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Vanguard Beyond Limitations: How cerebral palsy survivor paints dreams with her feet

Toma Umu, an artist and advocate for persons living with disabilities; despite being unable to use her hands due to cerebral palsy...

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Vanguard Broken System, Stolen Innocence: The silent agony of Nigeria’s rape survivors

16-year-old Goodness from Benin Republic travelled to Lagos to spend the holiday with her uncle, a 38-year-old carpenter in the Is...

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Vanguard Dangote IPO: Firm reaffirms commitment to regulation compliance

Following SEC's notice that the general public should beware of buying Dangote Refinery’s IPO through WayvePay, the bank clarified...

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Vanguard Disservice, impunity, dysfunction and life in Nigeria, by Adekunle Adekoya

I am sure that not a few people, like me, keep wondering just what is happening in our country. The state of affairs leaves one wo...

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Vanguard 2027: Atiku, Obi, Duke, Makinde no match for Tinubu, APC declares

He said such critics were out of touch with ordinary Nigerians. “They don’t know the value of N20,000 to an ordinary man on the st...

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Vanguard Another take on two key issues, by Donu Kogbara

I have an uncle called Jonas Odocha. He is a graduate of Imperial College London, a retired former senior executive at NNPC and an...

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Vanguard Transition from Dinosaurs to the Streets of the USA, by Owei Lakemfa

I try to understand countries by pounding their streets. This was partly why, early Monday morning, October 5, 2026, I hit the str...

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Farmers Weekly Smarter farming and food recovery can strengthen food security

Observed annually on 16 October, World Food Day draws attention to hunger, malnutrition, and the need for sustainable global food...

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TechCrunch Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with style

The new car used thrusters to leap over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 at a demo in Texas.

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Premium Times Mining cooperation: A new chapter in China-Africa common development, By Yu Dunhai

On 13 October, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forth a four-point proposition on advancing China-Africa mining cooperation...

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TechCrunch When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off

The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money...

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TechCrunch And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems

Intero Biosystems beat out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home the $100,000 grand prize at TechCrunch Disrupt 202...

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Premium Times Child Trafficking: Police rescue 11-year-old girl

A suspect told investigators that she paid ₦4 million to “adopt” the child. The post Child Trafficking: Police rescue 11-year-old...

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Premium Times One in four children under five stunted in Akwa Ibom, survey shows

A national survey found that 24.1 per cent of children under five in Akwa Ibom are stunted. In response, the state is establishing...

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Vanguard Sanwo-Olu orders immediate repairs of Lagos roads

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) to commence...

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Vanguard APC group rallies Southeast support for Tinubu

By Vincent Ujumadu The Tinubu Support Group (TSG) in the Southeast, led by former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Auditor...

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Vanguard CSACEFA seeks end to child marriage, demands more investment in girls’ education

By Chioma Obinna The Coalition of Civil Society Action for Education for All (CSACEFA), Lagos State Chapter, has called for increa...

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Vanguard 3 children, one other killed in US elementary school shooting

Four people including three children were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in the northwestern US state of Oregon, US...

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Vanguard No plan to increase electricity tariffs – FG insists

The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, said on Thursday that the Federal Government (FG) had no plan to increase electricity tariffs...

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Vanguard Tinubu orders security chiefs to rescue abductees, guarantee safe elections

President Bola Tinubu has directed heads of security agencies to ensure a safe and secure environment for Nigerians to vote freely...

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TechCrunch Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it

Panay said that it's possible to recover and learn from all sorts of failures, even catastrophic ones, when building products.

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TechCrunch Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on...

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TechCrunch Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the backgroun...

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TechCrunch Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up...

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