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TechCrunch WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data

A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 mi...

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TechCabal If AI prompts can build your product, will African VCs still invest?

Six African investors explain what makes African AI startups fundable: local-language voice products, sticky software, licences an...

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TechCrunch Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder

Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be mo...

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TechCrunch Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation

Microsoft president Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI compan...

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TechCrunch This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes

Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprin...

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TechCrunch Fitbit Edge is Google’s middle ground between Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch

Google’s newest wearable costs $179.99 and has a sleek feel like the Fitbit Air but with an OLED display.

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Premium Times Strike: 5,900 FCTA education officers sit for 2026 promotion exams

“The promotions will be strictly merit-based, and educators will return to their classrooms immediately they finish their assessme...

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Premium Times Court dismisses Aisha Achimugu’s N10 billion suit against EFCC

Ms Achimugu had challenged the search and seizure of her cars, jewellery and other belongings, asking the court to determine wheth...

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Premium Times NTI centre managers begin one-month warning strike over unpaid allowances

The forum said the decision followed several unsuccessful attempts to secure payment of the outstanding honoraria. The post NTI ce...

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Premium Times PDP, Pantami give INEC three days to publish name as Gombe governorship candidate

The law firm Ahmed Raji & Co. conveyed the demand in a formal legal document dated 12 October and sent it to the INEC chairman. Th...

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Premium Times 2027: CJN warns judges against romancing with politicians

The CJN gave the advice during the opening of the 2026 legal year of the Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja. The post 2027: CJN warn...

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Vanguard Seyi Makinde: Can APM presidential candidate ‘travel’ beyond South-West?

Makinde was learning that money, professional reputation and personal ambition could open the door to politics, but they could not...

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Vanguard N267bn in education funds lie idle as 70% of Nigerian children can’t read

More than N267 billion in released basic education intervention funds remained unspent as of August 2026, while over N65 billion i...

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Vanguard Ondo court dismisses Deji’s suit, affirms Iralepo

Rules Deji has no consenting authority over Isinkan By Dayo Johnson AKURE: An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has dismissed...

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Premium Times EFCC arraigns ALSCON, Russian director on N582.4 million money laundering charges

The EFCC said the transfers were not reported in writing to SCUML as required under Section 11(1)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prev...

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Vanguard Taraba varsity ASUU begins indefinite strike over arrears

By Femi Bolaji JALINGO — Academic activities at Taraba State University (TSU), Jalingo, have been disrupted following the declarat...

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Premium Times Months after PREMIUM TIMES report, work begins on health facilities in Lagos flood-prone communities

Videos and photographs shared with PREMIUM TIMES show workers at the facility, along with construction equipment, including a conc...

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Premium Times Why Nigeria should worry about decline in snake population – Biodiversity expert

Edem Eniang says habitat destruction, indiscriminate killings and neglect of snake research threaten Nigeria’s reptiles, warning t...

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Premium Times NDC rejects Enugu government’s claims on attack at airport

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that there were sporadic shootings at the airport and the NDC secretariat in Enugu State on Saturda...

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Premium Times Why Ansaru terrorists carried out Oriire abduction – Prosecution witness

The second prosecution witness testified in the ongoing trial of the five suspected members of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Bilad...

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Premium Times Electricity firm explains why some customers are now paying higher bills

An official said the company was engaging customers to explain the differences in tariffs across the various electricity supply ba...

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Vanguard Imo abduction: ‘We ate garri with muddy water’ — NYSC member recounts ordeal

She woke up to find herself in the hands of the kidnappers, with no clear understanding of how they had been taken into the forest...

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Vanguard Sowore tackles Seyi Tinubu over colloquium, questions his contributions to Nigeria

Reacting to the programme, which was broadcast on major television stations, Sowore questioned the achievements that justified the...

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Vanguard 2027: Shettima holds closed-door meeting with Bello, Badaru, other ex-governors

ice-President Kashim Shettima is holding a closed-door meeting with former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, former Jigawa State G...

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