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• Full List: Countries that have won back-to-back World Cups

  05-07-2026 16:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Winning the FIFA World Cup is the ultimate achievement in football. Defending that title, however, has proven even more difficult.In the tournament’s nearly century-long history, only two countries have successfully retained the World Cup trophy, while several others have come agonisingly close.As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, defending champions Argentina have the chance to join one of football’s most exclusive clubs. Here’s a look at the only nations to win consecutive
  
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• Why housewives, caterers, others are crying over rising cost of tomatoes

  06-07-2026 09:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Tomato Growers finger industrial buyers exit
  •Our stew now black –Housewives
  By Cynthia AloMany housewives, caterers and other tomato consumers across the country are lamenting over the worsening tomato price instability, saying it has reduced the quality of meals and contributed to rising food inflation.
  Farmers, however, blamed the collapse of industrial off-take arrangements and the shutdown of major tomato processing companies for deepening losses across the value chain.
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• 10 killed, six injured in Ogun auto crash

  06-07-2026 09:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By James Ogunnaike, AbeokutaNo fewer than 10 persons were killed, while six others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a tragic road traffic crash that occurred on Sunday night at Sapade Bridge, along the Ibadan–Lagos motorway in Ogun State.The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, confirmed the incident in a statement issued by its Public Education Officer, Superintendent Route Commander Afolabi Odunsi.According to the statement, the fatal crash occurred at about 8:
  
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• FG to receive 270 more returnees from South Africa Wednesday

  06-07-2026 09:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Favour Ulebor, AbujaThe Federal Government is set to receive another batch of 270 Nigerians from South Africa on Wednesday as it continues the voluntary evacuation of its citizens.In a statement on Monday, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, said an Air Peace aircraft assigned for the evacuation exercise would depart Lagos for Johannesburg on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.According to the statement, the aircraft is scheduled to depart Lagos at 3:30 pm and
  
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• Bellingham tells England to believe after Mexico masterclass

  06-07-2026 09:23 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Jude Bellingham told his England teammates they can be world champions after leading by example in a 3-2 win over Mexico that will go down as one of the Three Lions’ best ever World Cup triumphs.The odds were stacked against Thomas Tuchel’s men as they entered the lion’s den of the Estadio Azteca, where Mexico had only lost twice in 89 previous matches and never in 10 outings at the World Cup.On top of facing down a passionate 80,000 crowd, England also had to cope with playing
  
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• Dangote Cement rewards shareholders with N753.8bn dividend, pays N45 per share 

  06-07-2026 09:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Mather GodwinDangote Cement Plc has announced a 50 per cent increase in dividend payout to shareholders, raising the dividend from N30 per share to N45 per share, which translates to a total payout of approximately N753.8 billion, reaffirming the company’s position as one of the most rewarding investments on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). The increase follows the company’s outstanding 2025 financial performance and underscores its unwavering commitment to shareholder valu
  
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• EBRD targets $1.5bn investments in Nigeria over 3 years

  06-07-2026 08:58 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  (EBRD) has set a target of investing at least $1.5 billion in Nigeria over the next three years as it expands its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa.The projection was disclosed by the EBRD’s Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ms Heike Harmgart, and the bank’s Country Director and Head of Nigerian operations, Hamza Al-Assad, during the official opening of the bank’s first office in Sub-Saharan Africa in Lagos
  
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• Nigeria targets green industrialisation with critical minerals roadmap

  06-07-2026 08:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Yinka KolawoleNigeria is positioning its vast critical mineral deposits as the foundation for a new wave of industrial growth, following the unveiling of a strategic roadmap designed to convert the country’s mineral wealth into investments in clean energy manufacturing and domestic value addition.The roadmap, presented by the Council for Critical Minerals Development in the Global South to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, identifies pathways for leveragi
  
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• Manufacturers embrace local sourcing, value addition to cut import dependence

  06-07-2026 08:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Yinka KolawoleNigeria’s manufacturers are increasingly embracing local sourcing and value addition as a survival strategy to reduce dependence on imported inputs amid rising production costs that continue to undermine their competitiveness within the domestic and regional markets.Industry operators, however, warn that without lower financing costs, improved infrastructure, better logistics and stronger government support for local raw material development, the country’s manu
  
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• I started my ICAN journey at 13, says Nigeria’s youngest chartered accountant

  06-07-2026 08:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nigeria’s youngest chartered accountant, Osasere Okundaye, has recounted how she began her journey with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, at the age of 13, after finishing secondary school early.
  Okundaye spoke on Saturday during the Power Must Change Hands monthly programme at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries headquarters in Magboro, Ogun State.
  Recall that the 16-year-old student was last Monday announced as the country’s youngest chartered accou
  
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• Economics of state police: Matters arising

