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Vanguard FAAN moves to replace physical ID check with V-pass biometric verification

According to Agbebire, the system will enable passengers to verify their identities through facial recognition, reducing reliance...

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Premium Times How Tinubu is rebuilding South-east to heal wounds of civil war – Soludo

The governor explained that his latest praise of Mr Tinubu stemmed from a message he received from the Presidency on Wednesday tha...

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Premium Times Why I signed Wizkid instead of Drake — Akon

Akon signed Wizkid to his Konvict Muzik record label nearly two decades ago. The post Why I signed Wizkid instead of Drake — Akon...

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Premium Times CSOs seek single registry in Akwa Ibom, oppose multiple registration requirements

Civil society organisations in Akwa Ibom are pushing for a single, legally backed registration system, arguing that multiple regis...

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Premium Times Akwa Ibom suspends waste evacuation officers after devastating floods

The suspension comes days after heavy flooding submerged parts of Uyo, raising fresh concerns about waste management and blocked d...

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Premium Times Police foil kidnap plot, arrest two foreign suspects

The suspects, who are from the Republic of Togo, allegedly threatened to abduct a resident unless he paid ₦22 million. The post Po...

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TechCrunch Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8

The FT reports Kimi K3 will be the largest open AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 trillion and 3 trillion.

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TechCrunch Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service

The startup, founded in 2021, lets enterprise customers use smartphones to scan and spot vehicle damage.

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TechCrunch Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’

While everyone in AI is chasing "superintelligence," Alexandre LeBrun, CEO of Yann LeCun’s world model startup, AMI Labs, dismisse...

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TechCrunch AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M

Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billio...

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TechCrunch Google’s AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps

With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use re...

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TechCrunch Google continues its renaming streak by turning NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook

Google said users can soon access their notebooks through AI Mode in Search.

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TechCrunch Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line

DoorDash is opening a limited beta of dd-cli, a command-line tool that lets developers and AI agents search stores, build carts, a...

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TechCrunch UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group

Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, two members of the prolific Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to f...

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TechCrunch Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research

One period tracker app tested by Mozilla was 'squeaky clean,' while another app was seen sharing users' health data with an analyt...

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TechCrunch Why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball?

You may have heard that OpenAI released its first piece of hardware this week. You may not have heard about the ChatGPT basketball...

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TechCrunch How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product

Drawing on more than a decade spent helping build some of the world's most influential AI systems, including research that later i...

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Premium Times Hisbah bans movie downloads on phones in Kano

The board has introduced several initiatives in recent years to uphold Islamic values and maintain public morality. The post Hisba...

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Premium Times US House passes bill to cut foreign aid to Nigeria

This measure, the bill indicates, includes “restricting assistance to Nigeria until measurable actions are taken to protect Christ...

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Premium Times Argentina vs Austria Forecast Brings Betting Focus to Midfield Control

Argentina and Austria meet level on points after opening wins, with Messi chasing a record and midfield control set to decide how...

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Premium Times Argentina face possible FIFA sanctions over Falklands banner after England win

The post-match celebrations have now sparked controversy after members of the Argentina squad held up a banner reading “Las Malvin...

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Premium Times 2027: Bauchi APC united, focused on victory despite defections – Official

The party says that though the defectors are entitled to make a political choice, their departure should not be exaggerated into e...

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Premium Times Former Aso Villa chaplain, William Okoye, is dead, CAN mourns

A statement on behalf of the Board of Trustees and the National Executive Council of the All Christians Fellowship Mission said Mr...

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Premium Times BBNaija Season 11: 10 things to know ahead of July premiere

Here are key details about the upcoming edition of the reality show. The post BBNaija Season 11: 10 things to know ahead of July p...

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