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• Tinubu’s administration has changed maritime sector – Oyetola

  22-07-2026 17:18 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, says President Bola Tinubu’s administration has changed Nigeria’s maritime sector trajectory through landmark reforms, urging sustained efforts to consolidate the gains.Oyetola said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the opening of the 18th International Maritime Seminar for Judges.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seminar organised by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), under the auspices of the Federal
  
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• Ehizode: Canagerian for life, by Emeka Obasi

  25-07-2026 03:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Welcome to Canada, the land where Nigeria’s first Commonwealth gold medal was achieved by Arinze Ifeajuna at Vancouver 1954. Daniel Igali won Olympic gold for the North Americans and also captained the team.Joe Ehizode, like many Nigerians, has found home in Surrey, British Columbia. He was a sports journalist before relocating nearly three decades ago. Denying his roots is out of it. What has come to stay is a middle way out, with malice towards none.He wrote : “I owe my
  
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• Is Gov Otti Tinubu’s agent? By Ugoji Egbujo

  25-07-2026 02:58 via vanguardngr.com
  
  If every major ally of Peter Obi behaved exactly like Alex Otti, the practical effect would be a significantly weakened, fragmented, and less confrontational opposition ahead of 2027.And this isn’t because , he didnt move to the NDC with Peter Obi. No, far from it. This is because if  all Obi’s allies adopted the same stance, the opposition would still exist, but it would look more like a collection of locally focused pragmatists than a disciplined alternative governm
  
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• Trump’s Letter, Atiku’s Lobbyists and old American stories about Tinubu, by Emmanuel Aziken

  25-07-2026 02:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Politics is often less about the event itself than about the timing of the event. A document released today may have been written weeks earlier, but when it surfaces at a politically sensitive moment, it immediately acquires a meaning far beyond its contents. That is the context in which the recent exchange involving President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the administration of President Donald Trump should be understood.For weeks, reports had circulated that l
  
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• Towards healing a nation’s 60 yr old wound, by Muyiwa Adetiba

  25-07-2026 02:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  This is the sixtieth year – to the week – of the July 1966 coup that has been infamously regarded as a counter-coup. A coup thatunfortunately marked the degeneration of a Nigeria that our fore fathers strove for and tried to build.A coup that subsequently led to a thirty- month Civil War which still leaves a lingering bitter taste in many mouths today. It is called a counter-coup because there had been a coup six months earlier which turned out to be lopsided in its execut
  
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• SEGUN ODEGBAMI: The 2026 World Cup – my take!

  25-07-2026 02:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The 2026 FIFA World Cup has come and gone. My first take-away is the painful fact that Nigeria was absent. The pain lingers. That the Super Eagles were not a part of an event that gripped the attention of the whole world for a period of 6 weeks was a nightmare Nigerians must wake up from. The administration that failed the country must not return to power under any circumstance. Coaches are sacked, Players are dropped and Administrators voluntarily ‘retire’ or are shown th
  
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• Proposed AJ vs Itauma mega fight can surpass Rumble in the Jungle – Oboh 

  25-07-2026 02:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Balmoral Promotions is targeting a blockbuster heavyweight fight in Nigeria between Anthony Joshua and new heavyweight sensation, Moses Itauma for 2027 in Nigeria, though no official agreement is in place yet. The proposed bout is envisioned to happen in Lagos as a means of bringing home the two Anglo-British fighters whose roots are in Nigeria.This news has excited former Commonwealth and British light heavyweight boxing Champion Peter Idemudia Oboh, who, in his active days also fought under t
  
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• NFF elective congress entangled in legal cobwebs

  25-07-2026 02:48 via vanguardngr.com
  
  .A perpetration of illegality – Baribote.There’s no level playing field – Fuludu.September election already decided – ToroBY JACOB AJOMIt is one week since the curtains fell on the 2026 FIFA World Cup in New York. Spain deservedly carted away the gold trophy at the expense of a conservative Argentina side. The better side won effortlessly as good football prevailed.For many Nigerians the outcome did not matter much, but the pain of not having been represented by the coun
  
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• Commonwealth Games: Can Ajayi end Nigeria’s 96 years jinx in men’s 100m in Glasgow?

