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Vanguard Heirs Energy acquires additional six million shares of Seplat Energy

By Peter Egwuatu Heirs Holdings, has acquired an additional six million shares in Seplat Energy Plc valued at £53.2 million.Accord...

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Vanguard Independence: Nigeria doesn’t have ambition problem — Flutterwave CEO, Agboola

The CEO and Co-founder of Flutterwave, Olugbenga Agboola, has said Nigeria does not have an ambition problem but must move beyond...

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Vanguard October 1: Nigerians await transport relief — ADP

… Says CNG needs buses, conversion centres, refuelling stations By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The National Chairman of the Action Democra...

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Vanguard Transport fare: FG to subsidise CNG conversion— rolls out buses in 20 universities

By Adesina Wahab LAGOS — The Federal Government has announced plans to subsidise the conversion of vehicles owned by university le...

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Vanguard US hails Nigeria at 66, praises role in Africa’s stability

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has congratulated Nigeria on its 66th Independence Anniversary, describing the country as vita...

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Vanguard Tinubu’s Independence speech empty, boring — Okorie

By John Alechenu ABUJA — Elder statesman, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has described President Bola Tinubu’s 66th Independence Day broadc...

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TechCabal Meta appeals ruling that it can’t force Nigerians to accept ad tracking

Meta is appealing a Lagos High Court ruling that limits how it can use Nigerians’ Facebook and Instagram data for behavioural adve...

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ScienceDaily Nutrition Could quitting ultra-processed food boost your mental health?

People with depression who dramatically cut ultra-processed foods experienced notable improvements in their symptoms in a small pr...

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ScienceDaily Health This common mistake can add nearly 7 points to your blood pressure reading

A common mistake during blood pressure checks could make readings appear substantially higher than they really are. Johns Hopkins...

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ScienceDaily Nutrition This diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years

People who followed the MIND diet more closely showed slower brain shrinkage and less grey matter loss over time, with the stronge...

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ScienceDaily Health Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may have a reversible weakness

The Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may actively damage brain blood vessels and sabotage the cellular systems that remove harmful prot...

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ScienceDaily Health 1 in 13 adults under 30 already had hidden artery plaque

More than half of 16,000 apparently healthy adults had signs of atherosclerosis, with arterial plaques already detectable in about...

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TechCabal Pan-African fintech Kora adds stablecoins to its payment infrastructure

For payment companies, stablecoins offer a potential alternative to move dollar-denominated value between markets.

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TechCabal Airtel Money targets $7 billion valuation in London IPO debut

The listing gives investors a price for a business processing more than $245 billion in annualised transactions.

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TechCabal Nigeria’s healthcare system is broken. Who fills the gaps?

Nigeria's primary healthcare centres are chronically underfunded, and fixing that starts with how badly fiscal policy misses the p...

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TechCabal Luno built a crypto exchange. Now it wants to sell crypto as a service.

Luno's plan brings together an exchange, a stablecoin issuer, and a payments platform to serve institutions across Africa and othe...

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TechCrunch Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents.

The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet th...

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TechCrunch Hearing tech startup Legato launches its AI hearing glasses

The glasses stem from the startup’s goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associ...

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TechCrunch Audible’s new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters

Audible is rolling out new features that help listeners keep track of characters, explore places and imagery mentioned in books, a...

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TechCrunch The new Kindle ditches the raised bezel in a push toward a smaller, lighter e-reader

The new Kindle lineup features its lightest and thinnest designs yet, with a sleek, front-flush display that eliminates bezels for...

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TechCrunch Amazon introduces Kindle Click, a $35 remote for turning pages

The compact Bluetooth remote is designed to let readers turn pages without touching their Kindle.

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TechCrunch Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus Space...

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TechCabal The plan to build virtual data centres in space just got $8 million backing

Its longer-term plan is to connect computing resources across different satellites and turn them into what it calls virtual AI dat...

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TechCabal Whispers to the machine: The secrets 1,200 Kenyans only tell their screen

What do 1,200 Kenyans tell a chatbot that they won’t tell another human being? Many people think generative AI was built to draft...

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