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• Why APC ditched Suswam, 25 NASS candidates

  02-07-2026 05:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ***Suswam was sacrificed to please Akume —Sources***Party moves to resolve tickets crisesBy Clifford Ndujihe and Omeiza AjayiAPART from the report of the Primary Election Appeal Committee, Vanguard gathered, yesterday, ‘concrete’ reasons the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, dropped former Benue State governor, Senator Gabriel Suswam; former Ondo State House of Representatives member, Gbenga Elegbeleye and 23 other National Assembly candid
  
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• World Cup 2026: LeBron James praises Balogun after ‘Silencer’ celebration

  02-07-2026 09:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Basketball superstar LeBron James congratulated Folarin Balogun on scoring for the United States in their World Cup victory on Wednesday after the striker emulated his trademark “Silencer” celebration.Balogun twice put the ball in the net in the 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, whipping out James’s signature dance move each time, though his first effort was ruled offside.“THE (Silencer) HAS (Arrived) at the World Cup!” posted James on X, using a shushing em
  
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• Just in: Gunmen attack NIPSS again, one killed

  02-07-2026 09:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Golok NanmwaSecurity operatives at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State, on Wednesday night repelled another attempt by suspected armed assailants to breach the Institute’s security perimeter, killing one of the attackers during a gun battle.Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen attempted to gain access to the institution at around 11pm but were repelled by security operatives.The Institute, in a statement issued on Thursday by its H
  
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• Cartoon: England Kane Congo two strokes

  02-07-2026 09:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
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• Benue Group urges APC to uphold Primary results ahead of candidates’ list release

  02-07-2026 09:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dayo JohnsonThe advocacy group, Benue for Good Governance, has called on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to uphold the outcome of its governorship and State House of Assembly primaries in Benue State ahead of the release of the party’s official list of candidates.In a statement signed by its Secretary, Dr. Philemon Unongo, the group urged the APC to ensure transparency and respect for internal democracy in the candidate selection process.The group noted that Gover
  
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• Police rescue two kidnap victims, neutralise suspected abductor in Oyo

  02-07-2026 09:24 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adeola BadruTwo persons abducted by suspected kidnappers in Gaa Alhaji, Gbonkan, via Ipapo, in Oorelope Local Government Area of Oyo State, have been rescued by a joint security team following a coordinated operation that also led to the neutralisation of one suspected kidnapper.The Oyo State Police Command disclosed that the rescue followed a sustained search-and-rescue operation involving officers of the Nigeria Police Force, operatives of the Amotekun Corps, the Vigilante Group of Nigeria
  
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• Lawyers urge IGP to probe alleged attack on EFCC operatives enforcing court order

  02-07-2026 09:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA— A consortium of lawyers under the aegis of the Initiative Against Human Rights Abuse and Torture (INAHURAT) has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, to investigate police officers allegedly involved in the obstruction of the enforcement of a court order.In a statement on Wednesday, the lawyers alleged that armed police officers tear-gassed both the operatives and officials during the enforcement of a Federal High Court interim forfeiture
  
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• Dozens dead from heavy rainfall in Ivory Coast, Ghana

  02-07-2026 09:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Heavy rainfall has led to sometimes deadly flooding in several West African coastal countries, including the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Benin, local authorities reported on Wednesday.In the Ivory Coast, 59 people have been killed since the start of the rainy season in May, according to the government’s spokesman.In neighbouring Ghana, 12 people died in floods at the start of this week, local authorities said.Rainfall on Monday flooded large parts of the capital Accra and the surrounding regio
  
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• World Cup: Balogun scores, sees red as US beat Bosnia 2-0

  02-07-2026 09:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Folarin Balogun scored but was sent off as the United States beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 to reach the last 16 of the World Cup on Wednesday.The co-hosts’ first World Cup knockout victory in nearly a quarter-century — and only their second ever — sets up a clash with Belgium in Seattle on Monday.Balogun’s goal on the stroke of half-time had sent the crowd in California into delirium, with some 30 million Americans expected to be watching coverage of the blockbuster cl
  
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• Just in: Atiku appoints Kenneth Okonkwo as spokesperson

  02-07-2026 08:24 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, Atiku Abubakar, has appointed actor-turned-politician and ADC chieftain Kenneth Okonkwo as his spokesperson.Okonkwo announced the appointment in a statement posted on his official X handle on Thursday, expressing appreciation to Atiku for the confidence reposed in him.“I give God all the glory for being appointed by His Excellency Atiku Abubakar as his spokesperson. I thank His Excell
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, July 2, 2026

