  
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• Two Nigerians extradited to US over schemes linked to teenagers’ deaths

  29-08-2026 09:49 via vanguardngr.com
  Two Nigerians have been extradited to the United States to face federal prosecution over alleged financially motivated sextortion schemes targeting American minors.The suspects, Adebola Festus Adekunle, 26, and Mudasiru Afeez Olawale, 24, were arrested in Nigeria in August 2023 following an international operation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).They were extradited on Thursday and appeared separately in federal courts in Mississippi and North Carolina on Friday, the U.S. Depar
  
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• Ecuador jails ex-President Moreno five years for bribery

  29-08-2026 09:47 via punchng.com
  
  Former Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno sentenced to five years in prison for bribery related to a Chinese-built hydroelectric dam. Read more on the case.Read More: https://punchng.com/ecuador-jails-ex-president-moreno-five-years-for-bribery/
  
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• Paramilitary recruitment: FG announces dates for oral interview

  29-08-2026 09:44 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza AjayiThe Civil Defence, Correction, Fire and Immigration Services Board CDCFIB has notified candidates who took part in the recently concluded physical and medical screening exercise for recruitment into the Nigerian Correctional Service NCOS, Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, Federal Fire Service FFS and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, that the Board has concluded the assessment and shortlisting process for the 2024/2025 recruitment exercise.In a statement signed by t
  
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• NIGERIA AIRWAYS: ASRTI urges Keyamo, Finance Ministry to release ex-workers’ entitlement

  29-08-2026 09:37 via vanguardngr.com
  Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative, ASRTI, has lamented the continued delay in paying the entitlements of over 4,000 former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways, describing it as a grave injustice.Nigeria Airways, the country’s national airline, was liquidated in September 2004 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.ASRTI said that since the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, announced at the centenary celebration of 100 years of civil aviation in Nigeria th
  
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• Trump announces deal for huge US stake in Venezuelan oil reserves

  29-08-2026 09:35 via vanguardngr.com
  President Donald Trump said Friday his administration has reached a huge oil deal with Venezuela that gives the United States majority control of 65 billion barrels of proven petroleum reserves.The deal — which Trump proclaimed as “the biggest oil deal in world history” — will bring nearly $100 billion in private investment to Venezuela, US and Venezuelan officials said.Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves. Its government has operated under intense
  
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• Iceland votes on whether to reopen door to EU

  29-08-2026 09:31 via punchng.com
  
  Icelanders vote on resuming EU membership negotiations. The referendum is a tight race, with economic and geopolitical factors influencing the decision.Read More: https://punchng.com/iceland-votes-on-whether-to-reopen-door-to-eu/
  
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• RUNWAY EXCURSION: Indiscriminate construction of structures endangering airport safety, experts warn

  29-08-2026 09:30 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaFollowing the runway excursion involving Enugu Air at Benin Airport, aviation experts have raised the alarm that random location of structures at airports is putting aviation safety at risk.They particularly identified the presence of buildings and uncompleted buildings in and around airports, saying poorly sited infrastructure could interfere with the safe management of aircraft operations.Their worries followed preliminary findings by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau
  
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• Missing persons in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000

  29-08-2026 09:23 via vanguardngr.com
  Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.The number of missing soared close to 3,000 Saturday, latest figures from both countries showed, with 633 bodies recovered – and reports of some dead possibly swept downstream as far away as India.In an area home to vast energy infrastructure projects, Nepal’s disaster aut
  
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• How students, researchers can apply for N365m national laureate prize

  29-08-2026 09:17 via vanguardngr.com
  The Federal Government has opened applications for the National Laureate Prize, an annual programme aimed at recognising exceptional academic research, innovation and intellectual excellence among students and researchers in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, announced the commencement of entries on Tuesday, disclosing that the programme has a total prize pool of N365 million.Alausa said the initiative was established as part of the government’s eff
  
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• Norway in mourning, enters a new era under Haakon VIII

  29-08-2026 09:16 via vanguardngr.com
  Norway opened a new chapter in its history on Saturday under King Haakon VIII, after the death of his father Harald, a unifying figure who was on the throne for 35 years.A national period of mourning was declared in the Scandinavian kingdom following the king’s death on Friday at 6:35 am (0435 GMT), at aged 89.Hugging and laying flowers, thousands of people gathered in the capital, Oslo, on Friday to pay their respects.Haakon, 53, takes over a monarchy hailed for its modernity and modesty
  
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• Gunfire heard near military base in Niger capital