  25-07-2026 02:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Douglas Baye-Osagie Athletics historians can’t wait for a better opportunity than now to believe Nigeria is on the verge of winning one of the most elusive gold medals in our sports history. Despite a rich avalanche of great sprinters, a men’s 100m gold medal at the Commonwealth Games has been embarrassingly elusive.For 96 years, the Commonwealth Games have rolled around like clockwork. The gun first cracked in Hamilton 1930, the steel city of Canada. Then it echoed in Londo
  
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• Trump says EU to pay ‘very big price’ for Google fine

  25-07-2026 00:29 via vanguardngr.com
  
  US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to hit the European Union with tariffs and a formal trade investigation over Brussels’ latest antitrust penalty against Google.In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the bloc “will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about.”He said he would “immediately initiate a 301 Investigation” into what he called the EU’s practice of “ROB
  
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• Africa must control its resources, trade – Shettima

  25-07-2026 00:20 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Vice President Kashim Shettima says African nations must take their rightful place in controlling the continent’s resources and global trade.Shettima spoke on Friday in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, during a tour and assessment of the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ).He said Africa must maximise its vast natural endowments by developing industries capable of processing raw materials into higher-value products.The vice president said Nigeria’s renewed industrialisation drive wo
  
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• 2027: Your votes will count, INEC chair assures Nigerians

  24-07-2026 23:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … as Abdulsalam rallies support for INECBy Omeiza Ajayi, AbujaThe Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has reassured Nigerians that their votes will count in the forthcoming 2027 General Election.This was as former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), General Abdulsalam Abubakar (retd.), called on Nigerians to rally support behind the Commission ahead of the polls.INEC, in its daily bulletin, said the assurance was given by its Chairman, Prof. Joash
  
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• Nnewi PG dismisses reported pull-out threat by Nnewi Ichi, insists elective tenure is four years

  24-07-2026 23:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Vincent UjumaduThe President-General of Nzuko Ora Nnewi, Prince Jude Osumuo, has dismissed reports that Nnewi Ichi, one of the four quarters of Nnewi in Anambra State, is threatening to withdraw from the community’s umbrella body over the tenure of the Mayor of Nnewi North Local Government Area.Speaking in an interview in Nnewi, Osumuo described the reported threat as unfounded and reiterated that, under the community’s zoning arrangement, elective offices are rotated among the f
  
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• Lagos introduces building insurance scheme, says safety must match development

  24-07-2026 23:19 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Lagos State Government has introduced the Lagos State Building Insurance Scheme (LAGBIS) to enforce compulsory building insurance and protect lives and property.The government says growth without safety is not progress, hence the scheme.The state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by the deputy chief of staff, Mr Sam Egube, stated this at the unveiling of the scheme on Friday in Lagos.He said the initiative was aimed at strengthening building safety, promoting accountability in th
  
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• Venezuela to withdraw from International Criminal Court

  24-07-2026 23:09 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Venezuela will withdraw from the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s perceived bias, the nation’s foreign minister said Friday.The announcement comes amid an ongoing ICC investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed under ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s government.Caracas had informed the United Nations of its “firm and irrevocable decision” to withdraw from the ICC, Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia wrote on X.Interim l
  
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• ‘I’ve never seen N1bn cash, let alone N5bn’, says Ndume, denies ransom allegations

  24-07-2026 23:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has dismissed allegations that he received ransom money or served as a go-between in negotiations between kidnappers and the government, insisting he has never handled N1 billion in cash.Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Friday, Ndume described the claims as false while responding to allegations made by the president of the Borno South Youth Alliance, Samaila Kaigama, over the abduction of residents of Ngoshe in Borno State.&
  
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• ‘There’s nowhere like home’ – Tinubu urges diaspora doctors to return

  24-07-2026 22:48 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu on Friday urged Nigerian medical doctors and other healthcare professionals in the diaspora to return home and lend their expertise to the ongoing transformation of the nation’s healthcare sector under the Renewed Hope Agenda.President Tinubu stated this when he received a delegation of Nigerian Diaspora Medical Associations Worldwide led by the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Er
  
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• Trump says hasn’t decided on big Iran strikes, Tehran getting ‘serious’

  24-07-2026 22:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had not decided on whether to launch major strikes on Iran yet, as Tehran was now getting “serious” in talks with Washington.His comments came after reports that an increasingly frustrated Trump was meeting senior advisors to discuss launching a large-scale military operation against Iran.“No I haven’t,” Trump told journalists in the Oval Office when asked if had made a decision.“Look, we’re talking to
  
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• Guardiola turns down Italy job for family reasons

  24-07-2026 22:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Emmanuel OkogbaFormer Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has reportedly declined the opportunity to become the new head coach of the Italian national team, citing family reasons.Italian Football Federation president Giovanni Malago confirmed earlier this week that talks had taken place with the 55-year-old Spaniard.Guardiola, who left Manchester City at the end of last season after a highly successful 10-year spell that included six Premier League titles and the Champions League, is said
  
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• Crackdown: Lagos taskforce arrests 46, recovers drugs, weapon

  24-07-2026 22:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniOperatives of the Lagos State Taskforce have arrested 46 suspects and recovered suspected illicit drugs, a locally made gun and other dangerous items during a series of enforcement operations across the state.The agency said the operation, which commenced at about 9 a.m. on Friday, was part of ongoing efforts to rid Lagos of criminal elements, street urchins, suspected drug peddlers, illegal commercial motorcycle riders, touts and other offenders.Areas covered during the exe
  
