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US President Donald Trump said Friday he called off a second wave of attacks on Venezuela after the government, whose leftist president was removed by Washington, began releasing prisoners. Trump made the comments as he prepared to meet major oil corporations that he said would invest at least $100 billion in Venezuela, which has the world’s largest oil reserves. Trump was implicitly making clear he is ready again to use force to get his way in Venezuela, which he has vowed to force to enrich the United States, especially oil companies. “Venezuela is releasing large numbers of political prisoners as…

Commuters and motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway faced significant delays on Friday afternoon following a multiple-vehicle collision involving a heavy-duty truck and two passenger cars. According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, no casualties have been recorded in the accident that occurred along the Berger inward Secretariat stretch. The accident was said to have caused a traffic backlog that extended from Jubilee Estate back to the Berger New Garage. 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬-𝐈𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 Confirming this in a post on X, LASTMA wrote, “A multiple vehicle accident involving a truck and two cars has occurred along…

Former Abia State Governors, Senator Orji Kalu and Senator Theodore Orji, have met in Umuahia to strategise on reclaiming power from Governor Alex Otti ahead of the 2027 general election. Speaking during the meeting on Friday, Kalu said the gathering was convened to bring together political actors who served in the state between 2009 and 2023 to forge a common political front. The former governor, who currently represents Abia North Senatorial District in the 10th Senate, also proposed that the group be expanded to accommodate all former political office holders in the state within the same period. Kalu said the…

President Bola Tinubu has praised corporate Nigeria, citizens, and stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market for helping the Nigerian Exchange surpass the historic N100 trillion market capitalisation milestone, describing it as a signal of a “new economic reality” for the country. In a statement released by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu called the achievement an inspiration for investors in the money and capital markets while urging Nigerians to deepen investments in the local economy. “With the Nigerian Exchange crossing the historic N100 tn market capitalisation mark, the country is witnessing the birth of a new…

Arsenal wasted the chance to move eight points clear at the top of the Premier League as Liverpool came to life in a 0-0 draw at the Emirates Stadium. The Reds are one of only two sides to beat Mikel Arteta’s men this season and came closest to breaking the deadlock when Conor Bradley hit the crossbar. Arsenal failed to score for the first time at home all season but did enough to extend their advantage over second-placed Manchester City to six points. Three consecutive draws for City over the past week had opened the door for Arsenal to close…

This year’s CES was an odd one. This is a conference usually dominated by futuristic, expensive TVs and futuristic, expensive cars, but those things weren’t what dominated CES 2026. Instead, Las Vegas was filled with new ideas about old gadgets and showed us a whole lot of really impressive hardware waiting on software to catch up.On this episode of The Vergecast, recorded live at the Brooklyn Bowl in Vegas, David and Nilay talk through some of the big stories from this year’s show. (Thanks to everyone who came to see us and stuck around after for drinks and bowling —…

Bitcoin (BTC) can hit $105,000 within weeks as a classic leading indicator stays bullish, says the latest market analysis.Key points:Bitcoin is enjoying bullish RSI signals on multiple timeframes as price action consolidates.A weekly RSI breakout occurred in December and continues to hold.Concerns about BTC price strength remain as traders still see new lows to come.RSI offers $105,000 BTC price targetIn an X post on Thursday, trader BitBull noted an ongoing breakout on Bitcoin’s weekly relative strength index (RSI).While BTC price action stays rangebound, an important RSI trend shift has in fact already been in play since December.A downtrend on the…

Hilary Duff’s former How I Met Your Father costar Francia Raisa has entered the chat. Raisa, 37, shared a humorous video via TikTok and Instagram on Thursday, January 8, weighing in on the mom group drama fueled by a recent essay that Ashley Tisdale French wrote for The Cut. In the video, Raisa can be seen sitting in a car scrolling through her phone as she lip-synchs to a line by Amanda Bynes’ character Viola Hastings from the movie She’s the Man. “Speaking as a completely objective third-party outsider with absolutely no personal interest in the matter, I am not…

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has directed the Commissioner for Health in the state, Seiyefa Brisibe, to carry out a “compulsory medical check-up” on every member of the state executive council. The directive was contained in a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Daniel Alabrah, on Wednesday 7 January. Mr Diri’s directive came less than one month after the death of the Deputy Governor of the state, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. The Bayelsa State Government had, in December last year, announced that Mr Ewhrudjakpo slumped while he was working in his office, and later died at the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa,…

A public affairs analyst, Frank Tietie, says President Bola Tinubu must be advised to wash his hands off the Rivers State crisis. Tietie made this call on Friday while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST. His comment is coming against the backdrop of the renewed political crisis in Rivers state where on Thursday the State House of Assembly began impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The State Assembly accused Governor Fubara and his Deputy of breaching the peace agreement brokered by President Bola Tinubu. Reacting, Tietie said, “I think it is morally, politically,…