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• Tinubu transmits state police constitutional amendment bill to Reps

  15-07-2026 03:34 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Gift Chapi Odekina, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu has transmitted the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) (State Police) Bill, 2026, to the House of Representatives for consideration, seeking to establish a constitutional framework for the creation of state police services across the country.In a letter dated June 15, 2026, and addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, the President said the proposed legislation seeks to amend the 1999 Co
  
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• Police launch manhunt of teacher for allegedly flogging student to death in Anambra

  18-07-2026 11:04 via vanguardngr.com
  The Safe School Initiative (SSI) Unit of the Police Command in Anambra has launched a manhunt for a teacher over alleged flogging of a 12-year-old student, which allegedly resulted in his death.The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Awka.Ikenga said that the incident occurred on July 16 in Adazi-Ani Anaocha Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.“The Anambra Police Command has activated its SSI opera
  
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• ‘They made Kane a defensive player’ — Trump criticises Tuchel’s tactics in Argentina loss

  18-07-2026 10:44 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ayobami OkerindeUnited States President Donald Trump has criticised England manager Thomas Tuchel’s tactical approach in the Three Lions’ 2-1 defeat to Argentina in the FIFA World Cup semi-finals, saying it was a mistake to deploy captain Harry Kane in a defensive role after taking the lead.Speaking on Friday, Trump said England abandoned their attacking approach after Anthony Gordon’s opener, allowing the defending champions to stage a late comeback and secure a place in S
  
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• FCT getting better under Wike 50 years after creation – Tinubu

  18-07-2026 10:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, is changing for the better under the leadership of Nyesom Wike as its minister, 50 years after creation.Tinubu said this in Abuja on Friday night, during a special thanksgiving dinner to celebrate the successful inauguration of 31 projects across the FCT in 28 days.Represented by the Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the president commended Wike and his team for all the sacrifices to ensure that the nation’s cap
  
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• Kuwait says Iran hit second power, water plant 

  18-07-2026 10:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Kuwait on Saturday said Iran struck another of its power and water plants, leading to the deactivation of several power generation units, a day after a similar attack.“Another electricity and water distillation plant was targeted by a hostile attack that led to a fire erupting in one of the plant’s components,” which resulted in the deactivation of some power generation units, the ministry of electricity and water said in a statement.AFP
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• Residents flee Ikorodu community after robberies, killing of CDA executive

  18-07-2026 10:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Esther OnyegbulaResidents of Mercyland (Jabe CDA), 3rd Power Line, Oke Eletu, Ijede, Ikorodu area of Lagos State, have begun fleeing the community following repeated armed robbery attacks, including the killing of a Community Development Association, CDA, executive.The latest attack, which occurred between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 12, left Mr. Abdulazeez Olaoye T.A., a prominent resident and one of the CDA executives, dead after he was allegedly brutally attacked with machetes.The i
  
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• Trump threatens to increase Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke pollution

  18-07-2026 09:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  US President Donald Trump threatened on Friday a tariff increase on Canada to cover the cost of smoke pollution from wildfires that have choked large parts of the United States.Dense wildfire smoke billowing down from Canada and northern Minnesota has set off unhealthy air quality alerts across the US.As of Saturday, there were 937 active fires in Canada, most of which were burning out of control, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System.“This is Willful Negligence, and
  
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• Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits southeastern Turkey

  18-07-2026 09:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck several southeastern provinces in Turkey on Saturday morning without causing casualties or damage, the country’s disaster management agency said.“No adverse situation has been reported following the magnitude 5 earthquake that occurred at 6:20 am (0320 GMT) in the Battalgazi district, in Malatya province, and was felt in the provinces of Malatya, Elazig, Adiyaman, Tunceli and Sanliurfa. Our teams continue to work in the field,” the disaster ag
  
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• Venezuela earthquake death toll exceeds 5,000

  18-07-2026 09:29 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month killed over 5,000 people, officials said, while announcing they drew hundreds of millions of dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reconstruction.The 7.2  and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck within a minute of each other on June 24, decimating the coastal state of La Guaira, located north of Caracas.The disasters killed 5,069 people, National Assembly chief Jorge Rodriguez posted on Telegram, with most casualties occur
  
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• Iran’s Guards say two oil tankers explode after hitting mines in Hormuz

  18-07-2026 09:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that two oil tankers transiting through the Strait of Hormuz hit mines and exploded, a claim disputed by the US military.“An hour ago, two oil tankers, which were trying to pass through the minefield south of the Strait of Hormuz by deceptive American intelligence agencies, exploded and caught fire,” the Guards said in a statement published by state news agency IRNA, without identifying the tankers.“To protect their capital and,
  
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• Messi to get ‘special attention’ from Spain, says de la Fuente

