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• NDLEA dismantles industrial-scale meth lab in Oyo Forest

  25-06-2026 01:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  … Arrests Mexican, Four NigeriansBy Kingsley OmonobiThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and dismantled a fortified industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory hidden in a forest in Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, arresting a Mexican national and four Nigerian collaborators linked to an international drug cartel.The agency said the operation dealt a major blow to transnational drug syndicates seeking to establish synthetic drug ma
  
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• Bi-Courtney settlement, fair concessions’ll drive aviation investment – FAAN MD

  27-06-2026 08:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dickson OmobolaManaging Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, has said the resolution of the dispute between Federal Government and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two, MMA2, Lagos, will boost investor confidence in Public-Private Partnership, PPP, aviation projects across the country.In May, the Federal Executive Council, FEC, settled the over 20 years dispute with Bi-Courtney owned by businessman and
  
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• Failure to honour bilateral pacts stifling African aviation — Al-Awadhi

  27-06-2026 07:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  •Says taxes, policy bottlenecks    threaten aviation in Africa•Urges more govt action on safetyBy Dickson OmobolaAt the just concluded 82nd International Air Transport Association, IATA, Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Regional Vice President for Africa and Middle East at IATA, Kamil Al-Awadhi, ranked Nigeria and Afghanistan as one of the most difficult places to establish and sustain an airline business due to
  
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• Rev. Teryima: Teacher born without fingers, toes; has 3 daughters, master’s degree, plays football  

  27-06-2026 07:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Stephanie ShaakaaGBOKO, NIGERIA — The blackboard at Penworth Secondary School stands six feet tall, a fixed plane of slate and worn paint that has absorbed years of chalk dust, arithmetic, maps, and the quiet labor of teaching. In most classrooms, it is an ordinary object, something a teacher uses without a second thought. In this classroom, however, it is something else entirely, it is a surface that must be negotiated.Read Also: Terrorists turn communities into ghost settlements
  
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• How pastor flogged 13-year-old to death over N30,000

  27-06-2026 07:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Evelyn UsmanIn an apartment somewhere in Obanleku Community, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, a painful silence has settled over a home  once filled with the laughter of a 13-year-old girl.No one hurries out of the house anymore in her school uniform, eager to catch up with classmates. No youthful voice breaks the morning calm. No teenage laughter echoes through the compound.Nancy Peter is gone! At just 13, she had barely begun the journey of life. She wou
  
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• Terrorists turn communities into ghost settlements

  27-06-2026 06:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South West; Demola Akinyemi; Peter Duru; Ndahi Marama; Boluwaji Obahopo; Adeola Badru; Idris Salisu & Golok NanmwaFollowing the reign of terror characterised by killings and abductions of residents by terrorists, many communities in the country have been deserted. Residents have fled their homes and are taking refuge in other communities and cities. The communities are now deserted while others are near empty as fear, killings and kidnappings disr
  
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• INEC’s Suppressed Constituencies Restoration: Delta’s seat that never came back 

  27-06-2026 06:45 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Egufe YafugborhiUghelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, should have been basking in euphoria as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) restored suppressed state constituencies.Of the 22 restored seats announced on 10 June by the Commission, alongside Benue, Jigawa and Kogi, Delta got six seats back: Aniocha North II, Ika North East II, Sapele II, Ethiope West II, Warri South West II, and Warri North II. “Democracy is expanding,” INEC said.Painful
  
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• Bank Deductions: How hidden charges erode Nigerians’ trust in digital payments

  27-06-2026 06:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Juliet Umeh“I recently came to the painful realisation of how much I am losing to bank charges after reviewing my transactions linked to a contribution scheme I manage”, Mrs. Elizabeth Akpan told Saturday Vanguard.Read Also: State Police Bill: How NASS caged governors“It has been horrible. You don’t even know what you are being charged for,” she said, her tone heavy with frustration.What began as a routine review, she explained, soon turned unsettling as sh
  
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• State Police Bill: How NASS caged governors

  27-06-2026 06:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Henry Umoru & Gift ChapiOdekina, ABUJAIn what could be described as an epoch-making session, the National Assembly has finally cleared the path toward dismantling Nigeria’s 66-year-old unitary security architecture.Read Also: Several injured as suspected bandits ambush Sunday Igboho’s security team in Oyo forestThe Senate on Wednesday passed the landmark Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) (State Police) Bill, 2026 (SB. 1055). This followed
  
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• I’ve been a thief, made many foolish mistakes — Charlie Boy 

  27-06-2026 06:23 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Juliet UmehVeteran entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charlie Boy, has made startling revelations about his troubled past, admitting that he engaged in white-collar crime and committed several “foolish mistakes” in his youth days. These experiences, he says, are fully documented in his forthcoming memoir, 999.Speaking during an interview on Arise Prime Time, Charlie Boy said he deliberately chose to tell his life story without filtering out the
  
