The Queen and the Princess Royal have visited Glasgow satellite maker Spire Global, as part of a week of engagements across Scotland. Spire designs and manufactures all of its satellites in-house at Glasgow’s Skypark, where it has been since 2015. “It was an honour to welcome Her Majesty and Her Royal Highness,”
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Siemens Energy Limited says it will upgrade 22 transmission substations in Nigeria in addition to the 11 new ones to be constructed under the presidential power initiative (PPI). PPI is a power upgrade and modernisation programme between the Nigerian government and Siemens with the support of the German government. Seun Suleiman, chief
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Astronomers announced this week that they've discovered a star that is "packing a mass greater than that of our Sun into a body about the size of our Moon," according to the lead author of the study, which was published by the journal Nature. The Zwicky Transient Facility at Caltech's Palomar
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When it comes to understanding and predicting trends in energy use, the internet is a tough nut to crack. So say energy researchers Eric Masanet, of UC Santa Barbara, and Jonathan Koomey, of Koomey Analytics. The two just published a peer-reviewed commentary in the journal Joule discussing the pitfalls that
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Since last July, a little-known automaker from Southwest China has been dominating the world’s largest electric car market, outselling bigger players and even Tesla Inc., every month. With a tiny, bare-bones electric vehicle (EV) that starts at just US$ 4,500, the Hongguang Mini is the brainchild of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co.
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Despite systemic and infrastructural challenges facing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, Mastercard’s SME Confidence Index claims 81% are optimistic about revenue and growth for the next 12 months. The Confidence Index, the first of its kind, also shows that 74% of SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa are optimistic about the
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Twitter-fingers-Musk was at it again on Thursday, combining two of his most popular Twitter topics in one tweet that had the words “baby doge” trending across the platform. The Tesla CEO took to social media early Thursday morning to tweet the lyrics of the viral children’s song sensation, “Baby Shark”, but
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Bitcoin-inspired cyber attacks surged by nearly 200% since October 2020, according to new research. New analysis by Barracuda Networks found phishing impersonations and business email compromise attacks designed to steal victims’ bitcoin surged by 192% between October 2020 and May 2021, closely following the rising demand and increasing price of bitcoin
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Air Peace has announced the resumption of Warri and Freetown flight operations from July 9 and 21, 2021, respectively. Spokesman of the airline, Stanley Olisa, explained in a statement that Warri service from Lagos and Abuja, would operate daily while the Freetown flights would operate on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. According to
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1. What is the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB? The Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2020 is a law in the making, which seeks to introduce far-reaching reforms in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. It was first presented to the National Assembly in 2008. 2. What are the major objectives? The bill aims at
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