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• Obi bemoans renewed killings in Benue, Plateau

  13-07-2026 19:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Henry UmoruPresidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, ahead of the 2027 polls, Peter Obi, has condemned in very strong terms the renewed heartless killings in Benue and Plateau states.Obi, writing on his X handle this Monday morning, said the unending violence in the region is worrisome and deserves special attention.The former Anambra State governor said, “The tragic news of yet another round of killings in Benue and Plateau States is both painful and deeply distu
  
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• Messi meets England at last with World Cup final place on the line

  14-07-2026 08:18 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Lionel Messi has done just about everything possible in a glorious career, but the 39-year-old Argentinian great has never taken on England — he will finally get the chance in Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final.Messi won his 200th cap for the Albiceleste in the group-stage victory against Algeria and dreams of leading his country to the final once again.The diminutive playmaker is surely in the final days of a remarkable international career which began when he was a fresh-faced 18-ye
  
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• France and Spain prepare to duel at World Cup

  14-07-2026 08:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  France’s exciting attack led by Kylian Mbappe take on a technically accomplished Spain team in the first semi-final of the World Cup on Tuesday.France have reached the past two World Cup finals, winning in 2018 in Russia and losing on penalties to Argentina four years ago in Qatar in an epic final despite a hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe.They are aiming to win the World Cup for a third time while Spain — despite their rich footballing tradition — have lifted the famous trophy jus
  
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• Residents breathe sigh of relief as Bayelsa intensifies flood mitigation

  14-07-2026 08:07 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Swamp buggies clear channelsBy Samuel OyadonghaYENAGOA — The Bayelsa State Directorate of Flood and Erosion Control has stepped up efforts to prevent annual flooding in Yenagoa, the state capital, with heavy machinery currently clearing accumulated silt and waste from the water channels across the city.Residents of flood-prone areas have welcomed the intervention, which comes after the Federal Government issued a flood alert urging states to ramp up preparations for the impendi
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, July 14, 2026

  14-07-2026 08:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian naira traded with relative stability against the United States dollar on the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, while the parallel market continued to quote the dollar at a premium.Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange rate portal showed the official NFEM exchange rate hovering around ₦1,379.62 to the US dollar, based on the most recent available trading data. The market recorded an intraday high of ₦1,382.00 and
  
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• Delta community invokes deities to drive out herdsmen

  14-07-2026 08:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Villagers abandon farms, face hunger crisisBy Ochuko AkuophaINDIGENES of Ike-Onicha, Onicha-Ukwuani community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, have turned to their gods, invoking divine vengeance on herdsmen they accuse of invading their ancestral lands and disrupting peaceful farming.For nearly a month, the sound of the community’s women working the soil has been replaced by a creepy silence. Fear grips the village as armed herders reportedly established
  
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• Oriire abduction: Children were beaten, teachers chained — Alamu, Principal

  14-07-2026 03:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Says: We were forced to trek through forest at night 
  ***lThey ate cocoyam, noodles, drank from a waterfall for 56 days —Victims’ relative 
  By Evelyn Usman & Adeola BadruIBADAN— THE principal bducted alongside teachers, students and pupils in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Racheal Alamu, yesterday, recounted the harrowing 56-day ordeal in captivity, revealing that children were beaten into silence, male t
  
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• How Police uncovered fictitious PFIPC —Document

  14-07-2026 03:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Adeyemi writes open letter to TinubuBy Ebunoluwa SessouA police interim investigation report has revealed how operatives uncovered an alleged forgery and impersonation syndicate built around a fictitious government agency, known as the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, following a petition from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President.The report, titled “Police Interim Investigation Report: Activities of Fraudsters/Imposters Forging Official A
  
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• Atiku, Obi excited as FG suspends planned increase in WAEC, NECO registration fees

  14-07-2026 03:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Nigeria not a lab for policy experiments — Atiku•Suspension of hike in fees, victory for the people — Peter ObiBy Joseph Erunke, Omeiza Ajayi & Elizabeth OsayandeFormer Vice President and presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, and his Nigeria Democratic Congress, ADC, counterpart, Peter Obi, in the 2027 elections yesterday, expressed excitement over the decision of the Federal Government to suspend the proposed review of regis
  
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• ADC’s fortunes in limbo:  A-Court affirms order barring INEC from recognising Mark’s leadership

  14-07-2026 03:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Awards N10m cost against party
  ***Judgment won’t affect ADC candidates, party insists***Atiku heads to S’Court, alleges forged INEC documents over ‘fake’ nomination uploadBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous JannamikeABUJA — In a split decision of two-to-one, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja yesterday affirmed the judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognising or participating in any state congresses
  
