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Selling the Bitcoin would have violated President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14233, which mandates that any Bitcoin obtained through criminal or civil forfeiture “shall not be sold.”A White House crypto advisor said he received confirmation from the US Department of Justice that no Bitcoin forfeited from the Samourai case was sold, putting rumors to rest.The confirmation was shared on X by Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets:“We have received confirmation from DOJ that the digital assets forfeited by Samourai Wallet have not been liquidated and will not be liquidated,” Witt posted…

Janice Dickinson offered a look at her severe injuries after a serious fall while filming U.K. reality show I’m a Celebrity. Us Weekly obtained photos of Dickinson, 70, showing wounds on her face, including her forehead, nose, lip and chin. According to the images, there is a combination of scratches and bruising. Photos also showed the wounds when they were open and after a bit of scarring. Us can confirm that Dickinson filed a personal injury lawsuit against ITV Studios, the company that produces the reality show, in connection with her past injuries. She is being represented by Taylor Hampton…

A fire outbreak at a residential building on Bola Street in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State has claimed the life of a 103-year-old woman and destroyed several properties. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it received a distress call about the incident at about noon on Friday. In a statement, the agency’s Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said emergency responders arrived at the scene shortly after the alert and found a residential bungalow with two shops attached already engulfed in flames. According to him, preliminary findings indicated that the fire started in one of the rooms before spreading…

Osborne, son of the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has obtained the chairmanship form for Ohaozara Local Government Area, LGA in the forthcoming Ebonyi council polls. Osborne was among aspirants endorsed by Governor Francis Nwifuru as the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates for the election in the 13 LGAs of the state. The endorsement drew diverse reactions from political watchers across the state, with Umahi describing it as the height of appreciation by the governor. Osborne, accompanied by well-wishers and supporters, obtained the N30million form at the party secretariat in Abakaliki on Friday. He,however, declined comments when approached by…

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Friday confirmed the referees for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations third-place playoff between Nigeria and Egypt on Saturday. Jalal Jayed has been appointed to be the centre referee for the game. Jayed will be assisted by Zakaria Brinsi, Akarkad Mostafa and Hassani Khalil. The fourth official for the match is Peter Waweru Kamaku. The main VAR official will be Lahlou Benraham, and he will be assisted by Haythem Guirat and Hamza El Fariq. Sinko Zeli has been appointed as the referee assessor for the penultimate game of this AFCON.

ChatGPT will soon start showing you sponsored products or services if they’re related to your conversation. In an announcement on Friday, OpenAI says it will start testing ads in the coming weeks for logged-in users in the US who use the app for free or have a ChatGPT Go subscription.The “clearly labeled” ads will surface in a separate area at the bottom of your chat. OpenAI says it will “keep your conversations with ChatGPT private from advertisers,” adding that it will “never sell your data” to them. Advertisers also won’t influence the answers you see, which will remain “optimized based…

In a recent interview, Aaron Arnold of Altcoin Daily broke down his crypto market outlook for 2026, drawing parallels with past market cycles and outlining bull, base and bear scenarios.Bitcoin’s price outlook for 2026 is coming into focus as investors weigh tightening supply against macroeconomic and market risks that could shape the next phase of the cycle. In a recent interview with Cointelegraph, crypto market commentator Aaron Arnold outlined bull, base and bear cases for Bitcoin in 2026, identifying the conditions that could drive prices higher or cap further gains.One major takeaway is that Bitcoin (BTC) may no longer need…

Blake Lively’s alleged feud with director and costar Justin Baldoni on the set of It Ends With Us exploded into multiple lawsuits in 2025. The former Gossip Girl star kicked off the legal battle by filing a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department and subsequently sued Baldoni over sexual harassment allegations. Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman fired back by calling Lively’s allegations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious,” before countersuing the actress for $400 million on the filmmaker’s behalf in January 2025. Lively’s lawyers declared “total victory and a complete vindication” against Baldoni when his countersuit was dismissed in June…

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Thursday honoured fallen members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Police and other security agencies who lost their lives while working to restore peace across the state. The tribute was paid during the 2026 Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony held at the Trade Fair Complex in Gusau. The governor, who was represented at the event by the Secretary to the State Government, Malam Abubakar Mohammad Nakwada, assured families of the fallen heroes of the state government’s commitment to programmes aimed at improving their welfare and wellbeing. Speaking at the ceremony, Lawal said the annual event…

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, says it wants to get president Bola Tinubu out of power come 2027. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, made this known on Friday when he featured in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST. According to him: “We want to get Tinubu out of power. That’s the only way we can get our country back. “Not desperately, because it is only by getting him out of power that we can take our country back. “They country has been more or less been hijacked. You…