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Bitcoin (BTC) fell 2.30% on Wednesday, hitting an intraday low near $91,550. BTC/USDT daily price chart. Source: TradingViewThe decline came despite bullish signals, including a whale-linked $280 million BTC accumulation move and MSCI’s decision to keep crypto treasury companies in its benchmark indexes. Source: XMSCI limits passive demand for Strategy’s sharesIn the Tuesday announcement, MSCI said it will no longer adjust index weightings to reflect newly issued shares. Source: MSCIPreviously, when companies like Strategy issued new equity to raise capital for Bitcoin purchases, passive funds tracking MSCI indexes were required to buy a portion of those shares, creating steady demand.…

David Harbour has dropped out of a starring role in new movie Behemoth! weeks after missing an event tied to the series finale of Stranger Things. Searchlight Pictures confirmed to Variety on Tuesday, January 6, that Harbour, 50, will no longer star in director Tony Gilroy’s music drama, in which he was supposed to appear opposite Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde. (DeuxMoi was first to report news of Harbour’s exit on Tuesday.) According to Variety, citing multiple sources, Harbour stepped aside from the movie to take some time to rest after being overwhelmed by the recent hype around the final…

Students of state-owned tertiary institutions in Nasarawa State have appealed to striking lecturers and other staff to suspend the ongoing industrial action, warning that the prolonged shutdown of schools is taking a toll on their academic progress and future plans. The appeal comes barely a week after academic and non-academic staff of public tertiary institutions in the state commenced an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to implement the new national minimum wage and its consequential salary adjustments. On Monday, the National President of the Nasarawa State Students Association (NASSA), Abimiku David, made the plea during a press briefing in…

No fever than two people have lost their lives as a result of a failed investment scheme in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. DAILY POST also gathered that several other people have been hospitalised as a result of the failed investment scheme. Subscribers of the scheme christened ‘Agape Trade and Agape Thrift’, made these revelations during a press conference held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday. Spokesman of the subscribers, Mr Abiodun Ayobami Mustafa, while addressing journalists noted that over 950 people invested in the scheme founded by Mr Enoch Adeoye. Mustafa who noted that the scheme started…

Former Vice-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has formally declared interest in contesting the presidency in 2027 general elections. Baba-Ahmed made the declaration at a rally held at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. The declaration announcement is coming barely one week after Obi announced his departure from the Labour Party, LP, for the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Speaking to party members and supporters, Baba-Ahmed said his aspiration was neither reactionary nor dependent on Obi’s political decisions, adding that his presidential ambition predates the 2023 election. “I have made myself available to contest…

Operatives of Delta State Police Command have arrested a suspected inter-state kidnapper identified as Abubakar Mohammed. The Command led by CP Aina Adesola confirmed the development in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe. The statement read, “Acting on credible intelligence on the activities of a notorious inter-state kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate terrorizing parts of Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers states, the Officer-in-Charge of the CP Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT) activated a series of sustained, intelligence-driven operations aimed at dismantling the criminal network. “The operation recorded a major breakthrough on 29th December 2025, when the operatives…

Manchester United legend, Paul Scholes, has insisted that Chelsea should have appointed Como coach Cesc Fabregas over Liam Rosenior as the Blues’ new manager. Scholes believes Fabregas, a former Chelsea midfielder, should have been a better choice for the Premier League west London club compared to Rosenior. Speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast, the former England international said of Fabregas: “Not for United. “But do you know what? I actually like what Fabregas is doing and think he might have been a better choice for Chelsea than Liam Rosenior. “But he’s not right for Manchester United.”…

The United States has started an operation to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic after it evaded a partial blockade around Venezuela, multiple US media said Wednesday. US officials say the tanker is part of a so-called shadow fleet that has carried oil for countries such as Venezuela, Russia and Iran in violation of US sanctions. Tracking data from MarineTraffic showed the tanker nearing Iceland’s exclusive economic zone on Wednesday. The operation, first reported by Reuters citing two US officials, comes after Russia sent a submarine to escort the empty tanker that the United States has been pursuing…

The Benue State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with robbery and cult-related activities, just days after four suspected cultists were apprehended in Gboko Local Government Area during a clash that reportedly left two members dead. The State Command spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, two suspects were arrested on Monday in Vandeikya Local Government Area while attempting to rob members of the public. “On the 5th of January 2026 at about 1430hrs, the Divisional Police Officer, Vandeikya Division, received credible information…

A former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Robinson Ewor, has accused the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of illegally spending public funds. Ewor alleged that the state is currently running without a valid budget for the 2026 fiscal year. He made the allegation on Wednesday during the “thank you” visit of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to Ahoada East Local Government Area. According to him, governance in the state has been crippled by the lack of cooperation between the executive and the legislature, warning that without a duly passed appropriation law,…