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• ABIA 2027: We’ll build infrastructure with human face – Anosike, PDP gov candidate

  07-06-2026 16:31 via vanguardngr.com
  …Says Abia’s not poor, but poorly managedBy Clifford Ndujihe, Politics EditorABIA State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Kelechi Anosike, has promised to build infrastructure and welfare of the people, if elected.
  Lamenting that Abia is among the least wage-paying states in the country, said he would pay N90,000 minimum wage.
  The lawyer, ICT czar and entrepreneur declared that Abia State is not poor but poorly managed. He insisted that with prudent l
  
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• Nigeria’s future lies in tech, military strength — Jonathan, Lumumba 

  08-06-2026 07:58 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emem IdioFORMER President Goodluck Jonathan and renowned Kenyan lawyer and pan-Africanist, Prof. PLO Lumumba, have identified technological advancement, educational reform and military strength as critical pillars for securing Nigeria’s future and enhancing Africa’s standing in the global order.Read Also: My daughter was kidnapped day after I prayed for victims — Adelabu’s motherThey spoke at the plenary session of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Yenagoa Branc
  
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• PDP Crisis: Wabara, Babangida Aliyu, Jerry Gana, others sue INEC, seek recognition

  08-06-2026 07:57 via vanguardngr.com
  The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Adolphus Wabara, has instituted a suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking recognition of the party’s interim National Working Committee (NWC).In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1159/2026 and filed on June 4 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, the plaintiffs are asking the court to compel INEC to update its records and publish on its official website the names of the interim NWC members forwarde
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, June 8, 2026

  08-06-2026 07:54 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigerian naira maintained relative stability against the United States dollar across the official and parallel foreign exchange markets as traders monitored supply and demand conditions in the country’s forex market.Data from the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) showed that the naira was trading around ₦1,357.26 per dollar at the official market, reflecting the rate recorded at the close of recent trading sessions. Market data indicated that the currency had apprecia
  
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• My daughter was kidnapped day after I prayed for victims — Adelabu’s mother

  08-06-2026 07:50 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adeola Badru, IBADANA day after offering prayers for the safe return of victims abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Madam Olufunmilayo Adelabu found herself facing a similar nightmare when her daughter and twin grandsons were kidnapped.Read Also:How we rescued Adelabu’s sister, children — PoliceThe elderly matriarch, mother of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this while speaking with journalists at her residence in the Challenge area of
  
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• Onigbongbo LCDA, Brampton forge ties on innovation, youth devt

  08-06-2026 07:48 via vanguardngr.com
  Executive Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Moyosore Adebanjo, has deepened efforts to leverage international partnerships for grassroots development and improved service delivery by collaborating with Mayor of Brampton, His Worship Patrick Brown.This move comes after a strategic official visit to the City of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, culminating in the establishment of institutional ties between both municipalities and opening new pathways for cooperation in innovat
  
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• How we rescued Adelabu’s sister, children — Police

  08-06-2026 07:40 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adeola Badru, IBADANTHE Oyo State Police Command, yesterday, revealed how a major intelligence-led operation led to the rescue of the sister of former Minister of Power, Mr Bayo Adelabu, and her two children, after they were held captive in a secluded hideout on the outskirts of Ibadan.Read Also: FBI offers N250m reward for information on wanted fraudster behind $1.2b scamBusayo Adegoke John-Paul and her twin sons were abducted in the early hours of Wednesday at Elewura-Challenge in Iba
  
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• 2027: Why we want Tinubu’s job— Atiku, Obi, Olawepo-Hashim,    others

  08-06-2026 06:49 via vanguardngr.com
  •2 women, Anita Zugwai-Chukw, Esther Okereke raise anteBy Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, John Alechenu, Gabriel Ewepu & Luminous JannamikeLAGOS – WITH the conclusion of primaries, Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most consequential and unpredictable contests since the return to civilian rule in 1999. Economic hardship, persistent insecurity, rising public frustration and growing disillusionment with the political class have combi
  
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• Data depletion: MTN dismisses manipulation accusations

  08-06-2026 05:05 via vanguardngr.com
  By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor & Juliet UmehMTN Nigeria has dismissed persistent claims by subscribers that mobile data disappears without explanation.The telecom operator attributed most cases of rapid data depletion to smartphone settings, background applications, software updates, video streaming habits and the growing demand for high-definition content on 4G and 5G networks.Providing technical insights during its newly launched transparency initiative, tagged “Data on Tria
  
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• Truth about Tinubu’s economic performance 2023 to 2025

  08-06-2026 04:07 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dele Sobowale
  A totally truthful politician is an oxymoron; a contradiction in terms. Dissembling apparently is indispensable to the profession — notwithstanding the fact that most of them ensure that they are seen praying!!   The war in Iran is coming to a dreary end. It has cost everybody in the world trillions of dollars and it would cost the Americans an estimated one trillion dollars by the time it is eventually over. But President Trump and his government are claiming o
  
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• Why cooking gas will remain scarce, expensive

