Sunday, 12 January, 2025

Category: Technology


The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N630 million consultancy for the deployment of technology to reduce risks and damages associated with the award of contracts. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami said this Read more…


The Russian Defense Ministry has acquired a new space asset, launched on Monday on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country’s far north. The Russian military did not specify the nature of the craft, stating only that Read more…


Aerospace manufacturer Rolls-Royce said Monday it had successfully tested and run the world’s first hydrogen-powered aircraft engine. The first-of-its-kind engine could prove a significant milestone in the development of eco-friendly fuel for the aviation industry. In a press release, Rolls-Royce Read more…


After a two-decade hiatus, Russia on Wednesday launched production of the Moskvich car brand at a plant near Moscow given up by the French carmaker Renault, with a new, modern Chinese design that barely resembles the Soviet-era classic. While the Read more…


The Russian military has targeted the Motor Sich plant in the city of Zaporozhye, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. “A high-precision strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the city of Zaporozhye has destroyed a line Read more…


Russian strikes have hit a number of key targets in Ukraine, with a facility used for producing missiles among the infrastructure destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Friday.  The Russian military delivered “a focused strike with long-range precision weapons fired from Read more…


The Federal Government has proposed a mandatory eight weeks course at the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies for all newly elected labour leaders in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this, Monday, during Read more…


Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google’s online stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States, but is actually Russian, Reuters has found. The Centers for Disease Control Read more…


Ukrainian propaganda amounts to “zombification” of the country’s population, the ex-head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, believes. The former top official is now leading a volunteer unit dubbed Tsar Wolves in Donbass that provides military and technical Read more…


The US military tested an experimental cruise missile launch system above the Arctic Circle on Wednesday. The commander in charge of the test called it a deliberately “provocative” move aimed at deterring Russia. The operation involved dropping a long-range cruise Read more…


Iran has developed a ballistic missile capable of flying at hypersonic speeds, a senior military officer told journalists on Thursday. The weapon system is designed to destroy enemy anti-missile defenses and can maneuver both inside and outside of the atmosphere, Read more…


Iranian drone and ballistic missile plants should be destroyed, a senior aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has stated. This comes after Tehran acknowledged it had handed over military drones to Russia, though it’s insisted that this was before the Read more…