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Jeff Bezos’s space venture, Blue Origin, suffered a catastrophic setback when its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket exploded during a routine engine test in Florida. The blast occurred during a scheduled hot-fire procedure at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, lighting up the night sky and shaking nearby homes. While company officials confirmed that all ground personnel…
Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic has secured $65 billion in private capital, pushing its post-money valuation to an unprecedented $965 billion. The massive Series H funding round vaults the maker of the Claude chatbot ahead of its chief rival, OpenAI, which investors last valued at $852 billion. Elite venture capital firms Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group,…
Nigeria has activated a nationwide public health alert against the deadly Bundibugyo strain of Ebola Virus Disease, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention placing Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, and eight other strategic states on high importation risk amid an escalating outbreak across East and Central Africa. The advisory, dated May…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has commenced its nationwide primary elections today, with an unprecedented financial waiver that exempts unsuccessful contestants from paying nomination fees. Party leaders declared that only victorious aspirants will proceed to pay for formal nomination forms and complete secondary documentation at the national secretariat. The decision emerged from a high-level joint meeting…
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested five suspected kidnappers targeting schoolchildren, halting a predatory operation that has terrorised local communities. State operatives tracked and cornered the syndicate following a series of intelligence-led raids across vulnerable coastal and transit corridors. Investigators link the group to recent high-profile abductions of pupils on their way to school,…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has issued its sternest warning yet, threatening to shut down schools across the country if another attack occurs in any educational institution, following a devastating wave of abductions and killings that has swept through schools in Oyo, Borno, and Kebbi States. The NUT President, Titus Amba, declared that the…
Africa’s largest labour federations have formally rejected the Mission 300 electrification initiative jointly backed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, warning that the ambitious programme risks plunging the continent into deeper indebtedness while failing to deliver sustainable electricity access to the estimated 600 million Africans still living without power. The…
The United States and Iran accused each other of breaching their fragile truce on Thursday following a serious exchange of fire, the most dangerous flare up since the ceasefire took hold in April and a stark reminder of how close the Middle East remains to renewed all out war three months after it began. The…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday delivered a scathing rebuke of the President Bola Tinubu administration, lamenting that ransom payments have become as routine a household expense for Nigerians as school fees and rent, even as the government touts favourable debt comparisons with other African nations. In a statement issued by his Senior…
The European Union on Thursday imposed a 200 million euro fine on Chinese owned online retailer Temu for allowing the sale of illegal and dangerous products on its platform, including hazardous baby toys and defective chargers, in one of the most significant enforcement actions yet under the bloc’s sweeping new digital rulebook. European…