  08-06-2026 03:51 via vanguardngr.com
  •As domestic demand outstrips supply •Producers stick to export market •Dealers give catalogue of constraints •Outlook remains uncertain —Industry ExpertsBy Udeme Akpan, Energy EditorDespite holding Africa’s largest proven gas reserves and recording rising gas production, household and industrial consumers are now faced with significant shortages of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas.The development is also putting pr
  
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• Equity investors lose N4.9trn, as market uptrend reverses 

  08-06-2026 03:45 via vanguardngr.com
  By Peter Egwuatu The Nigerian stock market reversed its upward trajectory last week with investors losing over N4.915 trillion of their investment listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX. The development was driven by a sustained profit-taking move across major sectors.Consequently, the NGX market capitalisation, which represents the total value of stocks listed on the Exchange, declined to N155.593 trillion on Friday from N160.508 trillion the previous week.Analysts noted t
  
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• June 12: Taking care of the captives while under fire, by Owei Lakemfa

  08-06-2026 03:13 via vanguardngr.com
  In the long struggles against military misrule and for democracy, we lost far more Nigerians under the Babangida dictatorship than under the Abacha regime. However, the fight against Abacha and his bandits was far more taxing. In the case of the former, hundreds were murdered but only a handful of Nigerians were detained at any given time. There were also the periodic mass executions of soldiers, such as the ten who faced the firing squad on March 5, 1986 over the Vatsa coup and the 69 exe
  
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• 12 years after Chibok, are Nigerian children safer?

  08-06-2026 02:51 via vanguardngr.com
  By Princess Olufemi-KayodeTwelve years after the Chibok schoolgirls were taken from their dormitories, Nigeria is still asking the same painful question: are our children any safer?It is a question that should trouble every parent, teacher, policymaker and citizen. On April 14, 2014, 276 girls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Their names travelled around the world. Their faces became posters. Their absence became a global campaign.But after th
  
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• Nigerian carriers face harshest operating conditions — IATA

  08-06-2026 02:33 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dickson OmobolaThe International Air Transport Association, IATA, has lamented the high operating costs faced by Nigerian airlines, saying aside from Afghanistan, Nigeria remained one of the most difficult places to establish and sustain an airline business.
  Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East at the International Air Transport Association, IATA, Kamil Al-Awadhi, who disclosed this weekend, said while Afghanistan was difficult because of its security and political situatio
  
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• Oyo school abduction: NAF deploys surveillance aircraft

  08-06-2026 02:25 via vanguardngr.com
  …S-West CAN to FG: Declare state of emergency on insecurity
  …Deploy ancestral powers to fight bandits, Ooni tasks monarchs
  …Says attacks threatening national peace
  …African Labour Union blasts FG over schoolchildren kidnap epidemic
  …Police debunk Ogun forest bandit video
  By Dayo Johnson, Kingsley Omonobi, Victor Ahiuma-Young, Shina Abubakar & James OgunnaikeAKURE — THE Nigerian Air Force, NAF, yesterday, disclosed that it has continued to provide aer
  
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• Obi as off-ramp for the Nigerian train headed towards disaster

  08-06-2026 02:14 via vanguardngr.com
  By Hamilton Odunze“Peter Obi is an off-ramp for a Nigerian train headed to disaster town.” I made this argument in 2022, when Peter Obi ran for president against Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Looking back on 2022 now feels like a lifetime ago for many Nigerians. Unfortunately, the situation in Nigeria has only worsened since then. Nigeria still needs a way to redirect the train heading toward a catastrophic outcome, and it must change course. I am still engaged in that discussio
  
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• Preventing the return of Apapa gridlock

  08-06-2026 02:11 via vanguardngr.com
  The shock emergence of gridlock on the Apapa-Oworonshoki Expressway last week should worry every Nigerian who remembers the dark days when the nation’s busiest port corridor became a symbol of administrative failure. For more than two decades, the Apapa traffic nightmare inflicted untold hardship on residents, motorists, businesses and port users. Thousands of productive hours were wasted daily, goods were delayed, and trillions of naira were lost. The total reconstruction of th
  
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• ADC chairmen to NWC: Respect Lagos gov primary outcome, shun imposition

  08-06-2026 01:29 via vanguardngr.com
  LAGOS — THE Forum of Local Government Area Chairmen of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Lagos State, yesterday, urged the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, to respect members’ votes in the governorship primary.
  The communiqué, which was signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Messrs Anaere Ugochukwu and Oluwabukola Okeowo, on behalf of the forum, alleged an imposition plot against the wishes of members.
  The chairmen reaffirmed their confidence in the leader
  
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• Bayelsa’s Tamunosoye Karibi-George named Miss World Nigeria 2026

  08-06-2026 00:34 via vanguardngr.com
  Tamunosoye Karibi-George, representing Bayelsa State, has emerged as Miss World Nigeria 2026 after winning the national crown at the pageant’s grand finale in Lagos.The 26-year-old beauty queen beat 19 other finalists to clinch the title during the event held on Saturday at Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel.Although she represented Bayelsa State in the competition, Karibi-George is an indigene of Rivers State.
  Her victory earns her the right to represent Nigeria at the 73rd Miss World F
  
