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While many crypto traders are still waiting for the next altcoin season to begin, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said it’s been underway all along.“There is always an altcoin season happening… and [if you’re] always saying altcoin season isn’t there, [it’s] because you didn’t own what went up,” Hayes said during a podcast interview published to YouTube on Thursday.Hayes said many traders are still expecting altcoin season to play out the same way it did in previous years, assuming the same cryptocurrencies and narratives will repeat. “You wanted it to be like last altcoin season, because then you felt like you…

Three young adults in Austin, Texas, have been arrested and charged with child abandonment after they left an 11-month-old baby alone in a vehicle for several hours in 36-degree weather so that they could go to different bars. The suspects in the case have been identified as Gabrielle Aleman, Jaslyn Tovar and Isaiah Calvo, according to an arrest affidavit viewed by KXAN. Aleman, 22, Tovar, 21, and Calvo, 25, were out for a night on the town when police officers noticed them violating pedestrian traffic laws, according to the affidavit. Aleman and Calvo kept walking, which led the officers to…

President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria’s inflation rate declined to 14.45 per cent in November from 24.23 per cent in March. Mr Tinubu stated this during the presentation of the 2026 Appropriation Bill before the joint session of the National Assembly on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budget was tagged: “Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and Shared Prosperity.” The president said that he was encouraged that his administration’s reform efforts were already yielding measurable results. He said: “Our economy grew by 3.98 per cent in Q3 2025, higher than the 3.86 per cent recorded in Q3…

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed concerns raised by the Nigerian Bar Association over the planned enforcement of tinted-glass permits. DAILY POST reports that following the planned resumption of the suspended motor vehicle tinted glass permit by the Nigeria police, the NBA threatened to initiate contempt proceedings against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin. The association cited previous court orders stopping the enforcement of the controversial policy. However, in a statement on Friday, the police insisted that contrary to the NBA’s remarks, the Force has no plan to violate any…

A Nigerian man, Olusegun Adejorin, has been convicted by a federal jury for defrauding two charitable organisations located in Maryland and New York in the United States. The Nigerian, after a six-day trial, was convicted of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorised access to a protected computer to obtain information. Diaspora Tales gathered that the 32-year-old was previously extradited from Ghana to the US following the fraud he committed between June and August 2020. This was disclosed in a press statement by the US Department of Justice of the Maryland District on Thursday. Adejorin was found guilty of gaining…

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The shareholders of FCMB Group Plc have approved the plan to increase the company’s fresh capital raise of up to N400bn. The approval was given during an Extraordinary General Meeting recently. Saturday PUNCH reports that FCMB Group, in its third-quarter report filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited, affirmed that its banking subsidiary will be recapitalised ahead of the 2026 deadline, saying, “We have successfully concluded our public offer and are on track to complete the minority subsidiary sale by the end of December. “Subject to CBN capital verification (currently ongoing), shareholder approval at the EGM, and the required regulatory consents,…

Nigerian boxers Ayomide Mayowa and Faruk Abijuwon won gold medals at the 4th African Youth Games in Luanda, Angola, on Friday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Mayowa opened the gold medal haul for Nigeria when she defeated Algeria’s Bensallah Bouthania in the female 48kg final, before Abijuwon completed the double by overcoming Bofenda Mabela of the Republic of Congo in the male 50kg final. The boxing finals brought activities to a close at the youth games, with both Nigerian fighters delivering commanding performances to claim top honours for their country. Mayowa had earlier passed through host nation Angola’s Zola Lando in…

From chart-topping anthems to sold-out concerts and viral moments, the Nigerian entertainment scene has been nothing short of electric this year. As entertainers pushed creative boundaries and commanded global attention, TOFARATI IGE and FAITH AJAYI spotlight the standout stars who defined 2025 across the music, movie and social media spheres Davido David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido’s influence in 2025 was unmistakable. His fifth studio album, ‘5ive’, became one of the most streamed Nigerian projects of the year, with over 320 million streams on Spotify alone, overtaking major contemporaries and confirming his enduring commercial clout. The project debuted with a…

In this interview with LARA ADEJORO, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Elina Valtonen, speaks on the country’s development model and calls for a transparent market economy to support Africa’s financial systems So, for eight years in a row, Finland was chosen to be the happiest country, according to the UN-led survey. What practical lessons from Finland’s social model could other African countries, like Nigeria, learn from you? A little bit more than 100 years ago, Finland was one of the poorest countries in Europe. Our recipe is basically not just about happiness but about progress, and it has been to…