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• South Africa: Dabiri-Erewa seeks compensation for displaced Nigerians

  24-07-2026 21:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  .Tinubu moves to harness diaspora expertise for healthcare reformsBy Folarin KehindeThe Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Friday called on the Federal Government to demand compensation for Nigerians who were forced to abandon their jobs, businesses and property in South Africa before returning home.Speaking at the 2026 National Diaspora Day Celebration, NiDCOM Youth Summit and National Diaspora Merit Award in Abuja, Dab
  
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• Thieves snatch 2500-year-old gold necklace from French museum

  24-07-2026 21:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Thieves raided a museum in eastern France in broad daylight Friday, making off with a gold necklace dating back 2,500 years, prosecutors said.Dijon prosecutor Olivier Caracotch said the thieves smashed a display glass sheltering the celtic-era jewellery at the Chatillon-sur-Seine museum in Burgundy.Local mayor Jeremie Brigand said there had already been two recent attempted burglaries at the museum before Friday morning’s theft.Although the museum had tightened its security after the prev
  
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• Court dismisses Mark-led ADC leadership’s objection against Gombe’s suit

  24-07-2026 21:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed the application filed by the Sen. David Mark-led leadership of African Democratic Congress (ADC) challenging Nafiu-Bala Gombe’s plan to amend his suit.Gombe, a former Deputy National Chairman of ADC, had, in his suit, prayed the court to stop Mark and Rauf Aregbesola from parading themselves as leaders of the party.Gombe, in a motion filed by his lawyer, Lukman Fagbemi, SAN, had sought to amend the reliefs in his originating summons but
  
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• Why I allow my mother manage my finances – Hakimi

  24-07-2026 20:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has clarified why his mother has managed his finances since he was a teenager, insisting the arrangement had nothing to do with his marriage or widely publicised divorce from actress Hiba Abouk in 2023.The Morocco international said the decision was made long before he got married because he started earning significant sums from football at a young age and was not equipped to handle his finances.“Since I was young I earned much money from footbal
  
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• Tyson Fury sets up potential Anthony Joshua clash with dominant TKO victory

  24-07-2026 20:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Tyson Fury edged closer to a blockbuster heavyweight clash with Anthony Joshua after defeating Poland’s Mariusz Wach by technical knock-out on Friday, but said he was “not convinced” his fellow Briton would face him.Fury, 37, outclassed Wach in front of 1,500 spectators in the Thai resort city of Pattaya in a bout that was not broadcast live on television.Former two-time world heavyweight champion Fury chipped away relentlessly at the 46-year-old until he was pulled out by his
  
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• Top 10 African passports that can access most countries without a visa in 2026

  24-07-2026 20:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The latest Henley Passport Index 2026 has revealed Africa’s 10 most powerful passports, ranking countries based on the number of destinations their citizens can visit without obtaining a visa in advance.
  The annual ranking assesses 199 passports against 227 travel destinations using data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA)’s Timatic database.While several African nations improved their global mobility, Nigeria failed to make the continent’s top 10.
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• Worker dies on Barcelona’s Camp Nou construction site

  24-07-2026 20:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A 54-year-old worker died on Friday while working on the redevelopment of Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium, Catalan regional police said.The death is the first fatal accident reported at the site since renovation work began in June 2023.Emergency services were called to the stadium, but the worker could not be saved. He is believed to have “died as a result of a blow”.An investigation into the incident is under way.The Camp Nou rebuild began three years ago but was slowed by permi
  
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• IG orders police to shoot anyone carrying illegal firearms

  24-07-2026 20:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has directed police officers across the country to shoot on sight anyone found carrying illegal firearms, as part of intensified efforts to curb insecurity.Disu issued the directive on Friday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, saying the move followed President Bola Tinubu’s instruction that the lingering security crisis in the state must be brought to an end.The police chief mai
  
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• Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin resigns, cites ill health

  24-07-2026 19:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Bangladesh’s president, a close ally of former premier Sheikh Hasina, resigned from the largely ceremonial role on Friday citing ill health, according to a letter seen by AFP.President Mohammed Shahabuddin confirmed he was stepping down in a call with AFP.“Yes, I have resigned,” Shahabuddin said when asked about widespread speculation that he planned to step down before completing his full term ending in 2028.He did not provide further details.In a resignation letter to the sp
  
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• Brands, CEOs are part of people who started Olodo uprising  —  Seyi Awolowo

  24-07-2026 19:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Seyi Awolowo, has said that brands and corporate leaders are partly responsible for the growing “Olodo uprising” in Nigeria, arguing that the country’s increasing celebration of entertainment over academic excellence is fueling anti-intellectualism.Speaking on The Nigeria Meter Podcast, Awolowo said Nigeria needs to place greater value on academic achievements and intellectual accomplishments, as was the case in the past.According to him, ac
  
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