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Vanguard LAUTECH doctors suspend 50-day strike after Makinde’s intervention

By Chioma Obinna The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital,...

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Vanguard 2027: BTO 4PBAT begins grassroots campaign for Tinubu

By Dayo Johnson, Akure A support group, BTO 4PBAT, has launched a unit-to-unit campaign in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo...

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TechCrunch Jev is Vercel’s fastest-adopted AI model ever

The data comes from Vercel's AI gateway, a unified API service similar to OpenRouter.

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TechCrunch Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy

Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing....

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TechCrunch Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles

Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A s...

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TechCabal Onafriq shuts down its Nigerian agent banking business after five years

Baxi was one of Onafriq's large bets on Nigeria's offline payments economy, built around the idea that a vast network of agents co...

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TechCrunch Waymo’s robotaxis are headed to Canada

The company will start off by testing its self-driving vehicles on Toronto's streets.

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TechCrunch Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them

According to Elorian's evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captio...

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TechCrunch Tressfecta wants to make hair braiding a less arduous task for hairstylists

Tressfecta builds products for textured hair. Its first project is a tool called Plait Pilot that helps braiders with the initial...

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TechCrunch In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes meets her equal in comedian Nathan Fielder

Nathan Fielder's documentary about disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has created a constellation of colliding personas that...

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TechCabal Inside Roqqu’s plan to tokenise Nigeria’s stock market

Roqqu wants to make Nigerian stocks available to global investors through blockchain-based tokens. Its plan could expand foreign p...

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Vanguard Bellingham agrees new deal at Real Madrid

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham has agreed a new five-year contract that would keep him at the club until 2031, Sky Sports...

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Premium Times From reform to prosperity: The work to reelect the president starts now, By Ima Niboro

The coming elections should provide Nigerians with the opportunity to examine records, policy choices, consequences, and alternati...

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Premium Times Aircraft loses door mid-air, makes emergency landing in Abuja

The aircraft, a CL60 with registration number T7-SEI and flight identification DWC052, was departing Abuja for the Murtala Muhamme...

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Premium Times Nigeria’s metering rate jumps to 63% as unmetered electricity customers drop to 4.7 million

Metered customers in Nigeria increased from 7,903,819 in July to 8,045,565 in August, the data showed, representing a 1.8 per cent...

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Premium Times Fintech firm Onafriq to close Nigeria agent banking business

Onafriq said the decision affects only its agent banking business in Nigeria and does not represent an exit from the Nigerian mark...

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Vanguard Nigeria had records of only 40,000 expatriates when we took over – Tunji-Ojo

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has disclosed that when he assumed office about three years ago, official records showed...

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Vanguard 5 iPhones that go head-to-head with Samsung’s top phones

Apple's iPhones and Samsung continue to compete in the premium smartphone market, offering devices with advanced cameras, powerful...

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Vanguard Second term: Oyebanji vows to link education with jobs; Tinubu congratulates him

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji on his inauguration for second term in office...

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Vanguard Customs deepens security partnerships to combat smuggling, protect revenue

By Godwin Oritse The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone/Akwa Ibom Area Command, has intensified ef...

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Vanguard Tinubu orders dualisation of Benin-Asaba road — Umahi

By John Alechenu, Abuja The Federal Government has reclaimed the Benin-Asaba Road for reconstruction as a dual carriageway followi...

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Vanguard 2027: Hashim Movement targets 3m votes in South-West

By Clifford Ndujihe The South-West Coordinator of the Gbenga Hashim Solidarity Movement (GHSM), Alhaji Abass Olaniyi, says the mov...

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Vanguard 2027: Atiku, Amaechi, Obi will play ‘kalokalo’ with your destiny, Wike tells Rivers electorate

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, has warned the people of Rivers State that former Vice President At...

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Vanguard Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs transferred to smaller US prison

Disgraced music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was sentenced for prostitution-related crimes, has been transferred to a new US p...

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