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• UNN dismisses terror attack rumour, bans use of motorcycles on campus

  07-06-2026 13:27 via vanguardngr.com
  …block some entry pointsBy Alumona Ukwueze
  NSUKKA —-The Management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, on Sunday, assured staff, students and visitors of their safety following the circulation of a social media post alleging an impending terrorist attack and mass abduction on the Nsukka campus.
  In a statement issued by the Acting Public Relations Officer of the university, Inya Agha Egwu, the institution said it had no credible security intelligence or verified threat to sup
  
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• Oyo govt demolishes building used as kidnappers’ hideout in Adelabu family abduction

  08-06-2026 14:01 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adeola BadruIBADAN — The Oyo State Government has demolished a three-bedroom bungalow in the Lako Community along the Aiyegun–Anaye Road axis of Ibadan in connection with an ongoing kidnapping investigation.The demolition was carried out on Monday by officials of the Oyo State Ministry of Public Works and Transportation, accompanied by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force.According to the state government, the property was identified during investigations into the abduction of
  
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• Iran military announces halt to operation against Israel

  08-06-2026 13:54 via vanguardngr.com
  Iran’s military command on Monday announced it was halting its operation against Israel after the two sides exchanged fire for the first time since a truce took effect in April.Iran had delivered a “painful response” to Israel and “accordingly, the cessation of armed forces operations is hereby announced”, the Khatam al-Anbiya command said in a statement carried by state television.“However, it is emphasised that should acts of aggression and hostility contin
  
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• FG approves payments to 1,240 contractors, processes over N700bn claims

  08-06-2026 13:54 via vanguardngr.com
  By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefABUJA — The Federal Government has approved payments to more than 1,240 local contractors as part of efforts to settle verified outstanding obligations and support business activities across the country.The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance and signed by the Head of Information and Public Relations, Efe Ovuakporie.According to the ministry, the payments followed a verification and reconciliation process aimed at ensu
  
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• No bandit attack threat in Lagos, Police assure residents

  08-06-2026 13:49 via vanguardngr.com
  ..Beef up security in schools, strategic locationsBy Evelyn UsmanThe Lagos State Police Command has reassured residents, parents and school authorities that there is no verified intelligence suggesting any planned attack or abduction of schoolchildren by bandits in the state.
  However, to forestall any security breach, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, has ordered the deployment of watertight security measures across the affected area and other strategic locations
  
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• ‘I’ll wear worse’ – Ayra Starr shrugs off backlash over outfit

  08-06-2026 13:43 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan AbdultawabSinger Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has responded to criticism following backlash over her recent outfit, which sparked debate online for being revealing when paired with a traditional gele.Ayra Starr made a bold fashion statement by wearing a traditional Nigerian gele paired with a modern, streetwear-style outfit to a live event. She wore this look while headlining Part 1 of the Zsongo Experience at KOKO London, where fellow artiste Tiwa Sava
  
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• Lagos Police dismiss school attack threat, heighten security

  08-06-2026 13:30 via vanguardngr.com
  By Esther OnyegbulaThe Lagos State Police Command has reassured residents, parents, guardians and school authorities that there is no verified intelligence indicating any imminent attack on schools in the state, following reports of a threatening notice allegedly pasted at a school warning of a planned bandit attack and abduction of pupils.The Command, however, said it has heightened security measures across the affected area and other strategic locations in the state to forestall any security
  
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• Eight arrested as Ogun Police expose transnational kidnap-ransom fraud

  08-06-2026 13:30 via vanguardngr.com
  By Esther OnyegbulaDetectives of the Ogun State Police Command have uncovered a transnational criminal syndicate involved in staging fake kidnappings to extort ransom from relatives abroad, leading to the arrest of eight foreign nationals in the Agbado area of the state.The suspects, who allegedly orchestrated a carefully coordinated abduction drama to defraud unsuspecting families overseas, were arrested during an intelligence-led operation carried out by operatives attached to the Ifo Divisio
  
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• Earthquake in Philippines kills at least 31, dozens still missing

  08-06-2026 13:15 via vanguardngr.com
  A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the southern Philippines on Monday killed at least 31 people, according to provincial authorities, after toppling buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.National disaster authorities said at least a dozen people were still missing, while 134 had sustained injuries.Philippine authorities urged people in affected coastal regions to move to higher ground after the offshore quake hit south of General Santos, a city of about 720,000, where at least ni
  
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• Israel, Iran must ‘immediately stop “shooting”‘ – Trump

  08-06-2026 12:59 via vanguardngr.com
  US President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Iran must stop “shooting,” as the two countries attacked each other for the first time since a ceasefire two months ago.“Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting’,” Trump said on Truth Social.
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• Yamal available for Spain’s World Cup opener after injury

