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• Why Nigeria may miss next World Cup

  04-07-2026 04:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  *Failure to vote out NFF now will lead to another World Cup failure•⁠  ⁠We must rid NFF of scavengers who have nothing to offer – Odegbami*Football leaders resigned for qualification failure, not in Nigeria*Even finalists have sacked coaches, federations for first round defeats*Govt’s indifference raises concern in NigeriaBy Tony Ubani‎The world has turned its eyes to the beautiful game of football as the Federation of International Football Asssociation, F
  
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• What Makes Real-Time Digital Games More Engaging for Casual Players

  04-07-2026 07:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Picture CreditReal-time digital games have become a favorite form of entertainment for millions of casual players. Their appeal extends beyond faster gameplay or better graphics, driven by design innovation that makes every session easy to start and rewarding to complete.Whether filling a five-minute break or a longer evening session, these games fit naturally into modern routines. Quick access makes it easy to jump in whenever time allows.Accessible mechanics and minimal barriers let players e
  
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• Nigeria fails to emulate Italy, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, South Korea, Scotland, others

  04-07-2026 04:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Jacob AjomIn other climes, the present board of the Nigeria Football Federation would have become history. They would have either resigned or kicked out through legally approved means. For failing to qualify his country for the ongoing World Cup, the head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) Gabriele Gravina resigned. The Italy men’s team failed to qualify for a third World Cup consecutively.His announcement came a day after Sport Minister Andrea Abodi called on him to resign.Fo
  
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• How FUPRE student murdered brother over bathroom slippers 

  04-07-2026 03:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor Deltans are yet to recover from the shocking news of how Mr Fejiro Obiere butchered his younger brother, Mr Joseph Obiere, to death over a pair of slippers behind their apartment.Read Also: ‘Kidnappers slept off after long walk’ – Victims narrate escapeAccording to the police, they were both students of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE) in Ugbomoro, Uvwie Local Government Area, at the time of the sad inci
  
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• Gbajabiamila and the ConPrince: Tinubu’s Presidency and the limits of denial, by Ugoji Egbujo

  04-07-2026 03:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Presidency wants Nigerians to believe that one Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, single-handedly invented a federal agency, secured a sprawling office at the Federal Secretariat, inserted a budget line, and summoned foreign ambassadors to a meeting at the Wells Carlton Hotel — all through forged documents and some juju in his mouth.If Prince Adeyemi possesses such extraordinary powers that he could mesmerise the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Federal Ci
  
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• Uche Nnaji’s forgery allegation: Lawyer advises President Tinubu, commends arrest

  04-07-2026 03:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Matilda IkediobiMr Liborous Oshoma is a lawyer. In this interview monitored on Channels TV, Oshoma spoke on the alleged certificate forgery issue against former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji.What are your thoughts, legally speaking, about the Department of State Services, DSS, arresting him and handing him over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC?First, we must thank, I think it was Premium Times that actuall
  
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• Ndigbo, aviation experts differ over FG’s concession of Akanu Ibiam Int’l Airport Enugu

  04-07-2026 03:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dennis AgboOn Thursday, last week, the federal government completed the handover of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu to Concessionaires, Aero Alliance, who promised to transform the only international airport in the south east into Africa’s leading aviation hub.The process to concessioning the airport dates back over 20 years ago, revisited under successive administrations as part of airport reform and public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives. The major
  
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• Something About Tunji Bello, by Emeka Obasi

  04-07-2026 03:41 via vanguardngr.com
  
  It took Dora Akunyili to enlighten Nigerians about the criminals using fake drugs to send citizens to untimely departure from Planet Earth. Now, we have Tunji Bello, taking the bull by the horns and daring petrol bandits who rob under the cover of market forces.Not many attached much importance to the  Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) until Bello assumed office as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/ Vice Chairman in June 2024. You know, there are so many
  
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• 48-door feast: Why Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup failure hurts most, by Stephanie Shaakaa

  04-07-2026 03:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Sometimes history does not announce its verdict with the thunder of war or the spectacle of revolution. Sometimes it arrives quietly, disguised as an ordinary event, and only later do we realize we were looking at a mirror all along.Read Also: Argentina survive Cape Verde scare to reach World Cup last 16Every nation, sooner or later, is compelled to stand before a mirror it did not build, only to discover a face it no longer recognizes. For Nigeria, that mirror is the 2026 FIFA World
  
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• Fake Agency Scandal: What Tinubu Would Have Done If It Were PDP, by Emmanuel Aziken

  04-07-2026 03:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  There is a haunting irony in the scandal now swirling around the Presidency over the alleged allocation of public funds to a non-existing government agency. Before Bola Ahmed Tinubu became president, he was unsparing in his attacks on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over corruption, waste, falsehood and what he repeatedly described as the abuse of public trust.Now, the same words he once fired at the PDP have returned to confront his own Presidency.The controversy over the disputed President
  
