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Vanguard FG confirms Ebola case in FCT, begins contact tracing

The Federal Government has reportedly commenced contact tracing after a suspected imported case of Ebola disease was identified in...

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Vanguard Afenifere leader, Pa Fasoranti, dies at 100

Elder statesman and National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, has died at...

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Vanguard Oyo fixes Dec 29 for council polls

Oyo State Government has fixed December 29, 2026, for chairmanship and councillorship elections across the state’s 33 local govern...

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Vanguard UCL: Bayern sweat over Kompany, Neuer, Kimmich fitness for Arsenal clash

Bayern Munich could be without manager Vincent Kompany, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and midfielder Joshua Kimmich for Wednesday’s Cham...

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Vanguard 2027: Nigeria not working, Makinde declares

Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has declared that Nigeria is not...

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Vanguard Nigerian man jailed 8 years in US over fraud, hacking schemes

A 40-year-old Nigerian man, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States for his...

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Vanguard Oyo APC crisis: Folarin backs Alli, calls for unity ahead of 2027

Folarin said aggrieved members deserved to be heard and appealed to, stressing the need for the party’s leadership to address thei...

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Vanguard 4 African countries ranked among world’s best places to live in 2026

Four African countries have been ranked among the world's best places to live in 2026, finishing ahead of the United Kingdom, Cana...

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Vanguard Death toll from Houthi strike on Yemen govt camp rises to 73

Local Yemeni authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll from a Houthi strike a day earlier on a military camp belonging to gover...

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Premium Times Police fire teargas to disperse #EndSARS memorial at Lekki Toll Gate

The #EndSARS memorial organisers had scheduled a wreath-laying ceremony for 11 a.m. to honour people who died or went missing duri...

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Premium Times Dauda Lawal: Political patronage or public service? By Bala B Bitrus

History will ultimately judge the Lawal administration positively for choosing the public interest over political patronage and fo...

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Premium Times JP Morgan to secure Nigerian banking licence after N50 billion deposit with CBN – Report

The expansion push forms part of JP Morgan plan to broaden its presence in Africa, where it is looking to scale up its share of pa...

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Premium Times IReV uploads different from results transmission for physical collation – Ex-INEC commissioner Okoye

Mr Okoye called for more public education on IReV and results transmission, drawing on the setback IReV suffered during the 2023 p...

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Premium Times ‘Don’t send money home, ask them to elect capable leaders,’ Peter Obi tells UK-based Nigerians

Mr Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, made the remark on Sunday during a town hall meeting with his supporters in the UK. Th...

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Premium Times Reps demand urgent action against fake, adulterated food and drinks

The lawmakers urged NAFDAC, SON and FCCPC, alongside security agencies and state governments, to intensify surveillance, inspectio...

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Premium Times INEC, others seek safeguards against AI threats to 2027 elections

Participants at a three-day artificial intelligence and democracy forum warned that deepfakes, cloned voices and coordinated disin...

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Premium Times Bauchi NDC governorship candidate resigns, may join APC

Mr Kashim, a former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), officially resigned from the NDC in a statement dated 16 October. The...

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Premium Times FIFA Women’s World Ranking: Super Falcons suffer massive fall as Malawi make biggest leap

Nigeria dropped seven places to 43rd after losing 83.54 ranking points, while Malawi climbed 49 places to record the biggest rise...

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Premium Times Enugu Assembly approves creation of state police

The National Assembly had approved the constitution amendment bill to establish the state police, but it still needs the support o...

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Vanguard Power outage hits Google Cloud services, disrupting UK banks

A power outage at a Google Cloud data centre near London caused serious failures to services on Tuesday, the US technology giant s...

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Vanguard Mourinho warns no ‘untouchable’ stars at Real Madrid

"Only the club badge is untouchable," Mourinho told reporters when asked if Vinicius's place in the team was in danger given Dioma...

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Vanguard Cultism: Police arrest two suspects, recover locally made pistol in Ajah

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) have arrested two suspected cultists allegedly t...

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Vanguard US urges citizens to ‘reconsider’ travel to Kenya after Ebola cases

The United States on Tuesday warned its citizens against travel to Kenya, raising its travel advisory after the country reported a...

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Vanguard Gunmen kill NSCDC officer, abduct businessman in Plateau

Gunmen have reportedly killed a serving officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and abducted a businessman...

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