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• Tackling light arms proliferation

  10-07-2026 04:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The proliferation of small arms and light weapons across Nigeria is not a distant threat; it is an immediate, corrosive reality that bleeds communities dry of security, livelihood and hope. Pistols, assault rifles and improvised firearms have become the currency of violence, multiplying the lethality of banditry, kidnapping, communal clashes and organised crime. Where once disputes might have been settled through dialogue or limited skirmishes, the ready availability of weapons turns every disa
  
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• Portugal appoint Jorge Jesus as new head coach

  10-07-2026 16:52 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adegboyega AdeleyePortugal have officially appointed Jorge Jesus as their new head coach, days after Roberto Martínez stepped down following the country’s exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.The Portuguese Football Federation confirmed the appointment in an official statement on Friday, ending speculation over who would succeed Martinez after Portugal’s 1-0 Round of 16 defeat to Spain. View this post on Instagram
  Martinez announced his departure after the World Cup loss, say
  
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• ‘No regrets’ choosing Morocco over France despite World Cup exit — Bouaddi

  10-07-2026 16:45 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adegboyega AdeleyeMorocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi says he has no regrets about choosing to represent the Atlas Lions instead of France, despite his side’s World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Les Bleus.France defeated Morocco 2-0 on Thursday to book their place in the World Cup semi-finals, ending another impressive run by the North Africans after they became the first African nation to reach consecutive World Cup quarter-finals.Bouaddi, one of Morocco’s breakout stars
  
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• Okpebholo, Oshiomhole, others mourn Catholic Archbishop of Benin

  10-07-2026 16:34 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ozioruva AliuEdo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, former governor of the state and now a senator, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, have joined in mourning the Catholic Archbishop of Benin, Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze.The cleric reportedly died while on vacation abroad, barely one month before his 70th birthday.In a statement by Okpebholo’s Chief Press Secretary, Dr. Patrick Ebojele, the governor expressed sorrow over the death, describing his passing as a painful loss to the Christian
  
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• Insecurity: ‘Tinubu has tried his best but needs to rest’ – Peter Obi

  10-07-2026 16:31 via vanguardngr.com
  The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has backed comments by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, that President Bola Tinubu has done his best to address Nigeria’s security challenges, but argued that the President should now “go home and rest.”Obi made the remarks during an interview with Chude Jideonwo uploaded on YouTube on Thursday while explaining why Nigerians should support his pres
  
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• Plateau reiterates ban on non-transferable textbooks, graduation ceremonies in schools

  10-07-2026 16:25 via vanguardngr.com
  By Golok NanmwaPlateau State Government has reiterated its ban on the use of non-transferable textbooks as well as graduation ceremonies and the wearing of academic gowns in nursery, primary and secondary schools across the state.The directive, issued by the Ministry of Education, warned that any school found violating the policy would face sanctions, including immediate closure and withdrawal of its operating licence.According to a statement signed by the Director of Quality Assurance in the m
  
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• NDLEA arraigns alleged drug baron, 3 Mexicans, 6 others; suspects remanded

  10-07-2026 16:23 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiA 63-year-old drug baron, Anochili Innocent, three Mexican nationals and six other Nigerians have been arraigned before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on an 11-count criminal charge bordering on the setting up of a super clandestine laboratory and the production of 2,419.48 kilograms of methamphetamine worth over Four Hundred and Eighty Billion Naira in the international market at Mowe village, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State.The defendan
  
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• Residents count losses as torrential rain floods Lagos communities

  10-07-2026 16:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Some Lagos residents are counting heavy losses after torrential rain flooded homes, destroyed businesses, trapped families and disrupted movement across several communities in the state.The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos, recounted how the flooding forced families from their homes, destroyed livelihoods and left many appealing for urgent government intervention.Among the worst affected is a poultry farmer in Lekki Scheme II,
  
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• Lawmaker backs legislative bill on femicide

  10-07-2026 16:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, Chairperson of the House Committee on Humanitarian Services, has pledged legislative support for a bill seeking to prevent femicide in the country.According to a statement by DOHS Cares Foundation on Friday, Akande-Sadipe gave the assurance during a strategic meeting with the organisation and the Gender Technical Unit (GTU) at the National Assembly.It said the lawmaker commended GTU and the Foundation for their data-driven advocacy in addressing gender-related killi
  
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• Xenophobia: Uganda repatriates 1,102 citizens from S/Africa

