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Premium Times Dangote Petroleum Refinery extends IPO amid strong investor demand

"The IPO is going very well. We will extend the closing date because we want more of our African brothers and sisters to participa...

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Premium Times Military Plane Crash: Divers, rescue team intensify search for victims’ bodies, black box

Unconfirmed reports say the searchers have recovered the pilot's dismembered body. The post Military Plane Crash: Divers, rescue t...

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Vanguard Subsidy: Nigerians too poor to be left to market forces — ADC

Using a wartime analogy to stress the party’s position, the ADC spokesperson said the government should prioritise the protection...

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Vanguard 2027: AbdulRazaq, Mustapha in Kwara Central showdown

Mustapha, who represents Kwara Central in the Senate, left APC for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and will now battle the governor,...

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Vanguard IGP Disu: Curb cross-border arms flows ahead of 2027 polls

By Kingsley Omonobi The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has identified the disruption of illicit cross-bord...

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Vanguard 2027: Christian leaders list qualities Nigerians should demand from next president

By John Alechenu, Abuja The Christian Social Movement of Nigeria (CSMN) has urged Nigerians to demand honesty, competence, humilit...

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Vanguard Enugu APC demands NDC apology over airport, secretariat incidents

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has demanded an apology from the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) over its acc...

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Vanguard Omission of candidates: INEC demands formal complaints

Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) have taken different approaches to the omission of some of...

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Vanguard Alleged $1bn arms fraud: Funds given to Defence Ministry, not military — Gen. Buratai

Former Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen Yusuf Buratai, retd., disclosed yesterday that the $1bn approved for defence procurement...

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Vanguard AI: World Bank, IMF warn of jobs crisis in Nigeria, others

BANGKOK, Thailand — The International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank have warned that Artificial Intelligence, AI, could w...

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Vanguard Nigeria targets over 4% growth as reserves top $54bn — FG

By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja The Federal Government has projected economic growth of more than four per cent in 2026, with external r...

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Vanguard My wife and I are still very much together — Okey Bakassi

…clarifies wife lives in Canada, not US; speaks on Peter Obi By Efe Onodjae Popular comedian and Nollywood actor, Okey Bakassi, ha...

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Vanguard Lagos evacuates Ago Palace Way refuse bins after Vanguard report

By Efe Onodjae The Lagos State Government has evacuated roadside refuse bins along Ago Palace Way through the Lagos Waste Manageme...

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Vanguard Corps member killed as truck crushes vehicles in Ibadan

A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been killed, while several people sustained injuries after an arti...

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Vanguard FG seeks arrest, prosecution of suspect in FMC Abeokuta stabbing

…Urges Striking Health Workers to Resume Duties By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja The Federal Government has called for the immediate arre...

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Vanguard Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, October 13, 2026

The Nigerian Naira continues to reflect mixed movements across the foreign exchange market as businesses and individuals monitor c...

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Vanguard Dangote Refinery targets 1.4mbpd capacity by 2029

By Daniel Abia PORT HARCOURT — President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said the Dangote Petroleum Refinery plans to increas...

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Premium Times Nigeria records 268 Lassa fever deaths as fatality rate rises to 23.6% – NCDC

The figures highlight the continued burden of the disease despite a sharp decline in newly confirmed infections in the latest repo...

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Premium Times Gov Mbah tasks SEDC on gas pipeline, regional railways, support for industrial programme

The governor made the calls on Monday when he received the Senate Committee on the South East Development Commission led by its Ch...

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Vanguard You’ve nothing to fear in Tinubu’s 2nd term – Shettima tells North

Vice President Kashim Shettima has issued a rallying cry to the North for President Bola Tinubu's re-election in the 2027 presiden...

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Vanguard $1bn military arms was never paid into private accounts – Buratai

Former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has clarified that the one billion dollars earmarked for military arms...

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Vanguard 2027: Wike unites PDP, APC for Tinubu’s victory in FCT

Key stakeholders from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have formed a united political fr...

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Vanguard Nigeria’s debt interest payments surge 37.5% to N7.7trn in H1’26 — World Bank

Nigeria’s debt interest payments surged by 37.5 per cent to N7.7 trillion in the first half of 2026 from N5.6 trillion in the corr...

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Vanguard Tinubu’s re-election crucial to Nigeria’s prosperity – Hamzat

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, says re-election of President Bola Tinubu and other All Progressives Congr...

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