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• FBI says disrupted attack plot on White House fight night

  16-06-2026 14:36 via vanguardngr.com
  US law enforcement disrupted a plot to attack the White House during a mixed martial arts event attended by US President Donald Trump and other top officials over the weekend, FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday.“Thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the Department of Justice in a multi-state operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,” Patel said on X.His post included a caption of a Fox News headline read
  
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• Neymar back in training with Brazil at World Cup

  17-06-2026 00:23 via vanguardngr.com
  Brazil forward Neymar, who was diagnosed with a right calf injury in late May, trained at the World Cup for the first time Tuesday in a sign he may be nearing a return.The 34-year-old has been undergoing treatment since the squad’s arrival in the United States, but took another step in his recovery process as he was out running at Brazil’s training base in New Jersey.Brazil’s all-time record scorer has yet to return to full training after missing the team’s opening 1-1 d
  
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• Mbappe makes history as France highest goalscorer at World Cup

  17-06-2026 00:13 via vanguardngr.com
  France captain Kylian Mbappe became his country’s all-time leading scorer after netting twice in a 3-1 victory over Senegal in their opening Group I match at the World Cup on Tuesday, surpassing the record previously held by Olivier Giroud.The Real Madrid forward scored his first goal in the 66th minute at New York New Jersey Stadium before sealing the win with a stunning strike deep into stoppage time, taking his tally for Les Bleus to 58 goals and moving past Giroud’s mark of 57.M
  
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• Mbappe makes history as France all-time top scorer at World Cup

  17-06-2026 00:13 via vanguardngr.com
  France captain Kylian Mbappe became his country’s all-time leading scorer after netting twice in a 3-1 victory over Senegal in their opening Group I match at the World Cup on Tuesday, surpassing the record previously held by Olivier Giroud.The Real Madrid forward scored his first goal in the 66th minute at New York New Jersey Stadium before sealing the win with a stunning strike deep into stoppage time, taking his tally for Les Bleus to 58 goals and moving past Giroud’s mark of 57.M
  
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• Tinubu approves 1,000 forest guards to strengthen security in Katsina

  16-06-2026 23:57 via vanguardngr.com
  Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State says President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards to strengthen security operations in the state.Radda disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen after a meeting with Islamic clerics and other stakeholders at the Government House, Katsina.He said the meeting was part of the state government’s efforts to tackle insecurity through community-driven solutions and greater stakeholder participation.According to the governor, t
  
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• Oshiomhole denies alleging senators’ signatures were forged during Natasha’s suspension

  16-06-2026 23:44 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruABUJA- CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, APC, Edo North has said that he never alleged that signatures were forged during the Suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, PDP, Kogi Central by the Senator Neda Imasuen, APC, Edo South led Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions.A statement by Senator Oshiomhole yesterday read, “My attention has been brought to an obvious misrepresentation of the statement I made during the co
  
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• No plans to introduce telecoms, fuel taxes – FG

  16-06-2026 23:44 via vanguardngr.com
  By Innocent AnabaThe Federal Government, Tuesday, said there are no plans to introduce, new taxes on telecommunications services and petroleum products.Senior Special Assistant, Communications and Press Secretary to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Maryann Duke,  in a statement, said: “The Federal Government has noted recent media reports and public commentary suggesting that Nigeria has adopted, or plans to introduce, new taxes on telecommunications
  
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• Apapa Customs intercepts ₦12.7bn Cannabis Sativa, expired drugs

  16-06-2026 23:42 via vanguardngr.com
  The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 1.81 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa, also called Canadian Loud, alongside expired drugs worth ₦12.7 billion.The major seizure occurred at Apapa Port in Lagos on Monday, according to an official statement released by the command’s spokesman, Isah Sulaiman, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, Customs Area Controller (CAC) for Apapa Command, confirmed the interception and detailed how the operation was
  
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• Zamfara Govt mourns three slain policemen killed by IED

  16-06-2026 23:37 via vanguardngr.com
  The Zamfara Government has expressed grief over the recent death of three policemen who died in the line of duty.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three policemen from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit of the Zamfara Police Command paid the supreme price while on duty on Monday.The gallant officers were killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by bandit terrorists along the Anka-Bagega road in Anka Local Government Area of the state.The Secretary to the State
  
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• Daughter of slain man says ‘suspect kept my father’s pictures like a trophy’

  16-06-2026 23:29 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABARA Calabar family has been thrown into mourning after 74-year-old Okon Bassey Okon Ansa was found dismembered in Ukim Ita, Odukpani LGA of Cross River State.His daughter revealed that the suspected killer kept her father’s photos “like a trophy in his room with other items belonging to him as well , which were later discovered by police”Basseyanwan Okon Bassey told Vanguard the last time she heard her father’s voice he called her “Mma Teach
  
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• 2026 World Cup: Mbappe leads France to 3-1 revenge victory over Senegal

