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• Ebonyi indigenes condemn threats against opposition, back PDP

  16-06-2026 15:20 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA: The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural in the Diaspora AEISCID has condemned what it described as a resort to threats and violence against opposition by state officials calling on President Bola Tinubu to call his party’s loyalists to order.The group’s President, Ambassador Paschal Oluchukwu, in statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, also threw said the group has now thrown its full weight behind the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party P
  
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• Lagos issues 72-hour notice to quit to street traders

  24-06-2026 15:41 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … illegal occupants at Alaba RagoBy Olasunkanmi AkoniLAGOS — The Lagos State Taskforce has issued a 72-hour quit notice to street traders and illegal occupants operating along the Alaba Rago corridor of the Mile 2–Badagry Expressway, ahead of a planned enforcement exercise aimed at restoring environmental order in the area.The exercise, which will be carried out in collaboration with other enforcement agencies, targets illegal trading activities on highways, walkways, road me
  
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• US judge blocks Trump administration from making arrests at immigration courts

  24-06-2026 15:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A federal judge in California on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making arrests at immigration courts across the United States.Since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Homeland Security agents have adopted the tactic of waiting outside immigration courts nationwide and arresting migrants as they leave at the end of asylum hearings.Missing an immigration court hearing is a crime in some cases and can itself make migrants liable to be deported, leaving many wit
  
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• Brent crude falls below $75 for first time since Middle East war

  24-06-2026 15:32 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The price of Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, extended losses Wednesday to trade under $75 a barrel for the first time since the start of the Middle East war.Brent slid 3.1 percent to $74.73, extending its fall since the United States and Iran last week struck a deal to end the conflict that began on February 28.AFP
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• Ebola: Tinubu’s Presidential Committee timely, crucial for preparedness — Abayomi

  24-06-2026 15:29 via vanguardngr.com
  
  BY Chioma ObinnaThe Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Wednesday described President Bola Tinubu’s decision to set up a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Preparedness as a timely and strategic move to strengthen Nigeria’s health security.Abayomi made the remarks in a post on his X handle (@ProfAkinAvayomi) while reacting to the inauguration of the committee at the State House, Abuja, on June 17, amid growing concerns over the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
  
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• Terrorists, financiers have no safe haven in Nigeria’s financial system — FG

  24-06-2026 15:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA — The Federal Government has declared that terrorists and their financiers will find no safe haven within Nigeria’s financial system after the United States imposed sanctions on two Bureau de Change firms and an individual previously designated by Nigerian authorities over alleged terrorism financing.The move effectively places Washington’s weight behind sanctions already imposed by Nigeria, signalling a coordinated effort to choke off the financial
  
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• Full list: APC 88, ADC 9, PDP 5, NDC 4, as Akpabio swears in four new senators

  24-06-2026 15:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Henry UmoruABUJA — The composition of the Senate shifted further in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday following the swearing-in of four new senators, bringing the party’s strength in the upper legislative chamber to 88 members.President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, administered the oath of office to the newly elected lawmakers — Senator Olaka Nwogu (PDP, Rivers South East), Senator Envulu Anza (APC, Nasarawa North), Senator Ikeje
  
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• Police promise to end Plateau killings

  24-06-2026 15:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigerian Police Force (NPF), says it has put stringent measures in place to tackle the security challenges confronting Plateau.Mr Maurice Dankwambo, the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of Zone 4, said this during a visit to Gov. Caleb Mutfwang on Wednesday in Jos.Dankwambo said he was in Plateau on the directives of Mr Olatunji Disu, the Inspector General of Police, over the recent security breach in the state.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen on Sunday attack
  
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• Oyo CAN directs churches to beef up security, suspend late activities

  24-06-2026 15:09 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Oyo State Chapter, has directed churches in the state to beef up security, suspend late activities, and fence their premises amid rising cases of abduction and kidnapping in the state.This was contained in a communique made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ibadan on Wednesday.The communique was jointly signed by the CAN Chairman, Rev. Elisha Ogundiya, and the Secretary, Very Rev. Samuel Owolabi.“Due to incessant abduction and kidn
  
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• Alleged misappropriation: Court adjourns Ganduje, 7 others’ trial until Oct.14

  24-06-2026 14:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The trial of former Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje and seven others over alleged misappropriation suffered a setback on Wednesday as the State High Court adjourned the case until Oct. 14.Ganduje is standing trial alongside his wife, Hafsat Umar, on an 11-count charge bordering on bribery, conspiracy, misappropriation and diversion of public funds amounting to billions of naira.Other defendants in the suit are Abubakar Bawuro, Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd, Safa
  