  10-07-2026 15:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Uganda has completed the first phase of the voluntary repatriation of 1,102 nationals from South Africa following xenophobic violence and anti-migrant protests.The final evacuation flight arrived in Kampala on Thursday safely.The last chartered flight, carrying 219 evacuees from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, landed at Entebbe International Airport, marking the conclusion of the first phase of the operation.In a statement posted on social media platform X, the Ugandan Embassy
  
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• Hundreds welcome Salah’s Egypt home after best World Cup run

  10-07-2026 15:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Hundreds of euphoric supporters welcomed home Egypt’s national football team on Friday after the country’s best-ever performance at the World Cup, which ended with a thrilling last-16 exit to Argentina.A sea of fans dressed in red, white and black filled the grounds outside the airport in El-Alamein, where the Pharaohs boarded an open-top bus for a parade through the coastal city.“We are very happy with the team,” supporter Mohamed Gehad told AFP at the airport where he
  
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• Police rescue abducted Oyo couple after gun battle with kidnappers

  10-07-2026 15:35 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Gunmen flee with bullet woundsBy Adeola BadruA coordinated security operation involving the Oyo State Police Command, the Amotekun Corps, local vigilantes and hunters has led to the successful rescue of a couple abducted by suspected kidnappers in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State.The victims, identified as Alhaji Busiru Booni and his wife, Alhaja Pitiku, were rescued unharmed after a fierce gun battle between security operatives and the kidnappers in a forest hideout.The couple had been a
  
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• NLS flays NBA’s objection, insists on conferment of ‘Blue Silk’ rank on lawyers

  10-07-2026 15:22 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriThe Nigerian Law Society (NLS), an independent body of lawyers, has criticised the objection raised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) against its conferment of the Blue Silk rank on deserving legal practitioners in the country.In a statement on Friday, the group, alongside its affiliate, the Body of Senior Counsel of Nigeria (BOSCON), insisted that it has the autonomy to confer the rank on willing and worthy legal practitioners.The NBA and the Legal Practitioners’
  
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• 38,000 Malawians leave South Africa after anti-migrant protests

  10-07-2026 15:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Malawi said Friday it had brought 38,000 nationals back from South Africa in a month as part of an exodus of foreigners fleeing anti-migrant threats and violence, with six dying on the way.South Africa has been rocked by weeks of protests and unrest targeting immigrants, who stand accused of taking jobs and resources.South African police have said two Mozambican nationals, a Malawian and an Ethiopian were killed in violence linked to the unrest.Citizens from a host of countries, including Ghana,
  
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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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• Xenophobia: Uganda repatriates 1,102 citizens from South Africa

  10-07-2026 15:09 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Uganda has completed the first phase of the voluntary repatriation of 1,102 nationals from South Africa following xenophobic violence and anti-migrant protests.The final evacuation flight arrived safely in Kampala on Thursday.The last chartered flight, carrying 219 evacuees from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, landed at Entebbe International Airport, marking the conclusion of the first phase of the operation.In a statement posted on social media platform X, the Ugandan Embassy
  
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• Speak directly to Nigerians, not through aides, Ndume tells Tinubu

  10-07-2026 15:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, has advised President Bola Tinubu to communicate directly with Nigerians on critical national issues instead of relying on aides and spokespersons.Ndume gave the advice while speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the President, saying Nigerians deserved to hear directly from their leader, particularly on the country’s economic challenges and worsening insecurity.“I advised him, and he promised to look into it, to speak di
  
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• Air Peace tickets: Court affirms FCCPC’s power to probe consumer pricing complaints

  10-07-2026 15:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the statutory authority of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate consumer complaints relating to pricing of airline tickets.The court clarified that the commission’s investigative powers under the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA, 2018) are distinct from the exercise of a power to regulate price.In a judgment delivered on June 29, Justice Binta Nyako dismissed the suit filed by A
  
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• Police restrict movement over Edo LG election

  10-07-2026 14:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ozioruva AliuTHE Edo State Police Command has restricted movement across the state due to Saturday’s local government area election.The police said the restriction would be from 12 midnight to 6 pm on Saturday, July 11.A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASO Eno Ikoedem, said the police would collaborate with other security agencies in the state to ensure a peaceful exercise.She urged members of the public to abide by the directive as violators would be dealt wit
  
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• Iran will respond against Israel if infrastructure attacked: security official

  10-07-2026 14:41 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The head of Iran’s supreme national security council vowed to respond to any attack on his country’s infrastructure, warning Israel would not be spared following recent exchanges of fire with the United States.“As we have already announced, any attack on infrastructure will be retaliated against, and the criminal Zionist regime responsible for these atrocities will not be safe from the response of our fighters,” Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr said in a statement carried by sta
  
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• Fubara presents N1.85trn 2026 budget

