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Arsenal secured a top-two finish in this season’s UEFA Champions League after beating Inter Milan at the San Ṣírò on Tuesday night. This extend their perfect record to seven wins from seven in the competition. The visitors made what they described as a “stunning start” to the contest and went ahead after 10 minutes when Gabriel Jesus scored “with a poacher’s effort.” Inter responded eight minutes later as Petar Sucic “blasted into the top corner” to level the score. Arsenal regained the lead before the break, with Jesus completing his brace following a corner. Bukayo Saka delivered the set piece,…

Delaware Life Insurance Company is adding limited Bitcoin-linked exposure to its retirement annuity portfolio through an index developed by BlackRock.The insurer will offer an index that blends US stocks with a small, risk-managed allocation to Bitcoin (BTC). The Bitcoin exposure comes through BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, meaning investors do not hold Bitcoin directly.The index combines US equities with managed BTC exposure and applies volatility controls designed to limit fluctuations to about 12%. Delaware Life said the structure allows policyholders to gain indirect exposure to BTC price movements while still preserving their principal under the annuity’s terms.The index will be available…

UPDATE: 1/20/26 at 11:23 a.m. ET — Amanda Batula’s comments about not having a prenup with Kyle Cooke have resurfaced in the wake of their split. The couple shared on Monday, January 19, that they decided to part ways after four years of marriage. “After much reflection, we have mutually and amicably decided to part ways as a couple,” Batula and Cooke wrote via social media. “We share this with a heavy heart and kindly ask for your grace and support while we focus on our personal growth and healing.” The statement continued, “It feels ironic to ask for privacy…

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, on Monday, openly admitted to killing 22 members of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP). Mr Kainerugaba, who is also the country’s Chief of Defence Force, wrote in a series of posts on X that the government killed 22 members of the opposition party last week, during the presidential election, which saw his father secure a seventh term. He also threatened to kill the leading opposition candidate and leader of the NUP party, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. He, however, later deleted the tweets. The election, which extended President…

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Tuesday ordered the closure of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, following a breach of law and order over the temporary relocation of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, from the Yikpata orientation camp to the Polytechnic campus due to security concerns. According to a statement by the Acting Registrar of the institution, Abdulhafiz Amin, issued in Ilorin on Tuesday, the governor directed the closure to ensure the safety of lives and property within the Polytechnic community. DAILY POST recalls that the state government had earlier designated Kwara State Polytechnic as the temporary orientation camp for the NYSC…

A group under the aegis of Civic Action for Democracy, CAD, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, demanding the immediate removal of the Action Peoples Party (APP) from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) register. Addressing journalists after filing the case with suit number FHC/OW/CS/03/2026, the Executive Director of the group, Mazi Franklin Ngoforo, said the legal action became necessary following findings that revealed that the APP is still in the INEC database despite being deregistered a long time ago. He maintained that it would be an electoral misnomer if the APP is allowed…

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a 45 years old lady, Joy Ezeni, with one hundred wraps of weed suspected to be ‘loud’. The suspect was arrested on 19th January 2026, DAILY POST reports. The operatives recovered the illicit drugs from the suspect, who is currently in custody. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the development in a statement. The statement read, “On 19th January 2026, operatives of Raiders Unit acting on intelligence stormed ogwashi-Uku and arrested one Joy Ezeni ‘f’ aged 45 years, and recovered one hundred wraps of weed suspected to…

Rivers United will depart for Zambia tonight for their CAF Champions League matchday three clash against Power Dynamos. The players and officials will leave for Maputo via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The contingent arrived Abuja on Tuesday from Port Harcourt to connect a flight to their destination. The Pride of Rivers will be up against Power Dynamos at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola on Saturday. They will face same opponent in a matchday four encounter zhat the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo a week later. Rivers United are yet to record a point in the group stage…

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has presented a N200 billion supplementary budget to the Delta House of Assembly for consideration and approval. The proposal allocates N140.6 billion to recurrent expenditure and N59.4 billion to capital expenditure. Speaker, Dennis Guwor, disclosed this on Tuesday in Asaba while reading the governor’s message during plenary. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Delta is currently implementing the 2025 Appropriation Act of N979.2 billion. Oborevwori said the supplementary budget would sustain delivery of the state’s MORE/Renewed Hope Agenda. “The need became necessary to address expenditures, bearing in mind that the 2025 budget runs till…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the recruitment of 150 additional personnel into the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service to boost emergency response and public safety across the state. The agency’s Controller General, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in a statement signed by the agency’s Public Affair Officer, Mrs Maira Fadairo on Tuesday in Lagos. Adeseye, while flagging off the LSFRS Squad 23 Adeseye training exercise in Ikeja, Lagos, said that the recruitment reflects the administration’s commitment to a resilient and well-equipped fire and rescue service. “This latest recruitment underscores the present administration’s sustained commitment to building a…