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Vanguard Nigerian films must move beyond box office success – Moses Babatope

By Juliet Ebirim Stakeholders in Nigeria’s film industry have been urged to look beyond box office performance and focus on buildi...

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Vanguard ‘Bring answers when you return’, Atiku tells Tinubu over ₦30trn FAAC, ₦34trn duty waivers

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged President Bola Tinubu to return from his tr...

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Vanguard 16-year-old in police custody over killing of 20-year-old

By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by the police in Cross River State over the alleged stabbing to dea...

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Vanguard 40 cultists renounce membership, embrace peace in C’River

By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR No fewer than 40 youths in Abini Community, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State, have reno...

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Vanguard Nwifuru to council chairmen: Win LGAs in 2027 or lose jobs

By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has directed the newly sworn-in local government chairmen to en...

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Vanguard NAPTIP seeks probe of CSOs over alleged child trafficking

By Kingsley Omonobi The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has called for an investigation int...

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Vanguard 2027: LP cautions Onyejeocha over bid for fifth Reps term

By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA — The Labour Party, LP, in Abia State has criticised former Minister of State for Labour and Employme...

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Vanguard Why I want to become Nigeria’s president — Donald Duke

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Donald Duke, has said he j...

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Vanguard Nigeria’s economy grows 4.43% in Q2, moves toward $1tn GDP — Finance Ministry

Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product, GDP, grew by 4.43 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, up from 4.23 per cen...

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Vanguard 2027: Opposition unity still possible despite Atiku, Obi absence — NDC

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has said opposition parties can still forge a united front ahea...

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Vanguard Nigerian man jailed 8 years for robbing elderly, disabled patients in UK; faces deportation

A Nigerian former care worker, Ediongseyene Essien has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a series of burglary and robber...

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Vanguard NMDPRA price cap may worsen fuel crisis, scare investors — Osifo

By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Precious Enaike The planned price cap on petroleum products by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petr...

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Vanguard Yakasai: Omitted APC loyalists will be accommodated

By Juliet Umeh The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, TSG, Dr Umar Yakasai, has defended the composition of the All Pro...

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Vanguard Atiku vows to review NELFUND, offer debt forgiveness to Nigerian students

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar has vowed to review the Niger...

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Vanguard PDP mourns Dan Orbih, orders flags at half-mast for three days

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mourned the death of its National Vice Chairman, South West,...

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Vanguard Vanguard screens 180 staff for ‘silent killers’

….Cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension, prostate diseases targeted By Chioma Obinna Vanguard Media Limited on Tuesday intensified i...

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ScienceDaily Health Mindfulness may lower blood pressure in just 8 weeks

Mindfulness, gratitude, and optimism training may improve blood pressure, inflammation, and other heart-health measures within jus...

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ScienceDaily Health Goodbye CPAP? New sleep apnea pill cuts breathing events by 44%

A once-nightly pill cut breathing interruptions by about 44% in a major phase 3 sleep apnea trial, while improving oxygen levels a...

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ScienceDaily Health Scientists find a human-only gene that may help explain our brainpower

Scientists discovered that human microglia, immune cells that help shape developing brain circuits, can take four to eight years t...

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ScienceDaily Health Reaching 90 without dementia doesn’t mean you’re in the clear

A study of people over 90 found that dementia risk remains strongly shaped by sex, race and genetics, with women and black partici...

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ScienceDaily Health High blood sugar may help cancer cells hide from the immune system

Researchers discovered a possible way cancer cells hide from the immune system: they build a thick, sugar-rich coating around them...

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TechCrunch This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient

Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.

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TechCrunch Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa

Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial...

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TechCrunch Help build the future of startups: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt is where those moments happen. And we can't pull it off without volunteers like you.

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