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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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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 Mutfwang installs new Long Pan, restores first-class status

By Golok Nanmwa, JOS Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has installed His Royal Highness, Miskagam Jerome Goewam Leklat II, a...

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Vanguard FG can increase workers’ salaries without raising minimum wage — TUC

—Says govt can pay between N200,000, N400,000 By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Wednesda...

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Vanguard Family of 6 killed in Oyo over damaged phone as police parade suspects

The Oyo State Police Command has paraded several suspects arrested in connection with three separate criminal cases, including the...

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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 20 corps members: Police confirm rescue, vow to arrest suspects

By Emmanuel Iheaka The police have confirmed the rescue of the 20 corps members abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha express way in I...

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Vanguard NAF crash: ‘You didn’t say you wouldn’t return from Abuja’ — Bako’s partner

The partner of Flight Lieutenant I.S. Bako, one of the 25 people killed in Tuesday’s Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in Igbokoda...

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Vanguard 2027: Tinubu’s win gap over opponents will be unbelievable — Bwala

According to Bwala, the odds were also against Tinubu during the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC.“The o...

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Vanguard Insecurity: Nigeria in state of war, TUC laments

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Wednesday lamented that the country has been in a state of war for over a decade due...

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Vanguard Parents jubilate as abducted 20 NYSC prospective corps members regain freedom

By Adeola Badru Parents of the 20 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who were abducted while travellin...

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Vanguard Canada will not allow assisted suicide for those with only mental illness

Canada will not allow medically assisted suicide for people whose only condition is mental illness, the justice minister said Wedn...

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Vanguard Trump administration proposes $70,000 fee for Nigerian, other foreign students seeking US jobs

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in t...

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Vanguard No federal project came to South-East before Tinubu — Umahi

By John AlechenuABUJA The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has claimed that the South-East did not benefit from any federal p...

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Farmers Weekly South Africa’s table grape supply outpaces global demand

South Africa remains one of the world’s leading table grape exporters despite a shrinking production footprint, but increasing glo...

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Farmers Weekly Namibia steps up FMD controls as cases rise to 127

Namibia has intensified measures to contain its foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak near the South African border after the conf...

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ScienceDaily Agriculture Scientists changed how zoo lions eat. Their wild side came out

Giving zoo lions whole carcasses on a feast-and-fast schedule appears to bring out more natural behavior. The lions spent nearly t...

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TechCrunch Ring’s first smart lock can be hand-cranked when its battery dies

Amazon-owned Ring is entering the smart lock market with a device designed to tackle a common concern: getting locked out when the...

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TechCrunch Get hands-on: The full lineup of interactive roundtables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

From Nvidia and Chime to Obvious Ventures and Anthropic, explore the entire roundtable agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register...

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TechCrunch 6 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Save on your pass before doors open

In 6 days, 10,000+ people from across the global startup and tech ecosystem will come together at San Francisco’s Moscone West for...

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TechCrunch Google’s new SynthID website can identify AI-generated media

Google on Tuesday launched a new site that lets anyone verify whether a piece of media, be it an image, a video, or an audio clip,...

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