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US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their sell-off Wednesday to a record 13 consecutive trading days as Bitcoin demand continued to weaken.Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $396.6 million in net outflows on Wednesday, bringing cumulative withdrawals to roughly $4.4 billion since the streak began, according to data from SoSoValue.The current run exceeds the previous record of eight consecutive trading days of outflows in February 2025, which saw roughly $3.2 billion exit the funds.Bitcoin price briefly dipped below $63,000 on Thursday. Source: CoinGeckoSince the outflow streak began on May 15, Bitcoin has fallen about 21% from to $63,400 from about $80,000…
Mackenzie Shirilla’s case has surged back into the national conversation following the May 2026 release of Netflix’s true crime documentary The Crash — and with the renewed attention has come fresh curiosity about the convicted murderer’s origins, including the Ohio community she called home before the fatal July 2022 collision that killed her boyfriend and a close friend. Before she became the subject of a viral Netflix documentary, Shirilla lived in Strongsville, Ohio, a suburb located roughly 20 miles southwest of downtown Cleveland. It was there, on July 31, 2022, that she drove her Toyota Camry into a brick building…
Some senators have called on the Presidency and the National Assembly to conduct a comprehensive audit of Nigeria’s defence spending to determine whether funds allocated to security agencies have been properly used. The call was made on Wednesday by the senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, and his counterpart from Niger East, Sani Musa, during debate on a motion on the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Mr Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo State, lamented that the Senate had repeatedly debated insecurity and adopted several resolutions aimed at addressing the crisis, but…
On Friday, 15 May, Nigeria witnessed something unprecedented: coordinated school abductions carried out simultaneously in the Southwest and the North-East. It was a dark day that reopened old wounds and stirred new fears, as non‑state actors executed highly organised operations with alarming precision. In Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, armed terrorists stormed multiple schools, abducting 46 students and teachers and killing one teacher in the process. Even more horrifying were reports that one of the victims was brutally executed to send a chilling message to authorities and the community. Predictably, the incident triggered protests and revived a social…
At least seven people have been killed following a violent clash between farmers and herders in Lanzai and Dosho communities of Darazo Local Government Area in Bauchi State. According to the Bauchi State Police Command, the incident began after suspected herders allegedly attacked farmers working on farmland on the outskirt of Lanzai community. Police spokesperson SP Nafiu Habib disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the command received reports of the attack, which triggered a retaliatory response from youths in the area. The aggrieved youths reportedly stormed Dosho, a settlement largely inhabited by Fulani herders, and set parts of the community ablaze.…
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo, has alleged that the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, is the greatest fraud ever in politics. Okonkwo made the allegation while fielding questions in an interview on Symfoni TV. According to him, people who left the ADC in Enugu State claimed they were fraudulently extorted during the party’s primary election. “I can tell you without mincing words that NDC is the greatest fraud that has ever happened. “Aspirants in my state who left ADC for the NDC, called to tell me after the primary that those who wanted to be House…
New Liverpool manager, Andoni Iraola, has expressed happiness after being appointed as the club’s new head coach on Thursday. Iraola has signed a two-year deal at Anfield and will succeed Arne Slot, who was recently sacked. Reacting, Iraola told the club’s website, “I’m really excited, really excited. “Because obviously you know about Liverpool, you know that it’s a big club, a massive club, one of the biggest in the world.” Iraola already has experience in the Premier League, having managed Bournemouth. He will now hope to lead the Reds to win the Premier League title next season.
The smooth conduct of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination was disrupted in several states following the late arrival of examination materials, forcing thousands of candidates to sit papers late into the evening. Findings by our correspondent revealed that candidates in parts of Oyo, Lagos and Osun states were compelled to write examinations under poor lighting conditions on Wednesday and Thursday as question papers and answer booklets arrived several hours behind schedule. The situation was particularly pronounced in Ibadan, Iseyin and Oyo towns in Oyo State, the Lekki axis of Lagos State, and Osogbo in Osun State, where…
Residents of Oda Community in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State were thrown into shock after a 38-year-old man, Nsikak Kingsley, allegedly beat his father, Adone Peter, to death during a dispute. Although the cause of the disagreement between the 65-year-old father and son, which reportedly escalated into a physical assault, was not disclosed, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, said in a statement on Thursday that the suspect had been arrested and detained. The statement read, “The Ondo State Police Command under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Felix Ohagwu, has arrested a…
This is my humble exhortation this week. The Great One did not put us on this earth just for ourselves and ourselves alone. We were all created to help rejigger somebody’s sorry story through our gestures toward them and a stretch of our helping hands. We were made to be a blessing to other created beings, whether we know them or not. We are here to help the helpless; feed hungry mouths; touch hopeless lives; strengthen feeble hands; and leave a mark of godly impact. Too many people around you are still trapped in despondency and deprivation. Their times of…
