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• Osun 2026: Why we decided to vote – Octogenarians

  15-08-2026 13:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Ile-Ife (Osun), Aug. 15, 2026 (NAN) — Some octogenarians on Saturday explained why they came out to vote in the ongoing Osun governorship election, saying they were motivated by the desire for good governance and a better future for the state.The elderly voters, who spoke separately with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after casting their ballots at different polling units in Ile-Ife, expressed the hope that their votes would count and influence the outcome of the election.Mrs Moria Arem
  
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• Osun gov poll largely peaceful, says CDD

  16-08-2026 08:12 via punchng.com
  
  The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) reports the Osun governorship election was largely peaceful despite some operational challenges and vote buyRead More: https://punchng.com/osun-gov-poll-largely-peaceful-says-cdd/
  
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• EPL: Alonso hails Chelsea fans’ warm reception

  16-08-2026 08:12 via punchng.com
  
  Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso praises the warm reception from Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge, emphasizing the importance of their support for the new seasonRead More: https://punchng.com/epl-alonso-hails-chelsea-fans-warm-reception/
  
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• OLUBUNMI TUNJI-OJO: Beyond passport reforms

  16-08-2026 08:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Olufemi SalakoWhen President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised Nigerians a Renewed Hope Agenda, the skepticism among Nigerians was so strong because of many unfulfilled campaign promises, and were dismissive of it as another hope raised to soon be dashed. While some school of thoughts were of the opinion that the new administration should be given a benefit of the doubt, both skeptics and optimists agreed it will take a while for the vision and promises to become a reality and definitely not in fou
  
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• BLACK JULY:Benue killings worsen after Miyetti Allah leader shot dead

  16-08-2026 07:59 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Attacks turn communities into fields of fearBy Peter Duru, MakurdiFor generations, the people of Benue South have been known for their resilience, rich cultural heritage and agricultural prowess.Stretching across communities where farming is more than an occupation but a way of life, the district has long been regarded as one of the food-producing hubs of Nigeria.Today, however, the songs of harvest have largely been replaced by the echoes of gunfire, cries of bereaved families and the silence
  
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• Messi misses penalty as Nashville hammer Inter Miami 4-1 in MLS

  16-08-2026 07:34 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Lionel Messi missed yet another penalty and was booked as Inter Miami suffered a 4-1 loss at Nashville on Saturday in a top-of-the-table MLS clash.England’s Sam Surridge and Germany’s Hany Mukhtar scored second-half goals for the hosts in a showdown between the Major League Soccer overall leaders.Argentina and Miami captain Messi was denied from the penalty spot in the first half and issued a yellow card in the 59th minute but also assisted Inter’s lone goal.Messi struck both
  
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• NCAA to automate baggage tracking

  16-08-2026 07:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dickson OmobolaNigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has concluded plans to mandate the use of Radio Frequency Identification, RFID, baggage tracking technology across Nigerian airports.The move is part of the regulator’s efforts to eliminate the growing incidence of delayed, missing and mishandled baggage at domestic and international terminals.The automated system will replace the traditional barcode-based framework, enabling airlines and passengers to track checked baggage in real
  
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• Olu of Warri warns: We shouldn’t call our neighbours slaves again

  16-08-2026 07:32 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •As monarch, Ovie of Agbarha ‘commit to peace, growth’ in oil-rich cityBy Jimitota OnoyumeOlu of Warri Ogiame Atuwatse III and his counterpart, His Royal Majesty Kingsley Emakpo Orereh, Igbi II, the Ovie of Agbarha, have both committed to unity, peace and unhindered development in Warri, Delta State.
  The monarchs, in their separate speeches yesterday at the Warri Unity Football Game held at the Federal Government College Warri, as part of the activities for the 5th coronation a
  
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• N24BN DELTA LG MONEY: My blackmailers claimed to have EFCC, ICPC in their pockets – Burutu council chair

  16-08-2026 07:31 via vanguardngr.com
  
  · Wants anti-graft agencies to interveneBy Chancel Bomadi SundayChief Julius Takeme is the Chairman of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. Previously, he held the position of Transition Chairman for the council area and is a native of Obotebe community in the riverine council area. In this interview, Takeme reveals that his administration has made significant strides in enhancing infrastructural development and preserving the essential peace and stability in the oil-rich council
  
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• 18 Years After: RMAFC moves to review president, governors, lawmakers’ pay

  16-08-2026 07:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Babajide Komolafe, Economy EditorThe Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has completed the review of the remuneration of political office holders, 18 years after their salaries were last reviewed by law, saying the proposed new remuneration and revenue allocation Bills will reach the National Assembly before the end of the year.
  Chairman of RMAFC, Dr Mohammed Bello Shehu, disclosed this yesterday at a breakfast session with members of the Guild of Editors in Lagos.
  