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• How Lagos emergency responders saved my 7-month-old daughter — Father

  14-07-2026 02:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniA Lagos resident, Muhammad Armayau, has commended the state’s emergency responders for their swift intervention that saved his seven-month-old daughter who fell critically ill during a heavy downpour.Armayau, a resident of Badagry area of the state, told journalists on Monday that his daughter developed a high fever in the middle of the night, leaving the family stranded as there was no vehicle available to take her to the hospital.He said the family got relief after c
  
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• The textbook debate and the future of education reform

  14-07-2026 02:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ayo OlodoGovernment policies rarely fail because their intentions are bad. They fail because good intentions are often mistaken for good implementation.
  Nigeria has become something of a laboratory for ambitious education reforms. Every new administration arrives promising transformation. New curricula are introduced. New assessment methods emerge. New technologies are announced. Fresh slogans replace old ones.Yet our classrooms remain burdened by many of the same problems: poorly prepared t
  
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• Rehabilitating terrorists or delivering justice? By Ejiro Ofoye

  14-07-2026 01:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  For more than a decade, Nigerians have buried their loved ones, watched entire communities reduced to rubble, witnessed schools destroyed, churches and mosques attacked, soldiers ambushed, and millions displaced by the brutality of terrorism. Thousands of families are still searching for justice, while countless victims continue to live with physical and emotional scars that may never heal.It is against this painful background that the Nigerian Senate’s recent rejection of the contin
  
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• The battle before the 2027 ballots, by Dakuku Peterside

  14-07-2026 01:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By the time Nigerians enter polling units in 2027, the decisive battle for Nigeria’s democracy may already have been fought—and won or lost. Elections are democracy’s ceremony, the culmination of choices shaped before a ballot is cast. The deeper test lies in institutional independence, the conduct of political actors, the protection of dissent, the rule of law, and the willingness of those in power to obey the restraints they demand of others.It is in these quieter arena
  
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• Dangers of state governments bankrolling mass weddings

  14-07-2026 01:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Kano’s recent announcement that it spent N1.5bn to bankroll mass weddings should prompt national alarm rather than applause. Kano State remains rampant in the worrying roster of northern states – including Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Borno – that have for years organised and financed large-scale nuptial ceremonies. Authorities offer three common rationales: to reduce social vices by settling young people, to uphold cultural or religious norms, and to show benevolence
  
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• Ali Modu Sheriff’s diatribe against Peter Obi assaults national reconciliation and unity

  14-07-2026 01:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By PAUL NWOSUAny South-Easterner, or indeed anyone from the old Biafra enclave in the South-East and South-South, who watched Ali Modu Sheriff on Channels Television’s Politics Today would have been alarmed by the depth of the hateful tirade unleashed against Peter Obi from a man whom many Nigerians, despite his repeated denials, still associate with the religious sect that helped to nurture the cancerous insecurity which has gradually but relentlessly brought this country to its kne
  
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• Insecurity: The possible way out (2), by Eric Teniola

  14-07-2026 01:07 via vanguardngr.com
  
  This week continues the series on insecurity in NigeriaMembers of the Committee last met in Ado-Ekiti for the last gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The third body is the inter-religious council. The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) is a voluntary association that was made up of fifty (50) members (25 Christians and 25 Muslims), formed by the representatives of the two principal religions — that is, Christianity and Islam in Nigeria — on the 11th day of September, 1
  
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• Africa and rising global conflicts, severe economic shocks

  14-07-2026 01:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Issa Aremu Monday, May 25, 2026, marked Africa Day (AD). The annual observance commemorates the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union). The manifestation celebrates Pan-Africanism, cultural identity, and the continent’s progress. This year’s observance assumes historic importance. It marks the 63rd anniversary of the OAU (1963–2026). The African Union (AU) celebrates AD with the theme: “Sixty three (63) Years of Unity, Int
  
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• Makinde calls on UN to probe Oyo schoolchildren abduction

  14-07-2026 00:29 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has called for independent scrutiny of the May 14 abduction of children and teachers from Ahoro-Esinle and Yawota communities in Oriire Local Government Area of the state.Makinde made the call in his statewide broadcast on Monday in Ibadan, shortly after he received 44 children and teachers recently rescued from bandits.The governor solicited the help of international human rights and accountability mechanisms, including those within the United Nations system to i
  
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• City Boy Movement committed to national development — Seyi Tinubu

  14-07-2026 00:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruPatron of the City Boy Movement, Seyi Tinubu, has said that the organisation has evolved beyond its role as a campaign platform into a nationwide movement committed to national development and citizen engagement.This is as speakers have called for stronger grassroots engagement, greater youth participation and sustained public support for ongoing national reforms.This dominated discussions on the first day of the City Boy Movement National Retreat in Abuja, as the speakers
  
