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For hard-tech startups, manufacturing is a pricey endeavor. Now, Thea Energy has a leg up courtesy of a Department of Energy grant. The fusion power startup told TechCrunch Monday that it has received a $20 million award from ARPA-E to help manufacture its modular high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets. HTS magnets are costly but important components in any magnetic confinement reactor, one of the two main ways startups are attempting to harness fusion power for commercial purposes. In magnetic confinement reactors, powerful magnetic fields contain and compress plasma, helping to heat the particles until the fuel can fuse and release large…

South African music star Tyla has unveiled dates for her ‘A*POP’ World Tour, with Lagos, Nigeria, included among the cities she will perform in. The Grammy-winning singer announced the tour on Monday via her Instagram page, where she shared the official schedule inspired by her recently released sophomore album, APOP. The global tour is set to begin on October 12 in Paris, France and will take the singer across 11 countries, including France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the United States, Nigeria and South Africa. Tyla is scheduled to perform in Lagos on December 22, before…

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the reported attack on one of its permanent voter cards (PVCs) collection centres in Osun will not deter it from conducting a free, fair and credible governorship election in the state. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Dayo Oketola, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. NAN reports that some suspected hoodlums had, on Sunday, stormed an INEC PVC collection centre located at Oyinlola DC School, Ward 2, Okuku, attacking staff members on duty and carting away electoral materials, including Bimodal…

By Hadiza Yusuf A 30-year-old man, Abubakar Auwal, has died after he was allegedly beaten by a group of people over claims that he was having an affair with a married woman in Kano State. The incident occurred on July 24 in the Sheka area of Kano and led to the arrest of three suspects by the Kano State Police Command. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Command’s spokesperson, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the victim was allegedly lured by 40-year-old Abubakar Ali and 27-year-old Sulaiman Lawan following accusations that he had been involved with Ali’s wife. Kiyawa…

July 27, 2026 21:09 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Zirkzee to Como? Como are preparing an approach to land Manchester United striker Joshua Zirkzee this summer, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. The Red Devils currently have Benjamin Sesko and Zirkzee as their specialist senior strikers, but the latter is expected to move on soon.Zirkzee is already the subject of interest from Serie A giants Juventus and it is now claimed that Como have entered the race for his services.United currently value the Dutchman at around £34 million, but they are open to accepting a loan deal with a conditional buy obligation…

“I saw the building collapse, floor by floor. You could hear people screaming and calling for help,” said Roberto Rodríguez, 24, who survived two catastrophic earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the central-northern region of Venezuela on 24 June.Having just returned home, he had yet to reach his apartment.“Bricks and pieces of debris started falling on me. I took off running, saw other people and shouted, ‘run, run!’ At that very moment, the entire building came crashing down,” he said.Pinned down in the rubble“My partner was trapped under the rubble,” Mr. Rodríguez said. “She was pinned down from…

The cyclospora outbreak affecting produce from Taylor Farms de Mexico has sickened over 1,600 people across five states, including Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. It’s one in a long line of severe produce outbreaks, but this time, I’m reconsidering how I approach food safety, given that the greens meant to nourish us continue to pose contamination risks.  Over the last year and a half, I’ve used my Gardyn Studio, a hydroponic growing system, to grow my own produce in my small NYC apartment. I’ve harvested arugula, kale, lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, herbs and edible flowers, even throughout…

Ex-DSS Officer has claimed that Abacha died during intimate encounter and revealed woman’s alleged confession in a new memoir. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that a retired Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, has claimed that former military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, died from a cardiac arrest during an intimate encounter with a woman at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Amachree made the revelation in his newly released 348-page memoir, DSS @40: My Journey Behind the Shield, where he sought to challenge decades of speculation surrounding the sudden death of the late military ruler.  According to the former…

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