  10-07-2026 13:19 via vanguardngr.com
  By Daniel AbiaRivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has presented a proposed budget of N1.854 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year to the Rivers State House of Assembly, describing it as a “Budget of Resilience for Growth and Development.”Presenting the Appropriation Bill before lawmakers on Friday, Governor Fubara said the budget was designed to consolidate the gains of his administration in infrastructure development, human capital advancement, security and economic growth, while e
  
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• Breaking: Fubara presents N1.9trn 2026 budget

  10-07-2026 13:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Daniel AbiaRivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has presented a proposed budget of N1.854 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year to the Rivers State House of Assembly, describing it as a “Budget of Resilience for Growth and Development.”Presenting the Appropriation Bill before lawmakers on Friday, Governor Fubara said the budget was designed to consolidate the gains of his administration in infrastructure development, human capital advancement, security and economic growth, while e
  
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• Breaking: Fubara presents N1.85trn 2026 budget

  10-07-2026 13:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Daniel AbiaRivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has presented a proposed budget of N1.854 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year to the Rivers State House of Assembly, describing it as a “Budget of Resilience for Growth and Development.”Presenting the Appropriation Bill before lawmakers on Friday, Governor Fubara said the budget was designed to consolidate the gains of his administration in infrastructure development, human capital advancement, security and economic growth, while e
  
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• EU tells Meta to change Facebook, Instagram’s ‘addictive design’

  10-07-2026 13:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Meta must change Facebook’s and Instagram’s “addictive design” or face a heavy fine, the EU warned on Friday.Brussels accused the US tech giant of failing to limit the risks the platforms posed to users, especially children and vulnerable adults, because of features designed to keep them on Facebook and Instagram.Of particular concern are those like endless scroll, highly personalised feeds and the automatic playback of videos.“Protecting the physical and mental he
  
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• Again, court adjourns judgment in forfeiture case against Malami’s properties

  10-07-2026 12:58 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday adjourned judgment in the forfeiture suit filed by the EFCC against 57 properties linked to former Minister of Justice,  Abubakar Malami, until July 15.The case, fixed for judgment before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, could not go on because the judge did not sit.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judge had, on May 26, fixed July 6 for judgment.Justice Abdulmalik fixed the date after the EFCC counsel, Jibrin Okutepa, SAN, and counsel to
  
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• How private jet landed on Asaba road after aborted approach – NSIB

  10-07-2026 12:26 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dickson OmobolaThe Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has disclosed that the Bombardier Challenger 601-3A aircraft that landed on a road under construction in Asaba, Delta State, a few weeks ago aborted its initial approach to Asaba Airport and repositioned for a second approach to Runway 11 before the incident occurred.On June 10, 2026, during an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight from Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to Asaba Airport, Delta State, the aircraft, wit
  
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• Iran buries former supreme leader Khamenei in hometown

  10-07-2026 12:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Iran on Friday laid to rest its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei over four months after his killing in an airstrike, as two days of US and Iranian attacks raised fears of a return to all-out war.Khamenei’s flag-covered coffin was carried aloft into the shrine of Imam Reza in his home city of Mashhad in eastern Iran as a sea of people waited outside and listened to prayers, with no sign of a public appearance by his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei.The “body of the martyred leade
  
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• OPHK troops foil multiple terrorist infiltrations in Borno

  10-07-2026 11:48 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … Intercepts foreign terrorist drug courier in Lake Chad islandsBy Ndahi Marama, MaiduguriTroops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have successfully thwarted multiple coordinated infiltration attempts by ISWAP terrorists across Borno State in the early hours of 10 July 2026.This is as troops on Thursday, 9 July 2026, intercepted a suspected foreign terrorist drug courier conveying a large consignment of illicit drugs, alcoholic beverages and other prohibited
  
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• Why we are not participating in Edo LG election – FRSC

  10-07-2026 11:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Edo Sector Command, says it will not participate in Saturday’s local government election in the state because it was not invited.‎The State Sector Commander of the corps, Mr Preye Bedford, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Benin.‎According to him, the command’s exclusion from the exercise stems from a lack of an official invitation from the election stakeholders.‎“My command is no
  
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• Trump sacks federal election commissioners ahead of midterms

  10-07-2026 11:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  President Donald Trump fired on Thursday the last two federal election officials in charge of the agency that ensures accurate, secure votes ahead of midterms in November, US media reported.The bipartisan Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is usually led by a four-commissioner panel, but the two Republican-nominated commissioners resigned earlier this year, USA Today reported.Both of the fired commissioners were selected by Democrats and received an email dismissing them on Thursday, the news
  
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