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Crypto exchange Bybit has been added to the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Investor Alert List, a registry designed to warn consumers about entities that may be wrongly perceived as licensed or regulated by the financial watchdog. Bybit Fintech Limited and Bybit appeared on the MAS alert list on Wednesday, although the regulator did not provide a specific reason for their inclusion.Bybit Fintech Limited, the corporate entity behind the exchange, appears on the MAS Investor Alert List website. Source: MASAccording to MAS, the Investor Alert List identifies entities and investment offers that may create the false impression of being licensed, authorized,…

John Stamos is opening up about his painful divorce from ex-wife Rebecca Romijn. The Full House actor, 62, began dating Romijn, 53, in 1994 and they tied the knot in 1998. However, the relationship came to an end six years later, and their divorce was finalized in 2005. “It broke my heart. I didn’t want to get divorced,” Stamos admitted during a June 10 appearance on Bobbi Althoff’s “The Really Good Podcast.” He added, “She wanted to [get divorced]. It took me a long time to get over, but I have to say that … she has a nice life,…

Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been cleared of all bribery charges brought against her by British prosecutors after a jury at a London court returned not-guilty verdicts on Wednesday. Mrs Alison-Madueke, who served as Nigeria’s petroleum minister between 2010 and 2015 under former President Goodluck Jonathan, was acquitted of five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery. The former minister, 65, had consistently denied the allegations. Prosecutors alleged that Mrs Alison-Madueke received lavish benefits and enjoyed what they described as “a life of luxury” in London, funded by oil and gas…

The Federal Government has dismissed reports suggesting it plans to introduce new taxes on telecommunications services and petroleum products, saying the claims are false and misleading. The Federal Ministry of Finance disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement signed by Maryann Duke, senior special assistant on communications and press secretary to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele. It said the reports, which linked the proposed taxes to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV Consultation on Nigeria, do not reflect its position. According to the government, the recommendations contained in the IMF report are…

The Nigerian Air Force has airlifted sensitive electoral materials for the 2026 Ekiti State Governorship Election and a series of senatorial and federal constituency by-elections scheduled for June 20, 2026. The election materials airlifted to Ekiti. Photo: NAF The NAF said the operation was carried out between June 15 and 16 at the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure the secure and timely movement of sensitive materials from Abuja to designated locations across the country. According to a statement released on Wednesday by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, the operation covered…

Two suspects have been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly killing a 33-year-old woman and dumping her lifeless body in a culvert near Jesus Bus Stop, Oraifite, in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the suspects allegedly murdered the deceased on March 13 after luring her to their residence under the guise of seeking help. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Wednesday. Ikenga said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the command following intelligence and digital forensic leads through sustained efforts.…

Ride-hailing and mobility platform, LagRide, has handed over vehicles to another batch of its Captains under the company’s Drive-to-Own programme, reaffirming its commitment to promoting dignified transportation and creating pathways to asset ownership for drivers in Lagos. The vehicle handover ceremony, tagged Drive-to-Own Graduation 2.0, was held at the LagRide in Lagos where government officials, business partners and other stakeholders gathered to celebrate the achievements of the graduating drivers. Among those in attendance were Engr. Akin Fashola, Chief Vehicle Inspection Officer, Lagos State; the Executive Secretary and CEO of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund; Oloruntimilehin George, Managing Director and…

Though Toy Story 5 is a continuation of Woody and Buzz’s adventures in humanland, it is also a poignant exploration of what it’s like for kids to grow up in a world where they’re often encouraged to experience life through screens. The movie frames tech as an almost inescapable element of our reality that can hurt us in ways that outweigh its potential benefits. But its story highlights how — for all of tech’s potential to do harm — we still have the ability to choose when and how we let newfangled devices into our personal lives.Set a few years…

Stablecoin settlement infrastructure company Trace Finance has raised $32 million in a Series A funding round led by CoinFund.Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital and Paxos were among the investors that participated in the round, the company said Wednesday in a statement shared with Cointelegraph.Trace Finance provides banking, foreign exchange and stablecoin settlement infrastructure for cross-border payments across Latin America. It claims to have processed more than $10 billion in transaction volume and plans to use the fresh capital to expand across LatAm, the US and Asia-Pacific markets.The funding comes as stablecoin settlement increasingly moves into regulated financial infrastructure, with companies racing…

The 1980s was a great decade for mainstream classics that still endure, like Poltergeist, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Back to the Future. But there are plenty of fantastic ’80s movies that we love today that were not received quite as well upon release. Watch With Us has put together a ranked list of five of the most misunderstood movies of the 1980s — movies that critics didn’t get, audiences didn’t get or have just been completely lost to time. First up on our list is Innerspace, an irreverent sci-fi comedy starring Dennis Quaid as a man who is shrunk down to microscopic…