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Vanguard Sokoto: Terrorists flee as troops overrun forest hideouts, seize weapons

By Musa Ubandawaki SOKOTO—TERRORISTS operating in parts of Sokoto State have suffered another major setback as troops of the Niger...

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Vanguard Maritime Reforms: Nigeria’s ports record 12.3% rise in cargo throughput

By Emeka Anaeto The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has reported significant growth in cargo throughput, vessel traffic, container...

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Premium Times EDITORIAL: Fuel subsidies: Sifting through the federation accounts

Laudable for its attempt at improving the transparency around public finances, the finance ministry’s accounting, sadly, fails to...

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Premium Times Ex-Sierra Leone president returns home from Nigeria after treason case discontinued

Mr Koroma fled to Nigeria in January 2024 after a high court in Sierra Leone allowed him to travel on medical grounds despite bein...

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Premium Times The collapse of a christian generation (1), By Ayo Akerele

“When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor th...

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Premium Times Macro to micro… who will tell the president?, By Wole Olaoye

When pounded yam has lumps, you re-pound the yam to achieve the required consistency. Away from all the contrived obfuscations of...

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Premium Times Bribes, bimbos, and babalawos: An undiplomatic memoir, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Lilian’s story is a three-decade long reel of the kind of interminable coincidence that is not unusual in Nigerian public life. In...

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Vanguard Oye to Tinubu: Economic growth must tackle hunger, joblessness

THE Chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, Dele Oye, has said reforms by the Bola Tinubu-led administr...

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Vanguard Businesses suffer as FG’s domestic borrowings surge 90% to N24.7trn

The federal government increased its borrowing from domestic investors by 90.5 per cent, year-on-year (YoY), to N24.7 trillion in...

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Vanguard Brain drain: Nigeria risks losing more eye specialists, OSN warns

By Damilola Samuel Nigeria’s shortage of eye-care specialists could worsen as more ophthalmologists leave the country, with the Op...

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Vanguard Colon cancer: Widow, 38, appeals for N5m to undergo chemotherapy

By Sola Ogundipe At 38, Aminat Bello should be building her fashion business and raising her three sons, instead, she is battling...

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Vanguard 11.2m Nigerians battle diabetes as stakeholders seek safer sugar cuts

… NIFST, ISA call for science-based food reformulation, stronger local research By Chioma Obinna With an estimated 11.2 million Ni...

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Vanguard SFU probes multi-billion-dollar fraud in oil sector

By Emma Nnadozie The Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Ikoyi, Lagos, has commenced investigations into alleged massive fraud running...

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Vanguard Nigeria in a new Middle East, by Suleiman A. Suleiman

It was bemusing to read in the news that Nigeria has joined the Red Sea Alliance, an ostensibly “maritime security” coalition cobb...

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Vanguard The Ogbeni years: Reporting a politician to history, by Owei Lakemfa

There are not a few who see Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, former Minister of Interior and onetime Osun State Governor, as an eni...

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Vanguard The economy is stabilising

By Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics Nigerians should be honest enough to acknowledge progress when progress has been made...

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Vanguard S/African Afrophobia: All eyes on AU

President Bola Tinubu was right to take South Africa’s recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks to the African Union (AU). Spea...

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Vanguard Nigeria’s rehabilitation crisis deepens as 80% of occupational therapists leave

….AS FSOT graduates 93 studentsBy Chioma Obinna Nigeria is facing an acute shortage of occupational therapists, with about 80 per...

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Vanguard Rising drug costs: Greenlife unveils new strategy, eyes local production

By Chioma Obinna Amid rising costs of pharmaceutical raw materials and growing pressure on the drug industry, Greenlife Pharmaceut...

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Vanguard Anatomy: Okanlawon retires after 44 years, leaves legacy of scholars

… As CMUL celebrates professor’s research, mentorship, institution-buildingBy Chioma Obinna After 44 years in academic medicine, P...

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Vanguard ‘We need to keep calm and carry on’ after Arsenal defeat – Alonso

Xabi Alonso urged Chelsea to use their 2-1 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday as a valuable lesson in the race to catch the Premier Leagu...

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Vanguard 2027: I know Tinubu’s mistakes, I won’t blame him when I become President — Adebayo

“I know 99% of what President Tinubu is doing wrong. I know them, and I’m still hellbent on running for the office,” Adebayo said....

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Vanguard FG deploys 13 ambulances to Ogun to boost emergency care

By Daniel Kudayah The Federal Government has deployed 13 emergency ambulances to Ogun State as part of efforts to strengthen pre-h...

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Vanguard Osimhen suffers groin injury as Galatasaray confirm adductor strain

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has suffered a groin injury, with Galatasaray confirming that medical examinations detected a...

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