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Uday Ruddarraju, the former head of infrastructure engineering at Elon Musk’s xAI, has stepped down from his role after more than a year with the company. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in developing Colossus—a massive supercomputing cluster powered by over 200,000 GPUs—and contributed to the training of Grok 3, one of xAI’s most advanced AI models.  Ruddarraju …

Donald Trump, the United States President on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, asked Liberian President Joseph Boakai where the latter learned to speak English. Trump was basking in the praise of a group of African leaders on Wednesday, many of them speaking a different language, when the Liberian president took to his microphone and spoke in English – his country’s official …

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted eight Chinese nationals for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud, following successful prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC, in a statement posted on its X handle on Friday, identified the convicts as Pan Cai Qi, Zeng Xian Tao, Weng Mao Rong, Wang Xiong Wei (aka Xiao Bai), Shi …

Former Super Eagles of Nigeria goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, is dead. It was gathered that Rufai, fondly called Dodo Mayana, died on Thursday morning after a prolonged illness. The Super Eagles confirmed Rufai’s demise via a post on X on Thursday. The national team stated: “Forever in our hearts, Dodo Mayana. “We mourn the passing of legendary Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, a …

A shocking news hits the football world as the Portuguese international and Liverpool striker, Diogo Jota, lost his life in a car accident in Spain. The 28-year-old was reportedly killed in a crash along the A-52 highway in Zamora province, within the Castilla y León region. According to Portuguese media, Jota was travelling with his younger brother, André Jota—also a …

L-R: Mr. Niyi Toluwalope, MD/CEO, eTranzact Plc (second from left), Ayao Mawuli, overall winner of the 3rd  eTranzact Golf Classic, flanked by Mr. Emmanuel Ogunji, Chief Financial Officer; and the Permanent Secretaty, Lagos State Ministry of Finance, Honorable Mahmoud Tajudeen Alao, at the closing  ceremony of the event at Lakowe Lakes Golf Club over the weekend in Lagos. Togolese professional …

One survivor has been found after an Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12, 2025. More than 290 people were killed when the plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off, authorities said. The dead included …

Tems, the Grammy-winning Nigerian artist has been announced as one of the performers at the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. She will make history as part of the first-ever halftime show at a FIFA tournament, sharing the stage with global stars J Balvin and Doja Cat. The performance is being organized in collaboration with FIFA and …

President Donald Trump on Monday, June 9, 2025, ordered U.S. Marines into Los Angeles and intensified raids on suspected undocumented immigrants in the area. 700 Marines based in Southern California were expected to reach Los Angeles on Monday night or Tuesday morning, officials said. This was part of a federal strategy to quell street demonstrations opposing the immigration raids, which …

Janet Damiro, a 71-year-old Nigerian woman has been dismissed from her cleaning role at the London School of Economics (LSE) for allegedly stealing a gold bracelet. Damiro, who relocated from Nigeria to the United Kingdom in 1971 and had worked at LSE for 13 years, said she mistakenly left the bracelet in her bag after picking it up during her …