  29-08-2026 09:12 via vanguardngr.com
  Gunfire and explosions were heard on Saturday morning in Niger’s capital, Niamey, including around a military base near the city’s airport, which has been attacked twice this year by jihadists.Niger has been ruled for three years by a military junta that has struggled to contain jihadist violence, which has blighted the west African country for around a decade.The origins of Saturday’s shooting were not immediately clear and authorities made no official comment.“There is
  
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• Police ​‌‍​‌‍⁠⁠‌‍​‌‍‌​‍⁠‌​arrest female students over viral Plateau assault video

  29-08-2026 08:30 via punchng.com
  
  Plateau State Police arrest female students involved in a viral assault video from Pankshin. Commissioner condemns jungle justice and cybercrime.Read More: https://punchng.com/police-%e2%81%a0%e2%81%a0%e2%81%a0arrest-female-students/
  
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• Nepal, China floods: Nearly 3,000 missing, 633 dead

  29-08-2026 08:30 via punchng.com
  
  Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling on Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages. The number of missing soared close to 3,000 on Saturday, latest figures from both countries showed, with 633 bodies recovered — andRead More: https://punchng.com/nepal-china-floods-nearly-3000-missing-633-dead/
  
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• Morning recap: ‘Fake’ SGF project office controversy, Poco Lee’s UK case puts entertainers on alert, other top stories

  29-08-2026 08:30 via punchng.com
  
  Controversy over a project office under the Secretary to the Government of the Federation dominates the headlines this morning after the ICPC labelled it fake amid claims of an internal dispute. Nigerian celebrities have been put on alert following the UK remand of dancer Poco Lee over alleged sexual offences. In Kogi, police continue combingRead More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-fake-sgf-project-office-controversy-poco-lees-uk-case-puts-entertainers-on-alert-other-top-stories/
  
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• Faith, Grace, and ‘Coat of Many Colours’: Chronicling Dolly Parton’s heart, soul 

  29-08-2026 08:26 via vanguardngr.com
  By Prisca Sam-DuruWhen America’s country music legend, Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday August 25, 2026, the world lost far more than a dazzling superstar. We lost a generous heart, an extraordinary storyteller. The world lost a woman who, unknowingly to many, had deep faith guiding every step of her journey.Read Also: The Soundtrack of Our Lives: A canonical farewell to Dolly Parton my mother’s only artist, by Stephanie ShaakaaFrom her humble beginnings in rural Tennessee to the
  
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• Remain vigilant, Otti urges Abia women

  29-08-2026 08:13 via punchng.com
  
  Governor Alex Otti urges Abia women to remain vigilant and focused on raising children, highlighting his wife’s impactful women empowerment programs.Read More: https://punchng.com/remain-vigilant-otti-urges-abia-women/
  
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• First storey building in Old Aguata to be annexed to Anambra’s Igbo Ukwu Museum

  29-08-2026 08:13 via vanguardngr.com
  By Vincent UjumaduThe first one storey building constructed in the ancient town of Igbo Ukwu in Aguata local government area of Anambra State, will soon become an annex of the nationally acclaimed Igbo Ukwu Museum. The building was constructed in 1939 and, according to a historical account, was the first upstair in the whole of the old Aguata Division. Read Also: Four children gone in three days’ – Father cries for justice over mysterious deathsBuilt by the late Chief John
  
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• Sanction judges defying superior courts —Lawyers, activists tell NJC 

  29-08-2026 08:03 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South West“Judicial rascality” is a harsh term which Nigerian appellate courts use when a lower court judge blatantly ignores a pending appeal or expressly defies an order from a higher court. In Nigeria, courts operate in a hierarchy. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the land which entertains appeals arising from Court of Appeal’s decisions while the Court of Appeal oversees lower courts like the Federal High Court and the State High
  
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• Christian women urged to embrace godly character, dignity

  29-08-2026 08:00 via punchng.com
  
  Christian women have been urged to embrace godly character, strength, dignity and integrity in their homes, churches and communities. The President of the Women and Girls’ Organisation, Diocese of Lagos West, Anglican Communion, Dr Lydia Odedeji, gave the charge while delivering her presidential address at the 27th Annual Women’s Conference themed, “Dressed for Honour.” ARead More: https://punchng.com/christian-women-urged-to-embrace-godly-character-dignity/
  
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• 2027: Why Yari’s ‘APC till 2031’ claim rattled opposition

