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Vanguard Blackout in Edo, Delta, Ondo, Ekiti as NUEE shut down BEDC facilities

“What they are doing is double taxation. How can Fasua be selling emblem for riders in Akure South for N7,000? They send boys to d...

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TechCrunch Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India

Flipkart has expanded access to its food-delivery service to thousands of employees ahead of its public launch.

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TechCrunch Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand reg...

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TechCrunch Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal

If the deal goes through, it would be the latest in a long string of giant compute deals Anthropic has struck over the past year.

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Vanguard N4,000/$ Exchange Rate: NDC asks why refineries are not working

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has faulted the Federal Government’s warning that a return to petrol...

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Vanguard Jigawa NUJ secures release of six inmates

By Muhammad Inuwa, Dutse The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Jigawa State Council, has secured the release of six inmates from...

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Vanguard PSN seeks tougher penalties for drug fakers, proposes N25m fine, 20-year jail term

By Chioma Obinna The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) on Monday called for tougher punishment for manufacturers and distrib...

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Vanguard Reps back Tinubu, Dangote, NMDPRA, demand pipeline funding

…Open probes into NIPCO gas licences,NNPCL executive By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Petrole...

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Vanguard At 50: Brand refresh raises questions about heritage, consumer loyalty

By Chioma Obinna As competition in Nigeria’s non-alcoholic beverage market continues to evolve, Maltina, one of the country’s long...

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Vanguard Catholic bishops declare nationwide fasting, prayer

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has declared a nationwide prayer and fasting programme to promote free, fair, cr...

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Vanguard Anambra Police: Presence at Ibezim’s service to maintain peace

By Vincent Ujumadu The Anambra State Police Command has explained that the heavy security presence at St. Faith’s Anglican Cathedr...

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TechCrunch Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’

Microsoft wants enterprises to closely watch the agents that employees use with systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and...

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TechCrunch Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says

The idea of embedded evaluators — in which supposedly "neutral" third-party observers are placed inside AI organizations — has bee...

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Premium Times Kwam 1 hands daughter to Lagos deputy governor for Assembly ambition (VIDEO)

Kwam 1's daughter is contesting for Surulere Constituency II under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general...

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Premium Times Police arrest man over alleged plot to kidnap 16-year-old girlfriend for N50m ransom

Besides admitting to the alleged kidnapping attempt, the suspect also told the police that he was unaware that having sex with som...

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Premium Times Sanwo-Olu asks LAWMA boss to resign over waste crisis – Report

Governor Sanwo-Olu was reported to be upset and unhappy with the LAWMA boss after visiting a dumpsite. The post Sanwo-Olu asks LAW...

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Premium Times Two casualties as tanker catches fire under Otedola Bridge in Lagos

LASTMA announced the incident in a post on X at about 5:10 p.m., saying firefighters were battling the blaze while emergency respo...

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Premium Times Court dismisses El-Rufai’s N120 million rights suit against SSS, EFCC, ICPC, AGF

Mr El-Rufai alleged that the respondents violated his rights by seizing his passport and attempting to arrest him at the Nnamdi Az...

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Premium Times Uba Sani resolves 10-year land dispute, offers 704 households plots, farmlands, Free Fertiliser

The governor made the promise while distributing land titles to communities in Igabi local government, whose lands have been a sub...

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Premium Times Rivers Assembly reinstates three pro-Fubara lawmakers

Whether the latest rapprochement will endure remains uncertain, particularly as disputes over political control and relations betw...

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Vanguard IPOB urges Britain to press Nigeria for Nnamdi Kanu’s appeal

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged the British Government to use its diplomatic channels to press Nigeria to hear th...

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Vanguard Photos: Billionaire Okoya’s son ties the knot in private ceremony

Idris Okoya, son of billionaire industrialist and Eleganza Group chairman Razaq Okoya, has married his partner, Rukoyah, in a priv...

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Vanguard Tinubu extends tenure of heads of Immigration, Correctional Services

President Bola Tinubu has approved 18-month tenure extensions for Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, Controller-General of the Nigerian Cor...

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Vanguard Maddison shines as Tottenham claim long-awaited first PL win of season

James Maddison made a sensational return to Tottenham's starting line-up after 17 months away on Monday as Spurs beat Coventry 3-1...

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