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• Abducted Oyo headmaster regains freedom — Police 

  13-07-2026 23:58 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the release of a kidnapped headmaster, Mathew Owoade, after sustained security operations forced his abductors to abandon him.Owoade, a 60-year-old farmer and headmaster, was abducted on Saturday evening along the Igbojaye–Budo Aare bush road in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State.The command’s spokesperson, Olayinka Ayanlade, announced the development in a statement issued in Ibadan on Monday, saying the victim regained his freedom af
  
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• Just in: US military begins third night of strikes on Iran

  13-07-2026 23:29 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The US military said Monday it had launched a fresh salvo of attacks on Iran, marking the third night in a row that it had struck the country, as a deal to end the war falters.“These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command said in a statement on social media, noting the strikes began at 4:45 pm (2045 GMT).AFP
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• Late US senator’s sister appointed to fill vacant seat

  13-07-2026 23:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on Monday appointed the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham’s younger sister to complete his term, hours after President Donald Trump publicly urged him to choose her.Darline Graham Nordone will serve in the US Senate until Graham’s term expires in January, following his unexpected death at the weekend at the age of 71.“It’s my honor to ask his little sister Darline Graham to finish his work for him now,” McMaster said whil
  
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• Brazil court bars Bolsonaro son from visiting father until after election

  13-07-2026 23:22 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Brazil’s top court on Monday barred presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro from visiting his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, until after the first round of October elections.Flavio Bolsonaro this weekend read out a handwritten letter from his father on YouTube, despite Jair Bolsonaro being banned from using social media, either directly or through a third party.Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said Flavio Bolsonaro had shown “disregard
  
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• Haaland, teammates receive heroes’ welcome in Norway after World Cup exit

  13-07-2026 23:20 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Around 90,000 people welcomed back Norway’s players to Oslo on Monday after they returned home from making a historic run to the World Cup quarter-finals.Erling Haaland’s side were knocked out of the tournament on Saturday after losing 2-1 to England in extra-time in the last eight in Miami, their best result in the competition.The crowd packed the square in front of the royal palace in Norway’s capital city as the squad arrived around, and performed the now famous “Viki
  
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• I borrowed N400m to secure PFIPC appointment – ‘Fake’ DG Adeyemi

  13-07-2026 23:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, has claimed that the N400 million he allegedly paid to obtain his appointment letter was borrowed and that those who provided the funds have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to recover their money.Adeyemi made the disclosure during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, weeks after accusing the Chief of Staff to President B
  
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• Senegalese FA says Thiaw salary demands caused World Cup downfall

  13-07-2026 22:59 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Senegalese football federation (FSF) president said on Monday toxicity surrounded the team at the World Cup after coach Pape Thiaw had demanded a pay rise.Thiaw was sacked on Sunday after his side were knocked out in the last 32 by Belgium on July 1.“There was a breakdown in trust between Pape Thiaw and us”, FSF president Abdoulaye Fall told a press conference in Dakar, citing the initial failure to sign a new contract after Thiaw’s demand for more money.Thiaw, 45 and a fo
  
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• EU, UK hit Russia with joint sanctions over cyber attacks

  13-07-2026 22:41 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The European Union and Britain targeted Russia Monday with coordinated sanctions over cyber attacks in Europe, accusing Moscow’s FSB intelligence agency over involvement in digital strikes.The move comes as Western officials warn Russia has stepped up its “hybrid” campaign to destabilise Europe over four years into the war on Ukraine.Brussels said it was imposing sanctions on nine people and four entities, while London said it was adding 24 names to its blacklist.The British g
  
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• My life is in danger – ‘Fake’ PFIPC DG’ Adeyemi cries out

  13-07-2026 22:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, has claimed that he has withdrawn from public appearances because of security concerns, insisting he is not evading law enforcement authorities.Adeyemi made the assertion during a telephone interview with Channels Television on Monday, days after a United States lobbying firm announced plans to support his bid for asylum in the US, citing alleged threats to his safety.Rejecting claims
  
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• Army smashes arms trafficking ring in Kaduna, seizes weapons

  13-07-2026 21:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Kingsley OmonobiTroops of Sector 7, Operation Enduring Peace, have successfully disrupted a suspected arms trafficking syndicate and recovered a cache of illegal weapons during a coordinated, intelligence-driven operation in Kaduna State.The Army said, “Acting on credible intelligence regarding the movement of illicit arms from Jos, Plateau State, to Niger State, troops conducted a targeted stop-and-search operation in the early hours of Monday, 13 July 2026.“During the operation
  
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