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• Perpetuating Cycles Of Poverty.… And Violence, by Muyiwa Adetiba 

  04-07-2026 03:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ‘IN THE GHETTO’ is a song written and sung by Elvis Presley in 1969 but made more popular by Candi Staton a couple of years later probably because of her more contemporary, more soulful melody and delivery. The lyrics struck me even then as a young man as we sang and danced to the song in the 70s. And as I grew older, they began to haunt in a way that only those with a social conscience will understand. Especially, when I could see the enactment of the song in certain situations in
  
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• Kwara Governor inspects judiciary headquarters

  04-07-2026 03:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inspected the ongoing construction of  Justice Saidu Kawu Court House, expressing satisfaction with the pace and quality of work done so far.Accompanied by the State’s Chief Judge, Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara, the Governor said the multistorey project is borne out of his belief that the judiciary — like others — deserves to operate in a very decent environment. “The work is going on very well. This is the
  
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• Plateau mining communities living in fear of terrorists

  04-07-2026 03:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Golok Nanmwa, JOS
  Plateau State has long been regarded as one of Nigeria’s richest solid mineral belts. From tin and columbite and other precious minerals, the state has attracted thousands of artisanal and commercial miners in search of economic opportunities.Read Also: ‘Kidnappers slept off after long walk’ – Victims narrate escapeBut beneath the promise of mineral wealth lies a growing security crisis. Across several mining communities, armed at
  
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• US House of Reps honours Uzodimma for transformative leadership 

  04-07-2026 03:23 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Ahead of his historic address to the House of Lords in London on Friday,  Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has received a special recognition from the United States House of Representatives for his transformative leadership. Uzodimma, apart from the address at the House of Lords , would be receiving “African Inspirational Leadership and Good Governance Award” by the African Leadership Organization. Even before the event scheduled for Westminster,&nb
  
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• Who really owns NDC?

  04-07-2026 03:22 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous Jannamike, AbujaAs political alignments ahead of the 2027 general election continue to shift, renewed attention has turned to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) following a series of legal and political developments. In June, the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, stunned sections of the opposition when it set aside its December 2025 judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the NDC as a political party, although that dec
  
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• PFICP Scandal: ‘FG has questions to answer’ -Falana, Atiku, NDC, others demand probe

  04-07-2026 03:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Want Gbajabiamila to step aside pending investigation•Staff of disowned agency speak  about Adeyemi, operationsBy Omeiza AjayiMore Nigerians yesterday expressed outrage over the scandal rocking the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC which the presidency claimed was fake but was allocated N24b in the 2026 national budget.Read Also: Nigeria’s challenge is low revenue, not high debt – World BankAmong those who reacted
  
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• Jurisdiction — Where Federal Police Authority ends and State Police begins

  04-07-2026 03:01 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Gift ChapiOdekina, AbujaFor decades, Section 214 of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution contained one of the most consequential sentences in the country’s federal architecture: that there shall be a police force for Nigeria, and that “no other police force shall be established for the Federation or any part thereof.” That single clause has been the legal wall blocking every attempt at state policing for twenty-five years.Read Also: ‘Kidnappers slept off after
  
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• Delta: Renewed herdsmen attacks in Ughelli North heighten calls for government action

  04-07-2026 02:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Akpokona OmafuaireThe cries of residents across several communities in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State are becoming louder by the day. What started years ago as occasional disputes between farmers and herders has gradually evolved into a persistent security challenge that continues to threaten lives, livelihoods, and peace in the area.Read Also: ‘Kidnappers slept off after long walk’ – Victims narrate escapeFor many residents of communities such
  
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• Argentina survive Cape Verde scare to reach World Cup last 16

  04-07-2026 02:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Argentina were given a huge scare before ending Cape Verde’s fairytale run as Lionel Messi netted his 20th World Cup goal in a 3-2 win after extra-time to reach the last 16.Messi’s sublime control and finish for his seventh goal at this tournament in four games put the defending champions in command, but the Blue Sharks doggedly refused to go away.Deroy Duarte’s strike on the hour mark forced Argentina to expand more energy than they would have wanted in the sapping Miami heat.
  
