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Vanguard 2Baba ends six-year album wait, announces ‘Oldest Young Man’ release date

Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has announced November 27, 2026, as the release date for his forth...

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Vanguard Kekere-Ekun to chair presentation of Pinheiro’s 6 legal publications

By Innocent Anaba The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will chair the public presentation of six legal...

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Vanguard Mohbad: DNA samples collected from son, remains

By Esther Onyegbula LAGOS — The paternity dispute surrounding Master Liam, son of late Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba,...

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Vanguard Google turns off AI for schoolchildren by default

Google has said it will switch off its AI tools for schoolchildren by default, after drawing criticism for pushing artificial inte...

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Vanguard Breaking: Flamingos beat Brazil to reach first U17 Women World Cup final

Nigeria’s U17 women’s team, the Flamingos, have reached the final of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup for the first time in history...

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Vanguard ‘Hardest days of my life,’ Goalkeeper Owono speaks after Tenerife striker’s death

FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono said Wednesday he is enduring the "hardest days of my life" after the death of Tenerife striker...

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Vanguard N50,000 relief fund: FG explains how beneficiaries will be selected

The Federal Government, FG has outlined how selected poor and vulnerable Nigerian households can receive a ₦50,000 cash grant unde...

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Vanguard Trump says impeaching him would ‘destroy’ Democrats

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that if the Democrats were to launch an effort to impeach him when they take control of C...

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Vanguard Nigerian footballer Quadri Liameed discharged from hospital after head kick in Spain

Nigerian midfielder Quadri Liameed has been discharged from hospital after medical tests ruled out serious injuries following a he...

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TechCabal Farouk Ibrahim is learning to build what people actually need

Growing up in Ibadan, he repaired broken toys or made paper replacements, sometimes selling them to schoolmates for ₦5 ($0.0037).

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TechCabal Helium Health secures $2.5 million Google grant to tackle maternal deaths with AI

Helium Health has received $2.5 million grant from Google.org to deploy AI tools that help identify pregnancy risks and improve ma...

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TechCrunch Waymo confirms it will split with Uber in January 2028

The split will set up direct competition in those markets, as Uber has many other autonomous vehicle partners on its network.

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TechCrunch ‘You Can See Everything’ is getting an outer space release and it hasn’t even come out in Europe yet

It is easier to watch the Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" in low Earth orbit than in London.

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TechCrunch I tried Apple’s Siri Recaps. They’re surprisingly useful — and a little unsettling

Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps won me over in just one day, despite my privacy reservations. But there's still room for improvemen...

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TechCrunch Google faces backlash for plan that would turn off Search for schools that restrict AI

Politicians on the left, like NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani and former FTC chair Lina Khan, accused Google of acting as an unregulated...

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TechCrunch Sequoia hits rewind, undoing 20 years of expansion

Sequoia is consolidating into a smaller, Bay Area–centered firm, shutting down the programs and offices it built during a 20-year...

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TechCabal The 20-year experiment: Why IFC thinks African agritech has finally come of age

The IFC is backing 15 African agritech companies and connecting them to nearly 200 commercial banks to expand financing for smallh...

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TechCabal AFIS 2026: African banks must rethink digital transformation, says CR2 CEO

African banks must move beyond launching digital apps and invest in stronger banking infrastructure to cut costs, improve customer...

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Premium Times AI 3D Tools and Nigeria’s Creative Businesses: What counts as a deliverable?

A convincing 3D preview can win a client’s attention and delivering the asset behind it requires a different conversation The post...

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Premium Times Over 2m Northern children, 25,000 teachers benefit as UK-funded programme closes

Mr Vowles said the UK was encouraged that Nigerian institutions were adopting and expanding the approaches under PLANE to sustain...

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Premium Times Bandits kill soldier, pregnant woman, abduct 15 residents

The attacks reportedly occurred around 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Kuka Sarkin Yamma and Ruwan-Zafi communities, barely two weeks after s...

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Premium Times Tinubu’s Education Reforms: FG disburses ₦372.62bn in student loans, trains 156,446 TVET beneficiaries

The reforms span basic, secondary, technical and tertiary education, with interventions targeting six priority areas: technical an...

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Premium Times CJN Kekere-Ekun to chair presentation of SAN’s six books

The books cover criminal litigation, corporate insolvency, arbitration, the legal profession and the relationship between law and...

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Premium Times PSC dismisses three senior police officers, demotes 16 others

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of three senior police officers and the demotion of 16 others over...

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