Elon Musk’s AI startup raises $6bn for market expansion
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised $6bn in a Series B funding round backed by investors including Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and…
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MTN announces 2024 Scholarship for Nigerian students
MTN Nigeria Foundation has announced scholarship opportunities for Nigerian students to support education and empower the next generation of leaders. It has also increased the…
Harry, Meghan end Nigerian tour on a bright, sporty note
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, wrapped up their three-day visit to the country on Sunday, arriving in Lagos during a trip to promote…
FG files tax evasion charges against Binance
The Federal Government has initiated criminal proceedings against Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange platform. The charges were filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the…
NiMet forecasts 3-day haziness, cloudiness across Nigeria
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted haziness and cloudiness across the country from Monday to Wednesday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja…
Foreign airlines repatriate N795bn in six months – CBN report
Foreign airlines repatriated N795.48bn from Nigeria in six months, data from the Central Bank of Nigeria have shown. Data from the apex bank’s Balance of…
5G revenues to jump by 32% as operators eye $400b
More investments in fifth-generation (5G) networks are expected to bring operators a 32 per cent revenue jump, which could fetch them $400 billion by the…
COVID-19 vaccines save 1.4m lives in Europe – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe. Delivering his first message of the…
Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect dead
At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of…
South African billionaire family buys Nigeria’s top can-maker firm
A South African billionaire family popularly known as Oppenheimer has acquired a controlling stake in one of Nigeria’s prominent can makers, GZ. The acquisition was…
US judge halts pending TikTok ban
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a ban on TikTok set to come into effect next year in Montana, saying the popular video sharing…
US military aircraft with eight crew crashes off Japan
A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off the coast of Japan, the coastguard said. “We received information at…