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• Cabinet members don’t prostrate before Abiodun – Ogun govt

  29-06-2026 21:26 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By James OgunnaikeOgun State Government has dismissed as false and malicious a viral publication alleging that members of the State Executive Council are compelled to prostrate before Governor Dapo Abiodun whenever he is displeased with them.Reacting to the report published by an online blog, Naijamixed, under the headline, “Cabinet members reportedly prostrate before Ogun State Governor when he is displeased with them,” the government described the allegation as a fabrication aimed
  
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• Morocco World Cup win sparks joy, arrests in Netherlands

  30-06-2026 12:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Morocco’s dramatic penalty shoot-out win over the Netherlands sparked scenes of joy Tuesday in The Hague, home to a large Moroccan community, but also violent arrests amid clashes with police.In the Schilderswijk district of the city, AFP reporters saw fans draped in Moroccan flags dancing and cheering in the streets, as car horns blared and firecrackers exploded.Several hundred supporters gathered at a crossroads in the district, kicking a ball in the air and celebrating wildly with pass
  
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• Alleged Cybercrime: Court grants Sowore bail, orders two sureties, passport surrender

  30-06-2026 12:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, AbujaThe Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, restored the bail it had earlier granted to activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore.Sowore is facing a two-count cybercrime charge filed against him by the Department of State Services (DSS) for calling President Bola Tinubu a “criminal” in a social media post.Trial Justice Muhammed Umar, who had earlier granted the defendant bail on self-recognisance, on June 16
  
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• Breaking: Third batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa arrives In Lagos

  30-06-2026 12:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The third batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa has arrived in Lagos following weeks of anti-immigration protests and xenophobic tensions in the country.The evacuees arrived aboard an Air Peace aircraft, which landed at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at about 10:54 a.m. on Tuesday.
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• Ondo: Amotekun rescues kidnap victim, arrests father, three sons

  30-06-2026 12:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun, says it has rescued a kidnap victim and arrested a father and his three sons at Oba-Ile Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state.Mr Adetunji Adeleye, Amotekun Corps Commander, made the disclosure while parading 28 suspects for kidnap-related cases and 15 others for criminal offences on Tuesday in Akure.‎”Today, we have Usman, 33; Wahab, 27; Yakubu, 18; and their father, Iliasu, 56, arrested in Oba Akok
  
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• W/African deportees sue over US ‘third-country’ expulsions to Ghana

  30-06-2026 11:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Lawyers filed a suit against Ghana at west Africa’s top human rights court on behalf of deportees sent there under the United States’ third-country deportation policies, the legal team said Tuesday.As part of a sweeping crackdown on immigration, US President Donald Trump has expanded the categories of people targeted for deportation, including those with legal protections.In cases where Washington is barred from sending people home — after US judges found they likely face tort
  
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• Dickson: NDC has access to INEC portal, says multi-party democracy must not die

  30-06-2026 11:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Henry Seriake Dickson, has announced that the party has been granted access to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal to upload the names of its qualified candidates for the 2027 general elections.Dickson made the disclosure on Monday in a statement posted on his X platform, while also revealing that the party had filed an appeal and an application for a stay of execution against a recent court ruling affecting i
  
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• 2027: NDC granted access to upload candidates on INEC portal – Dickson

  30-06-2026 11:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Henry Seriake Dickson, has announced that the party has been granted access to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal to upload the names of its qualified candidates for the 2027 general elections.Dickson made the disclosure on Monday in a statement posted on his X platform, while also revealing that the party had filed an appeal and an application for a stay of execution against a recent court ruling affecting i
  
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• Four things to know about South Africa’s anti-migrant protests

  30-06-2026 11:25 via vanguardngr.com
  
  South Africa faces nationwide anti-immigrant marches after hardline citizen-led groups ordered undocumented foreigners to leave the country by Tuesday.The unrest has already killed at least four people, with thousands of African migrants fleeing home or huddling in makeshift camps for fear of attack.Here are four things to know about the protests.– Who is behind them? –Protests have been mobilised by a loose coalition of minor political parties and small citizen-led vigilante groups
  
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• Remi Tinubu defends ‘akara’ comments, says FG supports tomato, pepper sellers

  30-06-2026 11:16 via vanguardngr.com
  
  First lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has defended her recent remarks about small-scale businesses, clarifying that the federal government’s economic empowerment programme is designed to support a wide range of petty traders and not only akara sellers.She made the clarification on Monday during the inauguration of the newly completed Abubakar Maje Haruna Hall at the Emir of Hadejia’s Palace in Jigawa State.Her comments followed widespread criticism on social media after she previously
  