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• NDC, ADC in the dock: How courts could shape Nigeria’s 2027 presidential race

  27-06-2026 06:17 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA
  Nigeria’s opposition has been handed another reminder that the road to the 2027 general elections may be shaped as much in the courtroom as on the campaign trail. The Federal High Court’s decision in Lokoja to set aside its earlier order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has injected fresh uncertainty into an opposition already grappling with shifting alliances and legal
  
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• Obi slams ‘bizarre’ court order, NDC heads to appeal

  27-06-2026 06:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Omeiza Ajayi, Boluwaji Obahopo, Juliet Umeh & Gift Chapi OdekinaThe Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, nullifying its earlier order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the party, pending the resolution of all legal issues surrounding the matter.The party said it would head to the Court of Appeal and assured Nigerians that the NDC would be on the ba
  
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• How final year law student was slaughtered in Delta 

  27-06-2026 06:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor If Favour Aruwa Habibatu, a 500-level law student at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, had known she was embarking on a journey of no return from Choba, Rivers State, she probably would have canceled it. She may have had a premonition of what awaited her at her boyfriend’s place but ignored the warning signs.Read Also: Several injured as suspected bandits ambush Sunday Igboho’s security team in Oyo forestThose who kne
  
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• England, Portugal, Ghana, Egypt, Paraguay go into World Cup last 32

  27-06-2026 05:54 via vanguardngr.com
  
  England, Portugal, Ghana, Egypt and Paraguay all advanced to the last 32 of the World Cup based on the results of other games on Friday.Only Paraguay have already played all three of their group matches – the other four countries still have a group game to play but are already assured of playing in the knockout round of this 48-team World Cup.In this expanded tournament, the eight best third-placed teams qualify for the last 32.England, Portugal, Ghana, Egypt and Paraguay are guarant
  
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• Lebanon, Israel and US sign trilateral framework pact

  27-06-2026 05:49 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Lebanon, Israel and the United States on Friday signed a trilateral framework agreement aimed at paving the way for a peace deal between the two long-time Middle East adversaries.The agreement — which includes a pilot effort in which Lebanese soldiers take control of two areas occupied by Israel, as well as a process aimed at disarming Hezbollah — is the result of five rounds of talks in the US capital.The deal “begins to put in place a framework for lasting peace and security
  
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• Earthquakes in Venezuela kill 920, thousands missing

  27-06-2026 05:42 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The death toll from twin earthquakes rose Friday to 920 in Venezuela, where tens of thousands were reported missing as a desperate and slow-moving search for survivors was boosted by international rescue teams.Caracas residents jeered interim leader Delcy Rodriguez during her visit to a devastated neighborhood, as fury over the perceived lack of an official response mounted.United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher told AFP that more than 50,000 people were missing after two powerful earthquakes st
  
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• Sunday Igboho: Nigeria’s New General, by Ujogi Egbujo

  27-06-2026 04:05 via vanguardngr.com
  
  A few years ago, Sunday Igboho was a mere fugitive.After his confrontations with Fulani herdsmen, Buhari’s police declared him wanted. He fled the country. In Cotonou, he walked into a trap. His fabled juju lost its signal, and he was dumped into dungeon.  Before that incarceration, Igboho had issued grave threats against Tinubu and every Yoruba politician seeking to legitimise the Nigerian state through participation in the 2023 elections. He vowed to e
  
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• How come no one wants Nigerians anymore? By Muyiwa Adetiba

  27-06-2026 03:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Time was, and it seemed such a long time now, when being a travelling Nigerian was a delight. Travelling Nigerians had money to spend courtesy of a generous BTA (Basic Travel Allowance). We had goodwill to spend courtesy of our cheerful, sunny disposition. And in some cases, we had I.O.U. to collect courtesy of our generous, benevolent government. I witnessed the phase when the green passport brought smiles – of envy? – to the faces of immigration officials.  I witnes
  
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• Inclusive Education, school support for a Nigerian child on the Autism spectrum

  27-06-2026 03:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Aigbovboise Ayo EhabaheEvery child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and participate fully in society. For children on the autism spectrum, this right is best realized through inclusive education, an approach that allows them to learn alongside their peers in supportive and accommodating school environments. In Nigeria, inclusive education is increasingly recognized as an important pathway to ensuring that children with disabilities have equal access to quality education and
  
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• Goge Africa charts new cultural course to reposition African heritage

  27-06-2026 01:28 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …says Culture is Africa’s new currency.Africa’s premier cultural storytelling and tourism platform, Goge Africa, has announced the launch of a cultural dialogue and diplomacy series to be held July 2, 2026 at the NIIA, Victoria Island, Lagos.The bold new initiative by Goge Africa in partnership with the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) is designed to reposition African heritage not just as hi
  
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• Foundation targets Lagos, Ekiti, Edo for empowerment initiative, seeks N250m

