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BREAKINGBREAKING, This is a breaking news story.Published On 25 Jul 202625 Jul 2026Two buses have collided in Syria, killing at least 35 people and injuring 30 others, the country’s health ministry says.The crash happened on Saturday on the Deir ez-Zor–Damascus road, a crucial highway stretching more than 400km that connects eastern Syria to the capital.The crash reportedly happened between Al-Sukhnah and Palmyra.According to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), several helicopters have been sent to the crash site to medically evacuate the injured to Homs Military Hospital.The Ministry of Interior said ambulances have also been dispatched.The highway is known…

•As illegal market hits $17.8bn By Yinka Kolawole Nigeria has emerged as one of Africa’s most regulated online gambling markets, even as illegal operators continue to dominate the continent, according to a new report by Gaming Compliance International (GCI). The report, the first comprehensive assessment of online gambling across all 54 African countries, showed that Africa’s online gambling Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) reached $23 billion in 2025. However, only $5.2 billion (23 per cent) was generated by licensed operators, while $17.8 billion (77 per cent) remained in the unregulated market. In West Africa, total online gambling revenue rose to $4.8 billion…

The authors’ model, named pathway multinomial logit or “pathway MNL,” does not reveal causal effects, they caution, but the associations they uncover are informative for museum professionals. Multimedia guide users largely visited recommended artworks in the suggested order. Lisa van den Bos, product manager for digital education at the museum while the study was underway, expressed surprise that even subtle ordering changes on the guide impacted traffic patterns. “We actually have a lot of power in how we move people through,” she said. Visitors sought variety in time period and size but consistency in subject and theme, the team found.…

Kenneth Kalu Since the inauguration of the administration of Dr. Alex Otti, Governor of Abia State, the State has returned decisively and irreversibly to the national limelight. In a remarkably short span of time, Otti has demonstrated with unmistakable clarity what transformational leadership truly means in practice. From modern road infrastructure to smart schools, from newly commissioned hospitals to a rejuvenated civil service, from restored public confidence to renewed investor interest, the Governor has repositioned Abia State far beyond even the expectations of his most ardent supporters. What was once dismissed as a state weighed down by decades of underperformance…

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Key events117km to go The speeds are up again as the riders hit another downhill section, real set of your pants stuff, this.ShareI asked for Tour memories, but I like mountain experiences too. Anthony Rockhead emails in: “Hi Tom, today’s route was the L’Etape sportive last Sunday. As a competent Sunday cafe rider it was far and away the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life. I shall be reliving the experience today in awe of the pros who will be completing the course in around a third of my time.”Another from Samir Dawlatly: Hi Tom, I’m by…

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Seyi Awolowo, has revealed that he deliberately tried to keep his family identity hidden when he auditioned for the reality television show in 2019, saying he wanted to be judged on his own merit rather than his famous surname. Speaking on The Nigeria Meter Podcast, the grandson of the late Nigerian nationalist and statesman, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, said he never intended for fellow contestants to know about his family background while in the house. According to him, his plan changed the moment the show’s host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, announced his full name during his introduction on…

Nine years after Johm Anozie allegedly disappeared following his abduction by police operatives, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, has forwarded the case file on the incident to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, in line with a court order. Judge Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered the IGP, in a judgement delivered in September 2025, to release the case file to Nnenna Anozie, the wife of the missing businessman, Mr Anozie. However, the police authorities ignored the judgment for about 10 months. Mrs Anozie, through her lawyer, Vincent Adodo,…

Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA — The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to develop the 2026 Value Added Tax (VAT) Modification Order. The Ministry’s Head , Information and Public Relations, Efe Ovuakporie, in a statement, this morning said the committee was Inaugurated in Abuja, on Friday, in a move aimed at ensuring the effective implementation of Nigeria’s new tax laws. Mr. Oyedele was quoted as saying the committee’s work would “provide greater certainty for businesses, investors and tax administrators,” and thst the assignment was critical to the…

The Iranian-backed Houthis have claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh launched strikes on targets linked to the group on Friday.Early on Saturday, the Houthis’ Ansarollah media said on Telegram that a “Yemeni missile strike” had caused fires in the Saudi city of Jizan. Saudi authorities had issued emergency alerts for the province.The group had vowed retaliation after Saudi Arabia launched air strikes on Houthi targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida and a nearby island on Friday.It came as there were no overnight reports of air strikes in the wider region by the US or Iran…