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Vanguard 21-year-old butcher stabs colleague’s to death in Ogun

The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday, October 18, 2026, after the two men had finished work at a cow meat-selling outlet. Th...

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Vanguard Edo govt, NLC strike peace deal as Labour moves to restore electricity

A meeting was attended by Governor Okpebholo; NLC President, Ajaero; Senator Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister of Labour and Emplo...

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Vanguard IGP to CPs: Policing must change, get closer to the people

By Evelyn Usman The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has challenged Commissioners of Police, CPs, across the countr...

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Vanguard Why crashes on Otedola Bridge — Lagos govt

"A joint inspection conducted by team leads from both the Federal Ministry of Works and the Lagos State Government confirmed the i...

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Vanguard From power vandalism to gunrunning: Delta’s mammy market’s dark economy of powerline, arms

"Once they (stolen power line assets) enter there, under five minutes, they have it dismantled, it's melted. You can't separate go...

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Vanguard When Pete Edochie wept in Ghana

This visit was for the launching of the Pete Edochie Legacy project, themed Celebrating the Africa legend; The lion that needs not...

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Vanguard From Atiku’s spokesmen to Tinubu’s spokesmen – yesterday, Atiku; today, Tinubu; tomorrow, who knows?, by Stephanie Shaakaa

Segun Showunmi has given Nigerians another reason to examine the curious business of political loyalty. The post From Atiku’s spok...

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Vanguard ‘Courts are now market stalls’: Nigerians react to Justice Augie’s jabs on judiciary

"When registry staff can make files disappear, delay service, or backdate affidavits, elections are rigged before ballot papers ar...

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Vanguard Farancis Duru: Meet the baby-faced legend of Nollywood

Over a career spanning more than three decades, Duru became one of Nollywood’s most respected faces, featuring in numerous films i...

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Vanguard 2027: Violence threatening polls – ‘Tinubu must come’, ‘Tinubu must go’ supporters clash

“It's a culture of violence, and intimidation and voter suppression, and I think that was the main obstacle for me in the 2023 ele...

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Vanguard Kwara govt distributes farm inputs to 235,567 farmers

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq last Monday commenced distribution of agricultural i...

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Vanguard EBOLA: Genomics links Nigeria’s case to Kenya index case – Pate

“We still have only one confirmed case. The contacts have been traced, quarantined, and we are conducting additional tests, some o...

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Vanguard How 25-yr-old Ogun farmer died in police cell; family, community demand answers

Peter was arrested on Saturday, October 17, following an allegation that he stole a bunch of plantains The post How 25-yr-old Ogun...

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Vanguard Gov AbdulRazaq inaugurates PBAT Door-to-Door campaign in Kwara

By Demola Akinyemi Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday inaugurated the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) Door-t...

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TechCrunch Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers

At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one.

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TechCrunch OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks”

OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.

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Vanguard Who recruits ad hoc workers for INEC?

Former INEC National Commissioner Mike Igini says the decisive test may lie further down the chain - ad hoc workers who manage vot...

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Vanguard Return of Ebola: Triumph of 2014, test of 2026

On October 20, 2014, WHO declared Nigeria free of Ebola. On October 20, 2026, the confirmation of an imported case of Ebola Bundib...

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Vanguard EES, ETIAS and €20 Fee: How confusion over Europe’s new border systems fuels visa scam

Yet from Instagram vendors in Surulere to travel plazas in Onitsha, agents are charging Nigerian travellers up to N250,000 for bot...

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Vanguard GIDEON OLAJIDE (1930-2026): A tribute to a beloved church father

By Prof. Jacob Kehinde Olupona The passing of the Rt. Revd. Gideon Isaac Oladipo Olajide, retired Bishop of the Diocese of Ibadan...

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Vanguard Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo

The first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in the outbreak gripping the Democratic Republic of Congo began Friday, WHO said. The...

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Vanguard Remembering Alex Ekwueme amid growing anxiety, security concerns

His legacy calls for a Nigeria in which national integration is not merely proclaimed but practised; in which constitutional arran...

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TechCrunch VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit

Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do's and don'ts...

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TechCrunch TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operator...

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