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• Three vigilantes held over man’s death

  22-08-2026 02:00 via punchng.com
  
  Three vigilantes arrested in Bauchi after a 39-year-old man died in their custody. Police investigate the vigilante death and warn against jungle justice.Read More: https://punchng.com/three-vigilantes-held-over-mans-death/
  
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• Morning recap: APC-Accord Osun naira rain, Atiku’s fuel subsidy debate, other top stories

  22-08-2026 09:21 via punchng.com
  
  Catch up on Nigeria’s top stories: Osun election spending, FG suspends perm secs over fake agencies, Atiku criticizes fuel subsidy removal, and more.Read More: https://punchng.com/morning-recap-apc-accord-osun-naira-rain-atikus-fuel-subsidy-debate-other-top-stories/
  
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• MLS fines Messi for striking opponent

  22-08-2026 09:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Major League Soccer fined Inter Miami’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi an undisclosed amount on Friday for slapping Philadelphia’s Quinn Sullivan on the back of the neck in the clubs’ 2-2 draw on Wednesday.The league’s disciplinary committee said it had levied the fine “for violating the league’s policy regarding hands to the face/head/neck of an opponent.”Miami’s Ian Fray was fined an undisclosed amount for the same infraction.It was late in st
  
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• Father ditches 7-year-old for hours to climb mountain

  22-08-2026 09:09 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A man left his seven-year-old son behind for hours on Japan’s Mount Fuji while continuing the climb, resulting in a stern warning from authorities, police and local media reported.The boy was found alone on a hiking route on Thursday and taken into police custody, a local police officer in the Shizuoka region told AFP on Saturday.The child told his father he was tired at the sixth station of the mountain, which is located at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres (6,500 feet), local SBS TV
  
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• Seyi Vibez bows to pressure, after Hilda Baci threatens with lawsuit

  22-08-2026 09:07 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Benjamin Njoku & Tony-Okafor FavourStreet pop star Seyi Vibez has deleted social media posts about celebrity chef Hilda Baci hours after receiving a legal warning threatening a lawsuit.The move comes amid an ongoing feud between the singer and his former label, Dapper Music, owned by Damilola Akinwunmi, popularly known as Dapper.Seyi Vibez, with ex-Dapper Music acts Shallipopi and T.I Blaze, had publicly accused the label of royalty disputes and alleged missing funds to the tune of N1 bi
  
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• Abike Ilu: ‘My drum hairstyle is my identity and mission to preserve Yoruba culture’

  22-08-2026 09:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ishola BalogunShe is impossible to miss in a crowd. Cultural entertainer and drummer Abike Ilu has a unique hairstyle in the image of a talking drum which has become her signature hairstyle. For Abike, the look is not just about style. It is a statement of identity and a mission to keep Yoruba heritage alive.“The drum-inspired hairstyle is more than a fashion statement; it is my identity and a symbol of my passion for Yoruba culture,” she said in a chat.“As a talking drumme
  
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• 3.5m missing births:: How hospitals can close Nigeria’s registration gap

  22-08-2026 08:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … Experts add: Register them where they are born
  By Chioma ObinnaThe first cry came, then the rush of hands. A newborn baby girl had just entered the world. While nurses attended to the mother and cleaned the baby, Emmanuel Joseph was already thinking beyond the excitement of fatherhood.
  He wanted his daughter to exist not only in his family, but also in the records of the country.
  Within minutes of his wife’s delivery, Joseph walked out of the labour area in search of the nurse in
  
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• Gunmen invade Mosques, abduct worshippers in Niger

  22-08-2026 08:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ibrahim Hassan-WuyoMINNA — Gunmen have reportedly invaded several communities in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting an unspecified number of worshippers shortly after Friday prayers.The attacks reportedly occurred in Dekara, Gidan Zana, Sabon Gida and Masaka communities, according to residents and the federal lawmaker representing the area, Hon. Jafar Muhammad Shetiman Borgu.Shetiman Borgu, who confirmed the attacks to the BBC, monitored by our correspondent, said th
  
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• Pope to visit San Marino, address Catholic gathering in Italy

  22-08-2026 08:40 via punchng.com
  
  Pope Leo XIV will visit San Marino and attend a major Catholic gathering in Rimini, Italy. Discover details of the pontiff’s pastoral trip.Read More: https://punchng.com/pope-to-visit-san-marino-address-catholic-gathering-in-italy/
  
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• Babcock VC urges graduating students to embrace new opportunities

  22-08-2026 08:40 via punchng.com
  
  Babcock University’s VC, Prof. Ojewole, encourages graduating students to embrace new opportunities, growth, and responsibilities. Learn more about the 11tRead More: https://punchng.com/babcock-vc-urges-graduating-students-to-embrace-new-opportunities/
  
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• US, Canada fail to reach trade pact to avert Trump tariffs