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• NYSC fixes date for passing-out of 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream I corps members

  24-06-2026 14:26 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced Thursday, July 9, 2026, as the official passing-out date for members of the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream I serving across the country.The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the scheme’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, and shared on the NYSC’s official X handle.According to the statement, activities leading up to the passing-out ceremony commenced on June 23.The NYSC
  
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• Wike on loan to APC, but there’s no transfer clause — PDP

  24-06-2026 14:22 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday pushed back against suggestions that FCT Minister Nyesom Wike could be headed for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying recent praise from APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, should not be mistaken for signs of an impending political transfer.The response followed glowing remarks by Yilwatda, who recently commended Wike’s performance as Minister of the Federal Capital Terri
  
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• Yoruba Muslim leaders raise alarm over ‘fake imams’ association

  24-06-2026 14:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Adeola BadruThe League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland has warned Nigerians against recognising or supporting any newly formed association claiming to represent the body, declaring that it has no connection whatsoever with ongoing fundraising campaigns, launches or activities being organised by certain individuals and groups across the South-West.The League, regarded as the apex Islamic body representing Imams, Alfas and the Muslim Ummah in Yorubaland, described the emergence of a parallel
  
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• Akpabio swears in four new senators after bye-elections

  24-06-2026 14:00 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Henry UmoruPresident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday swore in four newly elected senators following their victories in recent bye-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).The new lawmakers are Olaka Nwogu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing Rivers South East; Envulu Anza of the All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Nasarawa North; Ikeje Asogwu of the APC, representing Enugu North; and Dayo Faduyile of the APC, represent
  
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• Alleged Cybercrime: Court returns Sowore to Kuje prison

  24-06-2026 13:50 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …as protesters storm Justice Ministry to demand his releaseBy Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, returned activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, to Kuje prison.Trial Justice Mohammed Umar held that he should remain in custody until June 30, when the application he filed to challenge the revocation of his bail will be determined.Sowore, who is facing a two-count cybercrime charge filed a
  
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• Judge blocks Trump govt from making arrests at immigration courts

  24-06-2026 13:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A federal judge in California on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making arrests at immigration courts across the United States.Since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Homeland Security agents have adopted the tactic of waiting outside immigration courts nationwide and arresting migrants as they leave at the end of asylum hearings.Missing an immigration court hearing is a crime in some cases and can itself make migrants liable to be deported, leaving many wi
  
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• 2026/27 NPFL champions to get ₦1bn prize money — NSC

  24-06-2026 13:44 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The champions of the 2026/2027 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) will receive a minimum prize money of N1 billion, the highest financial reward in Nigerian domestic football.Shehu Dikko, the chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), stated this while addressing newsmen after a high-level strategic meeting of the commission and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday at the National Sports Commission Headquarters in Abuja.Dikko, who also disclosed a series of landmark
  
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• Iran says deal to end Mideast war ‘declaration of US defeat’

  24-06-2026 13:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Iran called the deal it struck to end the Middle East war “a declaration of America’s defeat” on Wednesday, as the top US diplomat kicked off a tour of Gulf countries hit hardest by Tehran.The war that began with a massive US-Israeli campaign of strikes against Iran on February 28 ended with the Islamic republic striking an agreement its leaders have sought to portray as a victory.The conflict sowed chaos in the region, with Tehran retaliating against its foes by blockading a
  
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• Bail revocation: Sowore to remain in custody until June 30

  24-06-2026 13:16 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fixed June 30 for ruling on a motion filed by Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), seeking to vacate an order for his bail revocation.Justice Mohammed Umar fixed the date after Sowore’s lawyer, Raphael Adakole, moved the motion for stay of execution of the order which was challenged by counsel to the Department of State Services (DSS), Akinkolu Kehinde, SAN.Earlier when the case was called, Adakole inform
  
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• Student’s Killing: Kogi varsity nabs two more suspected cultists

  24-06-2026 12:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, has intensified its anti-cultism campaign with the arrest of two additional suspected cult members.The institution continues its crackdown following the murder of 300-level biochemistry student David Solomon.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Solomon was murdered on June 11, within the university environment.In a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja, Uredo Omale, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of PAAU, said the arrests were part of the ong
  
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• Senators played no role in procurement of 100bn SUVs – Spokesperson

