Multiple pro-Second Amendment groups filed an amicus brief urging the Maryland Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a case involving a D.C. resident arrested for carrying a firearm in Maryland. Maryland’s gun laws are some of the most stringent in the country. These laws include a blanket refusal to recognize out-of-state permits or to…
Burnham unveils pub tax break, but questions remain over how it will be paid for CP Prime Minister Andy Burnham at his first Cabinet Meeting in 10 Downing Street this week. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced a 20 per cent cut to business rates for…
Nigerian-American Harvard trained engineer, Yinka Ogunbiyi has built HaloBraid, the world’s first braid-assist robot aiming to cut hours-long salon sessions down to minutes while reducing physical strain on professional stylists. According to her company, the device assists stylists by “finishing” braids that are started by hand, using machine learning to match professional quality at up…
Nigeria’s Esther Nworgu has set a new Games record with a phenomenal lift of 119.0kg in the women’s para powerlifting lightweight event, DAILY POST reports. It was Nigeria’s first Gold medal at the ongoing 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Nworgu’s compatriot, Esther Onyema, claimed the silver medal with a lift of 115.5kg. England’s Olivia Broome…
A Kano State High Court has sentenced a man, Shuaibu Abdulkadir, to death by hanging for the murder of a 22-year-old pregnant woman, Rumaisa Shuaibu. Justice Farida Dan Baffa delivered the judgment on Friday, holding that the prosecution proved the charge of culpable homicide beyond reasonable doubt. Abdulkadir, a resident of Farawa in Kumbotso Local…
PRETORIA, South Africa, July 24, 2026/APO Group/ — The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has finalised a loan of up to $15 million to the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of South Africa Ltd (Biovac) (https://apo-opa.co/3RQJKp2) to support a new multi-vaccine manufacturing facility in Cape Town that will significantly expand Africa’s domestic capacity to produce vaccines….
