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Bitcoin price suffered a sharp $2,000 rejection immediately after Donald Trump delivered his most explicitly pro-crypto statement to date, vowing he would “never let crypto down”, and the BTC price drop that followed said everything about where the market currently stands.Rather than launching a sustained rally, the statement functioned as a distribution event, flushing out leveraged longs clustered near the $70,000 resistance level and leaving BTC materially lower within hours.Traders on Crypto Twitter are calling it the “Reverse Midas Touch”, the pattern where Trump’s loudest bullish proclamations consistently trigger sells rather than sustained bids. The mechanism is increasingly understood as…

Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has placed Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and several other states on high Ebola alert following the outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo strain of Ebola Virus Disease in parts of East and Central Africa. In a national public health advisory issued to Commissioners for Health across the country, the agency warned that Nigeria faces a high risk of importing the virus due to increasing regional transmission, international travel, porous borders, and population movement. The advisory, dated May 27, 2026, comes amid growing concerns over the spread of the Bundibugyo variant…

Nigeria will not be at the 2026 World Cup. It is a painful reality that Nigerian football fans have had to sit with for months, and with the tournament now days away, the question shifts — which West African nation carries the continent’s hopes? If you have not already locked in your 2026 World Cup predictions, now is the time. Africa sends a record ten teams to the 2026 World Cup, and West Africa is well represented. Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Cape Verde have all booked their places at the expanded tournament. Four nations, four different stories, and four…

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, led by Oba Olaitan Oladipo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to ensure free, fair and credible elections in 2027, expressing concern over what it described as the deteriorating state of Nigeria’s democracy under the current administration. This was contained in a statement by Oladipo and the National Publicity Secretary, Justice Faloye, on Thursday, ahead of the third anniversary of Tinubu’s presidency. Opposition parties have consistently raised the alarm over a calculated attempt by the Tinubu government to suppress their voices and foist one-party rule on the country. In the statement, Afenifere expressed concern over…

Former Super Eagles and Santa Clara midfielder Garba Lawal has revealed that NPFL Champions Rangers International have a lot of work if they’re to compete on the African Continent, Soccernet.ng reports. Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu led the Enugu-based side to their second league title in three years, secured after their final Matchday 38 2-1 win over Ikorodu City at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium in Onikan. The NPFL triumph guarantees an automatic CAF Champions League ticket for Rangers, but Garba believes there’s so much work yet to be done for Ilechukwu’s men to transcend their domestic success to the continental level. Fidelis…

The Osun State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a driver involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed two policemen along the Osogbo/Gbongan road in Oogi community. The command’s spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, disclosed this while speaking with our correspondent on Thursday. He said the operatives, identified simply as Kehinde and Tobi, were travelling on a motorcycle when they were hit by a Lexus car on Wednesday in Oogi town. According to Ojelabi, the driver fled the scene immediately after the accident, abandoning the vehicle. “The two police operatives were travelling on a motorcycle when they got hit. One Lexus…

Solana News: Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office has arrested and indicted five suspects in South Korea’s first-ever criminal case targeting a rug pull executed on a decentralized exchange. The charges, brought under the Virtual Asset User Protection Act, which took effect in July 2024, cover market manipulation and fraud, with 256 investors losing a combined 900 million won ($600,000) after liquidity was drained from the CATFI token pool.The case marks the first time South Korean authorities have applied the Act’s unfair-trading provisions to a DEX-based scheme, explicitly framing it as “the first legal prosecution of a crypto crime executed through…

Idowu Abdullahi The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof Afekhide Omoti, has assured doctors across the country of transparent, reform-driven, and welfare-focused leadership during his tenure. Omoti said his administration would prioritise the welfare, professional dignity, and future of Nigerian doctors amid the challenges confronting the country’s healthcare sector. Omoti, a professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Benin, Edo State, was elected as the NMA president at the association’s 66th Annual General Conference and Delegates Meeting in April 2026. Speaking exclusively to PUNCH Healthwise, the NMA president said his administration would be focused on results. “Members of the…

Two-time Czech Champion with Slavia Prague, Igoh Ogbu, has revealed what the Super Eagles of Nigeria must do to avoid defeat against the Reggae Boyz of Jamaica in the 2026 Unity Cup final, Soccernet.ng reports. Femi Azeez scored a brace in the semi-final against Zimbabwe for Eric Chelle’s men at Charlton Athletic’s Valley Ground on Wednesday. Their final opponents, Jamaica, needed goals from Courtney Clarke and Kaheim Dixon to defeat India. Ahead of the final, Ogbu, who played 90 minutes against Zimbabwe, has warned his teammates against complacency. Calvin Bassey and Igoh Ogbu holding off Uche Ikpeazu during the AFCON…

Officers of the Edo State Police Command have arrest a suspect with 36 rounds of live cartridges during a routine stop-and-search operation in Benin City. In a statement released on Thursday, the spokesperson of the command, Eno Ikoedem, said the arrest was made at Guobadia Junction along the Benin–Auchi Road, intercepted a mini bus conveying seven passengers from Benin–Auchi Bypass to Ring Road, Benin City. She noted that three male passengers suddenly abandoned their belongings and attempted to flee the scene but officers gave chase and apprehended one of the fleeing suspects identified as Richard Gabriel, 36 years old, from…