
Vanguard Latest News Thursday 21st August 2025
Vanguard Latest News Today and headlines on some of the happenings and news trend in the Country, today 21/08/25
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target=_blank>34-year-old petrol attendant faces alleged N1.7m theft charge
A 34-year-old petrol attendant, Alaba Samson, appeared on Thursday before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, facing a ₦1.78 million theft charge.
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target=_blank>Taiwanese boxer Lin agrees to gender test for world championships
Taiwanese Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting will undergo compulsory gender testing ahead of the world championships in Liverpool next month, her coach told AFP on Thursday.
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target=_blank>Senator Wadada resigns from SDP
Sen. Ahmed Wadada, representing Nasarawa West, has resigned his membership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
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target=_blank>Fraser-Pryce seeks Brussels boost ahead of Tokyo worlds
Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will headline a star-studded women’s 100m at Friday’s Brussels Diamond League meet, seeking some improved form just three weeks out from her final world championships in Tokyo.
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target=_blank>Stop politicising Ekiti federal roads challenges – Oyebanji
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has cautioned against the politicisation of the state’s federal road challenges, noting that all challenges cannot be surmounted overnight.
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target=_blank>PDP State Chairmen, ex-Governors, NASS members, others disown Southern Zoning Meeting
By Idowu Bankole State Chairmen of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), former Governors, National Assembly members, serving and former National Working Committee members and other notable stakeholders from Southern Nigeria have disowned the meeting scheduled for Lagos today, by some group in the party with the aim of zoning positions. The PDP leaders dismissed “any
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target=_blank>Shilton congratulates Brazilian goalkeeper Fabio on breaking record
England goalkeeping legend Peter Shilton hailed Fluminense shot stopper Fabio breaking his record for most competitive appearances in men’s football as a “brilliant achievement”.
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target=_blank>Photos: EFCC, Immigration deport 51 foreign nationals convicted of cybercrime
The exercise, carried out on Thursday, raises the total number of foreign convicts deported since the operation began on August 15 to 102.
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target=_blank>Zamfara Re-Run: Election watchdog calls for proportional security measures
The Athena Election Observatory (AEO) has expressed concern over the scale of security deployment ahead of the supplementary election in Kaura Namoda North.
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target=_blank>UNIZIK announces ban on ‘signing out’ ceremony for graduating students
Okeke said that the ban became necessary following repeated cases of chaos, violence and disruption of normal university activities linked to the event.
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