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• New army recruits allegedly invade UNIOSUN hostels, assault students in Osun

  30-06-2026 11:16 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboStudents of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Osogbo campus, were reportedly subjected to a harrowing ordeal on Monday night after newly recruited Nigerian Army personnel allegedly invaded student hostels, assaulted male students and sexually harassed female students.According to findings, the recruits, said to be from the Nigerian Army Depot in Osogbo, had earlier visited areas around the students’ community under the guise of relaxing at entertainment centres.Wit
  
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• The Onyegbulas in bitter divorce battle over assault, abuse allegations

  30-06-2026 11:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Husband denies claims, seeks dissolution of marriageBy Innocent AnabaLAGOS — A Lagos State High Court has become the battleground for a bitter divorce dispute between United States-based Nigerian lawyer, Nnedimma Onyegbula, and her estranged husband, Sonny Onyegbula, as both parties trade allegations of assault, abuse and misconduct while seeking the dissolution of their 25-year-old marriage.Mrs. Onyegbula accused her husband of subjecting her to years of physical violence, emotio
  
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• Education central to national development — Alausa

  30-06-2026 11:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Alumona UkwuezeNSUKKA —-The Federal Government has reaffirmed that education remains central to Nigeria’s national development, reiterating its commitment to strengthening teacher education through comprehensive reforms under the Renewed Hope Agenda.The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, stated this on Friday during the 34th Combined Convocation and Endowment Ceremony of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Eha-Amufu, Enugu State, for the award of Nigerian Certi
  
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• Floods paralyse Ghana capital, kill three

  30-06-2026 10:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Torrential rains sparked flooding across Accra on Monday, killing at least three people, authorities and local media reported, with the president blaming climate change and unchecked urbanisation.Flooding is common during Ghana’s rainy season, but residents say inundations in the capital have become worse in recent years due to rapid urbanisation, the building on and blocking of waterways, and a lack of investment in drainage infrastructure.Some 140 millimetres of rain fell on the city in
  
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• Pre-election cases: Federal High Court CJ issues new practice directions

  30-06-2026 10:24 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal High Court (FHC) has issued pre-election practice directions, 2026, for a fair, impartial and expeditious determination of pre-election cases across the country.The new practice direction was issued by the Chief Judge (CJ), Justice John Tsoho, on Tuesday.This, the CJ said, is in exercise of the powers conferred on him by virtue of Sections 254 and 285 (9), (10) and (14) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended); Sections 29 (5) and 88 (2) of the Electoral Act, 2026; and all other powers
  
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• South Africa police deploy on protesters’ anti-migrant ‘deadline’

  30-06-2026 10:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  South African police deployed to head off unrest and protests on Tuesday, the unofficial deadline set by citizen-led groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave that has already pushed thousands to flee.Officers were out in force to prevent violence and looting, while hundreds of foreign nationals took refuge in several cities, urgently seeking help to leave.At least two Mozambicans, an Ethiopian and a Malawian have been killed in anti-immigrant violence over recent weeks and several Afr
  
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• Air dominance, intelligence surveillance aid rescue of Borno students — CAS

  30-06-2026 10:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian Air Force says air superiority and intelligence surveillance of the military aided the rescue of the abducted students of Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno.This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force Headquarters.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the assailants attacked the school on Monday morning while students were
  
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• Violence against women declines from 9% to 5% in six years— UN Women

  30-06-2026 09:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Favour UleborAbuja-The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women, has said the prevalence of sexual violence against women in Nigeria declined from 9 per cent in 2018 to 5 per cent in 2024.UN Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Beatrice Eyong, disclosed this during the close out of the Ford Foundation-funded traditional and cultural leaders for ending gender-based Violence by Advancing Advocacy, Policy and Social Norms Change in Nigeria
  
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• Refinery fraud probe: EFCC recovers N38.66bn, property

  30-06-2026 09:04 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …Moves to prosecute NNPC officialsBy Innocent AnabaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered over N38.66 billion in cash and assets as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged diversion of funds earmarked for the rehabilitation and turnaround maintenance of Nigeria’s state-owned refineries, with several former and serving officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and contractors now facing possible criminal prosecution.
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• NELFUND set to crack down on varsities’ unethical practices