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• Every man his own Escobar: A review of Carlos Barragan’s ‘The Yahoo Boys’

  04-07-2026 02:40 via vanguardngr.com
  
  When the Spanish journalist Carlos Barragan announced recently on LinkedIn that The Yahoo Boys, his book about the online scammers of Lagos, had just been released, the comment section beneath his post was animated. There was praise for this first book by a young journalist, but also curiosity from some Nigerian commenters about his motives, as well as defensive queries about why, of all the subjects under the Nigerian sun, Barragan had chosen to write about the already globally notori
  
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• These military recruits are misfits, VC laments attack on UNIOSUN hostels

  04-07-2026 02:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Juliet UmehWithin the space of one week, Osun State University, UNIOSUN, has found itself grappling with two disturbing incidents that have sparked outrage and renewed questions about the safety and welfare of students in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.Read Also: ‘Kidnappers slept off after long walk’ – Victims narrate escapeThe first was an alleged midnight invasion of private student hostels by military recruits, during which students claimed they were as
  
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• Oba of Benin receives 18 looted artefacts after 125 years

  04-07-2026 02:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ozioruva AliuThe Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has received 18 cultural artefacts repatriated from Switzerland after 125 years in foreign custody. He emphasized that the royal objects are not mere curiosities but vital records of governance, spirituality, and artistry of the Edo people, taken by force during colonial incursions.Among the returned items is an ancestral head of a Benin Oba, looted during the 1897 British punitive expedition against the Benin R
  
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• South Africa Returnees: We’re battling stigma of being labelled criminals 

  04-07-2026 02:24 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •FG profiles 1,000, promises skills training, trauma counselling By Dickson Omobola & Matilda IkediobiFederal Government has said its agencies are committed to the reintegration of Nigerians who voluntarily returned from South Africa through livelihood support, skills acquisition programmes, psychosocial and mental health counselling to help them recover from the trauma they experienced.Read Also: Video: ‘They vowed to shoot remaining Africans’ — Nigerians recoun
  
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• 2027: Peter Obi urges Nigerians to register to vote

  04-07-2026 00:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Pays surprise visits to INEC centresLabour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has urged eligible Nigerians to participate in the ongoing voter registration exercise, describing voter registration as the foundation for achieving good governance.Obi made the appeal on Friday after paying unscheduled visits to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) voter registration centres at the Civic Centre, Nibo, and Nrijiofor Primary School, Nri, in Anambr
  
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• ‘Kidnappers slept off after long walk’ – Victims narrate escape

  03-07-2026 23:56 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY
  Some persons, who were kidnapped at their farms in Estako West Local Government Area of Edo State, said they escaped after their kidnappers slept off.Read Also: US pulls troops from Nigeria after counterterrorism operationThey narrated their ordeal at a briefing in Benin on Friday. According to the kidnap victims, their abductors were tired after making them to walk all night.One of the victims, Destiny Braimah, who spoke on behalf of the victims, said he was r
  
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• Trump riffs on predecessors in children’s podcast appearance

  03-07-2026 23:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  President Donald Trump riffed on his White House predecessors in a children’s podcast Friday, while also joking about his weight and musing as to whether his body is swimsuit-ready.Speaking with Usha Vance on “Storytime with the Second Lady,” as America celebrated its 250th birthday, the billionaire property tycoon opened with his favorite topic — real estate, of course.The pair were sitting in the White House Oval Office, explained the 80-year-old grandfather of 11.&ldq
  
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• Again, four killed, 10 injured in fresh Benue herdsmen attack

  03-07-2026 23:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Peter Duru, MakurdiSuspected armed herders have reportedly killed four persons and injured 10 others in renewed attacks on communities in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State.The attacks, which lasted two days, targeted farmers working on their farmlands in Anyiase, Moon Council Ward, and later passengers attempting to flee the affected communities.A community elder and survivor, Terzungwe Ajir, told journalists that the first attack occurred at about 3:20 p.m. on Thursday when the as
  
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• Court of Appeal upholds hijab ban in University of Ibadan International School

  03-07-2026 23:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adeola BadruThe Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has overturned an earlier High Court judgment that permitted students of the International School, University of Ibadan, ISI, Oyo State, to wear the Islamic headscarf, popularly known as the hijab, as part of the school’s uniform.The court declared that the institution is a private school and, therefore, entitled to enforce its dress code.The appellate court, in a split decision of two to one delivered on Friday, held that the Supreme C
  
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• France braced for extreme heat threat in World Cup clash with Paraguay

  03-07-2026 23:22 via vanguardngr.com
  
  France coach Didier Deschamps promised Friday his team would be able to adapt to the potential impact of extreme weather on their World Cup last-16 tie against Paraguay on Saturday as a brutal heatwave hits the northeastern United States.The sides are due to meet Saturday in Philadelphia, the same time as the city celebrates the 250th anniversary of American independence, and with weather warnings in place in the area due to the conditions.“We knew it would be very hot. I think tomorrow it
  
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• Court orders Saraki’s arraignment over Kwara’s alleged defamation suit

  03-07-2026 23:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin has dismissed a preliminary objection filed by former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and ordered his arraignment.Read Also: Kwara drags Saraki to court over defamationJustice M. O. Folorunsho delivered the ruling on Friday, holding that the court possessed the jurisdiction to hear the criminal case before it.The judge dismissed the defendant’s preliminary objection in its entirety after considering the arguments presented by both the defence and p
  
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