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• How Terrorist Groups Are Using A.I. to Gain an Edge in Battle

  10-07-2026 15:14 via nytimes.com
  A.I. chatbots are not just a propaganda tool for violent extremists but are aiding in bomb construction and attack planning, new research finds.
  
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• Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 to reach World Cup semi-finals

  12-07-2026 05:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Argentina set up a World Cup semi-final against England as Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez scored in extra time to propel the reigning champions to a 3-1 win over Switzerland on Saturday.Alvarez’s curling shot and Martinez’s tap-in settled a tense contest after Alexis Mac Allister had opened the scoring and Dan Ndoye equalised for the Swiss, who had Breel Embolo sent off in the second half.
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• ‘We put Norway on the map’, says Haaland after World Cup exit

  12-07-2026 05:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Erling Haaland said Norway’s World Cup performances had inspired a new generation despite the disappointment of a 2-1 quarter-final defeat to England after extra-time on Saturday.Haaland failed to score for the first time in 15 competitive games for his country in Miami as Jude Bellingham’s double fired England into the last four.The Manchester City striker had scored seven times in his four games at a major international tournament to carry Norway to the quarter-finals in their fir
  
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• TINUBU, ATIKU, OBI: Battle for North’s votes intensifies

  12-07-2026 05:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous Jannamike, AbujaAbuja has a way of transforming seemingly routine political exchanges into conversations that echo far beyond the Federal Capital Territory. On any given day, the city’s hotels, private residences and political party offices double as informal negotiating tables where governors, former ministers, lawmakers and party strategists quietly take the measure of one another.  Alliances are tested over breakfast meetings, political futures are
  
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• The Eagle of Esanland: The leadership trajectory of Senator Joseph Ikpea

  12-07-2026 05:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Allison AbanumThe leadership path of Senator Joseph Igiagbe Ikpea, the lawmaker representing the Edo Central Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly, can be beautifully captured by a profound adage native to the Esan dialect. The proverb tells of a resourceful individual who once used nothing more than a single feather from an eagle to prepare a pot of soup. Intriguingly, the soup turned out to be exceptionally delicious and deeply satisfying. This folk wisdom prompts a c
  
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• Tuchel says ‘lucky’ England must improve despite reaching World Cup semi-finals

  12-07-2026 04:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  England manager Thomas Tuchel said his team were “lucky” to squeeze past Norway 2-1 after extra-time to reach the World Cup semi-finals, but praised “world-class” Jude Bellingham after his two goals dragged the Three Lions to victory.A furious Tuchel was in little mood to celebrate despite England reaching the last four for just the fourth time in history after Bellingham’s double overturned Andreas Schjelderup’s opener.“We made life very, very difficul
  
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• Understanding the nexus between facilities management and property value enhancement

  12-07-2026 04:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Funke TaiwoMaintenance or management of facilities plays an important role in extending the lifespan of properties, be it private, residential, commercial or industrial properties. Without these critical and very essential endeavors, buildings would fall into disrepair. It is within a building owner’s or manager’s best interests to perform proper maintenance or hire professionals to do so, in as much as a building is an asset, a process and a product which can be one of the best
  
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• PFIPC: Tinubu under pressure to drop ICPC inquiry, order independent investigation

  12-07-2026 04:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  • ‘Gbaja should be suspended, the Presidency cannot investigate itself’By Gabriel EwepuThe controversy over alleged fake agency, Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, said to have been facilitated by Matthew Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claimed assistance from the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has deepened as several CSOs and lawyers rejected the directive by President Bola Tinubu to the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (
  
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• Igbo leaders warns against suppression of opposition, says it destroys democracy

  12-07-2026 04:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
   By Anayo OkoliThe Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), an elite assembly of Southeastern Nigerian intellectuals, traditional rulers and stakeholders, has condemned what it calls the systematic suppression of the opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning that no democracy develops without a vibrant opposition.ILT cautioned that if the clampdown on the opposition is not urgently checked, it could seriously diminish the integrity of the 2027 general elections.The gr
  
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• Celebrating the world’s robotics guru Barth Nnaji @70

  12-07-2026 04:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chukwudi EnekweChi (JP)I recall with nostalgia my visit to Professor Barth Nnaji at the University of Pittsburg, United States of America sometimes in November of 2000. As I was transiting from Columbia Missouri to New York, I put a call across to him and without much protocol he invited me over to the university. On my arrival at the Greyhound bus station, I was elated to behold this white damsels, who I later learnt was his secretary was on hand to receive and drive me to his expansiv
  
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• How idle tankers, inadequate parking bays keep Apapa, Kirikiri in constant gridlock

