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Bybit saw the second-highest trading volumes among crypto exchanges last year, making a “slow but steady comeback” after suffering a $1.5 billion hack in February 2025, says CoinGecko.Bybit‘s trading volume reached $1.5 trillion in total during 2025, and its share of the market reached 8.1% for the year, CoinGecko research analyst Shaun Paul Lee said in a report on Thursday.“Despite the major hack Bybit suffered in February, it has clawed its way back to the top,” and has “slowly gained back its dominance throughout 2025,” he added.The attack on Bybit is the largest crypto hack ever, and was carried out…
The Pitt star Katherine LaNasa has been married to Melrose Place alum Grant Show for two decades. LaNasa and Show, who met on the set of Big Love, got married in August 2012 and have gone on to publicly gush about their relationship. “My date is the gorgeous Grant Show,” LaNasa told Entertainment Tonight at the 2025 Emmy Awards. “Blake Carrington, himself.” Show, who notably portrayed the Carrington patriarch on the CW’s rebooted version of Dynasty, attended the Emmys to see LaNasa win the trophy for Best Supporting Actress. Related: Meet ‘The Pitt‘ Season 2 Characters After Shocking Cast Exit…
The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, has advised Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam to resign from his position following the political realignment in the state. In an interview with Muhasa Radio in Kano, Mr Waiya stated that the deputy governor can no longer be fully trusted by members of the State Executive Council due to his “perceived double loyalty.” He spoke against the background of the recent defection of Governor Abba Yusuf to the All Progressives Congress (APC). While the governor has resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and joined the APC, Mr Abdussalam…
This is why the Kannywood conversation is timely. With NITDA announcing a partnership with the Future Map Foundation to establish a world-class film studio in Kano to support the industry’s digital growth, the focus must go beyond infrastructure. Capacity-building programmes are equally essential to equip filmmakers, writers, editors, and creatives with the skills to navigate this new AI-driven storytelling era. I’ve been hyper-fixated on something lately, and it has quietly taken over my attention. Just before the First Kannywood Roundtable on Reputation Management and Digital Advancement in Kano — hosted by Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria, in…
The Christian Media Forum has expressed concern over a recent call by the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria demanding the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, on the basis of his religious faith. The forum described the call as baseless, unfortunate and highly divisive, stating that such a demand undermines Nigeria’s constitutional principles of fairness, inclusion and religious freedom. A statement jointly signed by the National President of the Christian Media Forum, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, and the National Secretary, Andrew Ibrahim Mshelia, said it believes that Nigeria’s democracy thrives when…
Super Eagles striker, Terem Moffi has agreed to join Portuguese giants FC Porto on loan for the remainder of the season, DAILY POST reports. Porto have the option to make the move permanent for €8m at end of the season. The 26-year-old is already in Portugal to undergo his medical. Moffi was physically attacked by Nice supporters after the defeat to Lorient. The striker failed to make an appearance for the club after the incident. Turkish Super Lig giants Besiktas were also keen on the Nigerian but didn’t move on time.
The Christian Association of Nigeria in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory has faulted the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria over its call for the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Joash Amupitan, warning against what it described as the politicisation of religion. Northern CAN described the demand as dangerous, unjustified and capable of undermining public confidence in a critical national institution, insisting that competence and integrity—not religious affiliation—should remain the basis for assessing public office holders. The SCSN had called for the immediate removal and prosecution of Amupitan, accusing him…
The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday announced the arrest of two suspected gunrunners and the recovery of 305 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition along the Zaria–Funtua highway in Katsina State. PUNCH Metro learnt from the command that the suspects, Shu’aibu Musa, also known as Abba, aged 30, and Ahmed Sani, aged 27, were arrested on January 27, 2026, at about 2:00 p.m. during an intelligence-led stop-and-search operation by police operatives. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, in a statement shared on the command’s Facebook page, the suspects were intercepted while riding a motorcycle. A search…
Life’s many troubles come in varying shades, shapes and characters to people. The rich man has his own volley of troubles, and the poor daily deals with his own deluge of struggles. You must have heard stories of people clobbered and hit by cyclones of difficulties and piercing pangs of life’s challenges. Millions of men, women, and children are in the trenches of horrible situations from which they see no hope of escape or liberty. They are our neighbours, friends, and family members. They are men who are not spared from the hammer of trials, and they are also women…
The Federal Government may raise excise duties on alcohol, tobacco, and other so-called “sin goods” as part of sweeping tax and revenue reforms tied to a $750m World Bank financing programme, according to an official implementation report on the facility. The World Bank, in its Implementation Status and Results Report on the Nigeria Accelerating Resource Mobilisation Reforms Programme-for-Results financing, said Nigeria’s excise rates on sin goods remain “very low”, but concrete steps are now underway to review and increase them, with effect from 2026 under the reform programme. A 2020 tax summary published on the website of PwC shows that…
