Vanguard Latest News Sunday 17th August 2025
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 17/08/25
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target=_blank>Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to 42 months in prison for $1m fraud
Singer Sean Kingston was sentenced Friday to three and a half years in prison for a $1 million fraud scheme in which he used his fame to obtain luxury items without paying.
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target=_blank>Air Canada to resume flights after govt directive ends strike
Air Canada said it will resume flying on Sunday after the country’s industrial relations board ordered an end to a strike by 10,000 flight attendants that effectively shut down the airline and snarled summer travel.
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target=_blank>Rice farmers blame unscrupulous members, middlemen for consistent price hike
Some members of the rice farmers’ associations have blamed the continuous hike in the price of the product in Nigeria on the activities of unscrupulous farmers and middlemen in the sector.
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target=_blank>Stop politicising EFCC investigation to blackmail Tinubu, APC chieftain tells opposition parties
Olatunbosun said the investigations being conducted by the anti-graft agency against some members of the opposition parties, based on petitions against them, were purely a constitutional matter and in line with international best practices.
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target=_blank>We spent N14.43bn retrofitting 61 public schools in Abia – Otti
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has disclosed that his administration has spent N14.43 billion to retrofit 61 public schools across the state as of June 2025, as part of ongoing efforts to revamp the education sector.
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target=_blank>APC wins Munya bye-election in Niger, PDP rejects result over alleged vote buying
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mathew Dogari Daje, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the Munya Constituency bye-election for the Niger State House of Assembly.
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target=_blank>Tinubu greets ex-military President, Gen. Babangida at 84
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has felicitated former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, on his 84th birthday today.
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target=_blank>NDLEA arrests drug Kingpin after 3-year manhunt, intercepts N7.8bn opioids in Rivers
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a notorious drug kingpin, Sunday Ibigide, in Delta State—three years after he went into hiding.
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target=_blank>Police arrest serving officer, three civilians for alleged extortion, robbery in Benin
The police command in Edo has arrested a serving police officer and three civilians for allegedly terrorising residents of Benin through acts of brutality, extortion, and armed robbery.
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target=_blank>Preview: Man United host Arsenal in EPL’s first big clash
The Premier League returns with its first heavyweight showdown on Sunday as Manchester United host Arsenal at Old Trafford.
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