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Vanguard Lagos-Calabar highway: Makinde demands audit of N15trn project

The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation has demanded a comprehensive audit of the N15 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal...

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ScienceDaily Health Scientists just gave the powerhouses of our cells a high-tech upgrade

Scientists have created a new coating for mitochondria that preserves their ability to produce energy, potentially opening the doo...

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ScienceDaily Health Scientists find a hidden problem with endless smartphone scrolling

Excessive smartphone use may be taking a hidden toll on the brain and body, with heavy scrolling linked to poorer memory, reduced...

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Farmers Weekly Zimbabwe faces major grain deficit as El Niño looms

Zimbabwe government officials are projecting a grain deficit of between 266 881t and 541 881t for the 2026/27 season, largely driv...

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ScienceDaily Agriculture DNA recording system reveals how a single cell becomes a body

Scientists have traced the development of a mouse embryo from its first two cells to the formation of organs, using a remarkable D...

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ScienceDaily Nutrition Your gut bacteria could be changing how many calories you absorb

Scientists have developed a model showing that gut bacteria play a surprisingly important role in how many calories we absorb, mea...

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ScienceDaily Health Scientists uncover a hidden map of the brain with 539 distinct regions

Scientists have uncovered a hidden layer of organization in the brain by creating the first detailed 3D map of its lipids, the fat...

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ScienceDaily Health Scientists discover a surprising paradox in how our cells age

Scientists have discovered that the body's cellular recycling system behaves very differently during aging than previously believe...

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TechCabal West Africa’s new mobile money rules could change who holds deposits

West Africa's central bank has doubled the amount customers can hold in mobile money wallets to FCFA 4 million ($6,850), while rai...

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Premium Times Oyedele warns against tax burden on poor people as G-24 seeks concessional lending support

"Debt is future taxes, so it’s not one or the other. It’s to strike a balance, bearing in mind ultimately that the essence of tax...

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TechCrunch Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy

The startup will sell some of its assets to Disney for $20 million.

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Premium Times Fake Professorship: ARISE News bars Anthony Kila from its programmes

ARISE News has permanently barred political analyst Anthony Kila from its platforms after he failed to respond to questions about...

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Premium Times Police charge four with forgery in Anambra kingship dispute

The traditional stool crisis in Nkpor began in 2016 after the immediate past ruler of the community, Christopher Ibegbuna, passed...

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Premium Times Oyedele, Iyabo Masha speak as G-24 raises concerns over high borrowing costs

"What we have seen by members of the G24 and across particularly the developing countries such as those in Africa, is an increasin...

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Premium Times PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter selected for UK emerging technology fellowship

Ms Suleiman is a PREMIUM TIMES reporter on the newspaper’s Business Desk. She covers multiple beats and produces accountability an...

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Premium Times PHOTO STORY: Masha, Oyedele, others attend G-24 meetings

The meeting was attended by the Director of the G-24 Secretariat, Iyabo Masha, Nigeria's finance minister, Taiwo Oyedele, and othe...

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Premium Times Oriental Energy’s Uwem Ite elected chairman of Nigeria’s greening education institute

Uwem Ite, an oil industry stakeholder at Oriental Energy Resources, will lead the institute as it begins implementing a five-year...

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Premium Times UEFA Champions League: Osimhen, Lookman lead Nigerian stars facing tough European tests

None of the Nigerian players featured so far secured a victory on the opening matchday, leaving plenty to play for as they look to...

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Premium Times When the Laboratory Comes to You: How SYNLAB’s Home Sample Collection experience is balancing convenience with quality

From traffic and waiting rooms to doorstep diagnostics, SYNLAB’s home sample collection service is making laboratory testing more...

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Premium Times Rugby League: Nigeria becomes first African country in IRL accelerator programme

According to the IRL, its Strategy Committee conducted a months-long selection process involving four invited applicants from the...

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Premium Times Police arrest, release Rochas Okorocha after interrogation – Official

Police said the politician’s arrest followed allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation against him. The post P...

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Premium Times Police arrest four for alleged cultistism, recover gun in Lagos

The police said the suspects were being investigated for alleged conspiracy and membership of an unlawful society. The post Police...

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Premium Times Wike hails Tinubu’s inclusion of opposition figures in campaign council

Mr Wike said the inclusion of his name and two governors from opposition parties into the presidential campaign council reflects M...

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Premium Times Hospital sets deadline for mass burial of unidentified corpses

UCTH has given families until 21 October to claim corpses, some preserved for more than a decade, before a mass burial aimed at ea...

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