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Vanguard First Lady’s RHI extends food outreach to Katsina, seeks community food banks nationwide

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA —Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged state governors to establish functional comm...

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TechCrunch Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says

Masad said the decision was made for a number of different reasons, including cost. Replit announced a partnership with OpenAI in...

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TechCrunch Porsche’s electric Macan Turbo is an automotive existential crisis

The 2026 Porsche Macan Turbo EV is a two-row crossover with 630 horsepower and a 100-kilowatt-hour battery.

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Premium Times NSIB kicks off probe into aircraft door loss incident

In a statement issued on Friday and signed by its director-general and CEO, Alex Badeh Jr., the NSIB said the missing door has bee...

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Premium Times Ebola: Kenya records third case, continues contact tracing

The latest case involves a 65-year-old woman who tested positive while in quarantine, as Kenyan authorities continue contact traci...

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Premium Times World Bank’s $5.79 billion financing will boost ongoing business expansion efforts – Tinubu

The president hailed the World Bank’s push in an X post on Friday, noting that Nigeria has introduced economic reforms to build a...

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Premium Times Maina’s son, Faisal, arrested after six years on the run – Report

Faisal Maina had been on the run since 2020 after he was arraigned by the EFCC on a three-count charge bordering on money launderi...

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Premium Times Gov. Oyebanji sworn in for second term in office, pledges to create opportunities for people

Mr Oyebanji and his deputy were re-elected in the 20 June off-cycle governorship election in the state under the platform of the A...

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Premium Times Lagos LP governorship candidate kicks off campaign, vows to rebuild state

“I will fix Lagos. Our slogan is ‘A New Lagos For All’. This is not just a mere slogan, but a determination to put the people at t...

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Vanguard FG approves ₦40.8bn health allocation, extends insurance to 90,000 inmates

By Sola Ogundipe The Federal Government has approved a ₦40.76 billion disbursement under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHC...

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Vanguard Iran denies Saudi accusation of involvement in Houthi attacks

Iran on Friday denied having anything to do with attacks by Yemen's Houthis, a day after Saudi Arabia accused it of having encoura...

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Vanguard United Nigeria Airlines targets N100bn commercial paper market

By Dickson Omobola United Nigeria Airlines Company Limited is set to become the first domestic airline to issue commercial paper,...

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Vanguard FG to deploy 3,700 telecom towers to connect 20m Nigerians

. As Tijani commissions first NUCAP site in Abia . Kalu identifies 16 more locations needing coverage in Bende By Steve Oko UMUAHI...

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Vanguard Borno ADC, Bwala trade words over Zulum’s opposition record

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Borno State and former Commissioner for Home Affairs, Informat...

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Vanguard 2027: Adebutu’s omission from INEC list unintentional — Sowunmi-Kolapo

…Says omission will be addressed soon, insists PDP candidate will win By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Deputy Governorship Candida...

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Vanguard Trump’s new press secretary leaves job after five days

"I said, 'Katie, is this for you?,'" Trump told reporters. "I said, 'Katie, you don't have to do this'... I said to her, 'Honestly...

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Vanguard Gunmen kill two at Plateau mining site

The victims, identified as Goodluck Bulus and Emmanuel Monday, both in their mid-20s, were reportedly killed on Friday, in an atta...

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Vanguard Enugu Corps member’s death not caused by substandard medicines – NAFDAC

The statement stated that the deceased was however, stabilised with intramuscular antimalarial and other supportive medications gi...

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Vanguard Use *315# to check phones before buying, NCC tells Nigerians

“Before you buy the phone, dial *315# and confirm that the phone is fully verified before you pay,” he said. The post Use *315# to...

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Vanguard DSS, military, police arrest 5 over NYSC members kidnap

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), the military and police have arrested five suspected members of a criminal g...

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Vanguard NSIB probes private jet after door falls mid-air

A private jet operated by Triton Aviation made an emergency landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after losi...

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Farmers Weekly Possible diesel price hike adds to planting season cost concerns

Diesel prices could rise again in November, adding further pressure on farmers and their transport providers. An October compariso...

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TechCrunch An Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in...

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TechCabal Six years after Stripe, Paystack is learning to keep money

Six years after Stripe's historic acquisition, Paystack is pivoting from moving money to keeping deposits to survive currency deva...

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