  16-06-2026 23:14 via vanguardngr.com
  Kylian Mbappe scored twice as France launched their bid for a third World Cup crown with a 3-1 victory over Senegal in Group I on Tuesday.Real Madrid star Mbappe took his career World Cup goals tally to 14 – just two behind all-time leader Miroslav Klose – and Bradley Barcola was also on target as Les Bleus secured all three points for Didier Deschamps’ side.The win was the first time France would defeat Senegal in a World Cup fixture since the famous victory of the latter in
  
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• Ekiti 2026: Tinubu drums support for Oyebanji’s re-election

  16-06-2026 23:11 via vanguardngr.com
  President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called on the people of Ekiti to vote massively for the reelection of Gov. Biodun Oyebanji during the June 20 gubernatorial election.Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, made the call in Ado-Ekiti at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Grand Finale Mega Rally.The Nigerian leader maintained that Oyebanji’s continuity was an investment in the state’s peace, progress, and future.Tinubu told the people of the state that the joint ticket
  
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• Tinubu never endorsed Pantami’s defection to PDP – APC

  16-06-2026 23:05 via vanguardngr.com
  The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State, has dismissed claims by former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, that President Bola Tinubu endorsed his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The APC dismissed the claim as false, misleading and an attempt to justify Pantami’s “futile political adventure” outside the APC.Addressing journalists on Tuesday in Gombe, Mr Moses Kyari, APC Publicity Secretary in the state, stressed that &
  
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• Oil drops below $80 on US-Iran deal

  16-06-2026 22:56 via vanguardngr.com
  Oil prices dropped below $80 a barrel Tuesday on optimism over the promised reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, easing inflation pressures on global economies.The slide accelerated to more than five percent after The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington could ease sanctions on Iranian crude as part of the deal to end the Middle East war, allowing Tehran to immediately sell crude and refined oil products.International benchmark Brent North Sea crude ended at $78.96 a barrel, down 5.1 perce
  
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• Deregistration of Political Parties: Silence will kill democracy – CUPP

  16-06-2026 22:36 via vanguardngr.com
  By John AlechenuABUJA – Acting National Chairman of the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Peter Ameh, has called on Nigerians to resist what he described as “hostile executive rascality and brazen judicial overreach” in the deregistration of political parties.Ameh made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, recalling the 2019 deregistration of political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which was later upheld by the courts.
  
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• Ghana asks Canada court to overturn Partey’s World Cup visa denial

  16-06-2026 22:29 via vanguardngr.com
  Ghana on Tuesday asked a Canadian court to overturn Ottawa’s decision to ban footballer Thomas Partey, a day before the Ghanaian side’s World Cup opener in Toronto.Partey, a Villarreal midfielder, is facing seven charges of rape and one count of sexual assault in Britain relating to allegations by four different women between 2020 and 2022.He denies the allegations, but Canada last week refused to grant him a World Cup visa.Accra filed a request for an injunction in Canadian federal
  
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• Ondo: Traders lament as hoodlums demolish shops, destroy goods worth millions of Naira

  16-06-2026 22:21 via vanguardngr.com
  — Say, we were given 11 daysBy Dayo Johnson, AkureAbout 20 hoodlums destroyed properties worth millions of naira belonging to traders at the popular FUTA junction in Akure, Ondo State capital.The hoodlums stormed the area with bulldozers and destroyed containers, provisions, food items, household goods, drinks and water.Traders and residents at the scene were seen crying and appealing to individuals and government for help.A trader Hellen Chidinma, said they received a quit notice 3 month
  
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• Makinde restates commitment to rescue abducted schoolchildren, teachers

  16-06-2026 21:54 via vanguardngr.com
  Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has restated his commitment to rescue all schoolchildren and teachers being held captive.Makinde said this on Tuesday while addressing protesters led by social media influencer and activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), at his private residence in Ikolaba, Ibadan.The governor, who expressed readiness to exhaust every option to guarantee the safe rescue of the kidnapped children and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area, stressed that avoid
  
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• Deregistration: Judiciary, not ADC on trial over — David Mark

  16-06-2026 21:21 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, has said that the Nigerian judiciary, rather than the ADC, is currently on trial over the controversy surrounding the deregistration of the party and four others.The Federal High Court recently ordered the deregistration of the ADC and four other political parties, sparking strong reactions from the affected parties and renewed debate about judicial independence and the state o
  
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• Serena Williams defeated in Berlin ahead of Wimbledon return

  16-06-2026 21:06 via vanguardngr.com
  Serena Williams suffered a straight sets defeat in the Berlin Open doubles on Tuesday, hours after the confirmation of her return to Wimbledon to play alongside her older sister Venus.Williams and Czech doubles partner Karolina Muchova fell to Mexico’s Giuliana Olmos and Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, 6-4, 6-4.The duo lost the opening set after Williams was broken in her second service game.They were broken on Muchova’s serve midway through the second set and failed to find a
  
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• AC Milan appoint Ruben Amorim as head coach after Man Utd exit

