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Vanguard Arms smuggling: Trace supply chain, stop weapons at source — SEREC to FG

By Providence Ayanfeoluwa LAGOS — The Sea Empowerment & Research Center (SEREC) has urged the Federal Government to move beyond in...

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Vanguard 2027: Flogging threat may turn voters against APC — PDP

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the reported threat by Borno State Commissioner for...

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Vanguard 2027: Wike vows to deliver Rivers, Abuja for Tinubu

Wike rejected claims that holding formal elected office in a state is a prerequisite for maintaining political supremacy. The post...

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Vanguard We were offered $3m to stop campaign against Tinubu — Atiku-linked US lobbying firm

A United States-based policy advisory and lobbying firm linked to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has alleged that its founde...

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Vanguard UK opens 100 new spots for aspiring criminal lawyers

The UK government has launched a £1.5 million-a-year scheme to help train up to 100 new criminal barristers every year. The post U...

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Vanguard US Open: Medvedev, Pegula advance as rain disrupts schedule

Daniil Medvedev and Jessica Pegula advanced to the third round of the US Open on Wednesday as rain continued to disrupt the tourna...

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Vanguard Mutfwang approves fresh appointments, names 14 liaison officers

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has approved the appointment of a Chairman, members of commissions, a Senior Special Assis...

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Vanguard 18-yr-old arrested over alleged plot to kidnap Kylian Mbappe

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe was among 26 wealthy individuals allegedly targeted in a kidnapping plot uncovered by French author...

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Vanguard Fury brands Joshua ‘coward’ as blockbuster fight talks stall

Tyson Fury has branded Anthony Joshua a “coward” and accused his fellow British heavyweight of “conning everybody” as negotiations...

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TechCabal Kenya’s new phone number rules will make recycling costlier for telcos

Kenya’s telecom operators will have to change how they deactivate and recycle inactive phone numbers from September 19, when new r...

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TechCrunch US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that s...

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TechCrunch Enhanced geothermal notches another win as Google buys 400 MW from Fervo

Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in Utah.

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TechCrunch Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months

Wonderful said it will use its $550 million Series C funding to develop products faster, expand its FDE teams, and meet demand for...

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TechCrunch India’s richest man now wants to turn aging computers into AI-ready PCs

Jio is betting it can turn an aging computer into an AI-ready PC for as little as about $11 for two months.

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TechCrunch X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money

X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previou...

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TechCabal Kenyan police arrest FlexPay founders over theft and fraud allegations

The founders of Flexitech Group Limited, the company behind the Kenyan save-now-buy-later fintech FlexPay, have been arrested over...

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TechCrunch Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and...

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TechCabal “Things will become even tougher for us,” Uber drivers say after Nigeria exit

“I have been with Uber for many years,” he told TechCabal. “It is sad they have to go, and it will affect my line of business beca...

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Premium Times PREMIUM TIMES’ Musikilu Mojeed, New York Times’ Dean Baquet, Guardian ex-editor Alan Rusbridger to speak at Brazil’s journalism festival

Mr Mojeed is among eight international newsroom leaders selected for the festival, alongside senior editors and former editors of...

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Premium Times 2027: Release our leader or forget our votes – Miyetti Allah tells Tinubu

“We did not vote for APC to arrest our leaders. Our votes this time will go to those who want our progress,” Mr Abubakar said The...

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Premium Times Uber exits Nigeria after 12 years of operation

But the ride-hailing company said the decision to exit Nigeria is unrelated to the recent FAAN directive concerning e-hailing oper...

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Premium Times CREDICORP’S 10,000-vehicle national mobility rollout arrives in Ile-Ife

His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ife receives rollout at Palace as CREDICORP expands credit-backed asset ownership across Nigeria...

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Premium Times 2027: ADC moves to reconcile aggrieved members after primaries, inaugurates committee

ADC said the committee would engage aspirants, candidates, leaders, and stakeholders in constructive dialogue to identify grievanc...

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Premium Times PFIPC Probe: Reps panel releases interim report, uncovers 58 bank accounts linked to Adeyemi, clears Gbajabiamila

The committee said its findings were based on oral testimony, documentary evidence, financial records and submissions received fro...

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