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The Nigerian Exchange extended its positive momentum in the new trading year on Tuesday, as sustained buying interest across key stocks lifted total market capitalisation by about N468bn, reinforcing investor optimism and consolidating the market’s position above the N100tn milestone. At the close of trading, total equities market capitalisation rose to N102.28tn from N101.81tn recorded in the previous session, reflecting a 0.46 per cent increase in market value within one trading day. The gain underscores continued bullish sentiment following the strong opening to the 2026 trading year. The All-Share Index advanced by 0.46 per cent, adding 732.86 points to close…

Defending champions Côte d’Ivoire have completed the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 quarter-final line-up after a dominant 3-0 victory over Burkina Faso on Tuesday night in Marrakesh. Côté d’ivoire thrash Burkina Faso 3-0 in AFCON 2025 Round of 16 Goals from Amad Diallo (20’), Yan Diomandé (32’) and a late strike by Bamba Touré (87’) powered the Elephants past the Stallions, as the Ivorians delivered a composed and clinical performance to underline their title credentials. Diallo starred once again for Côte d’Ivoire, opening the scoring before providing the assist for Diomandé’s second, as the champions took firm control before…

Since almost day one, Spotify has offered the ability to creep on your friends’ listening habits — but you could mostly only uncover those guilty pleasures on the desktop app. The company experimented with a community feature on the mobile app back in 2022, but it never officially launched. Now the company is finally bringing Listening Activity to the mobile app for real.Listening Activity is opt-in, rather than opt-out, which is nice. To turn the feature on, you’ll need to go into your privacy settings on the mobile app. You can even choose which of your friends to share your…

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.”…