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• Mbappe scores two, as Real Madrid sink Rayo

  12-09-2026 23:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Kylian Mbappe struck twice to help Real Madrid smash Rayo Vallecano 4-1 on Saturday to pull level with Barcelona at the top of La Liga.Jose Mourinho’s side got back to winning ways after a defeat by Real Betis in their previous top-flight outing, with a convincing victory against neighbours Rayo.Jude Bellingham and Alvaro Carreras were also on target for Real Madrid, while Sergio Camello pulled one back for the visitors early in the second half.Champions Barcelona visit Levante on Sunday
  
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• 2027: Atiku will win 19 states in North, 3 in Southwest — Kenneth Okonkwo

  15-09-2026 12:59 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign has projected that former Vice President will win all 19 states in the northern region and three states in the Southwest in the 2027 presidential election.Okonkwo made the projection during an interview on AIT’s Democracy Today on Monday while assessing the chances of the major contenders ahead of the election.According to him, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on whose platform Atiku is expected to contest, ha
  
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• Full List: Stadiums that will host UEFA finals from 2027 to 2029

  15-09-2026 12:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  UEFA has confirmed the stadiums that will host some of the biggest European football finals between 2027 and 2029.The selected venues span several major football cities across Europe, including Munich, Barcelona, Lyon, Cardiff, Bucharest, Belgrade, Turin, Budapest and Amsterdam.The fixtures cover the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women’s Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League and UEFA Super Cup.Here is the full list of stadiums that will host UEFA finals between 2027 a
  
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• Kenya to host 2029 World Athletics Championships as Africa’s first

  15-09-2026 12:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nairobi will host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, beating off competition from London, Munich and Rome to become the first African hosts, World Athletics announced Tuesday.The 2031 championships will be held in Munich, track and field’s governing body said after a council meeting in Budapest, host to the recently concluded Ultimate Championship.“We were fortunate to have four outstanding bids for 2029 and 2031, and this was not an easy decision for the Council,” World
  
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• Obi: I have no objection to the release of my academic records.

  15-09-2026 12:32 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Obi has said he has no objection to the release of his academic records amid reports of a legal action seeking certified true copies of his certificates and other educational documents.Obi stated this in a statement posted on X on Tuesday, saying he had given consent for the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to make available his academic records and other official documents relating to his admission and studies, subject to appl
  
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• ‘I have no objection’ – Obi urges UNN to release his academic records

  15-09-2026 12:32 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Obi has said he has no objection to the release of his academic records amid reports of a legal action seeking certified true copies of his certificates and other educational documents.Obi stated this in a statement posted on X on Tuesday, saying he had given consent for the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to make available his academic records and other official documents relating to his admission and studies, subject to appl
  
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• Prince Harry, Meghan switch children’s school over security concerns – UK media

  15-09-2026 12:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Prince Harry and his wife Meghan changed their children’s school for security reasons, just days after the start of the school year in England where the pair recently resettled, British media outlets reported Monday.The couple left Britain and quit royal duties in 2020 during a royal family feud and Harry subsequently waged a years-long, ultimately unsuccessful, legal battle to retain UK taxpayer-funded security while living in California.Now back with their seven-year-old son, Prince Arc
  
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• China imposes travel restrictions to protect ‘national security’

  15-09-2026 12:16 via vanguardngr.com
  
  China imposed sweeping travel restrictions on its citizens on Tuesday, including exit bans on those deemed to endanger the country’s “industrial or technological security”.Citizens who violate technology import and export regulations could be banned from leaving China, the State Council said.Those who engage in illegal activities abroad could be “prohibited from leaving the country for a period of six months to three years from the date of their return to China”.Ch
  
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• Abia debunks N50,000 akara tax claim

  15-09-2026 12:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Steve OkoAbia State Government has debunked reports that akara sellers and other petty traders in the state are being compelled to pay N50,000 as tax, describing the claim as misinformation.The government also said it had approved the designation of some historical and natural sites as State Monuments and State Natural Monuments, while declaring Aba a Creative and Innovative City.Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists on the outcom
  
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• Petrol at N1,350 cheaper in Nigeria than neighbouring countries — Dangote

  15-09-2026 12:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Safiu VictoriaPresident of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said petrol selling at N1,350 in Nigeria is still cheaper than the product in neighbouring countries, a price difference he said is encouraging cross-border smuggling.Dangote said petrol in neighbouring countries is between 30 and 50 per cent more expensive than in Nigeria, creating a strong incentive for traders to move the product across the borders for higher returns.He made this known during an interview aired on Arise TV on Tu
  
