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{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = Vanguard
| logo               = Vanguard Nigeria logo.svg
| logo_size          = 250px
| type               = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format             =
| founded            = 1983
| ceased_publication = 
| owners             = 
| publisher          = Vanguard Media
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| language           = 
| circulation        = 
| headquarters       = [[Lagos]]
| website            = [http://vanguardngr.com vanguardngr.com]
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'''''Vanguard''''' is a Nigerian daily published by Vanguard Media, headquartered in [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]. Vanguard Media was established in 1984 by journalist [[Sam Amuka-Pemu]] and three friends.<ref name="Vanguard News 2020">{{Cite news | title=About Us |newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]| date=2020-02-05 | url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/about/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria| access-date=2022-04-29 | archive-date=29 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429021130/https://www.vanguardngr.com/about/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
The paper currently has an online edition.<ref name="Vanguard News 2015">{{Cite news | title=E-editions |newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]| date=2015-11-17 | url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/e-editions/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria| access-date=2022-04-29}}</ref>

In June 1990, the paper's publication was briefly suspended by Col. [[Raji Rasaki]], the Military Governor of [[Lagos State]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediarightsagenda.org/other%20publications/Shutting%20down%20the%20press.pdf |title=Shutting down the Press: The Practice of Newspaper Closure & Proscription in Nigeria|date=11 June 1995 |publisher=Media Rights Agenda |access-date=18 December 2009 }}</ref>

In December 2008, "current affairs resource" website ''Point Blank News'' published a story that alleged the wife of the publisher of Vanguard Newspapers was involved in a ritual killing. ''Vanguard'' took the reporter to court, claiming he was attempting extortion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moral, Legal and Press War between Nigerian Vanguard Newspaper and US-based PointBlankNews.com: Goliath vs. David|publisher=Africans In America News Watch|date=30 March 2009 |url=http://www.africansinamericanewswatch.com/a/p/news/news0126.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615213115/http://www.africansinamericanewswatch.com/a/p/news/news0126.html |archive-date=15 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In December 2009,  a [[Niger Delta]] peace activist commended ''Vanguard'' for its reporting on the government's intentions, which he said helped persuade the militants to accept amnesty.<ref>{{cite web|last=Amaize |first=Emma |date=9 December 2009 |title=Amnesty - Activist Lauds Vanguard, Uduaghan, Sylva |work=Vanguard |publisher=[[AllAfrica]] |url= http://allafrica.com/stories/200912091041.html |access-date=18 December 2009 }}</ref>

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