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The recent uprising of the youth in India might seem to have subsided after forcing Dharmendra Pradhan, the education minister of India, to resign. Still, he was never the true target of this historic youth revolt. The slogans, the placards, the irreverent digital art and the collective anger of the young were directed at one man alone: Narendra Modi.There exists a pervasive prejudice among the intelligentsia that young Indians today are politically indifferent, consumerist and unconcerned with politics or the erosion of democratic norms. The events at Jantar Mantar have laid bare the shallowness of this assumption. The young harboured…

Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi  A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has appealed to aggrieved aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State to set aside personal interests and unite behind the party ahead of forthcoming elections. Dogara made the appeal yesterday while leading a meeting of the APC State Reconciliation Committee with House of Representatives aspirants at the party’s secretariat in Bauchi. The former Speaker emphasised that reconciliation remained essential to building a stronger APC capable of winning future elections, urging members to support candidates who emerged through the party’s primary process. According…

By Peter Egwuatu AVA Capital Plc, an integrated financial services group with operations in investment banking, asset management, securities trading and trusteeship, is set to list on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) by way of Listing by Introduction on Friday. According to a statement made available to Vanguard, the listing is a strategic transition into the public market aimed at strengthening the Group’s institutional profile rather than raising fresh capital. Managing Director of AVA Capital Plc, Olukayode Fadahunsi, said: “Our admission to the Nigerian Exchange is a natural progression in AVA Capital’s evolution as a long-term institution. We’re stepping into the…

By Enitan Abdultawab National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s suggestion that President Bola Tinubu is “tired” and should step aside ahead of the 2027 elections. The national chairman, who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, questioned the basis for describing the president as exhausted, insisting that Tinubu continues to work tirelessly while delivering key projects across the country. “Let me put it this way, epecially to Obi, who claimed that Tinubu is tired—is he (Tinubu) going for boxing or 400 metres?” Yilwatda said. “Are you telling…

Two large suspected meteors have flashed and boomed across New Zealand’s skies in recent days, delighting those who glimpsed the celestial events and sending some animals into a frenzy.A fireball was seen over parts of the North Island just after 10.20pm on Tuesday night, after a separate one streaked across South Island’s skies on Sunday evening.Footage captured on dashcams, security cameras and specialist meteor cameras showed North Island’s skies lighting up with a large flash, with dozens of people taking to social media to describe the “huge boom” that accompanied it.Fireball captured on home security camera after suspected meteor lights…

Filip Nowacki secured his status as Jersey’s most successful Commonwealth Games athlete by storming to a historic gold medal in the men’s 200m breaststroke.The 18-year-old led from start to finish in a commanding display, touching the wall in 2min 07.87sec before erupting in celebration as he climbed on to the lane dividers and slapped the water in delight while soaking up the enthusiastic applause as Jersey flags waved. Canada’s Oliver Dawson won silver, with Australia’s Olympic champion, Zac Stubblety-Cook, taking bronze.“It’s completely surreal,” said Nowacki. “Coming from an island like Jersey and competing against athletes from Australia, Canada, England and…

American singer D4vd will stand trial on charges of killing and dismembering a 14-year-old girl who prosecutors say threatened to reveal their illegal sexual relationship, a judge ordered on Monday. Judge Charlaine Olmedo ruled there was enough incriminating evidence to proceed after a five-day hearing, during which prosecutors presented text messages from the teen victim — whose body was discovered in the trunk of D4vd’s car — threatening to end his career. The 21-year-old singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, allegedly began a sexual relationship with Celeste Rivas Hernandez when she was 13 and he was 18. Burke…

Why go now?One of Europe’s hotspots, central Rome has increasingly come to resemble a tube station during rush hour: stifling, overpacked and claustrophobia-inducing. Last year, the Eternal City welcomed a record number of tourists, driven in part by the 2025 Vatican Jubilee – 22.9 million arrivals stayed in the city, almost 10 times the number of residents.There is no sign of the great tourist boom slowing down, either, with local sources indicating that 2026 could steal the crown from 2025.Yet while holidaymakers stream out of Rome’s main railway station, Termini, making a beeline towards the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and…

The Nigerian Naira opened trading on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, maintaining relative stability against the United States dollar across both the official Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market. Data from the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market shows the currency trading at an average rate of 1,364.54 Naira per US Dollar. Intra-day spot trading in the official window opened near 1,367.00 Naira before settling around the 1,364.50 range during morning transactions. In the parallel market, commonly referred to as the black market, Bureau De Change operators and street traders are quoting buying rates at around 1,410 Naira per Dollar…

• Judgement vindicates party, reaffirms supremacy of rule of law, says opposition party  •ADC berates lower court for seeking to manufacture evidence in negation of INEC’s affidavit that opposition parties didn’t meet threshold for deregistration Chuks Okocha and Alex Enumah in Abuja The Court of Appeal, Abuja, yesterday, cleared the 2027 road for African Democratic Congress (ADC), after it nullified the judgement of a Federal High Court that ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the opposition party and four others. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, in a judgement delivered yesterday, held that the trial court…