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Vanguard Ogogo’s death a great loss to creative, cultural community — Lagos Govt

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has expressed grief over the death of veteran actor and cultural icon, Taiwo Hassa...

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Vanguard Atiku’s subsidy proposal designed to make petrol affordable — Okonkwo

ABUJA — Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the 2027 presidential campaign of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed cr...

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Vanguard Video: KWAM1 cries on stage after news of Ogogo’s death

Nigerian Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as KWAM 1, was teary during a live performance following the death of vetera...

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Vanguard NAF intensifies air strikes against terrorists in Sokoto

According to the NAF spokesperson, the strengthened deployment is critical in tackling asymmetric threats, as terrorists and bandi...

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Vanguard Surge in betting fuels poverty and crime across West Africa – Nextier report

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA— A new policy analysis has warned that the fast-growing gambling industry in low-income areas of Nige...

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Vanguard US man who used ChatGPT to plan bank robbery jailed 121 months

A 23-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, who used ChatGPT to plan a bank robbery has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison...

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Vanguard JAMB moves O’Level upload online, ends CBT centre visits

…Candidates can now verify, upload results from home By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, h...

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Vanguard How to verify and upload O’Level results from home without visiting CBT centres

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has introduced an online system allowing candidates seeking admission into Nig...

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Vanguard UEFA’s Ceferin tells Infantino to go, but ‘not interested’ in replacing him

UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin says he is "not interested" in replacing Gianni Infantino but warned the under-fire FIFA president m...

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Vanguard Singapore to give families nearly N94m for every child born

Singapore has announced a new financial support package that will provide each eligible Singaporean child with nearly S$70,000 (ab...

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Premium Times EDITORIAL: Osun election, the rise of civic action, and 2027

Yet, all said, INEC deserves some commendation for its performance in this recent recorded election. The post EDITORIAL: Osun elec...

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Premium Times Ogun govt mourns Taiwo Hassan, Ogogo, hails his legacy of excellence

As an Ilaro-born son of Ogun State, Ogogo remained a proud ambassador of his root The post Ogun govt mourns Taiwo Hassan, Ogogo, h...

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TechCabal The Next Wave: Are Kenyan startups not bootstrapping enough?

The hunger is not entirely gone from Kenya, but it will only return when the market stops paying founders to ignore it.

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Vanguard Atiku’s father of subsidy removal in Nigeria —Olawepo-Hashim

The presidential candidate of Accord Party, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the “...

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Vanguard SGF mum as fake agency boss fires back

Embattled National Coordinator and Executive Director of the Made-in-Nigeria Project Office, an agency which existence is now unde...

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Vanguard Subsidy policy as election game-changer? By Suleiman A. Suleiman

My last Monday column, which called for a policy-focused election campaign rather than a pointless debate over President Bola Ahme...

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Vanguard Sachet alcohol: A N100 threat Nigeria must not ignore

Thousands of Nigerians begin their day with something far more dangerous than tea: cheap alcohol. At bus stops, motor parks, roads...

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Vanguard Osun The Beautiful: The musical opera of our future politics, by Owei Lakemfa

There were the beautiful political party dresses, worn with pride as their wearers danced in the streets displaying fantastic danc...

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Vanguard Restoring fuel subsidy will reverse Nigeria’s economic gains

By Mohammed Idris The renewed call for the restoration of petrol subsidy under any guise demands a clear-eyed examination of what...

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Vanguard Institutional Rot: Varsity don advocates intentional leadership, sanctions for defaulters

By Daniel Abia PORT HARCOURT: A university don, Prof. Adekemi Alagha, has advocated intentional leadership and effective punitive...

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Vanguard Policing Nigeria with PR: Tunji Disu’s catalytic approach

By Olumuyiwa Adejobi In any modern society or nation, policing and law enforcement are generally difficult, at times cumbersome an...

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Vanguard Retirees draw battle line with Lagos government over pension enhancement

The union had in January 2026 submitted a template to the Lagos State Government for the implementation of the pension enhancement...

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Vanguard Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, August 24, 2026

The Nigerian naira opened the new week relatively stable against the United States dollar, with the official foreign exchange mark...

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Vanguard Navy disrupts illegal refining, recovers 103,000 litres in Rivers

By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigerian Navy has disrupted attempts by suspected oil thieves to reactivate illegal refining operations in...

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