  06-07-2026 08:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dele Sobowale
  Trust Nigerian leaders and My Fellow Citizens (“I am beginning to wonder how many fools it takes to make the term ‘My fellow citizens”, Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850) to leave undone what should have been done decades ago; and then to rush out to do it without considering one of the most important consequences.
  Amendment of the 1999 Constitution has now been rushed through the National Assembly and sent to the states’ legislature, with very few people
  
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• Stransact to reward 100 varsity students nationwide

  06-07-2026 08:29 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Stransact Chartered Accountants has announced plans to reward 100 outstanding graduating students from 20 top Nigerian universities under the Stransact Honours Roll, an initiative designed to recognise academic excellence and prepare high-performing graduates for the workplace.The programme will honour five exceptional final-year students from each university selected from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026. Each recipient will receive a cash prize of N100,000,
  
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• FCMB shareholders approve N23.1bn dividend

  06-07-2026 08:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Shareholders of FCMB Group Plc have approved a total dividend payout of N23.08 billion for the 2025 financial year at the company’s 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Lagos last week.Shareholders, attending both in person and online, approved all Board resolutions, including the re-election of Mr. Ladi Jadesimi and the ratification of Mrs. Adepeju Adebajo as Directors. They also elected Audit Committee members and authorised Directors to set the auditors’ remuneration.Th
  
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• NSC protects N90.6bn, $1.348m for Nigerian shippers

  06-07-2026 08:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Efe OnodjaeThe Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Dr. Akutah Pius, says the Council protects over N90.60 billion and $1.348 million in economic value for Nigerian shippers through regulatory interventions and dispute resolution.Speaking through a representative at a media engagement with maritime editors and reporters in Lagos, he says: “Within the period under review, the Council protects over N90.60 billion and $1.348 m
  
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• Blue economy: FG calls for state, private sector collaboration 

  06-07-2026 08:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Providence Ayanfeoluwa  The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola, has called for synergy between the Federal and state governments, private sector and development partners to accelerate the implementation of Nigeria’s National Policy on Marine and Blue Economy,    describing sub-national participation as critical to unlocking the sector’s vast economic potential.Oyetola said this at the Second Quarter 2026 Citizens’ and Stakeho
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, July 6, 2026

  06-07-2026 08:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian naira traded around ₦1,370.33 against the United States dollar at the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Monday, July 6, 2026, reflecting relative stability in the country’s foreign exchange market.
  Data from the official exchange rate window showed the dollar exchanging at approximately ₦1,370.33/$ at the NFEM, where the Central Bank of Nigeria derives the official daily exchange rate using a volume-weighted average of completed transactions.In t
  
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• Stock market sustains loss position as profit-taking wipes out N1.8trn

  06-07-2026 08:07 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Adonri projects monetary tightening in H2’26By Peter Egwuatu The Nigerian stock market closed lower again last week, making it the third consecutive week decline, pressured by profit-taking in blue-chip stocks.However, the latest loss amounting to 1.8 trillion indicates that the negative position is moderating.Three weeks ago the market took a major hit at N5.6 trillion loss, and the following week the loss position was N2.4trillion.Analysts stated that the sustenance of s
  
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• Olùkọ́ Maryam Usman sòfò ẹ̀mí lẹ́yìn tí bàbá akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ rẹ̀ lù ú ní àlùbami; ìkún omi ojijì dá omiyálẹ̀ sí ilé ní Ìlú Èkó

  06-07-2026 05:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Ní ọ̀sẹ̀ yìí lórí ètò Ìwòyé: Olùkọ́ Maryam Usman sòfò ẹ̀mí lẹ́yìn tí bàbá akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ rẹ̀ lù ú ní àlùbami; àwọn ẹ̀ṣọ́ ààbò gba àwọn ọmọ méjì
  
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• 2027 polls: Parties rush to meet INEC’s uploading deadline

  06-07-2026 03:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •APC, PDP, ADC thumb up process •We’ve issues in our party – NNPP •ADC progressing well towards completing exercise —Bolaji AbdullahiBy Soni Daniel, Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Omeiza Ajayi, Luminous Jannamike, John Alechenu, Gabriel Ewepu & Gift ChapiOdekinaPOLITICAL parties are recording mixed fortunes in the ongoing upload of candidates on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.With the electoral umpire insisting on July
  
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• PFIPC scandal: How SGF’s office cleared Adeyemi for Canada summit

  06-07-2026 03:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Troubling pattern of scandals now too frequent— Atiku
  ***Presidency can’t escape accountability over Gbajabiamila claims — PDP***SERAP asks Akpabio, Abbas to explain N1.3bn allocation to ‘fictitious’ PFIPCBy Dapo Akinrefon, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous JannamikeFRESH documents have emerged showing that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF, approved the disowned Director-General of the non-existent Presidential F
  