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• Ramaphosa vows crackdown on illegal migration amid xenophobic protests

  07-06-2026 23:49 via vanguardngr.com
  By Nkiruka NnoromSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to crack down on illegal migration, declaring that Pretoria will not tolerate lawlessness as xenophobic protests against foreign nationals spread across the country.
  Speaking in a live national address today, Ramaphosa said the government was rolling out new measures to secure borders, deport undocumented migrants and punish employers who hire them.
  “We must end illegal migration. We reject the notion that we must tolerate
  
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• Fire razes plastic store in Osogbo

  07-06-2026 23:47 via vanguardngr.com
  A popular plastic store, Iyanu Plastic, in Osogbo was on Sunday razed by fire with property worth millions of naira destroyed.The Assistant Director Operations, Osun Fire Service, Mr Ibrahim Adekunle, who confirmed the incident, stated that the fire started in the afternoon.“Officials were able to subdue the fire. The fire destroyed all the plastics, and it was difficult to control because the materials were flammable.“We were alerted to the fire at about 2:30p.m,” Adekunle to
  
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• Odegaard on target as Norway, Morocco play out draw in World Cup friendly

  07-06-2026 23:23 via vanguardngr.com
  Martin Odegaard scored a second-half equalizer as Norway came from behind to force a 1-1 draw with African giants Morocco in a World Cup warm-up match on Sunday.Arsenal captain Odegaard swept in an emphatic finish from Oscar Bobb’s low cross on 75 minutes in Harrison, New Jersey, to cancel out Brahim Diaz’s early goal for Morocco.Morocco made history four years ago by becoming the first team from Africa ever to reach the last four of a World Cup, eventually losing a tense semi-final
  
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• Ohanaeze demands immediate rescue of kidnapped Oyo school children, teachers

  07-06-2026 22:54 via vanguardngr.com
  The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has demanded immediate rescue of abducted pupils/students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State by armed criminals.Dr Ezechi Chukwu, National Publicity Secretary Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, made the demand in statement on Sunday in Enugu.Chukwu noted that the killing of teachers during and after the attack had further heightened the gravity of this tragic incident.According to him, Ohanaeze received with profound shock and concern the recent abdu
  
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• Iran launches missiles at Israel for first time since Mideast truce

  07-06-2026 22:49 via vanguardngr.com
  Air raid sirens sounded in Israel on Sunday as its military worked to intercept barrages of incoming Iranian missiles for the first time since an April ceasefire took hold in the Middle East war.Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards called the attack a “warning” after Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs earlier in the day, threatening wider strikes in the event of repeated aggression.An April 8 ceasefire had halted major hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United
  
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• One killed, another injured in fresh Jos South ambush

  07-06-2026 22:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By Golok NanmwaA fresh attack in Sabon Gidan Kanar community of Gyel District in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State has left one person dead, and another seriously injured, sources have said.Sources identified the deceased as Mr. Shedrack Dalyop, 36, from Kuru District, while the injured victim, Mr. Mang Davou, 32, from Gyel District, is currently receiving medical treatment.The victims were reportedly ambushed by yet-to-be-identified attackers in Sabon Gidan Kanar, a community th
  
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• Wamakko demands urgent security overhaul over killings

  07-06-2026 22:32 via vanguardngr.com
  By Musa Ubandawaki, SokotoFormer Sokoto State Governor and Senator, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has raised concern over rising cases of killings, kidnappings and violent attacks across Nigeria, calling for urgent reforms of the country’s security architecture.Wamakko made the call while speaking on the floor of the Senate in Abuja, warning that the worsening security situation poses a serious threat to national stability and public confidence.According to a statement from his Media Office,
  
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• Ballon d’Or: I thought I would win it – Yamal

  07-06-2026 22:27 via vanguardngr.com
  Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal has admitted that he believed he would win the 2025 Ballon d’Or before eventually finishing behind Ousmane Dembélé.The 18-year-old, who enjoyed a stellar campaign with Barcelona and Spain, opened up about his feelings regarding the prestigious individual award during a recent interview.Reflecting on the ceremony, Yamal said: “Honestly, if I’m being sincere, I thought I was going to win it that day because of some things that happe
  
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• Crisis looms in Kano NDC over alleged structure takeover

  07-06-2026 22:23 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry Umoru, AbujaA fresh crisis is brewing in the Kano chapter of the New Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as foundation members of the party have accused its presidential running mate ahead of the 2027 elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, of allegedly hijacking party structures and excluding other members from elective opportunities.The aggrieved members claimed that the former Kano State governor’s actions and statements have undermined the unity, stability and growth of the party, par
  
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• Atiku would’ve won 2027 presidency if he backed Obi in 2023  —  Datti Baba-Ahmed

  07-06-2026 22:02 via vanguardngr.com
  A former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has claimed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar could have positioned himself to win the 2027 presidential election if he had supported Peter Obi’s presidential bid in 2023 instead of contesting against him.Speaking during an appearance on Inside Sources on Channels Television, Baba-Ahmed argued that Atiku missed an opportunity to build long-term political goodwill by backing younger politicians and waiting f
  
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