  02-07-2026 08:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian naira traded with relative stability against the United States dollar on Thursday, July 2, 2026, across the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market, as the gap between both segments remained narrow.According to live foreign exchange data, the official NFEM exchange rate stood at approximately ₦1,374.18 per US dollar on Thursday morning. The rate reflects transactions in Nigeria’s official foreign exchange market and is based on the volum
  
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• 2027 Polls: FHC approves filing of cases on weekends, public holidays

  02-07-2026 07:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriAs courts grapple with a surge of pre-election litigation, the Federal High Court’s new Practice Direction now allows litigants to file processes on weekends and public holidays.
  The Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, who repealed the 2022 version of the Practice Directions, directed the Registry of the Court in all Judicial Divisions to henceforth open on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., exclusively for the filing of pre-election cas
  
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• Rev360 Crash: LCCI demands CIT deadline extension, penalty waiver

  02-07-2026 07:24 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Yinka KolawoleThe Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) to immediately extend the June 30, 2026 deadline for filing Company Income Tax (CIT) returns by one month.This, according LCCI, follows what it saw as widespread technical failures on the newly deployed Rev360 tax platform that left thousands of companies unable to comply with the statutory deadline.In a statement, yesterday, Director General of LCCI, Dr. Chinyere Almona, argued t
  
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• N98.5bn patent suit: Court directs CBN, NIBSS, others to explore settlement

  02-07-2026 07:23 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Innocent AnabaLAGOS —A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has encouraged parties in a high-stakes N98.5 billion patent infringement suit involving Enterprise Logistics Speciale Limited, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc, NIBSS, and Avanage Nigeria Limited to explore an amicable settlement before proceeding with trial.
  The trial judge, Justice Deinde Dipeolu, declined to commence the hearing on Tuesday after observing that the 1st, 3rd and 4th d
  
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• Power failure costs Nigeria jobs, investments — APFFLON

  02-07-2026 07:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Providence AyanfeoluwaThe Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has challenged the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, to translate recent assurances on electricity sector reforms into visible improvements in power supply.The group maintained that Nigerians can no longer afford the economic consequences of persistent electricity failures.In a statement signed by its National President, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite, on Tuesday, APFFLON describe
  
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• Fake NAFDAC registration used to smuggle drugs into Nigeria — Customs

  02-07-2026 07:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Hands over N53bn worth of seized drugs, expired pharmaceuticals to NDLEA, NAFDACBy Efe OnodjaeThe Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has uncovered an attempt to smuggle unregistered pharmaceutical products into Nigeria using a fake registration number of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this yesterday during the handover of seized narcotic drugs and expired pharmaceutical products worth N53.4
  
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• FG omitted N8.8trn spending worth 2% of GDP from recent budgets — IMF

  02-07-2026 07:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Yinka Kolawole, with agency reportThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed that the Federal Government (FG) failed to capture public expenditure equivalent to about two per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent national budgets, creating a mismatch between the country’s reported fiscal deficit and its actual financing needs.IMF’s Resident Representative in Nigeria, Christian Ebeke, made the disclosure on Wednesday during a meeting with bus
  
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• Adefaye launches Ife community website

  02-07-2026 07:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  OSOGBO— PRESIDENT of the Ife Development Board, IDB, Mr Gbenga Adefaye, has announced the establishment of the first community website for Ife indigenes and tourists.
  Adefaye, who is also the Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, said the creation of the digital resource fulfils one of the priorities of his administration of the board.
  He said the digital resource shall educate, inform and attract visitors worldwide to Ile-Ife, the ancestral home of the Yoruba.
  Operating w
  
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• NYSC: Deployment to states’ll be guided by risk assessment — TINUBU

  02-07-2026 06:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA— PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has said as part of the reform of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, corps members would now be deployed to security-challenged states, guided by risk assessment.He also reiterated that the scheme would be led by a civilian director-general and not military personnel as it was in the past.The President equally said NYSC orientation programme would now become a six-week journey and that every corps member must leave NYSC better prepar
  
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• Alleged coup plot: DSS docks 5 for hiding ex-Gov Sylva’s whereabouts

  02-07-2026 05:59 via vanguardngr.com
  
  lAccused admitted to N5m bail eachBy Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA — The Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday, arraigned five alleged associates of a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, for concealing his whereabouts after he was implicated as a financier of an alleged plot to overthrow the administration of President Bola Tinubu through a coup d’état.Sylva, who also served as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources under the late former Presid
  
