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Premium Times Enugu extends health insurance to traders

“Instead of paying huge amounts out-of-pocket whenever they fall sick, registered traders will pay an annual premium of N12,000 pe...

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Premium Times Senate panel screens AMCON chair, asks corporation to prepare report ahead of wind-down

The committee said the report, detailing AMCON's achievements and outstanding responsibilities since its establishment, should be...

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Premium Times Unilever Nigeria raises interim dividend fourfold amid slight increase in half-year profit

As much as N11.5 billion, a 73.7 per cent equivalent of post-tax profit, will be allocated to equity investors for an accounting p...

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Premium Times Fresh crisis hits Ondo Assembly over alleged sharing of ₦44 million OSOPADEC funds

Some members of the House are reportedly calling for the resignation of the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, for cornering the money, a c...

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Premium Times Gunmen invade Anambra community, kill four, raze houses

Although the police did not specifically identify the victims, sources informed PREMIUM TIMES that the victims were herders residi...

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Premium Times Bauchi govt disburses N625m startup grants to 1,250 youths

Mr Mohammed said the grants were intended to boost agricultural production and promote agribusiness across the state’s 20 local go...

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Premium Times Afrilition: Setting out a critical pathway towards African excellence, By Adéwálé Àjàdí

Afrilition sets out a critical pathway towards African excellence… Afrilition is about a systemic realisation of Africa as a globa...

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Premium Times 31 firms win 37 oil, gas blocks in Nigeria’s 2025 Licensing Round

Thirty-one companies have emerged winners of 37 oil and gas blocks in Nigeria’s 2025 Licensing Round after a competitive commercia...

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Premium Times Ebonyi government to curb arbitrary rents, agency fees

Similar to the situation in Ebonyi, a member of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Okeh Mbah, sponsored a bill in February 2025, d...

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Premium Times Outgoing British High Commissioner praises Tinubu’s economic reforms

The envoy described the NRS as “one of our best partners” and commended Dr Adedeji for doing a tough but good work The post Outgoi...

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Premium Times Fake Agency Probe: Reps panel threatens sanctions as MDAs ignore summons

The panel directed all defaulting MDAs to appear before the committee on Thursday with the relevant officers and documents request...

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Premium Times NBA Election: I was disenfranchised like many lawyers, still Badejo-Okusanya could’ve won – SAN

“An electoral process that technically disenfranchises a significant number of eligible voters cannot, by any stretch of the imagi...

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Vanguard Africa now world’s hunger capital, as global hunger falls for third year

Global hunger declined for the third consecutive year in 2025, but Africa has emerged as the epicentre of the world's food crisis,...

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Vanguard Global road deaths drop 21%, but Africa records alarming rise

A new data released by the World Health Organisation, WHO, on Tuesday revealed that road traffic deaths have fallen by 21 per cent...

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Vanguard At least 41 dead in Guyana capsized ferry disaster

At least 41 people died after a ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana over the weekend, the government said Tuesday. The post At...

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Vanguard Osun 2026: Aregbesola leads ADC campaign in Ife

Addressing the officials led by the Lowa Adimula of Ifeland, Oba Adekola Adeyeye, Aregbesola said the choice of Ife for the take-o...

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Vanguard Fake doctor nabbed in Calabar over N500,000 UCTH job scam

A 39-year-old man, Udeme Emmanuel Ekpeme, has been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command for allegedly posing as a medi...

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Vanguard NSCDC handles 100 gender-related cases in Kwara in six months

The NSCDC boss reaffirmed the corps’ commitment to ensuring justice for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. The post NSCD...

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Vanguard C’River Assembly moves to prohibit same-sex marriage

The Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday inched closer to outlawing same-sex marriage and civil unions in the state, as...

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Vanguard Defence Minister dismisses resignation rumours, threatens legal action after meeting Tinubu

THE Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), on Tuesday said he was “shocked” by reports of his supposed resignation...

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Vanguard Burna Boy ranked Africa’s best-selling artiste with 14.46m equivalent album units

According to Chartmasters, Burna Boy’s 14.46 million equivalent album units are derived from a combination of album sales, physica...

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Vanguard AI, cloud, satellite services in Africa require smarter telecom regulation — NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the rapid emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing and sat...

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Vanguard ‘Godzilla’ actress Kaylee Hottle, 18, dies in US car crash

Kaylee Hottle, an 18-year-old actress who appeared in two "Godzilla" films, died early Tuesday in a car accident in the US state o...

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Vanguard Plateau among biggest beneficiaries of FG’s $750m renewable energy programme – Mutfwang

He described the project as a major milestone in his administration's drive to expand access to reliable electricity, stimulate in...

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