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• 2027: Ogun will deliver 95% of votes for Tinubu, says Abiodun

  12-06-2026 21:50 via vanguardngr.com
  By James Ogunnaike, AbeokutaOgun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has pledged that the state will deliver 95 per cent of its votes to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, declaring that the president deserves a second term in office in recognition of the far-reaching economic reforms initiated by his administration.Governor Abiodun gave the assurance on Friday during a strategic meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held at the Presidential Lodge, Ibara, Abeokuta.The
  
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• Troops launch offensive against terrorist hideouts in Katsina

  15-06-2026 08:53 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiTroops of Operation Fansan Yamma have launched a major offensive, codenamed Operation Clean Sweep III, targeting terrorist and bandit groups operating in Matazu Local Government Area and adjoining communities in Katsina State.According to a statement by the Media Information Officer of Operation Fansan Yamma, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, the operation was initiated following the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, who was reportedly abducted alongside his wife by
  
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• N100m verdict: Why SERAP’s legal battle could redefine civic activism in Nigeria

  15-06-2026 08:51 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry OjeluBy all indications, the N100 million defamation judgment secured against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) may become one of the most consequential civic rights cases in Nigeria’s recent democratic history.What began as a dispute over a publication concerning the activities of operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, has rapidly evolved into a national debate on freedom of expression, civil society activism, judicial accountability and
  
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• Reps to defence, financial sectors: Strengthen local arms production, block crime financing

  15-06-2026 08:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By Gift ChapiOdekinaAbuja-Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has urged Nigeria’s defence industry to deepen local capacity for building arms, instead of relying on imports.
  He also charged the financial sector to tighten its net against criminal and terrorist financial flows.
  Speaking at a security meeting, Nigeria People’s Strategic Conference and Defence Exhibition 2026, with the theme, “Building a Modern Security Ecosystem: Integrating Private Se
  
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• Black Sunday: Security central to our democratic survival — CAN

  15-06-2026 08:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA — The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday warned that Nigeria’s democracy cannot thrive amid worsening insecurity, declaring that security was central to the country’s democratic survival.
  Marking Black Sunday in honour of victims of violence across the country, CAN mourned those killed, displaced and traumatised by insecurity, demanding urgent action from government.
  It also urged churches and faith-based institutions to strengthen secu
  
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• Our father was not diabetic and our mother still in captivity says late Gen Rabe’s son

  15-06-2026 08:29 via vanguardngr.com
  One of the sons of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd), Isyaka Rabe, has said his father had no history of diabetes or high blood pressure, contrary to claims attributed to the Katsina State government.
  In an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW), Isyaka said reports suggesting that his father died as a result of diabetes were inaccurate.
  He said some people believed the late General might have died from a snake bite, based on the last video released by the kidnappers.
  However, he said onl
  
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• El-Buba to Tinubu: Rescue our abducted children or resign

  15-06-2026 08:23 via vanguardngr.com
  By Golok NanmwaJOS — FOUNDER of Evangelical Biblical Outreach Ministries International, EBOMI, Prophet Isa El-Buba, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intensify efforts to tackle insecurity across the country, saying the government must prioritise the protection of lives above politics and elections.
  El-Buba spoke in Jos during activities marking the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN’s, observance of Black Sunday, declared as part of a three-day national mourning and prayer
  
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• Soludo appoints Udechukwu Special Adviser on Investments

  15-06-2026 08:15 via vanguardngr.com
  By Jimoh BabatundeAnambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, has appointed Christian Udechukwu as his Special Adviser on Investments.
  With the appointment Udechukwu has returned to the State’s Executive Council for the second time.
  Prior to this role, Udechukwu served in Soludo’s first term administration as the Anambra State Commissioner for Industry and Commerce.
  Earlier this year Soludo dissolved his first term cabinet preparatory to his inauguration for the second term.
  He ha
  
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• DHQ delegation visits family of late Major General Rabe Abubakar, Katsina Govt

  15-06-2026 08:13 via vanguardngr.com
  By Kingsley OmonobiA delegation from the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), led by the Chief of Administration (Army), Major General I.M. Abdullahi, on Sunday paid condolence visits to the family of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd.) and the Katsina State Government following the retired officer’s death.In a statement, the Media Information Officer of Joint Task Force (North West), Operation Fansan Yamma, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, said the delegation conveyed the condolences of t
  
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• Tinubunomics: A Theory

  15-06-2026 08:05 via vanguardngr.com
  By Suleiman A. Suleiman ([email protected]; 07066451983 SMS)
  After 27 years of uninterrupted democratic development, a division of labour of sorts is emerging around three dates in Nigeria’s national calendar. October 1 remains our Independence Day, a moment for reflecting on our journey as one nation. June 12 is now the uncontested Democracy Day, when we assess our progress as a democracy since 1999.
  May 29, meanwhile, is now reserved for evaluating the performance of the s
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, June 15, 2026

