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President Bola Tinubu on Monday temporarily opened the 37.9-kilometre Bodo–Bonny Road in Rivers State, warning that night travel and heavy-duty vehicles remain banned until the project is fully completed in the first quarter of 2026. Speaking through the Minister of Works, David Umahi, at a ceremony on the Bodo-Bonny road, the President described the road as a flagship achievement of his Renewed Hope Agenda, saying it ends decades of… Read the full article here

The Tanimu Turaki (SAN)-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the formation of a caretaker committee by the faction loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, describing the move as a blatant act of illegality that undermines party rules. In a statement on Monday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said that by announcing a National Caretaker Committee,… Read the full article here

The Nigerian Exchange Limited closed the week on a high, with ICT and banking stocks driving the market up by N2.44tn. The All-Share Index gained 2.45 per cent to 147,040.08 points, while market capitalisation rose 2.67 per cent to N93.722tn. Investor activity picked up sharply, with a total turnover of 6.617bn shares worth N113.224bn changing hands in 109,590 deals during the week, up from 4.140bn shares valued at N115.889bn exchanged in… Read the full article here

Manchester United climbed back into the race to qualify for the Champions League as Bruno Fernandes inspired a 4-1 rout of woeful Wolves on Monday. Ruben Amorim’s side recovered from their disappointing draw with lowly West Ham last week, thanks to Fernandes’ double and goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Mason Mount at Molineux. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde had cancelled out Fernandes’ opener with Wolves’ first goal in six games in all competitions… Read the full article here

Between keeping up with TikTok trends and whatever new gadget just dropped, it’s tough to know exactly what teens are into these days. Luckily, we can help. We may be older than teenagers, but many of us here at The Verge are kids at heart. Plus, we’ve also got a few staffers with older kids. To make your life a little easier this holiday season, we rounded up what we think are the best gifts for teens, based on our tech expertise as well as what our staff’s teens are into right now.

Over the past two weeks, Bitcoin price repeatedly revisited the $90,000 range as retail investor sentiment improved, fund managers restated their bullish expectations for a potential end-of-year rally, and Strategy announced a sizable BTC purchase. According to VanEck head of digital asset research, Matthew Sigel, Bernstein wrote that “the Bitcoin cycle has broken the 4-year pattern (cycle peaking every 4 years) and is now in an elongated bull-cycle with more sticky institutional buying… Read the full article here

Travis Kelce was not in the mood to talk after the Kansas City Chiefs’ latest loss provided a bleak postseason prognostication. Kelce, 36, “declined interview requests twice” after the team’s 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday, December 7, according to The Athletic’s Jesse Newell. (Kelce’s fiancée, Taylor Swift, was in attendance on Sunday with friends Selena Gomez and Lena Dunham.) The defeat marked the Chiefs’ fourth loss in five… Read the full article here

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Decommissioning and Abandonment has criticised the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) for allegedly failing to comply with key provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and other governing laws on decommissioning processes in the oil and gas sector. The committee criticised the two agencies during its resumed investigative… Read the full article here

President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to work with state governors to prevent future kidnappings of Nigerians. Tinubu said students and children should no longer be allowed to fall victim to terrorism. He gave the directive while commending security agencies for securing the release of 100 students from Papiri Catholic School in Niger State. In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the president appealed to security agents to expedite the release of… Read the full article here

The Accord National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem, has been re-elected as the National Secretary of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC. The umbrella body of all registered political parties in Nigeria held its national election at the council’s national secretariat in Abuja on Monday. Mgbudem, who first became IPAC National Secretary on December 15, 2023, had earlier served as the Deputy National Chairman of the council. The election, monitored by the Independent… Read the full article here