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• Naira appreciates to N1,385/$ in parallel market

  02-07-2026 05:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,385 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,390 per dollar on Tuesday.Similarly, the naira appreciated to N1,369 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market,  NFEM .Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the market fell to N1,369 per dollar from N1,376 per dollar on Tuesday, indicating N7 appreciation for the naira. Consequently, the margin between the parallel and of
  
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• NDC: Judicial vandalism imperils Nigeria’s threadbare democracy, by Olu Fasan

  02-07-2026 05:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Last week, on June 26, Justice Isah Dashen of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, caused a huge judicio-political stir when he set aside his December 10, 2025, judgement ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, as a political party. The ruling effectively deregisters the party. Having thoroughly read the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the judgement, I believe the judge’s action amounted to judicial recklessness and vand
  
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• Seized assets: Court okays Diezani’s request to tender evidence of acquittal in UK

  02-07-2026 05:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted an application filed by former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to present evidence of her acquittal by the Southwark Crown Court in London, UK.Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the motion on notice moved by Diezani’s lawyer, Godwin Iyinbor, which was not challenged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s counsel, Mofesomo Oyetibo, SAN.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the UK court had, on June
  
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• Nnenna Oti: An amazon whose integrity made the difference, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

  02-07-2026 04:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  If I perish, I perish” was the statement of defiance that defined the moment by a woman of uncommon courage – Prof Nnenna Oti, former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), at a point when everything was at stake, including her life. To look politicians, who take no prisoners, in the face and declare matter-of-factly: If I must die for this cause, rather than betray my conviction, so be it, is an uncommon value proposition in any blighted country
  
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• Campaign of calumny against Chief Hakeem Gbajabiamila will not stand

  02-07-2026 03:14 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Joseph Oriowo The latest campaign of calumny against the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Gbajabiamila, has crossed the line from political criticism into outright fabrication. The recent allegation by one Adeniyi Adeyemi that Gbajabiamila was “involved in the establishment” of a so-called Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, and worse, that he “included” the said agency in the 2026 budget, shows how far detractors were willing
  
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• The courtesy that’s beyond please and thank you, by Ruth Oji

  02-07-2026 03:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Were you taught in primary school to use the magic words? Most people think courtesy means saying “please” and “thank you”, holding doors for others, not interrupting when others speak, remembering the social graces your parents taught you, and the etiquette that makes interactions flow smoothly and signals you were raised right.Well, that’s not wrong, to say the least. But it misses what courtesy actually does in professional communication. The courtesy that
  
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• Communities as first responders to insecurity

  02-07-2026 03:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Director-General of the Department of State Security Service, (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, has articulated what few security chiefs would dare acknowledge: communities must become the first line of defence against insecurity and terrorism. This postulation represents obvious breakthrough thinking, yet uncomfortable questions remain about why such a brilliant strategy remains unimplemented despite years of worsening criminalities across the nation.
  Ajayi’s argument rests on stark arithmetic th
  
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• Party deregistration and Nigeria’s kuli-kuli democracy

  02-07-2026 02:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By CASMIR IGBOKWE In Nigeria, the politics of deception has become the norm rather than the exception. Last week, the wife of the President, Mrs. Remi Tinubu, encouraged Nigerians to consider small-scale businesses like selling akara (bean cake), roasted corn, and kuli-kuli (crunchy peanut snack) to survive. According to her, they require little capital to start. The First Lady spoke after the Renewed Hope Initiative’s second-quarter meeting with wives of state governors, held a
  
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• Adare bags National Commissioner of the year award

  02-07-2026 02:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Musa Ubandawaki, SokotoSOKOTO: The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Sokoto State, Hon. Ibrahim Dadi Adare, has been honoured with the prestigious Best Commissioner of the Year in Nigeria Award, in recognition of his commitment to transparent governance, accountability in public service, prudent management of resources and impactful grassroots development initiatives.The national award, presented by the Leadership Award Organization, placed Adare among a select gro
  
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• Optiva Capital Partners strengthens global mobility pathways for Nigerians with exclusive Portugal, Greece investors session

  02-07-2026 01:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Franklin Nechi Reaffirms Firm’s Commitment to Connecting Africans with Trusted Global Residency and Investment OpportunitiesOptiva Capital Partners has reaffirmed its leadership in investment immigration and global mobility by hosting an exclusive investor session, partnering with Portugal’s largest investment immigration firm. The exclusive event connected Nigerian investors, entrepreneurs and professionals directly with leading residency and immigration experts from Portug
  
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