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Large Bitcoin holders are now controlling the smallest share of the cryptocurrency’s supply since late May, when it first reclaimed $100,000 after more than three months, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment.Santiment posted to X on Thursday that “whale and shark wallets” holding between 10 and 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC) have fallen to a nine-month low, collectively accounting for about 68.04% of the entire Bitcoin supply.“This includes a dump of -81,068 BTC in just the past 8 days alone,” Santiment said, as Bitcoin fell from around $90,000 to $65,000 over the same period, a roughly 27% decline, according to CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin…

Savannah Guthrie‘s brother, Camron Guthrie, has spoken out amid mom Nancy Guthrie’s continued disappearance. “This is Camron Guthrie and I’m speaking for the Guthrie family,” Camron said in a video shared via Savannah’s Instagram page on Thursday, February 5. “Whoever it out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven’t heard anything directly. We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward. But first, we have to know if you have our mom. We want to talk to you and we are waiting for contact.”…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun an investigation into the certificate forgery scandal of a former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, PREMIUM TIMES reports. A painstaking two-year investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES in October last year revealed that Mr Nnaji forged his degree and NYSC certificates which he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate during his ministerial confirmation in 2023. Barely three days after the investigation, the politician resigned his position as minister. Many Nigerians had called for Mr Nnaji’s prosecution, maintaining that his resignation was inadequate in…

More than 120 swimmers on Thursday participated in the screening programme ahead of the second edition of the Niger Delta Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the games was scheduled to hold between 20 February and 27 February in Edo. The trials, which was held in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state, paved way for the selection of outstanding athletes to represent the state at the forthcoming games. Segun Omoyofunmi, Chairman, State Liaison Committee and Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, who addressed reporters commended the selection process, describing it as transparent and credible. Mr Omoyofunmi…

A security expert, Salihu Dantata, has said that those killed in the Kwara State incident are beyond the figures the government is giving. Dantata said this on Thursday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television. He said that when the incident was happening, the inhabitants of the local government were transmitting the information. He, however, lamented that unfortunately rescue did not come until a lot of people were massacred. “You see, starting from the federal government, that particular arena and access has just exited from Mamuda terrorist invasion. That was the same local government joined…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State has accused former Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of neglecting his home community while in office. The allegation was made at an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Tambuwal, where the party’s local government chairman, Isa Sadiq Achida, said the former governor failed to deliver meaningful development to the area during his tenure. Achida also criticised Tambuwal’s reported involvement in a political coalition, describing it as a regrouping of familiar political figures rather than a new movement. He urged residents, particularly youths, to support continuity rather than align with what…

Kebbi State Police Command has intercepted an unregistered motorcycle conveying two suspected armed bandits in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi. According to Usman, operatives of the Police Special Tactical Squad, while on routine patrol around 9:00 p.m. on February 4, 2026, intercepted an unregistered Boxer motorcycle conveying two suspected armed bandits in Bagudo. He said the suspects opened fire on the police during a security check, prompting a gun duel. “One of the suspects was neutralised during the exchange, while the second suspect…

Ademola Lookman found the back of the net on his Atlético Madrid debut as they thrashed Real Betis 5-0 in the quarter-final of the Copa del Rey on Thursday night. The Super Eagles forward only sealed a move to the LaLiga side earlier this week from Atalanta. David Hancko opened the scoring for Diego Simeone’s side, before Giuliano Simeone added the second in the 30th. Lookman’s moment came in the 37th minute, as the 28-year-old finished off a counter-attack. There were further goals from Antoine Griezmann and Thiago Almada as Atletico ran riot. Atlético and Betis will face each other…

Japanese auto giant, Toyota, said on Friday it had hiked its profit and sales forecasts for the current fiscal year, as it battled the effects of US tariffs. Despite the “negative impact of US tariffs that newly arose this fiscal year, we have reduced the extent of the profit decline by implementing cost reductions and marketing efforts”, the firm said in a statement. For the year ending March 2026, it expects to see a net profit of 3.57 trillion yen ($22.8 billion), up from 2.93 trillion yen. Operating profit is forecast to hit 3.8 trillion yen, up from 3.4 trillion…

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old suspected burglar, Shettima Adamu, alongside five alleged accomplices over cases of criminal conspiracy, trespass, theft and receiving stolen property in the state. The suspects were arrested following complaints from shop owners in the Bayan Tasha and Nayi Nawa areas of Damaturu, the state capital, over repeated incidents of burglary and theft involving goods valued at about N530,000. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said operatives of the A Divisional Police Headquarters arrested Adamu at about 4 a.m. on February 2, 2026. “On February…