Saturday, 13 June, 2026

Category: Technology


Elon Musk’s fortune topped $1 trillion as SpaceX began trading on Friday. Elon Musk is officially the world’s first trillionaire following SpaceX’s stock debut today, with the company’s IPO price valuing his stake at nearly $870 billion on paper. The Read more…


OneGrid Energies, a fast-growing clean energy social enterprise based in Onitsha, Anambra State, has been nominated for the Startup Company of the Year category at the prestigious Anambra Man of the Year (AMTY) Awards. The nomination recognises the company’s contributions Read more…


What to know about the Iran war:U.S. Central Command said the it had launched another round of strikes on Iran after President Trump said Wednesday that Tehran had “taken too long to negotiate a deal” and would “pay the price.” Read more…


Strikes come after US attacked Iranian ports and islands in the Strait of Hormuz over the downing of a helicopter. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed attacks on United States military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in Read more…


A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump saying the two crew members on board were “fine” after the incident involving the strategic waterway, which remains under a chokehold by Iran. What Read more…


Several passengers are feared dead after a train operating on the Warri–Itakpe corridor derailed on Monday. The exact number of casualties has yet to be officially confirmed, as rescue and assessment efforts continue at the scene of the incident. Confirming Read more…


Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has pledged to increase Nigeria’s power generation capacity to 10,000 megawatts (MW) if elected in 2027. Speaking on Saturday during the NDC’s national convention held in Abuja, Obi decried the Read more…


Rwanda’s new nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia may look technical on paper, focused on science, nuclear medicine and energy, but it signals a deeper shift in the geopolitical balance across Africa. While Moscow is deepening its presence on the continent, Read more…


The Dangote Petroleum Refinery emerged as the world’s largest single exporter of aviation fuel in April, with the company set to spend a fresh $10 billion on its 1.4 million barrels per day expansion drive, according to S&P Global.The development Read more…


Multiple videos circulating on social media purport to show a Russian Oreshnik missile strike on targets in Belaya Tserkov Ukrainian media and Telegram channels have circulated videos showing clusters of bright objects rapidly descending from the sky. They claimed the Read more…


US forces reportedly engaged twice as many Iranian missiles as the IDF Israel conserved its air defense interceptors during the Iran war while the US expended significant portions of its stockpiles, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing anonymous US Read more…


A huge wave of Russian strikes overnight targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens of others, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired more than 1,560 drones on Ukraine since the Read more…