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Financial authorities in India have reiterated concerns over cryptocurrency transactions, warning they may complicate tax enforcement.India’s Income Tax Department (ITD), under the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), flagged major risks linked to crypto activity during a parliamentary standing committee on finance, The Times of India reported on Thursday.The warning came during a Wednesday parliamentary committee meeting involving multiple agencies, including the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the Department of Revenue, and the CBDT, which discussed the report “A Study on Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) and Way Forward.”The ITD highlighted challenges posed by offshore exchanges, private wallets and decentralized finance (DeFi)…

Ray J is reportedly being treated at a Las Vegas hospital for a severe case of pneumonia. Ray J, 44, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, January 6, with pneumonia and heart pains, TMZ reported on Wednesday, January 7, citing a “source close to the R&B singer.” According to the outlet, Ray J previously suffered from the illness — which affects the lungs and can be caused by a viral or bacterial infection, according to the Mayo Clinic — in 2021 and “thought he could die.” Us Weekly has reached out to Ray J’s team for comment.  A few weeks prior…

The Chairperson of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Shehu Dikko, has said all financial entitlements of Super Eagles players and officials have been resolved. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Dikko’s remarks followed reports of players threatening to boycott training and travel to Marrakech for Saturday’s match against Algeria. Mr Dikko told NAN that President Bola Tinubu had approved the Super Eagles’ AFCON 2025 budget since November 2025, aligning the NSC, NFF and players. “The president approved the entire AFCON budget on Nov. 14, 2025. From our end, the funding has been fully cleared,” Mr Dikko said.…

In football folklore, there is a phrase reserved for talents so gifted yet so volatile that their brilliance and self-destruction seem to live in the same body: enfant terrible. Nigeria knows that story far too well. Across generations, Nigerian football has produced artists of rare ability whose careers burned brightly but briefly, undone not by lack of talent, but by temperament, indiscipline, and poor judgement at critical moments. It is a cautionary tale written in painful chapters, and one the country cannot afford to repeat with its most valuable footballing asset today: Victor Osimhen. This is not an attack. It…

Supporters of the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara stormed the street of Port Harcourt on Wednesday night chanting political songs. In a viral video, the supporters could be heard saying that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike is not God. According to them, Wike should focus on his job as Minister, stating that Fubara remains the Rivers Governor. “Wike oh, Na Minister you be oh, Na Fubara be governor. Wike you no be God”, they chanted in pidgin English. The development is coming amidst the renewed hostilities between the FCT Minister and his successor, Governor Fubara.…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), Imo State Chapter, has recorded a significant political breakthrough with the formal defection of prominent leaders from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP). This has further consolidating the party’s rising profile as a formidable opposition platform in the state and the country at large. The high-profile defections took place during the ADC Imo State Mega Stakeholders’ Summit held on Tuesday, at the party’s State Secretariat in Owerri. The development underscores the growing confidence of political leaders and stakeholders in the ADC’s leadership, structure, and reform-driven agenda. Among the eminent figures who…

Imo State Police Command has arrested one 24-year-old man, Wisdom Onyeaju, from Umuekweye, Irete, Owerri-West Local Government Area, in connection with an alleged case of defilement. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Okoye Henry, made this known in a statement on Thursday. DSP Henry said the arrest followed credible information received by the Command from the family of the victim, who had earlier drawn public attention to the incident through a viral video circulating on social media. According to Henry, the suspect is currently in custody and undergoing thorough investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID. The police mouthpiece…

Real Madrid midfielder, Jude Bellingham has named four Los Blancos players who need to step up in Kylian Mbappe’s absence. Bellingham spoke ahead of Real Madrid’s Supercopa de Espana tie with Atletico Madrid on Thursday night. Mbappe didn’t board the plane to Saudi Arabia for the Atletico Madrid clash because of a knee injury. However, Bellingham said the likes of Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Gonzalo Garcia, alongside himself, must step up in the absence of injured Mbappe. The England international said (as per Madrid Xtra): “It’s down to players like myself, Vini, Rodrygo and Gonzalo to step up in the…

Popular Nigerian TikToker, Amadou Elizabeth, widely known as Jarvis, has opened up about her mother’s deteriorating health condition and her growing fear of social media scrutiny. In an emotional video shared by hushbobby_media via Instagram on Wednesday, the social media personality expressed deep concerns that critics might record her ailing mother and weaponise the footage against her online. “So my mom is actually sick. What I’m saying is that online is crazy. Tomorrow they might video her in her condition and try to use it against me. That’s the one thing I’ve been scared of, that nobody should find out…

The body of another woman, identified as Princess Ochigbo, has been found in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory. This comes less than three days after a nurse, identified only as Chinemerem Chuwumeziem, who reportedly left her afternoon shift at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on January 3, was later found dead. The latest incident was made public in a post shared on Wednesday by an X user, @HighChiefOkoro, who posted the victim’s identification card alongside photos of her lifeless body by the roadside. The deceased was found on the Kubwa Expressway on Tuesday, with her bag—which contained…