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• Iran rejects any talks with US after Trump remarks

  15-09-2026 11:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Iran’s security chief on Tuesday rejected any talks with the United States after President Donald Trump said he was open to resuming discussions on the Middle East war.“Don’t get distracted by the U.S. president’s mixed signals — from ‘no negotiations’ to ‘we’re ready to talk’,” the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, posted on X.“The stakes around oil and the straits have changed. Da
  
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• ‘Having a son isn’t my priority; my daughters have done better’ – Dangote

  15-09-2026 11:35 via vanguardngr.com
  
  President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said having a son is not currently a priority for him, stressing that he is satisfied with the achievements of his three daughters.Dangote, 69, made the disclosure in an interview aired by Arise News on Tuesday, when he was asked whether he still desired a male heir to carry on the family name.“That is not my priority because God controls everything. You can pray for God to give you a son, but he might be the one to take down the
  
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• Saudi Arabia vows to respond ‘firmly’ to Houthi attacks

  15-09-2026 11:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Saudi Arabia vowed Tuesday to respond “firmly” to attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, after the Iran-backed fighters wounded 13 people in the kingdom in an assault using ballistic missiles and drones.The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed government forces since Yemen’s civil war reignited in July, when the group declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea.They seized control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and
  
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• Nigerian newspapers review: Our N2.2trn IPO’ll democratise wealth creation – Dangote

  15-09-2026 11:31 via vanguardngr.com
  
  In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Industries Limited, saying the Initial Public Offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE would democratise wealth creation by giving Nigerians and investors globally an opportunity to own shares in one of Africa’s major industrial projects.Another headline features former President Olusegun Obasanjo saying South Af
  
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• Police rescue two abducted victims, neutralise three suspected kidnappers in Niger

  15-09-2026 11:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Police Command in Niger State has rescued two abducted victims and neutralised three suspected kidnappers in New-Bussa.This is contained in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Tuesday in Minna.According to him, on Sept. 10, at about 7.30pm, a report was received at New-Bussa Area Command from Wako village that suspected armed men abducted two persons from the village, and the hoodlums were demanding ransom.He said that based on the report, the surveillance team
  
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• Gombe PDP politicising diphtheria outbreak — APC

  15-09-2026 10:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ben Ngwakwe, GombeGOMBE — The All Progressives Congress (APC), Gombe State chapter, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of politicising the diphtheria outbreak in the state, describing the opposition party’s position on the health emergency as “dangerous ignorance and insensitivity.”The APC, in a statement issued on Monday by its State Publicity Secretary, Murtala Usman Wuro Tale, said the PDP’s comments were inappropriate at a time when health author
  
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• NARD backs LASUTH strike, demands urgent Sanwo-Olu intervention

  15-09-2026 10:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chioma Obinna
  The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared its support for the indefinite strike by resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), urging the Lagos State Government to urgently address their welfare concerns and prevent further disruption to healthcare services.
  In a press statement signed by its President, Dr. Mohammad Usman Suleiman, and Secretary-General, Dr. Shuabu Ibrahim, NARD said it stood “in full solidarity”
  
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• Oil communities demand share of Anambra’s oil wealth

  15-09-2026 10:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Chimaobi NwaiwuNNEWI — Oil-producing communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State have decried years of alleged neglect and lack of basic infrastructure, demanding that the state government and Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO) fulfil their obligations to the host communities.The communities, particularly Ogwuaniocha and Ogwuikpele, also called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to immediately make the Anambra State Oil and Gas Producing A
  
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• Sokoto govt shuts mosque, orders probe into attack

  15-09-2026 10:09 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Musa Ubandawaki, SokotoSOKOTO — The Sokoto State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Sheikh Musa Ayuba Lukuwa Jumu’at Mosque in the Mabera area of Sokoto metropolis following an alleged attack on the cleric shortly after Friday prayers.The government also ordered a full-scale investigation into the attack and the subsequent killing of the suspected assailant, warning that no individual or group should take the law into its own hands under any religious pretext.The dir
  
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• Unity Fountain robbery: Police arrest 70 suspects in Maitama

