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Vanguard UBEC targets 2,200 new schools to cut out-of-school children

By Adesina Wahab The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, is adopting new models that will facilitate the construction of m...

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Vanguard Only the pilot could explain how he manoeuvred aircraft away from community — Aiyedatiwa

…laments gory scene, says no survivor found Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has said only the pilot of the Nigerian Air For...

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Vanguard 2027: Peter Obi made mistake joining NDC; I don’t trust Dickson - Henry Shield

Shield also expressed doubts about Dickson’s commitment to Obi’s presidential bid, despite the former governor’s public statements...

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Vanguard 59 years after Asaba massacre: Obasanjo seeks forgiveness, Asagba demands apology from sitting president

“To all of you assembled: let us keep one thing in mind — forgiveness, forgiveness, and forgiveness again,” Obasanjo said The post...

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Vanguard N70,000 minimum wage fails decent living — Labour

By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Omotola AremoLAGOS The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, ASSBIF...

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Vanguard Army takes over Old Oyo Park as training ground

By Adeola Badru The Nigerian Army has taken over the entire stretch of the Old Oyo National Park in Oyo State as a training ground...

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Vanguard Man City should ‘accept’ punishment for rule breaches, says Lineker

Gary Lineker has called on Manchester City to "accept whatever punishment" they are given for the good of the game after the club...

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Premium Times Governor’s critic transferred to prison after SSS arraignment

His transfer came days after the Federal High Court in Lafia ordered him remanded in custody following his arraignment by the SSS...

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Premium Times 2027: INEC’s major challenge is procurement transparency, not funding – PLAC

Mr Nwankwo said that while adequate funding is important for the conduct of elections, Nigerians should also be able to scrutinise...

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Premium Times Court remands man who filmed attack on NDC members

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that hoodlums attacked and disrupted meetings of the Nigeria Democratic Congress and later PDP whic...

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Premium Times Passenger dies aboard Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Lagos

According to the airline, the passenger died after becoming unresponsive about 20 minutes before landing in Lagos, with police inv...

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Premium Times Plateau develops five-year plan as HIV donor funding declines

The proposed five-year framework is expected to guide the state in assuming greater responsibility for financing and coordinating...

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Premium Times 2027: INEC targets 7:30 a.m. readiness at polling units

Mr Ifogah said the commission’s chairman, Joash Amupitan, had emphasised that election officials and materials should not arrive l...

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Premium Times NAF Plane Crash: Newlywed loses husband 20 years after father died in NAF air crash

Flight Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle's father, Wing Commander E.O. Adekunle, was among 13 military officers killed when a NAF Dorni...

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Premium Times Atiku’s production subsidy: Has politics overtaken economics?, By Kayode Oladele

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), has...

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Premium Times Edo varsity lecturer dies after hotel encounter with sex worker

A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Matthew Uwuigbe, died in a hotel in Ekpoma after an encounter with a 21-year...

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Premium Times The Anthony Kila affair: How fake titles captured a university and what it says about Nigeria, By Austin Aigbe

A true Professor in Nigeria spends at least 10-15 years as Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer II, Lecturer I, Senior Lecturer, Reader, t...

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Premium Times Ekiti @ 30: Over ₦50 billion annual IGR, pays workers’ salaries – State Govt

The government also said the state’s dependence on agriculture declined from about 80 per cent in 2005 to 40 per cent in 2017, ref...

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Premium Times NDC faults Zamfara governor’s Ethiopia trip after deadly attack

Reports said 12 soldiers and five artisanal miners died in the attack in Bindin, Maru LGA. The post NDC faults Zamfara governor’s...

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Premium Times African groups seek international tribunal for corporate abuses in Niger Delta

African civil society organisations have cited the Niger Delta’s oil pollution crisis as evidence of corporate impunity, demanding...

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Vanguard Man City glory, trophies cannot be taken away from players — Kyle Walker

Former Manchester City captain Kyle Walker has insisted the club's trophies and glory cannot be taken away from the players despit...

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Vanguard NAF aircraft crash: Nigerians deserve to know what went wrong – Obiano

By Nwafor Sunday Former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has called for a thorough and credible investigation into the Niger...

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Vanguard NAF Aircraft Crash: FG must prevent recurrence — Tambuwal

Former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged the Federal Government to take all necessary measures to prevent a...

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Vanguard Emefiele not signatory to withdrawal of N124.86bn from FG’s account – Witness

A witness, Dr Ali Mohammed, on Wednesday told the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Cen...

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