  18-07-2026 09:20 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Luis de la Fuente said Spain planned to pay “special attention” to Lionel Messi in Sunday’s World Cup final but ruled out trying to man-mark the Argentina captain.De la Fuente told reporters at a press conference on Friday that he knows from experience the challenges of using man-to-man marking against the eight-time Ballon D’Or winner.The Spain coach recalled an experience from when he was coaching Sevilla’s youth team while Messi was playing junior football for B
  
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• Troops rescue 42 kidnapped victims, kill 8 terrorists, arrest 18 

  18-07-2026 09:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Kingsley OmonobiTroops of the Nigerian military, in coordination with other security agencies, have rescued 42 kidnapped victims, neutralised 8 terrorists and arrested 28 others during several encounters at the theatres of operation in the past one week.Major General Michael Onoja, Director of Defence Media Operations, while making this known at the weekend, disclosed that troops also discovered and dismantled 2 Illegal crude oil refining sites in the Niger Delta.Detailing the offensives, On
  
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• Breaking: Cyberattack disrupts NBA presidential election

  18-07-2026 08:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  — ECNBA delays votingBy Henry OjeluThe Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, ECNBA, has announced an indefinite delay in the commencement of voting for the 2026 NBA National Elections following what it described as a coordinated cyberattack on its electronic voting platform.Voting was scheduled to commence at 12:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2026, but failed to start as planned after the electoral body said external actors targeted the platform in an apparent attempt to com
  
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• Nigeria, Ghana agree to tackle Afrophobic protests across Africa

  18-07-2026 08:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Favour UleborNigeria and Ghana have pledged closer cooperation to address the growing cases of Afrophobic protests and attacks against African nationals, agreeing to seek the inclusion of the issue on the agenda of the next African Union Summit.The agreement was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and signed by its Spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, following a bilateral meeting between Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Am
  
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• Navy Primary School 50th Anniversary: ‘Mum flogged me in front of my class teacher and mates’

  18-07-2026 08:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Fred IwenjoraIt has been tales of nostalgia for former pupils of Nigeria Navy Primary School, Apapa, Lagos as the school set up in1976 by the Nigeria Navy to fulfill the educational needs of its children as well as that of its stakeholders in Apapa turned 50 years.Former pupils many of them now parents were swarming like bees, shaking hands and hugging and ‘chopping knuckles’. The full week started with Jumat service, then followed with an excursion to War ship NNS BEECROFT
  
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• Diezani, associates, friends: Can an acquittal undo 11 years of headlines? – Lessons from the verdict

  18-07-2026 08:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Prisca Sam-DuruThere was a period in Nigeria when almost every headline in both traditional and social media platforms screamed the name Diezani Alison-Madueke.For more than a decade, beginning from the time ex-president Goodluck Jonathan left office, the name Diezani Alison-Madueke attracted a disproportionate amount of public vilification and controversies for global discourse on corruption. To the public, the former minister of petroleum resources’ name became synonymous with excess
  
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• Plateau: Five months of violence claims 200 lives, youth coalition claims  

  18-07-2026 08:36 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Golok Nanmwa, JOSEvery fresh dawn in many rural communities across Plateau State begins with one haunting question – Who will be the next victim?Read Also: Rape, Suicide in Asaba: How we battled to save her life — FatherFor hundreds of families in Barkin Ladi, Riyom, Bokkos, Bassa, Mangu and other flashpoints, the past five months have been defined by recurring attacks, mass burials, displacement and shattered livelihoods.
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• 2027: Why ADC Supreme Court battle may weaken anti-APC coalition 

  18-07-2026 07:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous JannamikeThe ADC’s leadership crisis is heading to the Supreme Court, but the bigger battle may not be legal. As the opposition coalition fights over control of its structures, time is running out to convince Nigerians it is ready for the 2027 elections.Read Also: From lender to borrower: Arise TV’s Rufai Oseni weeps over NigeriaBy the time the Supreme Court finally settles the battle over the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the legal questions may have been
  
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• Rape, Suicide in Asaba: How we battled to save her life — Father

  18-07-2026 07:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Egufe Yafugborhi, Jimitota Onoyume & Ochuko AkuophaShe was 20. She packed a small bag in Warri and boarded a bus to Asaba, Delta State capital, to meet a man she connected with online who promised her content creation mentorship.Read Also: Mary Habila: Government has legal obligation to probe suspicious death — OshomaHe calls himself ‘Odogwu of Asaba’ on social media. Real name: Ifeanyi Ogbonna, 40, a content creator and boutique owner operating from same
  
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• Mary Habila: Government has legal obligation to probe suspicious death — Oshoma

  18-07-2026 07:34 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adesina Wahab, Henry Ojelu & John AlechenuFollowing the objection of the father of late Miss Mary Habila for an autopsy to be carried out on his daughter’s corpse, a legal practitioner, Mr Liborous Oshoma has said that under the Coroner’s System Laws of Nigerian states (including Ebonyi State) and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), the government has a legal obligation to investigate any sudden, unnatural, or suspicious death.Read Also: Mary Hab
  
