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Two cousins have been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mamelodi East, Tshwane, sparking shock and grief in the local community.

The victims, identified as Tshiamo Moramaga (22) and Baleseng Moramaga (21), were discovered with gunshot wounds to the head on Sompisi Street, Extension 17, early Sunday morning, October 26, 2025.

According to Captain Johan van Dyk, spokesperson for the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Mamelodi East, officers responded to a distress call at about 6:15 a.m. and found the two women lying lifeless at the scene.

‘The victims were both wearing similar clothing, indicating they were together before the incident. A double murder case has been opened, and investigations are ongoing,’ van Dyk said.

The motive for the killings remains unclear. Authorities have appealed to the public for any information that could help identify the assailants.

Family members of the victims are devastated. Itumeleng Moramaga, mother of Tshiamo, described the loss as unbearable.

‘I’m so hurt. I’m shattered because she was the only daughter I had. I’m now left with two sons,’ she said tearfully.

Neighbors reportedly heard arguments and gunshots around 4 a.m. before the bodies were discovered.

A message found on Baleseng’s phone suggested the cousins had been in contact shortly before the shooting, while Tshiamo’s phone was missing, possibly stolen.

Police have urged anyone with relevant information to contact the nearest SAPS office or call the national Crime Stop number.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting with the newly appointed Service Chiefs.

The meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday afternoon.

Daily Trust could not immediately verify the agenda of the meeting, but it might not be unconnected with ongoing efforts to strengthen the Country’s security architecture.

The Presidency had described their appointment as a strategic move to enhance professionalism, efficiency within the force.

Daily Trust gathered that those attending the meeting were the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Waidi Shaibu, Air Vice Marshall Kennedy Aneke, the Chief of Air Staff, and Rear Admiral Idi Abbas, Chief of Naval Staff

At least four people have been killed in Cameroon’s commercial capital, Douala, following violent clashes between security forces and opposition supporters ahead of the announcement of the country’s presidential election results.

The unrest broke out as hundreds of protesters barricaded roads, burned tyres, and clashed with police in several parts of the city, including areas near Douala Airport and the New Bell district.

Tensions have been rising since the October 12 election, with opposition supporters alleging plans to manipulate the results in favour of incumbent President Paul Biya, who is seeking to extend his more than four-decade rule.

Issa Tchiroma, the main opposition candidate, has already declared himself the winner, claiming he secured 54.8 percent of the vote against Biya’s 31.3 percent. He urged citizens to ‘stand firm’ and reject what he described as ‘falsified and distorted results’ if announced by the Constitutional Council. Authorities, however, dismissed his claims.

Regional governor Samuel Diboua said several police posts were attacked during the unrest and that security forces acted in self-defence.

‘Four people unfortunately lost their lives,’ Diboua confirmed, calling for calm as the nation awaits the official declaration.

The Constitutional Council is expected to announce the final results on Monday, amid heightened security and growing fears of wider unrest.

The Adara Development Association (ADA) has called on the Nigerian government to address what it described as ‘renewed banditry and coordinated attacks’ on Adara communities in Kaduna State.

In a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the Association, Comrade Livinus Paul Jatau, the ADA said the situation in Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas had deteriorated into a ‘full-blown humanitarian crisis,’ with hundreds of lives lost and entire communities displaced.

According to the ADA, the wave of violence began in 2016 and continued intermittently despite peace efforts.

The group claimed that between 2016 and 2023, more than 200 communities were attacked and displaced. It also recalled the kidnapping and murder of the Adara Paramount Ruler, His Royal Highness Dr. Raphael Maiwada Galadima, and the detention of Adara elders who protested what they termed ‘injustice and marginalisation.’

‘The situation has now escalated beyond a security problem, it is a full-blown humanitarian emergency,’ ADA warned. ‘Thousands of displaced persons now live under trees or in overcrowded host communities without access to farmlands.’

The group acknowledged that the assumption of office by Governor Uba Sani initially brought ‘some relief’ as displaced villagers began returning home.

However, it said, ‘violence has returned in a highly coordinated manner, threatening to undermine the progress made.’

The association appealed to the Federal and Kaduna State Governments to restore the Adara First-Class Chiefdom, establish permanent security outposts, provide emergency relief, and launch an independent investigation into the atrocities.

It also urged humanitarian agencies to conduct needs assessments and deliver food, water, medical supplies, and trauma counselling.

‘Every life lost is not just a statistics, it is a human tragedy that demands attention and action,’ the Association said.

The statement further noted that Adara people are peace-loving and law-abiding who only seek to live peacefully on their ancestral land to farm, raise children, worship freely, and build a future with dignity.

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has listed 19 demands which it described as the minimum expectations required to avert a total and indefinite nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Saturday.

The President, Dr Muhammad Suleiman, stated this on Monday in Abuja at a media conference while presenting the resolutions of NARD’s Extraordinary National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.

The meeting followed the expiration of its 30-day ultimatum to the Federal Government.

