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A survey arranged by digital asset services provider CoinShares found that more than half of UK-based financial advisers reported the bulk of their clients’ crypto holdings were outside their oversight.According to the results of a CoinShares survey released on Thursday, 52% of UK advisers in a group of 261 European wealth management professionals said that the majority of their clients’ digital assets exposure was essentially “invisible” to them. Among all the EU countries surveyed, including France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, the number was 25%, with 61% of advisers saying that they worked in companies that explicitly restricted digital assets or…
Taylor Parker became the focus of national attention after Netflix released Maternal Instinct in June 2026, a documentary chronicling her 10-month web of lies that culminated in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent memory. While Parker spent much of 2020 falsely claiming to be pregnant with boyfriend Wade Griffin’s child, she was already a mother of two — a fact that has shaped the lives of her children long after she was sentenced to death row. Us Weekly breaks down everything to know about Parker’s family, from her two children to the relatives who testified during her capital…
Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, seeking urgent intervention to halt an escalating violence in Osun State ahead of the 15 August governorship election. In the petition he submitted on Thursday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, Mr Olajengbesi expressed concern over recurring politically motivated violent incidents. He urged the police to deploy a tactical team to restore peace and protect the residents of the state He warned that the killings threaten public safety, democratic governance, and the credibility of the forthcoming election. He cited widespread fear across various communities, noting that the violence…
Lasaco Assurance Plc, in collaboration with the Lagos State Government and other key stakeholders, has disbursed N799.84m in insurance benefits to 148 beneficiaries of families of deceased public servants. The presentation ceremony, held on Thursday, 11 June 2026, reflects the Lagos State Government’s commitment to the welfare of public servants and supporting the families of those who dedicated their lives to public service. Speaking at the ceremony, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Rural Development, Dr Nurudeen Agbaje, reaffirmed the state government’s dedication to supporting the families of public servants who passed away while in active service. Agbaje noted…
Justice Samira Bature of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, has issued a fresh bench warrant directing all law enforcement agencies to arrest a police officer, Edith Erhunwunse, over her continued absence from proceedings in an alleged N300m criminal eviction and property damage case. The order was made in suit number FCT/HC/CR/222/2023 following an application by the prosecution, led by Aderonke Imana. Erhunwunse is standing trial alongside property developer Cecil Osakwe and Abuja-based lawyer Victor Giwa on a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy, unlawful eviction and malicious damage. The Federal Government alleged that the defendants unlawfully evicted one Asabe…
The National Credit Guarantee Company Limited and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve access to finance for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises across the country. The agreement, signed at the NCGC headquarters in Abuja, seeks to strengthen financial inclusion, support enterprise development, and stimulate economic growth by addressing one of the major constraints facing small businesses—access to affordable financing. According to a statement issued by NCGC on Wednesday, the partnership will see both organisations collaborate on initiatives to improve the creditworthiness of MSMEs, promote financial literacy, facilitate access to…
Nigerian football stakeholders have called on the Nigeria Football Federation to extend the same remuneration standards applied to Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle to local coaches who take charge of the national team, following confirmation that the Franco-Malian had agreed a new contract worth $100,000 per month, The PUNCH reports. The reactions followed confirmation by National Sports Commission chairman Shehu Dikko that terms had been agreed with Chelle on a new deal, alongside fresh performance benchmarks for the coach and his assistants. Chelle has also been appointed to oversee the Dream Team ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics…
Android 17 is getting a dedicated gaming mode for foldables that will put a virtual gamepad with touch controls on half of your screen to theoretically make it easier to play games.With foldable gaming mode, which is set to launch in the coming months, the virtual controller emulates physical button presses at a system level and is designed to work “with any game that supports physical controllers,” says Google’s Mishaal Rahman on Reddit. For the actual inputs, the virtual controller will have a D-pad; left and right virtual sticks; A, B, X, and Y buttons; L1, L2, L3; R1, R2,…
For the past two cycles, Bitcoin DeFi has lived more as a promise than a category.Programmable Bitcoin has remained a vision held by a certain breed of Bitcoin maxi who believes that the world’s largest cryptocurrency can become productive without losing its security or sound money qualities. Yet the closure of Bitcoin scaling platform Botanix earlier this month has called that vision into question.If a well-funded, technically ambitious Bitcoin layer-2 with live apps, integrations and competitive yields can’t attract enough usage to survive, does that mean Bitcoiners simply don’t care about decentralized finance?Bitcoin DeFi remains a niche proposition in 2026,…
Former America’s Next Top Model alums are making their voices heard after Tyra Banks filed a bombshell defamation lawsuit against Netflix. Banks claimed that the streamer’s docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, which premiered on February 16, didn’t give an accurate depiction of her comments, as she claims only 16 minutes of her three-and-a-half hour interview were allegedly used. Per her June 13 filing obtained by People at the time, she said the doc was “stripped of context and reassembled to support a false and defamatory narrative unrelated to what she actually expressed.” The former Victoria’s Secret Angel…