  15-06-2026 08:05 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigerian naira maintained relative stability against the United States dollar at both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market as traders monitored foreign exchange liquidity and demand conditions at the start of the new trading week.Latest data available from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange rate portal showed the naira closing around ₦1,363.83 per dollar at the official NFEM window, reflecting only marginal movements compared to recent
  
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• Woman kidnapped in Edo market after husband escaped

  15-06-2026 04:36 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY
  There was pandemonium on Sunday evening at the popular vegetable market off Airport Road in Benin City the Edo State capital, when a woman was kidnapped after her husband fought off the kidnapers and escaped.Read Also: Bullets Before Ballots: Insecurity threatens 2027 polls – 5,272 killed in 5 monthsThe incident happened near the residence of former Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Tom Ikimi.She was said to be at the market with her children and husband when gun
  
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• Iyabo Obasanjo: The visiting politician from US, by Owei Lakemfa

  15-06-2026 04:34 via vanguardngr.com
  Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, the United States–based daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, came visiting Nigeria. An academic, she appeared to be on sabbatical and decided to spend it as an elected leader in the country.Ms. Obasanjo had been out of the political scene for fifteen years. So, she dropped in like a political exile but with a firm demand to be governor of Ogun State.The mandate she stood on was a claim that the people of the state demanded her recall to lead th
  
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• Rough Economy: Local markets flooded with toxic powdered charcoal, poisonous dye additives 

  15-06-2026 04:11 via vanguardngr.com
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe greed to make more profit in an excruciatingly biting economy that Nigerians are now witnessing is rising by the day. In the local Nigerian markets unscrupulous spice merchants are now exploiting the food inflation to heavily adulterate daily kitchen staples.Read Also: Food industry on brink as rising costs, forex crisis trigger mass layoffsSome of the usually tied ground food items like egusi, pepper,  pepper soup spices, turmeric powder, ginger powder and t
  
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• 3 years of Tinubu: Manufacturers yet to see policies translate into industrial growth — MAN 

  15-06-2026 04:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Yinka KolawoleOver the past three years, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has rolled out an ambitious package of economic and industrial reforms designed to reposition Nigeria’s manufacturing sector, attract investment, deepen local value addition and stimulate production-led growth.Read Also: Food industry on brink as rising costs, forex crisis trigger mass layoffsFrom intervention funds and industrial roadmaps to fiscal reforms, local content policies and foreign
  
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• State of the Nation: Nigeria facing survival problem, drifting to one-party state —Farounbi

  15-06-2026 03:53 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dapo AkinrefonDr Yemi Farounbi served as Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Philippines and the Kingdom of Cambodia. In this interview, he examines the state of the nation and gives a damning verdict that Nigerians should be blamed for the woes confronting the country. He also speaks on the worsening insecurity in the country, and the plan to turn Nigeria into a one-party state among other issues.The security situation in Nigeria is getting worse with killings and kidnappings. How d
  
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• Oil Revenue: Low production undermines benefits of high crude oil prices

  15-06-2026 03:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Obas EsiedesaNigeria lost an estimated $839.22 million in oil revenue in the first four months of 2026 after failing to meet its 1.5 million barrels per day (mbpd) crude oil production quota set by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), findings by  Financial Vanguard  have shown.Read Also: Food industry on brink as rising costs, forex crisis trigger mass layoffsHowever, the country recorded a success last month with a total oil production, comprising cr
  
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• Tinubu’s N10 billion Ebola fund

  15-06-2026 03:19 via vanguardngr.com
  President Bola Tinubu’s approval of N10 billion as emergency intervention funding to pre-empt a regional surge of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a welcome and necessary step for national health security. Announcing the package alongside the creation of a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness signals that the administration understands the need for a proactive public health response.With the World Health Organisation (WHO) having declared the outbreak in Central and
  
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• Civil war: Why Ojukwu refused to recognise Gowon as head of state – Abubakar

  15-06-2026 03:06 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA
  Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has given insight into the cause of the animosity between the then governor of the Eastern Region, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and the then Head of State, Yakubu Gowon.Read Also: Bullets Before Ballots: Insecurity threatens 2027 polls – 5,272 killed in 5 monthsThe revelation is contained in the autobiography of General Abubakar, titled “Call of Duty,” which was publicly presented on his 84th
  
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• Bullets Before Ballots: Insecurity threatens 2027 polls – 5,272 killed in 5 months

  15-06-2026 02:43 via vanguardngr.com
  *222,137 die in 20 years; INEC, Falana, Adeniran raise red flag; Opposition parties kick against postponementBy Clifford Ndujihe, Politics EditorBARELY seven months to the 2027 general elections, a reign of insecurity is casting a shadow over preparations for what should be a watershed democratic exercise, 33 years after the June 12, 1993, historic free and fair election.Read Also: Falana to FG, governors: Negotiating with terrorists attracts 20-year jail termBetween January and May 2026 a
  
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• Hot Money or First Stage of Recovering Confidence?