He said the association had exercised patience for too long in the face of government’s inaction, warning that doctors have already begun ward rounds and patient handover ahead of the planned industrial action. According to him, the outstanding payments and welfare issues affect not only resident doctors but all categories of health professionals, including administrative staff.

Suleiman said the government currently owes doctors and other health workers across the country an estimated N38 billion in accumulated allowances, some dating back more than 10 years.

He said, ‘There are allowances of over two years, some for 18 months, seven months, four months and even 10 years.

‘There has also been a failure to review the basic salary of doctors in this country for 16 years.’

He noted that the association had suspended a five-day warning strike in September and extended its earlier ultimatum by 30 days to allow government address the demands, but the grace period had since elapsed without meaningful action.

‘The Federal Government has failed to demonstrate the political will necessary to address the legitimate concerns of Nigerian resident doctors,’ he said.

Suleiman explained that the 19-point demand presented by NARD represents the minimum action expected from government to prevent a total collapse of service delivery in the country’s public health system.

Among the demands, he said, are the immediate payment of outstanding 25-35 per cent Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) arrears and 2024 accoutrement allowance to doctors, as well as other pending financial entitlements owed to health workers.

The NEC also demanded the immediate reinstatement of five resident doctors unjustly terminated from the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, with full payment of all outstanding salaries and allowances for the period of their disengagement.

He said the association further called on the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to develop and implement a humane ‘working-hours policy’ for doctors in line with international best practices, to safeguard both physician well being and patient safety.

The NEC urged government to grant Chief Executives of hospitals greater autonomy to employ and replace doctors who exit the system through immediate implementation of the one-for-one replacement policy, to reduce excessive workload and burnout.

It also demanded urgent upgrade and maintenance of infrastructure and medical equipment in all healthcare facilities nationwide to improve the quality of service delivery and training for resident doctors.

Suleiman said NARD demanded the immediate commencement of specialist allowance payments to all doctors, inclusion of medical and dental house officers in the civil service scheme with full entitlements, and correction of all entry-level placements of doctors.

He said the NEC also called for decentralisation of promotion processes, payment of arrears resulting from those corrections, and expedited conclusion of the Collective Bargaining Agreement Committee’s work on the long-overdue review of CONMESS and other professional allowances.

‘The NEC further demands the immediate release and implementation of corrected tables of professional allowances and clear enforcement of relativity between CONMESS and CONHESS salary structures,’ he added.

Other issues highlighted include the payment of accrued promotion arrears owed to medical officers, reversal of the practice of creating consultant cadres for non-medical personnel, and the abolition of casualisation of doctors, insisting that all locum staff must be regularised in accordance with public service rules.

Suleiman also noted that the association is demanding uniform implementation of all CONMESS circulars across federal, state, and private health institutions, and the immediate clearance of outstanding salary arrears owed to doctors in several centres.

He said NARD was also insisting on the immediate implementation of special pension benefits as earlier agreed between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

Courts across Kaduna State have been shut down as the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) commenced an indefinite strike over what it described as the state government’s failure to meet its longstanding demands.

In a statement issued after an emergency meeting, the union said it had been left with ‘no option than to explore all available channels and avenues for an indefinite strike action,’ following a series of unheeded correspondences, including letters dated September 1, 2025, and October 9, 2025.

Daily Trust correspondent observed that most courts visited within the metropolis were closed by JUSUN members as early as 8:00 a.m. on Monday.

Union officials were seen moving around the city to ensure total compliance with the strike directive. At the State High Court along Bida Road, the main entrance was chained, with some JUSUN workers keeping watch. Similarly, Sharia Court 1, Magajin Gari, and Sharia Court 2, Magajin Gari, remained closed and deserted.

Speaking to Daily Trust at the exit gate of the State High Court, JUSUN Vice Chairman, Donatus Adamu, said the union had commenced full industrial action until its demands were met.

‘We are supportive of this government; it’s our government and we are for the government. But unfortunately, we had to embark on the strike today (Monday).

‘The reason for the strike is not to witch-hunt or go against anybody, but it’s for the betterment of the system itself. Our demands include financial autonomy, which will go a long way to solve most of the problems, and consequential adjustment for the minimum wage,’ he said.

Other demands, according to the union, included nine-month leave grants, among others.

‘As soon as the demands are met, the strike will end,’ he declared.

Also speaking, the union’s Organizing Secretary, Aminu S. Wada, lamented that judiciary workers in the state were suffering.

According to him, workers from levels 1 to 6 have yet to receive the full ?72,000 minimum wage, describing the situation as unhealthy for the system.

The United Kingdom (UK) has announced that nearly 3,000 Nigerian products are now eligible for zero and reduced tariffs under its Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), launched in 2023.

The UK Head of Trade Policy for Nigeria, Ms. Mujina Kaindama, disclosed this during the UK DCTS Roadshow held in Kano.

According to her, the initiative was designed to simplify rules of origin for smoother compliance and ease of access to UK markets.

