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Vanguard Tinubu’s ‘working vacation’ sparks Section 145 debate — Okonkwo

Section 145 provides that the Vice President discharges the President’s functions as Acting President after the President transmit...

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Vanguard Morocco appoints first female prime minister

RABAT — King Mohammed VI of Morocco has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister and task...

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Vanguard Xenophobia: Nigerian Consulate condemns killing of three Nigerians in South Africa

According to the Consulate, on September 18, 2026, one Kenechukwu Christopher Igwemadu allegedly jumped to his death while trying...

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Vanguard Troops rescues 46 kidnapped victims, neutralises suspected militia member

In Zamfara, the report said the troops of Combat Team 7 responded to terrorist activities around Fegen Baza and Setraco Company in...

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Vanguard NCC seeks greater investment in digital infrastructure

ABUJA — The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called for increased public and private sector investment in telecommunic...

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Vanguard Kebbi APC rejects Maidoki’s allegations of arbitrary arrest of ADC members

Assalafi challenged the ADC to provide evidence linking the Kebbi State Government to the alleged unlawful arrests, particularly a...

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Vanguard Borno ADC condemns arrest of 5 youths over ‘Tinubu Must Go’ T-Shirts

The condemnation was contained in a press statement signed by the state ADC Publicity Secretary, Hon Baba Ahmed Mustapha, on Tuesd...

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TechCrunch OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing...

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TechCrunch OpenAI expands ChatGPT’s plug-ins with app-like interfaces and automations

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plug-ins with dedicated sidebar homes, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and suppo...

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TechCrunch Can a chatbot fix the government maze? The White House is about to find out

America.gov is intended to simplify the process of navigating government bureaucracy, but large language models are imperfect and...

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TechCrunch AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience

Wabi is repositioning its prompt-based app builder as a personal AI agent that can create interfaces on demand, combining chat, ap...

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TechCrunch OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar

Dots are meant to operate independent of any specific hardware or interface, pursuing user-defined goals continuously in the backg...

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TechCrunch OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices

OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools,...

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TechCrunch OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite

OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into more direct competition with more traditional software companies.

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TechCrunch More Ways to Disrupt: New 2026 Side Events from KOTRA, WayFounder, Enterprise Ireland, SafetyWing + Descope

Disrupt doesn’t end when you leave Moscone West. 👀 Founder dinners, investor meetups, happy hours, workshops, roundtables and more...

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TechCabal How a Berlin-based developer turned Lagos traffic into a viral game

Built by Opeyemi Adeniran, a Berlin-based senior frontend engineer who posts on X as Eureka, the game has drawn more than 20,000 p...

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TechCrunch Dutch police arrest ShinyHunters hacker accused of planning two murders

Dutch police said the hacker, arrested for being part of the ShinyHunters cybercriminal gang, had plans to organize the murder of...

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TechCrunch Apple Pay finally launches in India after years on the sidelines

Some of India's largest banks are holding off on supporting Apple Pay initially.

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TechCrunch Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents

OpenAI isn't a public supporter of Nvidia's Open Agent Safety Platform, but it is privately working with Nvidia, TechCrunch has le...

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Vanguard Ogun Police warn against criminal exploitation of 2027 polls

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has warned political actors against allowing criminal elements to explo...

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Premium Times From Kuru to Athens: When rejection produced a global PR grand prix, By Yushau A. Shuaib

Competing against campaigns from more than fifty countries — many backed by institutions with far deeper pockets and global reach...

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Vanguard 2027: Meet Shadow Minister Peter Agada, YPP presidential candidate

Agada is the Principal of Cyrus Acoustics Sound C4i & Co., President of the Congress of Professionals, and the Shadow Minister of...

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Vanguard Cole Palmer ‘victim’ of ‘sick’ football system — PFA chief

Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chief executive Maheta Molango has defended Chelsea forward Cole Palmer after his rece...

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Vanguard Death of Adeda: Family pushes for autopsy

Civil servants divided over justice process as panel begins sitting By Egufe Yafugborhi & Ochuko Akuopha ASABA: The family of late...

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