  22-08-2026 08:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Hefty US tariffs on some Canadian products took effect on Saturday after days of negotiations that went down to the wire failed to produce an agreement.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed that his country will match the US tariffs “dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses,” as officials said late Friday that Washington and Ottawa had not managed to strike a deal.The lack of a final agreement means that new 50-percent duties impacting some $20 billion worth of goo
  
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• Liverpool, Man City face questions in new era without Salah, Guardiola

  22-08-2026 08:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Mohamed Salah and Pep Guardiola are two of the most iconic figures in Premier League history — how Liverpool and Manchester City cope without them will define their seasons.For the first time since 2016, Liverpool kick off a campaign without Egypt forward Salah as their talisman, while City can no longer rely on Guardiola’s managerial genius to inspire them after a glorious decade.Salah joined Turkish club Trabzonspor earlier in August, ending the Anfield career of one of the greates
  
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• FG, Borno intensify efforts to rescue 44 pupils

  22-08-2026 08:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal Government and Borno Government have intensified efforts to secure the safe release of 44 schoolchildren abducted from Mussa community in Askira/Uba Local Government Area.Read Also: 100 days in captivity: Borno families demand rescue of abducted childrenGov. Babagana Zulum disclosed this on Friday when he met with parents of the abducted pupils in Maiduguri.The meeting followed a request by the parents, who appealed for urgent government intervention to secure the children’s s
  
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• 100-Day Captives: FG, Borno intensify efforts to rescue 44 pupils

  22-08-2026 08:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal Government and Borno Government have intensified efforts to secure the safe release of 44 schoolchildren abducted from Mussa community in Askira/Uba Local Government Area.Read Also: 100 days in captivity: Borno families demand rescue of abducted childrenGov. Babagana Zulum disclosed this on Friday when he met with parents of the abducted pupils in Maiduguri.The meeting followed a request by the parents, who appealed for urgent government intervention to secure the children’s s
  
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• Oil Resumption: Rumbles in the pipelines as doubt pervades Ogoni peace dialogue

  22-08-2026 07:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  • KAGOTE, MOSOP at daggers drawn; FG wields legal stick against activistBy Daniel Abia, Port-HarcourtThere is an atmosphere of frustration and distrust over the already established peace process between the Ogoni people and the federal government. The process is aimed at ensuring a diplomatic resumption of oil exploration in Ogoni land after about 32 years.A globally recognized environmental activist, Ken Saro Wiwa and other prominent Ogoni activists and chiefs paid the supreme price in th
  
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• Dance, laughter as Vanguard’s ex-staff return home to launch book, dine, wine with the family

  22-08-2026 07:41 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Benjamin NjokuLast Wednesday was a day of overflowing joy for the patriarch of Vanguard Family, Sam Amuka-Pemu, widely referred and revered as Uncle Sam. The journalists he had mentored, nurtured and sent out into the world returned to  say ‘Thank you.’ The air was heavy with memories, laughter and gratitude. It was a reunion that restored roots, revived bonds and reminded everyone of where it all began.Amid tributes and applause, Uncle Sam stood in quiet awe, honoured not j
  
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• Nyesom Wike, Osun elections and sanctity of the ballots

  22-08-2026 07:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Douglas Baye-OsagieThe choice of words by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike after the Osun election is disturbing. It reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the place of power in a democracy.  Read Also: Governor Adeleke’s victory: Nigerians must replicate Osun experience in 2027 — Lawyers, activistsWike in a press conference said that if President Tinubu had wanted to win Osun “at all costs”, he would have been involved and that Adeleke’s victory show
  
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• Football in Nigeria and the Teslim Balogun’s enduring legacies (1927-1972)

  22-08-2026 07:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Hon. Femi KehindeHarold Macmillian, the British Prime Minister, and his wife visited Nigeria in 1960 on the threshold of it’s Independence, to bid Nigeria farewell from the Union Jack. After the national reception and discussions in Lagos, he visited Ibadan, the seat of the Western Region. At the state dinner held in his honour at the Lafia Hotel, Apata, Ibadan, the Honourable Premier, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, rose after dinner to propose a toast to the Prime Minister an
  
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• EPL: Liverpool, Man City face new-era test without Salah, Guardiola

  22-08-2026 07:23 via punchng.com
  
  Liverpool and Man City begin new Premier League eras without icons Mohamed Salah and Pep Guardiola. Discover how they’ll cope in the 2026-27 season.Read More: https://punchng.com/epl-liverpool-man-city-face-new-era-test-without-salah-guardiola/
  
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• Return our IDPs to their homes before ranching, Benue leaders tell FG

  22-08-2026 07:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Peter Duru, MakurdiThe three major socio-cultural organisations in Benue State have kicked against the Federal Government’s proposed pilot ranching scheme in Benue, state, insisting that the safe return and resettlement of displaced persons in the state must precede any land allocation for ranches.Read Also: Plateau to return IDPs to ancestral homes when safe — MutfwangThe leaders, who are the Presidents General of the Mzough U Tiv (MUT), Ochetoha k’Idoma, OKI and Omi Ny&rs
  