  27-06-2026 01:07 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ebunoluwa Sessou & Matthew JohnsonThe Patrick Ehiagwina Empowerment Foundation (PEEF), in partnership with the Heart of Gold Support and Care Initiative (HOGSCI), has launched a N250 million fundraising campaign to expand its education and empowerment programmes beyond Edo State, insisting that sustainable development can only be achieved by creating wealth rather than distributing handouts.Speaking at the foundation’s 2026 Luncheon and Fundraiser, themed “Beyond the Handouts
  
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• Nigeria loses N5trn to 40m tonnes of food waste yearly over logistics challenges

  27-06-2026 01:03 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Cynthia Alo Stakeholders in the transport and logistics sector have said Nigeria is losing between N3.5 trillion and N5 trillion every year as about 40 million metric tonnes of food are wasted due to logistics challenges across the country’s food supply chain.They said poor road infrastructure, multiple illegal checkpoints, inadequate storage facilities and an inefficient transport system continue to delay the movement of farm produce from farms to markets, leading to huge po
  
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• DR Congo must take risks to keep World Cup ‘dream alive’, says Desabre

  27-06-2026 00:15 via vanguardngr.com
  
  DR Congo coach Sebastien Desabre said his side will try to “keep the dream alive” for their fans backhome by progressing to the World Cup last 32.Victory over already-eliminated Uzbekistan in Atlanta on Saturday will secure qualification for the knockout stages as at least one of the best third-placed sides.Desabre’s side stunned Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal with a 1-1 draw in their first World Cup game for 52 years before a narrow 1-0 defeat to Colombia.Due to an Ebola
  
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• US strikes Iran sites after cargo ship attack

  27-06-2026 00:12 via vanguardngr.com
  
  US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions Friday after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship, jolting a fragile ceasefire as diplomats struggled to contain the Middle East war.US Central Command said the strikes were a response to “unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces” that “clearly violated the ceasefire.”It described the operation as “a powerful response to yesterday’s
  
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• Tinubu signs NIMC Act 2026 into law, minister says integrated database helped arrest terror suspects

  27-06-2026 00:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu on Friday signed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2026 into law, a move the Federal Government said will strengthen Nigeria’s identity management system, enhance national security, improve public service delivery and accelerate the country’s digital transformation.The signing ceremony took place at the State House, Abuja, in the presence of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benj
  
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• Tinubu appoints Namdas as DG BCDA, Obahiagbon, Umeoji as Executive Directors for NDPHC

  26-06-2026 23:43 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu has appointed Abdulrazak Sa’ad Namdas as the new Director General of the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA).Dr Namdas replaces Dr Dakorinama Alabo George, who resigned to contest for an elective post in his home state.A former member of the House of Representatives representing Ganye/Jada/Mayo Belwa/Toungo federal constituency of Adamawa State, Namdas was the spokesperson of the 8th House of Representatives, and an aspirant in t
  
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• Senegal thrash Iraq 5-0 to keep World Cup hopes alive

  26-06-2026 23:31 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Senegal became the first African side to score five goals in a World Cup match, a stunning double by Pape Gueye inspiring them to a 5-0 win over 10-man Iraq in their final Group I match on Friday.Senegal also boosted their chances of progressing to the last 32 as one of the eight best third-placed teams — they have the best goal difference of the teams on three points.Iraq go home without a point after a hugely disappointing campaign following an arduous route to qualify.Senegal struck ea
  
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• NDLEA seizes 5,305,484.88kg of illicit drugs worth N1.5trn in 18 months

  26-06-2026 23:18 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, AbujaABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized 5,305,484.88 kilograms of illicit drugs valued at about N1.5 trillion and secured the conviction of 5,225 drug offenders in the last 18 months.Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), disclosed this on Friday at the grand finale of activities marking the 2026 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Abuja.Marwa said the f
  
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• Dembele hits hat-trick as France thrash second-string Norway at World Cup

  26-06-2026 23:18 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Ousmane Dembele scored one of the earliest hat-tricks in World Cup history on Friday as the Ballon d’Or winner starred in France’s 4-1 win over a second-string Norway, while Erling Haaland watched on from the bench.Paris Saint-Germain forward Dembele opened the scoring in the seventh minute at the Gillette Stadium near Boston, struck again on 20 minutes and, after Thelo Aasgaard had pulled one back, he made it 3-1 in the 32nd minute.The only player to complete a hat-trick earlier in
  
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• Lagos govt begins investigation into collapse of 3-storey shopping complex

  26-06-2026 23:13 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has begun an investigation into the collapse of a three-storey shopping complex at Alakija, Satellite Town, in Oriade Local Council Development Area.The General Manager of LASBCA, Mrs Florence Gbaye, made this known in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs Unit of LASBCA, Mr Ademuyiwa Adu, on Friday.She disclosed that a secondary structural analysis and detailed investigation would also be conducted to determine the cause of the coll
  
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