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Vanguard How Remi Tinubu’s N2bn lifeline could revive Akwete’s dying weaving heritage

By Steve Oko For generations, the rhythmic clatter of wooden looms echoed through Akwete, a quiet riverine community in the Ukwa E...

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Vanguard Onitsha marks 500yrs unbroken monarchy with special logo for Ofala 2026

By Vincent Ujumadu The Ofala Onitsha Steering Committee has unveiled the official logo and theme for Ofala 2026 festival, which wi...

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Vanguard Lawal tasks new head of service on dedication

Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara appointed Alhaji Shehu Baraya as the new Head of Service of the state. The appointment followed th...

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Vanguard Investments: Zamfara to strengthen Public Private Partnership

The Zamfara State Government said it will strengthen public-private partnerships to attract investment and deepen sustainable econ...

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Vanguard Lagos launches Eko Digital Training for Youths

— Flags off Badagry, Ikorodu programmes By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Tertiary...

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Vanguard Unsafe food kills 53,000 Nigerians yearly — Expert

— Experts raise alarm at Lagos food safety conference By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Shekinah Ijile LAGOS — At least 53,000 deaths assoc...

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Vanguard Sokoto attack : Beggar’s son shot by terrorist needs N190,000 for scan

By Evelyn Usman One of the five persons who sustained bullet wounds during last week’s attack on Girkau community in Kebbe Local G...

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Vanguard UNICEF, Zamfara collaborate to enhance water sanitation

The Zamfara State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWATSAN) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have strengt...

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Vanguard Zamfara gov’t overhauls healthcare delivery system, begins digitisation of general hospitals

In a grand move to deepen transparency and improve healthcare service delivery, the Zamfara State Government has digitised the Gen...

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Vanguard Auditor-General’s Report: MDGIF not revenue collection agency — NMDPRA

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja ABUJA — The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has clarified that t...

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Vanguard AOG aircraft: NCAA demands cuts in airline operations

By Dickson Omobola NIGERIA Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has directed domestic airlines to cut down their flight operations when...

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TechCrunch White House takes down ‘Build the Wall’ game after the Tetris Company complains

The Trump administration's short-lived arcade game "Build the Wall" is now nowhere to be found after the Tetris Company posted tha...

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TechCrunch Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers

Last month, a Claude user noticed his account was consuming tokens even though he wasn't working. Anthropic has since warned users...

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TechCrunch Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market

Cognition's valuation multiple is higher than Cursor's was before selling to SpaceX.

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TechCrunch The Exploration Company nabs $450 million to challenge SpaceX

The Exploration Company (TEC) has raised $450 million to build reusable spacecraft, in what it describes as “the largest-ever Seri...

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Premium Times Tinubu urges banks to turn recapitalisation into jobs, production

The Nigerian leader challenged the banking and financial services sector to move beyond traditional financial intermediation and p...

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Premium Times Afrilition: The blackness challenge, By Adéwálé Àjàdí

One of the most difficult things to address in writing Afrilition is addressing Blackness as an identity. An identity that many ha...

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Premium Times Atiku’s presidential bid and the shadow of the US Siemens’ case, By Kayode Oladele

The report said nearly $25 million was wired by offshore corporations into more than 30 US bank accounts opened by Jennifer Atiku,...

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Premium Times Police intensify manhunt for two armed robbery suspects in Delta

The two suspects attacked a 48-year-old man in his residence with a locally-made gun on Friday at about 5:30 p.m., the police said...

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Premium Times A friend’s letter to Abdulmumin at 50, By Ismaeel Ahmed

I have also had the privilege of seeing him through both triumph and adversity. His political journey has had its share of difficu...

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Premium Times Why Peter Obi should stop ‘diplomatic approach’, embrace fierce resistance – Lawyer

The human rights lawyer was responding to a report that suspected political thugs disrupted Mr Obi's visit to Benue State on Tuesd...

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Premium Times Pitch Awards: Philips backs Tinubu’s reforms as Osimhen, Iwobi, others win top honours

Nigeria Pitch Awards President Shina Philips has backed President Bola Tinubu’s football reforms, urging stakeholders and the medi...

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Vanguard UCL: Mourinho’s Real Madrid make winning start against Inter Milan

Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid secured a narrow 2-1 victory over his former side Inter Milan in a high-octane Champions League opener...

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Vanguard Northern Senators mourn Senator Bello Mandiya

The Northern Senators Forum extends its deepest condolences to Senator Mandiya's immediate family, the government and people of Ka...

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