  15-06-2026 02:39 via vanguardngr.com
  …a response to an unsigned commentary on Nigeria’s capital inflowsBy Tanimu YakubuThe unsigned commentary under review presents itself as a forensic examination of Nigeria’s recent capital-importation figures. Its central thesis is that because a substantial proportion of recent inflows entered Treasury bills and other money-market instruments rather than factories and industrial enterprises, the inflows should not be interpreted as evidence of confidence in Nigeria
  
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• Trump says Hormuz will reopen after Iran deal signed

  15-06-2026 01:09 via vanguardngr.com
  US President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen after the planned signing of an Iran peace deal on Friday, apparently contradicting an earlier statement that the crucial waterway would open immediatelyTrump added on Truth Social on Sunday that “this Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region
  The post Trump says Hormuz will reopen after Iran deal signed appeared first on Vanguard News.
  
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• 10 heaviest defeats in FIFA World Cup history

  15-06-2026 01:04 via vanguardngr.com
  The FIFA World Cup has delivered some of football’s greatest moments, but it has also produced a handful of one-sided contests that remain etched in history.
  From record-breaking scorelines to ruthless displays by football’s traditional powerhouses, these are the 10 heaviest defeats ever recorded at the World Cup.1. Hungary 10-1 El Salvador (1982)No match in World Cup history has produced a larger margin of victory. Hungary ran riot against El Salvador in Spain, scoring 10 goals in
  
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• APC faithful in Kosofe endorse Ogbara, pledge support for Tinubu

  15-06-2026 01:01 via vanguardngr.com
  By Esther Onyegbula, LAGOSThousands of youths, women and supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Friday staged a solidarity walk across Kosofe Federal Constituency in Lagos State in support of the member representing the constituency in the House of Representatives,  Kafilat Ogbara, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.The rally, which coincided with the third anniversary of Ogbara’s tenure in the National Assembly, attracted participants from communities including Kosofe, Ik
  
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• Curacao have nothing to be ashamed about – Coach Advocaat

  15-06-2026 00:54 via vanguardngr.com
  Curacao’s World Cup debut may have ended in a reality check of a 7-1 hammering by four-time champions Germany on Sunday but it “is nothing to be ashamed of” said their head coach Dick Advocaat.The 78-year-old, the oldest coach to appear at a World Cup finals, had been out of his seat when a deflected strike from Livano Comenencia levelled the match at 1-1.However, Nico Schlotterbeck, Kai Havertz with a double, Jamal Musiala, Nathaniel Brown and Deniz Undav scored to put to bed
  
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• US-Iran peace deal announced with ‘permanent’ end to military action

  15-06-2026 00:30 via vanguardngr.com
  The United States and Iran agreed a peace deal and an “immediate and permanent” end to military operations on all fronts including Lebanon, mediator Pakistan said, in the strongest sign yet that more than three months of war in Middle East is drawing to a close.Pakistani Prime Minister Shebhaz Sharif posted on X that a peace deal “has been REACHED” and an official signing ceremony will be held on June 19 in Switzerland.“The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is
  
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• Japan fight back twice to hold Netherlands to thrilling 2-2 World Cup draw

  15-06-2026 00:19 via vanguardngr.com
  Japan scored an 88th-minute equaliser as they twice fought back to rescue a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in front of 69,285 in Texas on Sunday to open their World Cup campaigns.A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half.Netherlands skipper Virgil van Dijk scored with a fine header, only for Keito Nakamura to quickly level, before winger Crysencio Summerville’s delicious curled finish into the bottom corner just after the hour.The Dutch looked l
  
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• APC berates Adeleke over allegation linking party to attack on Ataoja

  15-06-2026 00:05 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar OsogboFollowing the allegation of assassination against the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, the leadership of the party in Osogbo has berated Governor Ademola Adeleke over the claim that APC was behind the alleged attack.It would be recalled that some gunmen shot at the Osogbo Local Government’s Accord party chairman, Asimiyu Ajibola, late at night on June 3 this year, but escaped assassination and has since been hospitalised.
  
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• Three Years Later: Ikwuano/Umuahia Constituents deserve more than promises

  14-06-2026 23:04 via vanguardngr.com
  By Comrade Opara Philip Emmanuel in Ohuhu Umuahia
  Democracy works best when elected government officials are held accountable not only during campaigns but throughout their time in office. As the current legislative cycle enters its final phase, the people of Ikwuano, Umuahia North, and Umuahia South Federal Constituency deserve an honest assessment of representation, performance, and impact.
  Three years ago, Hon. Obi Aguocha was elected on during the Labour party wave that swept the south East
  
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• Curacao thrashing will boost our confidence – Germany coach Nagelsmann

  14-06-2026 23:02 via vanguardngr.com
  Julian Nagelsmann said Germany’s 7-1 win against World Cup debutants Curacao on Sunday will grow his charges’ self-belief as they seek a fifth title.Since lifting the World Cup for the fourth time in their history 12 years ago in Brazil, Germany have struggled on football’s biggest stage and failed to progress beyond the group stage at the last two editions.“We really need this self confidence. I think it grew, it was definitely there but it grew,” Nagelsmann said
  
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