  08-06-2026 12:52 via vanguardngr.com
  Teenage Barcelona star Lamine Yamal and fellow winger Nico Williams will be available for Spain’s World Cup opener against debutants Cape Verde on June 15, coach Luis de la Fuente said on Sunday.Yamal and Athletic Bilbao’s Williams both missed the end of the club season with hamstring injuries and their imminent returns will be a big boost to the European champions.Osasuna winger Victor Munoz is also expected to be fit for Spain’s opening game in Atlanta, although none travell
  
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• South African anti-migrant protesters march after Ramaphosa warns vigilantes

  08-06-2026 12:43 via vanguardngr.com
  Dozens of anti-illegal immigration protesters marched through a township outside Johannesburg on Monday, a day after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged action against groups accused of fuelling xenophobic violence.South Africa has seen recurring bouts of anti-migrant violence, with protests intensifying this year as vigilante groups ordered undocumented foreigners to leave by June 30.Chanting and singing as they moved through Kwa-Thema, a township about 40 kilometres (25 miles) sou
  
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• Court jails illegal pharmacy operators as PSN raises alarm over fake drug crisis

  08-06-2026 12:11 via vanguardngr.com
  … Hails landmark judgmentsBy Chioma ObinnaThe Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, on Monday applauded two landmark Federal High Court judgments convicting operators of illegal pharmaceutical facilities, describing the rulings as a major breakthrough in the fight against fake drugs and quackery in Nigeria’s healthcare system.The society said the judgments delivered by the Federal High Courts in Ibadan and Calabar have strengthened pharmacy jurisprudence and sent a strong warning
  
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• Israel military says Iran fired nearly 30 missiles since Sunday

  08-06-2026 12:09 via vanguardngr.com
  An Israeli military official said Iran fired nearly 30 missiles towards Israel since Sunday night, in the first exchange of fire between the two countries since a truce in April.“Last night the Iranian regime began firing ballistic missiles towards Israel… they fired close to 30 ballistic missiles towards Israel,” the official told journalists on Monday, adding that Yemen’s Houthi rebels separately fired two missiles at the country.Israel’s military said earlier M
  
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• Weapons cannot lead to ‘lasting peace’, says Pope

  08-06-2026 11:55 via vanguardngr.com
  Pope Leo XIV on Monday called global peace a “true moral imperative” and said weapons could only lead to a “temporary silence” not a “genuine and lasting peace”.“Peace emerges as a political aspiration and, even more so, as a true moral imperative,” he said in a speech to the Spanish parliament, calling for “patient dialogue” instead of rearmament in Europe and beyond.“Weapons may impose a temporary silence but they can never bui
  
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• Plateau: Police ban unauthorised use of sirens, covered number plates

  08-06-2026 11:52 via vanguardngr.com
  Warn violators of arrest, prosecutionBy Golok Nanmwa, JOSThe Plateau State Police Command has warned residents against the unauthorised use of sirens and covered vehicle number plates, describing the practice as illegal and a threat to public safety and security.The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Bassey Ewah, expressed concern over what he described as the growing trend of private individuals and unauthorised persons using sirens and concealing vehicle registration numbers within the s
  
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• Christian Eriksen ‘doing well’ after collapsing during friendly

  08-06-2026 11:52 via vanguardngr.com
  Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s friendly against Ukraine but was later able to walk off the field, five years after suffering a cardiac arrest during the European Championship.The 34-year-old former Manchester United midfielder, who has a type of pacemaker, fell to the ground in the 64th minute of the match in Odense on Sunday.Medical staff rushed onto the pitch while players from both teams gathered around him to shield the scene from television or smartphone cameras.The ref
  
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• Iran Guards say targeted petrochemical facility in Israel

  08-06-2026 11:40 via vanguardngr.com
  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday they had targeted a petrochemical facility in Israel in retaliation for an attack on a similar site in southwestern Iran.“The Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in response to the aggression of the American-Zionist enemy against a petrochemical industry facility, targeted similar industrial facilities in Haifa with missile strikes a few moments ago,” the Guards’ official media outlet Sepah News s
  
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• Israel, Iran trade fire despite Trump’s call for restraint

  08-06-2026 10:16 via vanguardngr.com
  Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday, seriously testing a fragile truce and threatening hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war.The new attacks, including a strike on an Iranian petrochemical complex, came hours after US President Donald Trump called on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Tehran’s missiles.AFP journalists in Jerusalem heard a series of explosions as they took shelter and the Israeli army said it worked to intercept a new wave of Iranian missiles.The retaliatio
  
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• Grammy-winning Nigerian-British singer Talay Riley stabbed to death

  08-06-2026 10:05 via vanguardngr.com
  British-Nigerian singer and songwriter Talay Riley has died after he was stabbed in East London, prompting a murder investigation by police.According to local outlet Newham Recorder, Talay, whose real name was Mark Yinka Orabiyi, was attacked around 9 a.m. on Friday on Pankhurst Avenue in Silvertown, prompting emergency services who responded to the incident but were unable to save the 35-year-old musician.Homicide detectives from the Specialist Crime Command have launched an investigation into
  
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• Stop scaring travellers from Plateau, group Tells Dalung

