The California Department of Motor Vehicles has granted Apple a permit allowing it to begin testing self-driving cars on public roads. The DMV updated its list of manufacturers testing self-driving cars on Friday, with Apple becoming the 30th company to be granted permission. Few details have been revealed about Apple’s plans for self-driving cars, according […]
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Following huge loss recorded in its business, indications have emerged that Toshiba technology, one of the world’s biggest electronics company based in Japan, is about to collapse. The company which introduced millions of people around the world to high-end TVs and laptops, issued a warning this week, that there is “substantial doubt” about its ability […]
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The United States Air Force dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the “mother of all bombs,” in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, the military said. It was the first time this type of bomb had been used in combat and was dropped from a […]
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North Korean state media warned US President Donald Trump on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression. The threat came as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific – a force U.S. President Donald Trump described as an “armada”. Trump, who has urged China […]
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The police in Akwa Ibom say two Turkish construction workers were expatriates abducted by gunmen in their hotel rooms at Eket, Eket local government of Akwa Ibom on Sunday. Chukwu Okechukwu, spokesperson of the command, told NAN in Uyo on Monday that the Turkish nationals worked for BKS Construction Company in Onna local government area […]
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Germany has deported to Nigeria an alleged Islamic extremist, an ISIS suspect, deemed dangerous by authorities. He is a German citizen, not Nigerian. The German news agency, dpa, reports that the 22-year-old man, who was born in Germany and who had not committed a crime, arrived in Lagos Thursday. The unidentified man was one of […]
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Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment for a corruption case. He was accused of taking 17 million kunas (about 2.5 million dollars) bribes after government bought a building from a private company in 2009 when he was prime minister. According to the law, Sanader will […]
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Nigeria is listed among 18 countries where North Korean hackers have allegedly been attacking banks to get funds for sponsoring nuclear programme. Cyber security firm Kaspersky disclosed this in a new report. The organisation said this could be regarded as the biggest bank heists in history. The finding comes after more than a year-long investigation […]
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The U.S. has issued what seemed to be its “last warning” over North Korea’s continued launch of ballistic missiles that threaten the country and its allies-Japan and South Korea. The U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, in a statement on Tuesday, said the U.S. had spoken enough about North Korea and would speak no further […]
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Death toll from Monday’s bomb blast in St. Petersburg has risen to 14, Russian agency Ria Novosti quoted the country’s health minister, Veronika Skvortsova, as saying on Tuesday. The blast which happened on a metro train has also injured almost 50 people. The death toll had stood at 11 people on Monday. In a related […]
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