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Key takeaways:Bitcoin’s derivatives signal caution, with the options skew hitting 20% as traders fear another wave of fund liquidations.Bitcoin price recovered some of its Thursday losses, but it still struggles to match the gains of gold or tech stocks amid low leverage demand.Bitcoin (BTC) has gained 17% since the $60,150 low on Friday, but derivatives metrics suggest caution as demand for upside price exposure near $70,000 remains constrained. Traders fear that the liquidations of $1.8 billion of leveraged bullish futures contracts in five days indicate that major hedge funds or market makers may have blown up. Aggregate liquidations in Bitcoin…
Where were you during the 2000s? Were you digging into The Sopranos and The Wire? Or getting your mind blown by Lost? Well, some of us were in the trenches watching some short-lived dramas that not enough people remember. They didn’t get respect for their name at their time, and Watch With Us is demanding more respect now. We’ve put together a list of our favorite, most underrated TV dramas from the 2000s — our list includes the Kristen Chenoweth fantasy-drama Pushing Daisies and the neo-western Deadwood. Related: TV Shows That Surprisingly Never Won a Single Emmy Every year around Emmys season, TV fans hear…
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has criticised the Nigerian Senate over its recent vote on proposed amendments to the Electoral Act, describing the decision as a major setback for electoral integrity and democratic accountability. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the group said the Senate’s rejection of key reform provisions would weaken transparency, undermine voter confidence, and increase the risk of manipulation in future elections. The statement was signed by Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO), Kukah Center, International Press Centre (IPC), Elect Her, Nigerian Women Trust Fund, TAF Africa and Yiaga Africa. “As key stakeholders in the…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Friday launched its 2026–2030 Strategic Plan, aiming to transform doctors from reactive protesters into active leaders in Nigeria’s health system. The 5-year plan was unveiled in Abuja on Friday alongside its 2026 Annual Lecture Series, where government officials, health reform advocates, and senior physicians argued that Nigeria’s health crisis is no longer a problem of ideas but of leadership, accountability, and implementation. The roadmap outlines 24 objectives and 72 measurable outcomes across eight thematic areas, including institutional and organisational development, strategic communication and partnerships, improved patient care, clinical governance, doctors’ welfare and safety, professional…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday received the Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting focused on security developments in Kaduna State. Governor Sani briefed the President on the successful rescue of worshippers abducted from churches in the Kurmin Wali community of Kajuru Local Government Area on January 18, 2026. According to the governor, the victims were freed through sustained joint operations carried out by state and federal security agencies, leading to their safe release over the past week. DAILY POST recalls that the abduction occurred when gunmen stormed three churches in the…
No fewer than 4,500 opposition members from The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State. The decamped members were received on Thursday at the Manpower Development Institute, MDI, in Dutse. Speaking while receiving the decampees, chieftain of the party, Hon. Adamu Indallah said the decampees shifted their loyalty to the ruling All progressives Congress ,APC, due to its good leadership at all levels. He explained that the decampees who were notable figures in the opposition parties for years have now with all their followers joined the…
No fewer than eight suspected kidnappers and illicit drug peddlers were arrested by troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin City, in Edo State. The troops, in collaboration with operatives of the Edo State Police Command, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the State Security Service (ESSC), arrested the suspects during an operation codenamed IGBO DANU 1. DAILY POST reports that Captain Kennedy Anyanwu, Assistant Director of Army Public Relations for the Brigade, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City. Captain Anyanwu said the operation was conducted on February 4, 2026,…
Enyimba midfielder Edidiong Ezekiel says the team is focused on their Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, matchday 25 clash against Bendel Insurance. The players of the People’s Elephant embarked on a strike over the non-payment of entitlements earlier this week. The matter has since received the attention of the club’s management and the Abia State government. The People’s Elephant will face Bendel Insurance at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium this weekend. Edidiong assured that the team is determined to finish the season in a respectable position. “On Saturday we go against Bendel Insurance in Benin, and we are focused on the…
A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mustapha Lecky, has said Nigeria does not need real-time electronic transmission of election results, insisting that the country is neither legally nor technically ready for it. Lecky made the comments when he appeared as a guest on Channels Politics Today programme on Friday evening. The PUNCH reports that the Senate came under intense public backlash after its plenary session on Wednesday, where the lawmakers declined to amend Section 60 of the Electoral Act to compel officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission to electronically transmit results from polling units to…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for formally recognising the Abdulrahman Mohammed and Senator Samuel Anyanwu–led PDP Caretaker National Working Committee, in line with a recent judgment of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Division. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Chief Jude Udeachara, the party said INEC’s decision, evident in its invitation to the Mohammed/Anyanwu-led CNWC to a quarterly strategic engagement with political party leaders,”is a clear affirmation of the commission’s respect for the rule of law, equity, justice, and due process.” According…