  12-07-2026 04:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Udeme Akpan, Energy EditorLagos’ Apapa and Kirikiri industrial corridors continue to experience recurring traffic gridlock, with industry stakeholders attributing the problem to the indiscriminate parking of petroleum tankers waiting for loading opportunities and the inadequate parking facilities provided by many tank farms and depots.Although government interventions and the electronic call-up system have significantly reduced the chaotic queues that once crippled Apapa, ope
  
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• Flooding: In Lekki, the rich also cry

  12-07-2026 04:31 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …as floods turn exclusive estates into ‘canals’•Inside story of losses, regrets •EYE WITNESS: I watched in awe as floodwater   carried two jeeps like paper
  •Coastal Road is culprit – RESIDENTSBy Juliet UmehOn a good day, the streets leading into some of Lekki’s most exclusive estates are lined with gleaming Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs), manicured lawns and multi-million-naira homes fitted with smart security systems an
  
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• Bellingham double as ‘lucky’ England beat Norway to reach World Cup semi-finals

  12-07-2026 04:31 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Jude Bellingham scored twice as England staged an extra-time escape act to defeat Norway 2-1 on Saturday and book their place in the World Cup semi-finals.Bellingham’s 93rd-minute winner settled a nerve-jangling quarter-final played in sweltering conditions at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.But England, who will face either Argentina or Switzerland in the semi-finals on Wednesday, rode their luck to keep their World Cup dream alive.“We made life very, very difficult for ourselves t
  
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• Let us pay attention, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

  12-07-2026 04:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  When I was young, there was a family who lived close to us on our street in the Fadeyi area of Lagos.  I will call the man of the family Mr Benson. He had a wife, Mrs Remi Benson. When they first arrived on our street, Mr Benson had a motorbike, and his wife would ride the bike with him on occasion. Later on, he could afford a Volkswagen car, and Mrs Benson proudly sat in the front with him. That was the first of many other cars Mr Benson would own.
  Mr Benson’s fortunes kept imp
  
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• Oyo shoolchildren: Blow-by-blow account of how they regained freedom

  12-07-2026 04:18 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Military officer on rescue mission killed—Source•Army, Sanwo-Olu, Sultan, Atiku, Obi, Gani Adams, others speak By Dapo Akinrefon, Chioma Obinna, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Kingsley Omonobi, Deola Badru and Olayinka AjayiFresh facts have emerged, revealing the blow-by-blow account of the operation that led to the freedom of the 44 schoolchildren abducted in Oyo State.The pupils, who were kidnapped alongside seven of their teachers in their school, regained freedom on the
  
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• Fake agency: What does our senate know? By Tonnie Iredia

  12-07-2026 04:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal Government of Nigeria and its officials led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as well as the Oyo State government and its relevant team led Governor Seyi Makinde deserve huge commendations from all Nigerians including this columnist for bringing to an end, the trauma of the abduction of pupils and teachers from their community in Oriire local government area of Oyo State since May 15, 2026. But for this huge achievement, the subject that would have remained the main matter of the
  
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• Perfection is of the Lord, by Funmi Komolafe

  12-07-2026 04:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Beloved, the month of July commonly called the month of perfection is progressing and many of us are looking up to God to perfect issues in our lives.Other preachers call the month of July, the month of completeness.The month in which whatever has been shaking in the last six months become stable.It is perceived as the month that gives one rest from worrisome issues.Whatever it is, no one wants to be permanently   held down with a challenge.We all want relief.The issue is, in wha
  
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• From maigadi  to megida in one administration, by Dele Sobowale

  12-07-2026 04:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable” – John F Kennedy, US President, 1917-1963If you don’t know that Nigeria is already involved in a violent revolution, then get ready to read the truth and tremble. Nigerian intellectuals have always asserted that “what is needed in this country is a revolution”. Unfortunately, they failed to recognise it when it arrived. The Nigerian political elite, like those in any
  
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• FREED OYO SCHOOLCHILDREN: Why surivors ‘won’t be handed over’ to Makinde until after 48 hrs

  12-07-2026 04:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Adeola BadruThe Presidency, yesterday, disclosed that the schoolchildren and teachers rescued from Oriire community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, will not be handed over to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State until after 48 hours because they are undergoing medical examinations.Responding to inquiries on whether and when the survivors would be presented to President Bola Tinubu, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said
  
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• TYF lauds Tinubu over Oyo rescued hostages

  12-07-2026 01:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …insist lives lost during incident must not be forgottenBy Olayinka AjayiA Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Think Yoruba First, TYF, has President Bola Tinubu for the successful rescue of all the pupils and teachers abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.The group however urged relevant authorities that the tragic loss of lives during this unfortunate incident must not be forgotten.In a statement, the group noted that the safe return of the victims after
  
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• Italy icon Maldini national team’s technical director