  08-06-2026 09:53 via vanguardngr.com
  The Plateau Advocates for Peaceful Co-existence has faulted former Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung, over what it described as a misleading claim that highways leading to Jos are unsafe for travellers.In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Mr. Bulus Ayuba, the group said Dalung’s remarks amounted to a false narrative capable of demarketing Plateau State and discouraging visitors, investors and residents from carrying out lawful social and economic activities.
  Ayuba a
  
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• Why I kept my daughter private for two years — Adunni Ade

  08-06-2026 09:42 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan AbdultawabNigerian-American actress and model, Adunni Ade, has revealed why she kept the birth of her daughter away from the public eye for more than two years.The actress disclosed in an Instagram post on her birthday that she quietly welcomed her daughter, Baby Sal, two years ago, explaining that she chose privacy in order to protect her peace and enjoy motherhood away from public scrutiny.Sharing details of the journey, Adunni described it as a deeply personal experience marked by
  
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• Perez re-elected at Real Madrid paving way for Mourinho return

  08-06-2026 09:36 via vanguardngr.com
  Florentino Perez has been re-elected president of Real Madrid by an overwhelming majority, paving the way for Jose Mourinho to return as manager.The 79-year-old Perez, president for 23 years across two spells, took 65 percent of the votes of around 100,000 “socio” members to vanquish his 37-year-old challenger, Enrique Riquelme, the club announced late Sunday.“We have won the elections and will continue working to keep winning titles,” Perez said in his victory speech.The
  
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• Xenophobic attacks: Nigeria reschedules airlifting of citizens willing to leave S/Africa

  08-06-2026 09:20 via vanguardngr.com
  The federal government has rescheduled the airlifting of the first batch of Nigerian citizens wanting to leave South Africa following the recent wave of xenophobic attacks against Blacks in the country.Kimiebi Ebienfa, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.According to Ebienfa, the proposed airlifting of the first batch of returnees from South Africa, which is originally scheduled for Monday (today), has been rescheduled for Wednesday, an
  
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• Powerful earthquake hits Southern Philippines, kills 12

  08-06-2026 09:12 via vanguardngr.com
  By Enitan AbdultawabA powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 12 people, injuring more than 200 others and triggering tsunami waves along parts of the country’s coastline.The offshore earthquake struck at about 7:37 a.m. local time, with its epicentre located southwest of Maasim town in Sarangani province at a depth of approximately 33 kilometres, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.Authorities said the
  
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• 2027: Iyabo Obasanjo dumps APC, cites disrespect, maltreatment by party leadership

  08-06-2026 09:09 via vanguardngr.com
  By James Ogunnaike, AbeokutaFormer Senator representing Ogun Central and daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof. Iyabo Obasanjo, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing alleged disrespect, rejection, and maltreatment by the ruling party’s leadership in the State.Prof. Obasanjo, who recently contested for the APC governorship ticket ahead of the 2027 elections, announced her resignation in a letter dated May 31 and addressed to the Ogun State Chairman of
  
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• Vanguard journalist loses father at 86

  08-06-2026 09:00 via vanguardngr.com
  ABUJA — Venerable Emmanuel Olorunmola Ajayi, a retired Archdeacon of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), has died at the age of 86.Ajayi, who devoted 41 years to active ministry across several dioceses, served under seven bishops and played a key role in translating Christian liturgy into the Ebira language. He died on June 4, 2026, at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, Kogi State.His son, Omeiza Ajayi of Vanguard Newspapers, confirmed the death in a statement on Monday, descr
  
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• Dele Momodu rules out Obi, says 2027 race between Tinubu, Atiku

  08-06-2026 09:00 via vanguardngr.com
  The publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has effectively ruled out Labour Party’s Peter Obi from the 2027 presidential contest, insisting that the next election will be a straight fight between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.Momodu, in a statement titled “Time for National Reconciliation, Re-Orientation & Reconstruction” shared on his X handle on Monday, said Nigeria’s political landscape is shaping up into a two-horse rac
  
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• Rescue remaining kidnap victims, Atiku tells FG after freedom of 360 Borno abductees

  08-06-2026 08:43 via vanguardngr.com
  Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed reports of the rescue of 360 persons abducted by terrorists in Ngoshe, Borno State, while calling on the Federal Government to intensify efforts to secure the release of other Nigerians still in captivity.In a statement posted on his X account on Monday, Atiku described the development as a relief for the victims and their families, who had endured months of uncertainty since
  
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• ‘Crime has no ethnicity’ — Obi defends Fulani against ethnic profiling

  08-06-2026 08:34 via vanguardngr.com
  The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi has cautioned against linking crime to ethnicity, warning that the practice fuels division and undermines national unity.Obi made the remarks in a statement posted on his verified X account on Monday, where he expressed concern over what he described as the growing tendency to stereotype entire ethnic groups based on the actions of a few criminal elements.The former Anambra State governor said he could relate to the
  
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