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Four other Palestinians were also killed by Israeli air strikes, and a policeman died from wounds sustained last week.Published On 25 Jul 202625 Jul 2026The head of the Hamas-led police force in northern Gaza has been killed by an Israeli air strike, while other attacks have claimed the lives of five more Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry and medics said.Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, who also served as governor of northern Gaza, was targeted in the Sheikh Radwan area north of Gaza City on Saturday. The Israeli military said he had also been a member of the military wing of Hamas.Recommended Stories…

Nigeria remains Africa’s most attractive investment destination despite the current challenges, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has stated. According to him, the country’s large market, youthful and technology-driven population, abundant natural resources and democratic stability are the key enablers for a preferred investment destination. He stressed that transnational threats require shared intelligence, coordinated responses and deeper partnerships among governments, security institutions and communities across Africa. He called for greater regional and continental cooperation to tackle emerging security challenges and promote peace, stability and prosperity across Africa, stressing that security, inclusive leadership and people-centred governance remain essential pillars for…

SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas to an on-target, intact splashdown in a remote section of the Indian Ocean. Starship has made precise splashdowns before. This time, however, the ship gently tipped over and came to rest floating in a remote stretch of ocean west of Australia. Previous splashdowns ended with conflagrations, an outcome SpaceX officials have come to expect with each water landing of Starship. The buoyant Starship looked to be in fine shape after reaching the Indian Ocean. SpaceX engineers flew drones over the…

As former unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. sets for his return following a three-year layoff, Australian star Tim Tszyu is focused on doing one thing on Saturday — sending the future Hall of Famer into retirement. Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) will headline a PBC pay-per-view card from Afterpay Arena in Sydney in his first fight since a one-sided welterweight unification loss to Terence Crawford in 2023. The 36-year-old southpaw will take on Tszyu (27-3, 18 KOs), a former junior middleweight titleholder, in a 12-round middleweight bout that was bumped up from an original 158-pound catchweight at the request of Spence. While…

“My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare,” singer wrote Saturday in response to post Katy Perry slammed the Trump administration after the White House’s TikTok account used her hit “Firework” on a video of military strikes. “I am deeply appalled and angry to see “Firework” used on the White House TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes,” the singer wrote on X. “I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.” I am deeply appalled and angry to see “Firework” used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok…

Uzoigwe Miracle and Aremu Goodness Adejare have emerged winners of the maiden edition of the 2026 Pius Oleghe Poetry Prize, following what the Organising Committee of the Pius Oleghe Poetry and Literary Awards (POPALS) described as “a àrigorous adjudication process conducted by an independent panel of distinguished judges.” The inaugural competition attracted outstanding entries from across Nigeria under the theme “Nigeria of Our Dreams.” The quality of submissions demonstrated the depth of literary talent among emerging and young Nigerian poets and reaffirmed the enduring power of poetry as a vehicle for imagination, hope, and national reflection. In a joint press…

Payments to Reform UK first revealed by the Guardian are now being investigated by the Metropolitan police.The inquiry is scrutinising payments made to the party via a company controlled by its deputy leader, Richard Tice.Scotland Yard is looking at two donations of £250,000 made to the party by Britain Means Business in the weeks before the 2024 general election.The Guardian revealed earlier this month that Fiona Cottrell made a £1m transfer to Britain Means Business shortly before the donations were made. About half of the funds were then passed to the party.Cottrell’s son, George, is a convicted fraudster with close…

The federal government moved to shut down reports of an imminent electricity tariff increase, saying no rate hike is planned for any consumer band and that subsidies for lower-usage households will continue. Sadiq Wanka, special adviser to the President on Power Infrastructure in the Office of the Vice President, said in a signed statement Friday that recent media coverage had misrepresented remarks he made at an industry event in Lagos on July 22. “There is no planned tariff hike for any grid consumer across any service band,” the statement said, adding that the government “remains committed to protecting vulnerable households…

Google’s Vice President of Devices and Services, Shakil Barkat, all but confirmed in an interview with 9to5 Google that its next Pixel phone would cost more than the Pixel 10. Considering the ongoing RAM supply issues due to the explosion of AI data centers, the rumored price hike is not a complete surprise. Companies from Apple to Nintendo, Microsoft to Roku, have all raised their prices in response to the soaring cost of memory.Barkat said that Google had “shielded our consumers from supply fluctuations for as long as possible,” but that the “economics have fundamentally shifted and we’re not immune…

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Interim National Working Committee, under its Chairman, Kabiru Turaki, SAN, has held a closed-door meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja, in what appeared to be the party’s first high-level consultation following the Federal High Court judgment on a suit instituted by the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT). Although neither the PDP nor the former president disclosed the purpose of the meeting, party sources said the discussions centred on the implications of the court’s decision and what it means for the party as it seeks to resolve its lingering…