  15-09-2026 10:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Kingsley OmonobiABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has arrested 70 suspected hoodlums following a raid on identified criminal black spots around Unity Fountain and its environs in Maitama, Abuja.The operation followed the circulation of a viral video showing the alleged robbery of a victim around the Unity Fountain area.The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said 30 of the suspects arrested were released after preliminary screening, while 40
  
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• US judge postpones new visa rules for foreign students, journalists

  15-09-2026 10:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A US federal judge on Monday postponed implementation of a Trump administration policy that would impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can study or work in the United States.The preliminary injunction from District Judge Dennis Saylor came one day before the new visa rules from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were scheduled to take effect.Under the proposed new rules, foreigners on student visas would be admitted for a maximum of up to four years after w
  
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• Obi: I paid all debts due before leaving office

  15-09-2026 09:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  AWKA — The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, has rejected claims that his administration left outstanding debts for the Anambra State Government to repay, saying he settled all obligations due before handing over power in 2014.Obi made the clarification in a video from the Voice of Ndi Anambra Podcast circulated on Monday, while responding to a claim by the state government that deductions from its monthly federal allocation were still being made to
  
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• US military says Iran war has led to munitions shortfall

  15-09-2026 09:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The US Defense Department’s inspector general revealed Monday that the United States is facing a shortfall in ammunition as a result of its costly war in Iran.In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the inspector said that between February 28 and June 30, Operation Epic Fury (OEF) had an estimated cost of $33.4 billion, with $22.3 billion of that spent on expended munitions alone.The report noted “the munitions expenditure on OEF has resulted in strategic inventory shor
  
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• Dangote’s wealth surges 63% to $51.3bn after refinery IPO

  15-09-2026 09:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  LAGOS — Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has seen his net worth surge by $19.9 billion to $51.3 billion following the commencement of the initial public offering, IPO, of Dangote Refinery.According to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List, Dangote’s fortune rose 63.37 per cent from $31.4 billion on Sunday to $51.3 billion on Monday.The increase lifted Dangote 40 places on Forbes’ global billionaires’ ranking, from
  
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• Dalung: Tinubu win in 2027 will be Nigerians’ verdict

  15-09-2026 09:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ABUJA — Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has said he would accept President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2027 presidential election as the verdict of Nigerians, rather than blame the opposition coalition for failing to unite.Dalung stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, against the backdrop of ongoing efforts by opposition parties to forge a coalition ahead of the 2027 election.The former minister said the sovereignty to determine who governs t
  
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• ‘Tinubu backed Buhari, North must reciprocate’ — Yari

  15-09-2026 09:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  LAGOS — Director-General of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, has urged Nigerians in the North to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, saying the president stood by former President Muhammadu Buhari when it was the North’s turn to lead.Yari made the call on Monday when he led members of the PCC to the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, in Lagos.The former Zamfara governor said Tinubu had
  
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• 2027: Peter Obi will come third, Atiku second — Afegbua

  15-09-2026 09:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Edo State Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar coming second and Peter Obi placing third.Afegbua made the prediction while analysing the chances of major opposition presidential contenders during an interview on the Naija Unfiltered Podcast.According to him, the 2027 presidential contest is essentially a three-horse race involving Tinubu, Atiku and Obi, while dism
  
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• Domestic airlines delayed over 4,000 flights, cancel 36 others in August

  15-09-2026 09:32 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has disclosed that domestic airlines delayed 4,765 flights and cancelled 36 others in August 2026, with Air Peace and United Nigeria Airlines recording the highest disruptions.
  The regulator made this known on Sunday in a post on its official X handle, while releasing its summary of domestic airline flight operations for the month.
  According to the NCAA, 15 carriers operated 7,961 flights during the period, with 59.9 per cent of their operations affec
  
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• 2027: ‘No parallel structures’, APC Govs warn, as Wike’s Rainbow Coalition rattles party

  15-09-2026 09:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA: State governors elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC have warned against the creation of parallel political structures capable of undermining President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, in a position widely seen as a direct response to the Rainbow Coalition championed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike.Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum and Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, who Wi
  
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• vaBuilding a Safer, Smarter Market: Global Lessons for Nigeria’s Gambling Industry

  15-09-2026 09:22 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nigeria’s gambling industry has significant growth potential. A large, digitally connected population, widespread interest in sports, and increasing use of mobile payments have created a strong foundation for online betting and gaming services.However, expansion also brings challenges. Operators, regulators, payment providers, and consumer groups must work together to improve safety, transparency, and public confidence. By examining approaches used in other regulated markets, Nigeria can
  
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