  29-08-2026 07:52 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeWhen Senator Abdul’Aziz Yari returned to Abuja from an overseas trip and, barely 24 hours after his unveiling as Director-General of President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council, began talking about APC remaining in power beyond 2031, he was doing more than expressing confidence in his principal.Read Also: 2027 Campaign: What we want to hear from candidates – StakeholdersThe former Zamfara governor was, perhaps inadvertently, opening an early fron
  
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• Moody’s changes Nigeria’s outlook to positive, affirms B3 rating

  29-08-2026 07:49 via punchng.com
  
  Moody’s has upgraded Nigeria’s credit outlook to positive from stable, affirming its B3 rating. This reflects improved external position and stronger econoRead More: https://punchng.com/moodys-changes-nigerias-outlook-to-positive-affirms-b3-rating/
  
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• Spectacle of Sacrifice: Who truly owns spoils of Nigeria’s fuel subsidy autopsy?, by Stephanie Shaakaa

  29-08-2026 07:46 via vanguardngr.com
  When the presidential fiat dissolved decades of petroleum consumption support, it was sold to the public not merely as a policy adjustment, but as an act of economic radicalism, a bitter surgical incision required to save a bleeding republic from terminal bankruptcy. For over thirty years, successive administrations skirted the perimeter of the problem, terrified of the social fury price deregulation would unleash. Yet when the announcement finally landed, it carried the finality of an irrevoca
  
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• Why some exes never truly leave, by Stephanie Shaakaa

  29-08-2026 07:40 via vanguardngr.com
  The air in a failing relationship does not turn cold all at once, it thins out, suffocating you so gradually that you learn to live on the vapor of what used to be love. There is a modern, clinical term circulating through the digital echo chambers for how women, in particular, are choosing to survive this slow death of intimacy. They call it “dating them till you hate them.” It is framed as a tactical hack, a form of emotional quiet-quitting where a woman stays in a dead-end relati
  
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• The Soundtrack of Our Lives: A canonical farewell to Dolly Parton my mother’s only artist, by Stephanie Shaakaa

  29-08-2026 07:40 via vanguardngr.com
  There is a very specific, sacred kind of education that comes from growing up inside a household where a mother’s devotion to Dolly Parton is absolute, unyielding, and daily. You did not just listen to music as a child, you lived inside an audio biography, an ongoing domestic soundtrack that filled the hallways whether you asked for it or not. Long before you ever understood the complex architectures of heartbreak, professional ambition, or Appalachian folklore, you knew the exact ca
  
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• Four children gone in three days’ – Father cries for justice over mysterious deaths

  29-08-2026 07:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter Duru, MakurdiFor Emmanuel Ochayi, a father of five from Amufu community in Edumoga, Okpokwu Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state, the past few days have been nothing short of a nightmare.Read Also: 2027 Campaign: What we want to hear from candidates – StakeholdersIn a devastating twist of fate, Ochayi lost four of his children within just three days, leaving him and his wife struggling to come to terms with a tragedy they say they cannot explain.The children, Abah Ochayi, 1
  
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• Kwara distributes 1,755 computers, devices to 70 schools

  29-08-2026 07:28 via vanguardngr.com
  The Kwara State Government has flagged off the distribution of about two thousand computer devices for public senior secondary schools in the state to equip teachers and students with digital literacy skills.
  At least 70 public schools cutting across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state will receive 25 gadgets apiece in the first phase of the educational intervention.
  The project is being implemented by the State Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Employment (AGILE) project unde
  
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• 2027: No coalition needed to defeat Tinubu, ADC boasts; Obi-Kwankwaso movt rejects merger

  29-08-2026 07:19 via vanguardngr.com
  By Juliet Umeh & Henry UmoruThe African Democratic Congress, ADC, has declared that it does not need a coalition of opposition parties to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, expressing confidence that Nigerians are ready for a change of government.Read Also: 2027 Campaign: What we want to hear from candidates – StakeholdersADC spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this on Arise TV while speaking on the opposition party’s preparedness for the 2027 ele
  
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• Bolt driver stabbed to death in Calabar 

  29-08-2026 07:17 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emma UnaA Bolt driver has been stabbed to death in Calabar in the early hours of Friday after he allegedly resisted an attempt by three unidentified men to dispossess him of his vehicle.Read Also: Who failed travellers on Benin-Asaba road?The incident occurred at about 5:30am along Target Road in Calabar South Local Government Area. The driver was operating a Toyota Corolla with registration number UYY 256H.According to an eyewitness, the driver picked up the three men along Mbukpa Road in C
  
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