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• ‘Gunmen went from house to house, killing people who were sleeping’ – Survivors of Plateau night of horror

  22-08-2026 07:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  *Over 24 dead, homes burnt, farms destroyed in, Mangu By Golok Nanmwa, JOSIt was another night of fear in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.As residents of Bin-Per community in Kombun District went to sleep on Monday night, August 17, few could have imagined that heavily armed attackers were already closing in on their homes.By about 11:30pm and into the early hours of Tuesday, August 18, the community was plunged into terror as gunmen reportedly opened fire on local vigilantes
  
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• US-Canada tariff talks collapse, raising trade war fears

  22-08-2026 07:00 via punchng.com
  
  Trade negotiations between the US and Canada have collapsed, raising fears of a trade war. New US tariffs on Canadian imports are expected, with Canada thrRead More: https://punchng.com/us-canada-tariff-talks-collapse-raising-trade-war-fears/
  
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• 2027: Obi lists five critical questions that should shape polls, begins campaign in Onitsha

  22-08-2026 06:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Vincent Ujumadu & Henry Umoru TWO days after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, removed the lid, 2027 Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday, commenced campaigns in Onitsha, his homeland in Anambra State, in style.Read Also: Governor Adeleke’s victory: Nigerians must replicate Osun experience in 2027 — Lawyers, activistsObi, who said Nigeria can work and must work, unveiled his agenda in critical sectors
  
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• Six months of Tunji Disu: Will he write his name in gold?

  22-08-2026 06:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Austen YongOn August 25, Nigeria’s Police Chief, Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Rilwan Disu, will clock six months in office. Six months is certainly not enough time to measure the full performance of a public servant, particularly the head of an institution as large and complex as the Nigeria Police Force. But in policing, six months is long enough to reveal direction. Indeed, in security, 30 seconds can sometimes make the difference between life and death.When Disu assumed comm
  
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• 2027: PDP, ADC battle for opposition relevance, as US-linked IRI weighs in

  22-08-2026 06:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous JannamikeThe significance of the recent engagements between the US linked International Republican Institute, IRI, and two opposition parties lies less in the courtesies exchanged than in the messages each chose to put before the same international election assessment mission.Read Also: Governor Adeleke’s victory: Nigerians must replicate Osun experience in 2027 — Lawyers, activistsAt the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national headquarters in Abuja, National Chairman Ab
  
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• 2007: PDP, ADC battle for opposition relevance, as US-linked IRI weighs in

  22-08-2026 06:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous JannamikeThe significance of the recent engagements between the US linked International Republican Institute, IRI, and two opposition parties lies less in the courtesies exchanged than in the messages each chose to put before the same international election assessment mission.Read Also: Governor Adeleke’s victory: Nigerians must replicate Osun experience in 2027 — Lawyers, activistsAt the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national headquarters in Abuja, National Chairman Ab
  
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• Governor Adeleke’s victory: Nigerians must replicate Osun experience in 2027 — Lawyers, activists

  22-08-2026 06:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South WestDuring last Saturday’s governorship election in Osun state, a video trended online where some residents of Ward Okerewe 3, in Ife East Local Government Area of the state, on motorcycles, followed a minibus conveying election results to the collation centre. On noticing that the driver of the minibus was making phone calls while driving, the vigilant residents started yelling at him: “Drop that phone, you are carrying our votes and you are
  
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• Adeleke’s victory: Nigerians must replicate Osun experience in 2027 — Lawyers, activists

  22-08-2026 06:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South WestDuring last Saturday’s governorship election in Osun state, a video trended online where some residents of Ward Okerewe 3, in Ife East Local Government Area of the state, on motorcycles, followed a minibus conveying election results to the collation centre. On noticing that the driver of the minibus was making phone calls while driving, the vigilant residents started yelling at him: “Drop that phone, you are carrying our votes and you are
  
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• The Osogbo Test: The election that put INEC on trial, by Stephanie Shaakaa

  22-08-2026 06:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Sunday morning, Osogbo had begun to look like a city coming out of a long night.Campaign posters still clung to walls. Election notices hung where they had been pasted. Roads that had carried convoys, party agents and anxious voters were returning to ordinary traffic. Somewhere, tired election officials were heading home after a night that had stretched beyond the closing of the polls.But beneath the celebration and disappointment was a quieter question:Can Nigerians still believe an electio
  
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• How Federal might came to Osun and met the people, by Stephanie Shaakaa

  22-08-2026 06:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Osun was supposed to be a governorship election.Then Abuja arrived.The problem is not that Abuja came to Osun. The problem is what Nigerian democracy becomes when Abuja can become the largest political presence in a state election.What followed was not illegal simply because it was powerful. Political parties are entitled to mobilise. Governors are entitled to campaign for their party. National leaders can travel to states and ask voters to support their candidates. There is nothing inherently
  
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