  24-06-2026 12:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Senator Yemi Adaramodu, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, says individual senators are not responsible for legal issues arising from the procurement of official vehicles.Adaramodu (APC-Ekiti) said that legislators played no role in the procurement process.Reacting to a recent court ruling concerning the purchase of official vehicles for members of the National Assembly, Adaramodu maintained that senators were neither parties to the procurement exercise nor involv
  
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• NDLEA busts meth laboratory in Oyo forest, arrests Mexican, 4 others

  24-06-2026 12:33 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Kingsley OmonobiOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have struck yet another decisive blow against transnational drug syndicates following the discovery and dismantling of a fortified, industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operated by a Nigerian-Mexican cartel deep within the forest of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area, Oyo State.The breakthrough comes barely four weeks after the agency dismantled a similar massive meth laboratory i
  
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• Dangote Refinery refutes claims on petrol export, re-importation

  24-06-2026 12:24 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Udeme AkpanThe management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has noted with concern the circulation of unfounded and misleading claims suggesting that its petroleum products are exported to Lomé and subsequently re-imported into Nigeria.The company said in a statement that, as a matter of policy, it does not engage with baseless allegations, but it considered it necessary to address this “deliberate misinformation”.The management stated that the allegation is
  
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• Russia says nuclear weapons the ‘only’ guarantee against global war

  24-06-2026 12:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nuclear weapons are the “only” bulwark preventing the world from slipping into a global war, the Kremlin said Wednesday amid fears of a fresh multi-country arms race.The last nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States, New START, expired in February, releasing restrictions on the world’s two largest nuclear powers.There have been no signs so far of either side moving to renew or replace the accord, even though both parties agreed to reestablish high-level
  
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• France detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak

  24-06-2026 12:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.The case is the first of the deadly haemorrhagic fever identified outside the African continent during the current outbreak, which has also affected Uganda.It’s also the first time Ebola has been detected in France.In 2014, during a major outbreak in West Africa, two patients were transported to France, but the
  
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• US Congress seeks end to Iran conflict; Trump blasts move as ‘poorly timed’

  24-06-2026 12:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The US Senate passed a largely symbolic resolution Tuesday calling for an end to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, delivering a fresh rebuke to the White House as it tries to negotiate a lasting settlement with Tehran.The House-passed measure, adopted by the Senate in a 50-48 vote, directs Trump to remove US forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress explicitly authorizes military action.Because the measure is a “concurrent resolution,” it does not go to Trump&rsq
  
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• El-Rufai: Atiku warns against using courts to punish opposition

  24-06-2026 11:52 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Omeiza Ajayi, AbujaFormer Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the refusal of the Federal High Court to review bail conditions imposed on former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, describing the conditions as practically impossible to satisfy and warning that the development represents a dangerous pattern of weaponising legal processes against political opponents.Atiku’s Senior Special Assistant on P
  
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• Court sent Sowore to prison, not us — DSS

  24-06-2026 11:32 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …as DG Ajayi orders probe of operatives in viral court videoBy Luminous Jannamike, AbujaThe Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday distanced itself from the remand of activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore in Kuje Custodial Centre, insisting that his remand resulted entirely from court proceedings and not from any action taken by the agency.The statement comes amid questions over how Sowore ended up in Kuje Prison after dramatic scenes at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Seeking
  
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• Friends of slain ex-OGTV broadcaster demand justice

  24-06-2026 11:26 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By James OgunnaikeFriends of the late Kitan Oyesiku have renewed their call for justice, urging the Ogun State Government, the State Police Command, and other relevant authorities to intensify efforts to uncover the circumstances surrounding her tragic death and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.The group, under the banner of Friends of Kitan Oyesiku, made the appeal in a statement signed by Oluwaseun Boye and made available to journalists on Wednesday.The friends described t
  
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• Thailand’s ‘Michael Jackson’ jailed over fatal drink-driving crash

  24-06-2026 11:21 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A Thai court jailed on Wednesday a singer dubbed Thailand’s Michael Jackson for two years for killing two people while driving while drunk.Manasawin Nantasen, known as Tik Shiro, rose to fame in the late 1980s and 1990s for his signature fedora hat, leather jackets and slick dance moves, earning comparisons to global pop icon Michael Jackson.The 64-year-old singer was driving his vehicle across a bridge in Bangkok in October 2024 when he hit a stationary motorbike.He killed a 28-year-old
  
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