  16-06-2026 21:02 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adegboyega AdeleyeItalian giants AC Milan have confirmed the appointment of Ruben Amorim as their new head coach, ending weeks of speculation following reports that the former Manchester United manager was set to take over at the San Siro.Amorim replaces Massimiliano Allegri, who was dismissed after Milan failed to qualify for next season’s UEFA Champions League.
  According to BBC Sport, the Portuguese coach has signed a two-year contract with the Rossoneri.The 41-year-old returns to ma
  
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• Alleged plot to attack White House fight night thwarted – FBI

  16-06-2026 20:42 via vanguardngr.com
  US law enforcement on Tuesday said it had foiled an alleged plot to attack the White House during a crowded mixed martial arts event attended by President Donald Trump and other top officials.“Multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,” FBI Director Kash Patel announced on X.According to Fox News and other US media, five people have been arrested and investigators have identified 23 people in a “potential network of plotters”
  
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• Why I stopped going to church – Nicki Minaj

  16-06-2026 20:37 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adegboyega AdeleyeAmerican rapper Nicki Minaj has opened up about her relationship with God, revealing that her rise to global stardom forced her away from regular church attendance, even though her faith remains strong.Speaking on a recent episode of The Bryce Crawford Podcast, the award-winning rapper said she stopped going to church after her music career began taking off because her performance schedule often left her exhausted on weekends.“Once my career started taking off, I stop
  
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• Equities market sheds N782bn amid sell-offs

  16-06-2026 20:35 via vanguardngr.com
  Trading on the Nigerian stock market extended its negative trend on Tuesday, with investors losing N782 billion, marking the third consecutive trading session of losses.The decline was driven by broad-based profit-taking, with losses recorded across insurance, banking, consumer goods, industrial and technology stocks.The market capitalisation depreciated by 0.50 per cent to N155.203 trillion from N155.985 trillion recorded in the previous session.Similarly, the All-Share Index fell by 1,219.93
  
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• Governance not rocket science — Peter Obi faults Tinubu’s policies

  16-06-2026 20:34 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan AbdultawabThe presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria’s challenges can be addressed through deliberate policies, investments in human capital and inclusive governance, insisting that effective governance is “not rocket science.”Obi made the remarks during an interview on the Nevon HQ podcast hosted by broadcaster Rufai Oseni, where he outlined how he would tackle poverty, unemployment and economic stagnation if given the opp
  
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• Infantino celebrates ‘1 million fans’ so far at World Cup matches

  16-06-2026 20:17 via vanguardngr.com
  FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that one million fans have so far attended matches at the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.“Wow! 1 million fans in stadiums!,” Infantino wrote on Instagram.“A huge thank you to all our passionate supporters who continue to fill the stadiums – you have brought the most inclusive FIFA World Cup to life.”The expanded 48-team World Cup kicked off last Thursday and 16 of the scheduled 104 matches have been
  
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• If we do free, fair elections and Tinubu wins again, he deserves handshake — SDP’s Adebayo

  16-06-2026 20:15 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adegboyega AdeleyeThe presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, says President Bola Tinubu deserves to be congratulated if he wins a free, fair and credible election in 2027.Speaking on Vanguard’s Politics Hub, Adebayo said the real focus should be on issues affecting Nigerians and ensuring a transparent electoral process rather than political rhetoric and distractions. “If we do free, fair and credible election, Tinubu wins again, he des
  
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• If we do free, fair elections and Tinubu wins again, he deserves a handshake — SDP’s Adebayo

  16-06-2026 20:15 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adegboyega AdeleyeThe presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, says President Bola Tinubu deserves to be congratulated if he wins a free, fair and credible election in 2027.Speaking on Vanguard’s Politics Hub, Adebayo said the real focus should be on issues affecting Nigerians and ensuring a transparent electoral process rather than political rhetoric and distractions. “If we do free, fair and credible election, Tinubu wins again, he des
  
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• NSCDC arrests 2 in Edo over alleged damage, theft of telecom infrastructure

  16-06-2026 20:09 via vanguardngr.com
  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested two suspects in separate incidents involving damage and theft of telecommunications infrastructure in Edo.Mr Saidi Akintayo, Commandant of the Edo Command of the NSCDC, disclosed this on Tuesday in Benin during a news conference.Akintayo said the arrests were part of ongoing efforts to protect critical national assets and curb economic sabotage.According to him, one of the suspects was arrested in Irrua for allegedly dama
  
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• Ekiti 2026: Shettima, 18 Govs, 42 NASS Members rally support for Gov Oyebanji

  16-06-2026 20:01 via vanguardngr.com
  By Rotimi Ojomoyela A massive show of political strength and unity played out in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday as Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, 18 governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), 24 senators and 18 members of the House of Representatives converged in the state to rally support for Governor Biodun Oyebanji ahead of the June 20 governorship election.The campaign grand finale, which attracted thousands of party faithful and supporters from across th
  
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