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Global digital asset investment products closed 2025 with inflows totaling $47.2 billion, narrowly missing the $48.7 billion record set the year before. Key Takeaways: Global crypto investment inflows reached $47.2B in 2025, just shy of the previous year’s record. The US remained the largest source of inflows, while Europe rebounded sharply led by Germany and Canada. Investor demand rotated toward Ethereum and select large-cap altcoins as Bitcoin inflows cooled. The final stretch of the year showed renewed momentum, with $671 million flowing in on the last Friday of 2025 and $582 million added over the full week, despite earlier outflows,…

Photo Credit: Asake/Instagram One of the many things to love about Asake is that his sense of style is just as intentional as his music. Yes, the music speaks for itself—hit records, Grammy nominations, sold-out stages—but when it comes to fashion, he refuses to be boxed in. He knows his lane, and he never overstays in one look. One moment, he’s sharply dressed in a tailored grey two-piece for his Red Bull Symphonic performance. The next, he’s stepping out with electric blue hair, completely switching the mood. That instinct was on full display in Johannesburg, where Asake stepped out for…

The Nigerian Army has launched an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy allegedly shot by a soldier attached to Sterling Petrochemical and Fertiliser Limited in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, an incident that has sparked outrage among residents. PUNCH Online gathered that the boy, Timothy Daniel, was shot dead, after allegedly confronting the soldier for making sexual advances toward his 15-year-old sister, Miracle Daniel. An eyewitness, Anthony Akpan, told journalists in Uyo on Monday that Timothy and his sister were returning from Mount Zion Full Gospel Church along Akongntekong Road, Ete community, at about…

Mozambique captain Elias Pelembe has vowed that his team is ready to fight the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the Round of 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccernet.ng reports. With a historic first victory over the Super Eagles within reach, Pelembe insisted that Mozambique’s mindset is focused, and the squad is prepared to give their all on the pitch. The Mambas, buoyed by a shocking 3–2 victory over Gabon, now look ahead to a similar outcome against a side that cruised through the group stage with a perfect nine points and eight goals scored. Witiness Chimoio Witi…

Bola Tinubu and Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has urged other states to emulate Rivers State’s capacity to build a broad-based, cross-party political alliance in support of the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike, who described the Rivers political arrangement as a “Rainbow Coalition,” said no other state currently matches Rivers in mobilising support across party lines for the President. The minister made the call during a thank-you visit to Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.According to him, Rivers State has consistently demonstrated an…

The Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Professor Ngozi Odu, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Odu’s defection comes more than a month after Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the majority of state and federal lawmakers from Rivers State left the PDP for the APC. She completed her registration formalities on Sunday at Akabuka, Ward 8, Unit 11 in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state and thereafter undertook the tour of the six zones of the LGA to sensitise the people on the ongoing APC e-registration exercise. This was contained in a statement issued in…

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) A former Senate Majority Leader, Senator Abdallah Wali, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wali, who served in the Fourth Senate of the National Assembly, announced his resignation in a letter dated December 31, 2025, and addressed to the chairman of the PDP in his Sayanna Ward, Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State. In the letter, the former PDP chieftain stated that he was withdrawing his membership from the party and all its organs with immediate effect. “This is to formally inform you that I am resigning from membership of the…

Nigeria head coach Eric Chelle has admitted he dreams of a dominant, high-scoring victory as the Super Eagles prepare to face Mozambique in Monday night’s Africa Cup of Nations last-16 clash in Morocco, Soccernet.ng reports. This is even as the former Mali coach acknowledged the growing pressure that comes with leading the Super Eagles, one of the continent’s most decorated teams. The Super Eagles, three-time AFCON champions and winners of Group C, go into the knockout tie as clear favourites. Yet Mozambique’s historic run to the round of 16 has ensured the encounter at the Stade de Fes is anything…

Dele Ogunyemi The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, South-South Zone, has called on all tiers of government to take immediate and decisive action to ease the hardship faced by persons with visual disabilities, particularly women and girls. NAWOJ said persons with visual impairments continue to suffer multiple layers of discrimination, exclusion and poverty due to weak policy implementation and what it described as insufficient government commitment to disability inclusion. The association made the call in a statement jointly signed by its South-South Zonal Vice Chairperson, Stella Macaulay, and Zonal Secretary, Eunice Emeyazia, to mark the 2026 World Braille Day. The…

Members of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON) say they were ushered into the new year 2026 by the government and the inDrive app with a tax burden of 10 per cent deducted from every trip. According to the union, the development increased commission deductions on the inDrive app from an initial 9.99 per cent to 20 per cent and above. AUATON National Ex-officio, Jossy Adaraniwon, said a preliminary investigation showed what he described as a double VAT burden on members’ services, arising from a lack of transparency and accountability in the app’s invoice narration. “The government’s…