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BREAKING: Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Is Dead

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The Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, is dead.

His demise was confirmed via the officially Facebook page of the church.

He was said to have died on Monday, August 7, in the United States of America (USA).

His first wife, Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, was among the passengers who boarded the ill-fated Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 going to Port Harcourt from Abuja in 2005.

The plane was involved in a crash while landing at Port Harcourt International Airport on December 10th. Although the female cleric survived the initial impact, she died from injuries on December 11, 2005.

He later married another woman, who died in November 2021 after battling with cancer.

May his soul rest in peace.

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Borno Deputy Governor Aboard As Abuja-Bound Max Air Plane Engine Catches Fire Mid-Air

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An Abuja-bound Max Air flight made an emergency landing on Wednesday after one of its engines “caught fire.”

The incident occurred barely 10 minutes after the flight departed the Maiduguri airport in Borno state.

Over 70 passengers, including Usman Kadafur, deputy governor of Borno, were on board the Abuja-bound flight.

According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, preliminary reports suggest that one of the aircraft’s engines developed a fault after a “bird strike.”

The “bird strike” sparked a fire in the aircraft’s engine. The pilot diverted the aircraft back to the Maiduguri airport.

All passengers and crew members were unhurt.

The airline reportedly dispatched a replacement aircraft to Maiduguri to lift the stranded passengers.

According to The Cable, Max Air’s media department did not immediately respond to requests for comments on the incident.

In November, a Lagos-bound Air Peace flight was disrupted by a “bird strike” shortly before take-off in Abuja.

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BREAKING: Four Labour Party Reps Defect To APC

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Four members of the House of Representatives have defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House, announced the lawmakers’ defection on the floor of the green chamber on Thursday.

 

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Bitcoin Soars Past $100,000 Amid Trump’s Pro-Crypto Revolution

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Bitcoin has shattered the $100,000 milestone, riding a wave of investor confidence sparked by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s pro-crypto pivot.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency surged as high as $103,800 on Thursday, marking a 50 percent rise since Trump’s November election win.

The rally intensified after Trump nominated crypto advocate, Paul Atkins, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), signaling a shift toward a more favorable regulatory environment.

Atkins’ appointment, along with Trump’s pledge to make the U.S. “the bitcoin superpower of the world,” has electrified the market.

“Bitcoin reaching $100k is an incredible milestone for our movement,” said Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com. “We never doubted. We never wavered. And we will never stop building.”

Trump’s crypto-friendly administration has also tapped Howard Lutnick for the Commerce Department and Elon Musk to co-lead the “Department of Government Efficiency,” humorously dubbed “DOGE” after the popular cryptocurrency Dogecoin, which has soared 150 percent since election day.

According to Financial Times on Thursday, this surge marks a stark contrast to the sector’s downturn two years ago, when the collapse of FTX and regulatory crackdowns sent Bitcoin plummeting to $16,000.

Now, institutional money is flowing in, with BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF alone managing $45 billion in assets.

Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of Gemini, summed up the sentiment: “This bitcoin bull run is different. We have a pro-tech president-elect, a red Senate, a red House, and a mandate from the country to build.”

With $4.4 billion pouring into crypto ETFs since November, and companies like MicroStrategy planning to raise $42 billion for further Bitcoin investments, analysts predict a “golden era” for digital assets under the incoming administration.

Earlier reports had it that Bitcoin smashed through the $80,000 milestone, reaching an all-time high of $81,858 amid post-election optimism in the US, as pro-crypto policies appear more likely under Trump.

Barely three days after, the world’s largest cryptocurrency reached a record high above $90,000.

Meanwhile, a check (by Punch Online) as at 5.33am on Coin Market Cap placed the coin at $102,724.32 with over 7 percent increase in the last 24 hours.

Notably, Trump’s previous administration leaned heavily towards scepticism regarding digital currencies, but the president-elect has since embraced crypto, pledging to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet.”

CNBC noted that Trump had promised to retain “100 percent of all the Bitcoin the US government currently holds or acquires in the future” and to dismiss SEC Chair Gary Gensler, whose tenure saw over 100 regulatory actions against crypto firms.

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