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• Akara Economics: The national prosperity curriculum, by Stephanie Shaakaa

  18-07-2026 07:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Every nation possesses an underlying theory of prosperity. Singapore built industries. South Korea bet on technology. China transformed manufacturing into an economic superpower. Across history, the countries that escaped poverty did so by making deliberate investments in productivity, innovation and infrastructure. Every generation inherited that vision and expanded upon it.Nigeria, however, appears to have developed something altogether different. We have gradually embraced a new eco
  
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• The Empty Desk: A national shame we can no longer ignore, by Stephanie Shaakaa

  18-07-2026 07:22 via vanguardngr.com
  
  There is a particular silence that settles over a classroom when a child does not return. It is unlike any other. A teacher calls the register. One name lingers in the air. No answer comes. The lesson begins, but the room has already changed.An empty desk is never just an empty desk. It is a future interrupted. It is a place where laughter once lived, where questions were asked, where dreams were beginning to take shape. Somewhere beyond those classroom walls, a family is waiting for a
  
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• From lender to borrower: Arise TV’s Rufai Oseni weeps over Nigeria

  18-07-2026 07:16 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Omeiza AjayiPopular television host, Rufai Oseni, on Friday became emotional while lamenting how Nigeria transformed from a nation that once financed global development institutions into a country now trapped in a cycle of chronic borrowing.Read Also: Oyo Abduction: How we were released – TeacherDuring the Arise Television Morning Show, Oseni broke down as he traced Nigeria’s journey from creditor to debtor, holding up historical records to show viewers just how far the coun
  
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• How Aboyeji built $2b companies from Lagos

  18-07-2026 07:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Juliet UmehFor years, Africa was seen mainly as a market for technology products developed elsewhere, with few believing globally successful technology companies could emerge from the continent.That perception is changing, and one of those leading that transformation is Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, who co-founded Andela and Flutterwave, two technology companies that have each achieved valuations of over $1 billion.Speaking in a recent interview on School of the Hard Knocks, Aboyeji shared th
  
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• Forgery Trial: Inside the Report that Landed Ex-minister Nnaji in the Dock

  18-07-2026 06:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  It is no longer news that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday, arraigned a former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, on six-count charge bothering on forgery, money laundering, and abuse of office.In the first count, the ICPC alleged that Chief Nnaji received N29.58 million through his bank account as salary and allowances while serving as Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, when he “reaso
  
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• Trump blames Tuchel over England’s World Cup tactics

  18-07-2026 06:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  To the long list of critics of England’s tactics in the World Cup semi-final they lost to Argentina can now be added Donald Trump.The US president on Friday took a gentle swipe at coach Thomas Tuchel’s decision to adopt defensive tactics after England took the lead against Argentina on Wednesday.Speaking at a reception in New York alongside FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Trump mentioned England captain Harry Kane, with whom he shared a round of golf in Florida 18 months ago.&ldquo
  
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• Oyo Abduction: How we were released – Teacher

  18-07-2026 06:18 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJAA teacher who spent 56 days in the custody of armed abductors following the invasion of his school in Ori Ire Local Government Area of Oyo State has given a harrowing account of how he was captured, how he survived in the forest, and the strange, almost theatrical manner in which his captors eventually set him and others free.Read Also: Umahi: How Mary, not Habila, destroyed a powerful senator, by Emmanuel AzikenSpeaking on Friday an emotional telephone inte
  
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• UNGA 2026: Tinubu’s opportunity to reinforce Nigeria’s global voice

  18-07-2026 04:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Olufemi AduwoDiplomacy is not conducted in isolation. In an era defined by geopolitical rivalry, economic uncertainty, climate emergencies and transnational security threats, nations are judged as much by their engagement with the international community as by their domestic achievements. It is against this backdrop that Nigeria’s participation in the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) assumes exceptional significance.Read Also: 2027: Why ADC Supreme Court bat
  
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• SEGUN ODEGBAMI: Who wins – Spain or Argentina? 

  18-07-2026 03:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The curtains will be drawn on the 2026 FIFA World Cup tomorrow.  The 104 football battles fought amongst 48 countries will come to a most befitting climax. The two teams at the finish line are amongst the 7 that have previously won the World Cup, maintaining a tradition that only a few countries in the world can, and have managed to win in history. Another useful tradition to note is that the coveted trophy is not won by the element of luck, or by accident. It is success earned t
  
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• 2026 World Cup final – Messi vs Yamal: Sorcerer and the apprentice, by Stephanie Shaakaa 

  18-07-2026 03:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ​The 2026 FIFA World Cup final on July 19th is not merely a match; it is a funeral for the game as we knew it. Every civilization has a moment that historians later recognize as the quiet beginning of a new age. It rarely arrives with the fanfare of revolution. More often, it wears the mask of progress,welcomed as improvement, applauded as common sense. The change is almost imperceptible, a slow accumulation of ordinary decisions, until one day we look up and realize we have crossed
  
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