  30-06-2026 09:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Joseph ErunkeAbuja-The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has condemned what it described as unethical practices by some tertiary institutions accused of withholding tuition refunds from students and arbitrarily increasing school charges, despite benefiting from the federal government’s scheme.The Fund, in a public notice issued by the Director, Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, yesterday, said it had received reports that some institutions were refusing or delaying
  
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• Economy: No govt can ignore employers — Shettima

  30-06-2026 08:57 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Assures FG committed to reducing bottlenecks in doing businessBy Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA—THE Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, said yesterday the Federal Government must keep engagement with the business sector openly.According to him, any government that ignores employers cannot fully understand the economy.Consequently, he said the federal government remained committed to reducing bottlenecks and digitising government processes, so that reforms announced in Abuja were exper
  
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• Neimeth shareholders okay fresh capital to drive expansion

  30-06-2026 08:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Peter EgwuatuShareholders of Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc have approved plans by the company’s Board of Directors to raise additional capital to accelerate its expansion programme and complete its ongoing world-class pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Amawbia, Anambra State.At the company’s 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held virtually, shareholders unanimously approved all the board’s resolutions and called for appropriate timing of the capital
  
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• eTranzact deepens financial inclusion in Ogun

  30-06-2026 08:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Elizabeth AdegbesaneTranzact has deepened its large-scale financial inclusion initiative, PocketMoni, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, where the onboarding of over 1,000 agents and the deployment of thousands of PocketMoni terminals across communities are ongoing.The initiative, launched through the company’s PocketMoni Business platform, is designed to expand access to digital financial services in underserved communities while creating income opportuniti
  
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• Agents fault FG’s Green Tax on imported vehicles, demand suspension

  30-06-2026 08:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Godwin OritseThe Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has called on the Federal Government (FG) to suspend the implementation of the Green Tax Policy, scheduled to take off from July 1st, 2026,  citing inadequate stakeholder engagement by the implementing agency, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).The association argued that key stakeholders, particularly licensed customs agents and importers, who will be directly affected by the policy were not sufficiently sensi
  
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• Domestic air travel fare rises 20.8% in May

  30-06-2026 08:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanDomestic air travel fares rose by 20.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) to N157,552 in May 2026 from N130,361 in May 2025.The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its latest Transport Fare Watch which showed increases in fares across other transport categories.The NBS stated: “In air travel, the average fare paid by air passengers for a specified route (single journey) was N157,552.19 in May 2026.“On a year-on-year basis, the fare rose by 20.86
  
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• Cost of Healthy Diet rises 3% to N1,589/day

  30-06-2026 08:32 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe national average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) rose by 3.12 percent month-on-month (MoM) to N1,589 per adult per day in April from N1,541 per adult per day in March 2026.The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this yesterday in its CoHD Report for April 2026, noting that the increase was driven by rising prices across all food groups except starchy staples.it stated: “The national average Cost of a Healthy Diet was N1,589 in April 2026. This shows
  
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• Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, June 30, 2026

  30-06-2026 07:55 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian naira began trading at an official exchange rate of ₦1,379.80 per United States dollar at the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, according to the latest available market data.The latest figure indicates that the naira remained within the ₦1,370 to ₦1,380 range seen in recent sessions as market participants continued to monitor foreign exchange liquidity and dollar demand. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed the offici
  
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• Morocco down Netherlands to reach World Cup last 16

  30-06-2026 07:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Morocco defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out to advance to the last 16 of the World Cup on Monday after a thrilling battle in Monterrey finished 1-1 after extra-time.Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou made the crucial save to block the Netherlands’ fifth penalty from Crysencio Summerville before striker Ismael Saibari stepped up to blast home the winning spot-kick that sealed a 3-2 shootout win.The victory sends Morocco into a last 16 clash with Canada in Houston on Saturday.An
  
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• Naira now N1,395/$ in parallel market

  30-06-2026 06:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Elizabeth AdegbesanTHE Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,395 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,386 per dollar last Friday.Similarly, the naira depreciated to N1,385 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.Data  from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the market rose to N1,385 per dollar from N1,384 per dollar last weekend,  indicating N1 depreciation for the naira. Consequently, the margin between the paralle
  
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• FEC reforms NYSC, to be headed by civilians

  30-06-2026 06:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Introduces professional training for corps members to boost employabilityBy Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA — The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday approved sweeping reforms to the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, announcing that the scheme will now be headed by a civilian instead of a military officer.Briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister
  
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