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• North Korea’s Kim tells Putin he is ‘proud’ of strong ties

  16-08-2026 07:22 via vanguardngr.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin he was “proud” of their countries’ strong ties, state media reported Sunday, after providing military support for Moscow’s war against Ukraine.Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, North Korea has become a key ally of the Kremlin, sending troops to support Moscow’s war effort in return for economic benefits and military technology, analysts say.“I am always proud
  
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• BREAKING: Adeleke wins 19 LGs, APC’s Oyebamiji secures 11 LGs

  16-08-2026 07:22 via punchng.com
  
  Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party has won the Osun governorship election, securing 19 out of 30 LGAs. Get the full breakdown of results here.Read More: https://punchng.com/breaking-adeleke-wins-19-lgs-apcs-oyebamiji-secures-11-lgs/
  
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• The Itsekiri Moment

  16-08-2026 06:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Michael TidiHistory occasionally presents a people with moments they cannot afford to waste. Such moments are often disguised as anniversaries, festivals and celebrations. They arrive with colour and pageantry, yet beneath the excitement lies a more enduring question: Will this generation merely celebrate its inheritance, or will it enlarge it?The Itsekiri nation has arrived at such a moment. From August 14 to 23, 2026, the Warri Kingdom will welcome Itsekiri sons and daughters from acr
  
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• Uwa Bu Ahia: Trading ideas for development

  16-08-2026 06:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Emeka MbaThere is a proverb the Igbo publicly render with relish and pride: Uwa bu afia — the world is a marketplace. We say it to explain our pursuit of communal and personal value, our enterprise, our presence in every corner of the globe where commerce thrives. From Ariaria, in Abia state to Alaba, in Lagos state; from Onitsha Main Market in Anambra state to the trading grounds of Guangzhou, in China as well as Houston, in Texas, USA, the Igbo proves repeatedly that his li
  
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• Inside Lagos’ waste, flood crisis (2): LAWMA, refuse collectors shift blame

  16-08-2026 05:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Esther Onyegbula, Juliet Umeh & Cynthia AloIn the first part of this report published last Sunday, Lagos residents and council chairmen traded claims on refuse heaps ‘decorating’ roads in the state. Today, the regulator of waste, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), and refuse collectors under the aegis of PSP Operators share their perspectives. Read on. Addressing the issue of waste on roads’ median in Lagos, Managing Di
  
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• ‘I regret snatching my friend’s husband’ — Reader

  16-08-2026 05:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Bunmi SofolaA Reader wrote:  I have followed your columns way back from your Punch days when I was in the university.  Most of the times, your articles are so down-to-earth they speak to me – as if you are writing about me.  In one of the editions of Sunday Vanguard a few months back, you wrote about why second marriages might not work.  I am a living example of that.  I’d been married for over 12 years with three children when I changed jobs for a c
  
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• Election rigging: Universities should reply Obi, by Tonnie Iredia

  16-08-2026 05:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A scathing recent remark by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress NDC, Mr. Peter Obi that Nigerian professors now help illiterates to rig elections in the country must have disconcerted many citizens.  It is certainly a remark which keeps Nigeria quite low in the comity of nations more so as it shows the irony of the most read serving the unethical needs of the least read. It is however doubtful if professors go all out to look for only illiterates to offer suc
  
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• Deliverance is key  to a new beginning, by Funmi Komolafe

  16-08-2026 05:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Beloved, we thank God for life as we progress in the month of a new beginning.A new beginning means an end to old challenges, it is the time when we sing a new song, it could also mean the time that people call one by a new name.New signifies a departure from the old.Either in the physical or spiritual world, new beginning calls for celebration.  It ushers in relief, it ushers in joy that we all cherish.Brethren, there are several routes to a new beginning.Some, within our control, ot
  
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• GENERAL BABANGIDA AT 85: Another tribute, by Dele Sobowale

  16-08-2026 05:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ”Nobody is worth being called a friend unless he is prepared to suffer attacks on account of defending you” – AnonymousAnnual tributes to former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, has become a ritual; shared by several highly respected individuals than most people realize. Despite the determined efforts by the June 12 opportunists, all they can actually point to is the fact that the June 12, 1993 election was annulled. As is always the case with propagand
  
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• Captors fed us with garri without water, Eda Oniyo worshippers relive horror in kidnappers’ den

  16-08-2026 05:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Say they trekked about 200 km from Ekiti to Kogi•‘Gang leader lived like a king’By Adetutu OyebanjoAfter more than two months in captivity, 14 worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Eda Oniyo, Ekiti State, have regained their freedom after N25.5 million ransom was said to have been paid.On April 28, the worshippers were attending an open-air revival in Eda Oniyo, Ilejemeje Local Government Area, when gunmen invaded the service.The officiating pastor wa
  