  12-07-2026 00:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Italian football icon Paolo Maldini has been appointed technical director of the national football federation (FIGC) looking to rebuild after Italy’s failure to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup.“Maldini has always been my target,” said newly-appointed FIGC president Giovanni Malago.“I felt he was the right person to oversee the FIGC’s technical sector — a role that encompasses not just the senior national team, but the entire youth national team setu
  
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• Police arrest four chiefs, others over MACBAN chairman’s death in Benue

  11-07-2026 23:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Peter DuruThe Benue State Police Command has arrested seven additional suspects, including four traditional chiefs and an 80-year-old man, over the gruesome murder of the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Benue State chapter, Ardo Risku Mohammad, and one Yakubu Isa in Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of the state.Ardo Mohammad and Yakubu Isa were killed in an ambush by armed men on June 26, 2026, around Okudu community while returning from a pea
  
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• How 22-yr-old uses lighter as gun to rob in Abia

  11-07-2026 22:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Florencemary NwabuezeThe Abia State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly robbing members of the public using a stainless lighter designed to resemble a pistol.Read Also: We’ll honour those who died in Oriire kidnap rescue operation – MakindeAccording to a statement by the force Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen Chioma Chinaka on Saturday, the a native of Obinolu Ngodo Isiochi was apprehended on July 5, 2026, by operatives of the Isuochi Divisional Polic
  
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• Skit maker admits fabricating videos on Soludo’s son, apologises

  11-07-2026 22:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Vincent UjumaduA man identified as Ejike Ofoegbu, publisher of Igbo Time Magazine, has admitted responsibility for creating and circulating videos on Facebook and other social media platforms in which he falsely claimed to be Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s son, Ozonna Soludo.In a video released by Ofoegbu, he acknowledged that the claims made in the skits were fabricated and apologised to Governor Soludo, his family and Nigerians.According to him, several statements attributed to both the
  
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• 30-yr-old emerges youngest LG chairman in Edo

  11-07-2026 22:31 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITYThe Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State, on Saturday, produced the youngest chairman in its history as 30 years Anthony Osarobo won the election.Read Also: ‘Our people interested in choosing leaders’ – Okpebholo commends voters’ turnout in Edo LG electionOsaeobo who contested under the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged as Chairman-elect after polling 98,994 votes across the council’s 10 wards.The Returning Officer fo
  
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• England, Norway battle heat as Argentina face Swiss in World Cup last eight

  11-07-2026 22:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  England and Norway were preparing to lock horns in a blockbuster World Cup quarter-final battle of elite strikers in Miami on Saturday set to be played in ferocious heat and humidity.The two European rivals face off at the Hard Rock Stadium in a match that kicks off at 5:00 pm local time (2200 GMT), with the winner facing a semi-final against Argentina or Switzerland.While the build-up has focused on the duel between in-form England striker Harry Kane and his Norway counterpart Erling Haaland,
  
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• We’ll honour those who died in Oriire kidnap rescue operation – Makinde

  11-07-2026 21:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dapo Akinrefon Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Saturday, expressed delight over the rescue of the Oriire school pupils and teachers just as he promised to honour the civilians and military personnel who lost their lives in the process.Read Also: Photos: Makinde meets rescued Oriire victims at military hospitalGovernor Makinde, who took to X (Twitter) handle, said his administration would provide the necessary support needed for the victims’ full recovery and ensure their re
  
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• Akara: Burna Boy, Davido should do more charitable works – Remi Tinubu

  11-07-2026 21:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has defended her widely discussed remarks on empowering women through small-scale businesses, insisting that petty traders deserve financial support and reaffirming her commitment to grassroots economic empowerment.Speaking on Saturday during the launch of the National Community Food Bank Programme in Lokoja, Kogi State, the First Lady addressed the controversy surrounding her June comments, in which she suggested that women could benefit from government grants to esta
  
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• NELFUND debunks fake upkeep suspension notice

  11-07-2026 20:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has dismissed as fake a social media document claiming that upkeep allowances under the Federal Government’s Student Loan Scheme for the 2025/2026 academic session were suspended.The Fund said the document, dated July 10 and attributed to its Director of Strategic Communications, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, did not originate from NELFUND and should be disregarded.Oluwatuyi described the document as fake and urged beneficiaries and the general public t
  
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• 2027: Why I picked Bintu Konto as running mate – LP Presidential Candidate

  11-07-2026 20:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By John AlechenuABUJA – Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Chibuzo Okereke, has explained that the selection of Hajja Bintu Konto as his running mate for the 2027 election was driven solely by competence and national interest.In a statement issued in Abuja, on Saturday Okereke described Konto’s nomination, ratified by the party’s leadership, as “another defining moment” in the party’s push for a “Nigerians First” government.He said, “T
  
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