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• Senator Oluremi Tinubu: Akara-econometrics 

  06-07-2026 03:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Moshood OshunfurewaSenator Oluremi Tinubu’s recent advocacy urging Nigerian youths to embrace the sale of akara, roasted corn and kuli-kuli as empowerment opportunities has triggered an intense national debate. While the initiative promotes entrepreneurship and self-reliance, many Nigerians view it as a troubling metaphor for the country’s economic direction. Across social media, citizens have appropriately termed this philosophy “Akara-econometrics” – an e
  
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• NYSC reform? Beautiful idea, by Suleiman A. Suleiman

  06-07-2026 03:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Let’s begin with a few questions that I think we should all be asking about the federal government’s decision to comprehensively reform the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Should the existing NYSC scheme be fundamentally overhauled? How should we understand the government’s proposed reform? And what is the proper purpose of a national service scheme in today’s Nigeria? My answer to the first question is a direct “yes.”The NYSC is a child of conflict
  
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• National Security: Beyond the Headlines

  06-07-2026 03:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By CHIDO ONUMAHOn July 2, 2026, Nigeria’s defence, intelligence, law enforcement, anti-corruption, emergency response, and public safety agencies took an extraordinary step by jointly addressing the nation on the state of national security. The initiative emerged from consultations among the leadership of these institutions under the coordination of the National Security Adviser (NSA). The Joint Security Press Briefing marked an important milestone in Nigeria’s efforts to addre
  
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• Towards a realistic, sustainable minimum wage

  06-07-2026 02:58 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal Government is right to reopen the minimum-wage question, because no wage can be called fair if it is continually outrun by inflation and the rising cost of survival. The N70,000 minimum wage was agreed in 2024 at the outset of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Nigerians were asked to absorb painful shocks in the hope of a more stable future. Two years on, that hope has been strained by the harsh realities of a reform programme that has yet to translate into broad
  
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• 2026: Osun Ansar-Ud-Deen backs Oyebamiji’s governorship bid

  06-07-2026 02:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Godwin OritseAs the governorship election in Osun state draws nearer, the aspiration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) on Sunday garnered a momentum as the leadership and members of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, ADS, Osun State Chapter, unanimously declared support for his candidature and assured him of victory in the forthcoming August 15th, 2026 gubernatorial election.The Islamic society attributed the decision to the v
  
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• State Police: Separating facts from fictions

  06-07-2026 02:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By OPEYEMI BAMIDELENigeria, the country of our collective heritage, is again at a point of inflection. This is a reality that viciously confronts this federation of six geo-political zones, 36 states and 774 local government areas with a population of 242.46 million. We all have the duty to confront this reality with facts and not fictions, courage and not trepidation, clarity of purpose and not mere skepticism.At this point, we are confronted with two fundamental choices. The first deals
  
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• When uneducated minds change the education system, by Owei Lakemfa

  06-07-2026 02:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal Government has announced it is replacing the 6-3-3-4 education system with a linear 12-year one. This is without wide consultations with the citizenry or the major stakeholders like parents, intellectuals, teachers, students, employers and labour. Just nine months ago, government had, with immediate effect, imposed major changes in the education system. That was on September 3, 2025, when the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, and Minister of State, Profe
  
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• WACT-APM Terminals Nigeria graduates first cohort of EngineerHer programme

  06-07-2026 02:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Godwin OritseWACT-APM Terminals Nigeria has marked the graduation of the first cohort of its EngineerHer programme, a one-year initiative designed to equip female graduates with practical skills, industry exposure and clear pathways into employment.Launched in 2025, the programme was designed to increase female representation across WACT and strengthen Nigeria’s local talent pipeline. Through a combination of technical training, hands-on experience and structured mentorship, it equips
  
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• Stockbrokers clarify FTSE Russell’s concerns on Nigeria’s T+1 settlement cycle

  06-07-2026 02:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Peter EgwuatuThe Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) has described FTSE Russell’s decision to defer Nigeria’s planned reclassification to Frontier Market status as a temporary review process rather than a reversal of the country’s capital market reforms, stressing that Nigeria’s newly adopted T+1 settlement cycle remains a landmark achievement capable of strengthening investor confidence and market efficiency.The Institute said the postponement announced by
  
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• US to closely monitor 2027 polls —Congressman, Riley Moore

  06-07-2026 02:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Nkiruka Nnorom, with agency reportsUnited States would closely watch Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, warning that Washington’s security and financial support would be tied to issues of religious freedom and conduct of the polls. US Congressman, Riley Moore, a Republican representing West Virginia, disclosed this in an interview with NoireTV yesterday.Responding to questions on Nigeria’s next elections, Moore said the conduct of the polls was now a priority for W
  
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