By sunset, Ajuye used to disappear.Nestled along a dusty farming corridor in North Central Nigeria, the community of Ajuye was a place that fell still after sunset. Once darkness settled over its market stalls and clay walled compounds, businesses closed early, generators sputtered to a halt and much of the town retrea…
The digital parts of the system must be accurate in order to reliably simulate a robotics system. Higher-quality components contribute to more accurate motion behavior, collision detection, and engineering validation. Creating 3D models manually often requires significant expertise, specialized skills, and considerable…
Cape Verde head coach Bubista said a showdown against Argentina and Lionel Messi will be the “match of our lives” but said they will not fear the defending World Cup champions in Friday’s last 32 clash. The African archipelago of just over 500,000 people have progressed to the knockout stages in their first ever World …
The world was, two hundred and fifty years ago, gifted a great country, the United States, US. The date was July 4, 1776; the main event was its Declaration of Independence from Mother Britain. The latter is a small country that went to war with most of humanity, so much that it has been at war with 171 of the current …
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 st…
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The 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…
…replaced Iduma Igariwey Enwo in Afikpo North/Edda Federal Constituency in Ebonyi State. Vanguard News
….Orientation programme extended to six weeks ….Deployment to security-challenged states to be guided by risk assessment ....Corps members to receive specialised training aligned with academic background, career paths By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA - President Bola Tinubu has announced that, as part of the newly approved…
The Lagos State Government has postponed all Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) papers scheduled for Wednesday, July 1, following the declaration of the Oro Festival in parts of Ikorodu Division. The state government announced the development saying the affected examination papers have been rescheduled for …
…this could be the start of a great love life for her - and an even better one for you! Vanguard News
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA - The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) House of Representatives candidate for the Dunukofia/Njikoka/Anaocha Federal Constituency in the 2027 general elections, Chief Chukwudi Oli, has received a boost following the endorsement of his candidacy by members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PD…
By Chinedu Adonu For decades, the people of Umabor Eha-Alumonah in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have remained faithful to successive governments. They voted during elections, supported political leaders and patiently waited for the dividends of democracy. Today, many residents say that patience has yield…
On Monday this week, the story of another United States military operation in Nigeria trended. Sebastian Lukacs Gorka, United States Senior Counterterrorism Director and President Donald Trump's confidant, made startling revelations about a counter-terrorism operation in Nigeria that took place three weeks ago at an un…
By Chioma Obinna The Federal Government, food industry players, and nutrition stakeholders on Tuesday intensified efforts to achieve full compliance with Nigeria's food fortification programme as part of a broader strategy to tackle the growing burden of hidden hunger and micronutrient deficiencies affecting millions a…
Kylian Mbappe scored twice and Michael Olise was in scintillating form as France beat Sweden 3-0 at the World Cup on Tuesday and set up a last-16 clash with Paraguay. Mbappe finished a superb move to break the deadlock just before half-time in the last-32 tie watched by 80,663 at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, afte…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, has commended the resilience of Nigerians returning from South Africa amid rising anti-immigration tensions and xenophobic attacks. The minister praised the returnees for maintaining good conduct despite the circumstances that forced them to l…
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, says the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) must maintain a high level of professionalism, mission readiness, and decisive air power effectiveness to defeat terrorism in the country. Aneke said this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the first Nigerian Air Force Safety Review Boar…
By Egufe Yafugborhi For 72 hours, progress froze on Imoniyamen Street. What was meant to be a celebratory kickoff for a long-awaited Delta State government road contract in Iwhrekpokpor, an Ughelli North suburb, turned into a standoff between community leadership and the project contractor. At the centre of it is the a…
…prices in the international market. Reacting yesterday, an NLC official, who spoke to Vanguard on condition of anonymity, said Nigerians should hold the Federal Government accountable for what the Congress described as excessive powers being exercised by marketers in the downstream petroleum sector. The official said:…
...Say FG funding withdrawal will undermine airport standards By Anayo Okoli ENUGU - The Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), a group of prominent Igbo intellectuals, traditional rulers and stakeholders, has rejected the Federal Government’s concession of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, to a private comp…
…supporters that the ruling did not amount to the party's deregistration. Speaking with Vanguard on the development Monday in Abuja, the NDC National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, said that the party has appealed the case, saying, “Our legal team were in Lokoja to file the stay of execution on the ruling, we are wa…
An opposition leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday he had been banned from leaving the country and stripped of his passport, condemning it as “intimidation” amid tensions with the government. Delly Sesanga, who heads the Envol party and is an ex-minister and former lawmaker, is a leading member of a n…
Brazil’s quest to win a record sixth World Cup heads into the knockout stages on Monday as Carlo Ancelotti’s team face Japan in the last 32, before four-time champions Germany play Paraguay and Morocco take on the Netherlands in perhaps the tie of the round. The Brazilians are desperate to win the World Cup again, 24 y…
The police command in Imo has rescued a kidnap victim from a forest bordering the Nekede, Ihiagwa and Agbala areas of the Owerri West Local Government Area. The command's public relations officer, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. Okoye said the operation was part of efforts to eliminate …
…the safety of citizens following fears of possible xenophobic attacks. Speaking with Vanguard on Monday, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, said an Air Peace aircraft departed Nigeria on Monday and would return with another batch of evacuated Nigerians on Tuesday morning. The latest…