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United States Strikes $0.42-Per-Agency Deal For Musk’s Grok AI

October 9, 2025 4:29 pm

United States government signs low-cost deal with Elon Musk’s xAI to deploy Grok models across federal agencies, stirring debate over bias and security.

The United States government has signed a landmark agreement with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI, granting federal agencies access to its Grok AI models for what officials describe as an unprecedentedly low price — $0.42 per agency.

The contract, struck under the General Services Administration’s (GSA) “OneGov” initiative, aims to modernize how the government integrates digital technologies. Under the deal, Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast will be deployed across federal departments for 18 months, with …

US Sanctions 6 Nigerians Over $6m Fraud

June 17, 2020 5:33 am

The United States government has sanctioned six Nigerians over $6million cyber fraud against its citizens.

Micheal Pompeo, US secretary of state, said this in a statement published on the department of state’s website on Tuesday.

Pompeo said the victims were defrauded through the use of sensitive information and financial resources derived by manipulative means which will not be tolerated.

The Nigerians listed were identified as Benson Orson, Kayode Abiola, Ogunshakin Alex, Okpoh Felix, Olorunyomi Micheal, Uzuh Richard.

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Their names were also included in Office of Foreign Assets Control

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Yoruba Group Writes Pompeo: U.S. Should Leave Adesina Of AfDB Alone

June 6, 2020 10:02 am

A Yoruba group has called on the United States Government not to oppose the second term election of the President of Africa Development Bank, (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.

In a letter directed to the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation, declared that opposing Adesina’s second term ambition is tantamount to opposing the general interests of the African people.

The letter was signed by the group’s founder and Vice-president, Otunba Ayodeji Osibogun and five other leaders of the organisation.

They are Senator Tokunbo Ogunbanjo, Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees, Dr. …