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• Osun election: Adeleke leads Oyebamiji

  16-08-2026 04:58 via vanguardngr.com
  
  · Vote sold for N30, 000 as violence mars poll·Aregbesola loses PU to OyebamijiBy Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon & Shina AbubakarGovernor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party jumped into early lead over his All Progressives Congress, APC, challenger, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, in the tightly contested Osun State governorship election, last night.With results from 3,292 polling units or 87.5 percent of the 3,763 polling units uploaded by the Independent National Electoral Commission,
  
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• Lagos overwhelmed by 15,000 tons of waste everyday —Gbadegesin, LAWMA boss

  16-08-2026 04:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Says Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Ojo, Ikorodu worst hit•‘10,000 people living on Badagry road median, setback alone, messing up the environment’By Olasunkanmi AkoniAmid the current waste crisis across Lagos metropolis with the attendant health risks, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Waste Management Authority,  LAWMA, in this exclusive interview, speaks on refuse heaps, infrastructure gaps, new waste management system, enforceme
  
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• [#OsunDecides2026] LIVE UPDATE: Adeleke leads as INEC announces 25 out of 30 LGs’ results

  16-08-2026 04:35 via punchng.com
  
  Stay updated with live results from the OsunDecides2026 governorship election. See how Adeleke leads as INEC announces results from 24 LGAs.Read More: https://punchng.com/osundecides2026-live-update-inec-begins-collation-announcement-of-results/
  
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• [#OsunDecides2026] LIVE UPDATE: Adeleke leads as INEC announces 22 out of 30 LGs’ results

  16-08-2026 04:35 via punchng.com
  
  Stay updated with live results from the OsunDecides2026 governorship election. See how Adeleke leads as INEC announces results from 22 LGAs.Read More: https://punchng.com/osundecides2026-live-update-inec-begins-collation-announcement-of-results/
  
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• [#OsunDecides2026] LIVE UPDATE: Adeleke edges to victory as INEC announces all 30 LGs’ results

  16-08-2026 04:35 via punchng.com
  
  Get live updates and final results from all 30 LGAs as Adeleke edges towards victory in the Osun State governorship election. See full Osun election resultRead More: https://punchng.com/osundecides2026-live-update-inec-begins-collation-announcement-of-results/
  
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• [#OsunDecides2026] LIVE UPDATE: Adeleke edges to victory as INEC announces 28 out of 30 LGs’ results

  16-08-2026 04:35 via punchng.com
  
  Get live updates on the Osun Election Results as INEC announces 28 out of 30 LGs. See how Adeleke is edging towards victory in the governorship race.Read More: https://punchng.com/osundecides2026-live-update-inec-begins-collation-announcement-of-results/
  
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• [#OsunDecides2026] LIVE UPDATE: INEC begins collation, announcement of results

  16-08-2026 04:32 via punchng.com
  
  Stay updated with live results from the Osun State governorship election as INEC begins collation and announcement. Get the latest Osun Election Results heRead More: https://punchng.com/osundecides2026-live-update-inec-begins-collation-announcement-of-results/
  
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• In Ekiti, students abandon school for online scam as mums form ‘Iya Omo Ologo Association’

  16-08-2026 03:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •EFCC moves inBy Rotimi OjomoyelaFor decades, Ekiti State has proudly wore the badge of Nigeria’s ‘Land of Honour’, a state celebrated for producing some of the country’s finest academics, professionals, public servants and intellectuals.Today, however, that cherished reputation is facing an unsettling challenge because behind the quiet streets of Ado-Ekiti and other towns, especially Ikere-Ekiti, lies a growing concern that has become difficult to ignore:
  
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• ABACHA: 28 Years On, Still No Evidence

  16-08-2026 03:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dan EteteI have read the claims made by Mr Dennis Amachree in his memoir concerning the death of General Sani Abacha, as reported by a newspaper on July 21, 2026.Mr Amachree asks Nigerians to accept a detailed account of the final hours of a Head of State on nothing but his own recollection, offered twenty-eight years after the fact.He names no witness. The woman on whom his entire account depends is not identified. There is nothing to show she has ever confirmed a word of it.He produces no
  
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• Adeleke takes early lead as bigwigs lose polling units

  16-08-2026 03:20 via punchng.com
  
  Governor Ademola Adeleke leads in the Osun governorship election as INEC collates results, with major political figures losing their polling units.Read More: https://punchng.com/adeleke-takes-early-lead-as-bigwigs-lose-polling-units/
  
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