Kaindama noted that the engagement goes beyond theory, as exporters are being equipped with practical knowledge on how to leverage the scheme to grow their businesses, with support from trade experts. In her remarks, Dr. Adiya Ode of Propcon+ highlighted Northern Nigeria’s vast agricultural potential, saying the region produces variety of crops that are not only vital to local livelihoods but also hold great export value for international markets.

She emphasized that agriculture in the region remains a foundation for inclusive growth, job creation, and economic transformation.

According to her, the DCTS provides a practical pathway for Nigerian agribusinesses to expand exports and compete globally.

Similarly, the Director of the Investment Promotion Department, Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, Mrs. Orji Gertrude, disclosed that both countries have been working closely through the ministry since the inception of the scheme to ensure Nigerian business owners have access to relevant information and can successfully take advantage of the opportunities from the programme.

The event was organized by Propcon+, in collaboration with the Kano State Government and the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment.

Former Minister of Special Duties and PDP National Chairmanship Aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has submitted his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms to contest for the position of National Chairman of the party.

The party has slated November 15, 16, 2025 for its Elective National Convention for Ibadan, Oyo State.

Turaki, who has been adopted as consensus candidate for the position by majority of stakeholders of the party, submitted his forms to the National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC)’s Secretariat, Legacy House, Shehu Shagari Way, Maitama, Abuja, on Monday.

The former minister was accompanied to legacy House by friends and political associates. Earlier, Alhaji Sule Lamido, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is also seeking to contest for the position, stormed the PDP headquarters in Abuja to purchase the form but there were no officials to attend to him.

Aggrieved, Lamido had told journalists that he may head to court if he is unable to purchase the forms.

The National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) of the PDP had earlier put the screening of aspirants on hold.

The screening exercise which had earlier been scheduled for Tuesday, October 28, 2025, was said to be postponed ‘due to unforeseen circumstances’.

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Chairman, NCOC, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

According to Fintiri, a new date will be communicated once it agreed and fixed.

The statement said the NCOC regrets any inconveniences caused by the postponement.

All Aspirants and members of our party should note the foregoing and be guided accordingly.

The Adamawa Governor said the NCOC remained committed to delivering a credible, hitch-free convention.

Detained self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has shelved his earlier plan to call witnesses in his defence in his ongoing trial for alleged terrorism offences.

The court had on October 24 adjourned till October 27 for Kanu to open his defence.

The IPOB leader had written the court, indicating his intention to call witnesses and applied for witness summons.

He also begged the court for time to study his case-file. When the case was called on Monday, Kanu said he has gone through the case-file and has realised that there is no valid charge against him.

He argued that since he is convinced that there is no valid charge against him and that he was subjected to unlawful trial, there would no be need for him to open any defence.

Justice James Omotosho asked him to file a written address to that effect and serve the prosecution.

The judge advised him to consult experts in criminal law on the consequences of the option he has chosen.

The judge there after adjourned till the 4th ,5th and 6th November for the adoption of the final written addresses based on the defendant’s position that evidence led so far and the charge have not established any case against him, or for the defendant to enter his defence.

Choosing which crypto projects may stay relevant into 2025 often depends on real development progress rather than short-term hype. Many people are paying closer attention to networks that already show active usage, public teams, clear roadmaps, and ongoing improvements. This helps create a clearer picture of which projects may continue to matter.

The projects discussed here each offer something distinct, whether that’s speed, scaled financial features, trading-based incentives, or strong ecosystem growth. None of this guarantees outcomes, and crypto remains a volatile space. This overview is simply meant to outline recent progress and current positioning for better context and understanding. 1. BlockDAG: The Hybrid Network Built to Scale

BlockDAG (BDAG) is gaining attention because it blends Bitcoin-style Proof-of-Work security with a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) processing method. Instead of processing transactions one by one like a single-lane road, the network processes them in parallel. This setup targets speeds ranging from around 2,000 to 15,000 transactions per second.

It is already running on a live Awakening Testnet with Ethereum-compatible smart contracts. Developers can build on the network now rather than waiting for a future launch window. For many, this positions BlockDAG as one of the top crypto for 2025 conversations.

BlockDAG’s presale has already raised over $430 million, with more than 27 billion BDAG coins purchased by over 312,000 holders. The project offers a TGE code that allows investors to buy BDAG at about $0.0015 before the anticipated launch price of $0.05. This structure gives both early access and a clear roadmap. Mining also plays a role through the X-Series mining devices (X10, X30, X100), which allow individuals to earn BDAG while supporting network security.

Leadership transparency stands out. The team’s identities are public, advisors include respected academic figures, and the code has been audited by CertiK and Halborn. A promotional partnership with the BWT Alpine Formula 1® Team suggests the project is pushing toward broader visibility.

Whether focusing on dApps, payments, or gaming, BlockDAG’s utility-driven setup means usage creates demand for its native coin. As momentum continues, BlockDAG remains a project with direct use cases and active development moving into launch.

2. Solana: High Throughput and Active Usage

Solana sits at around $185-$195 based on recent price observations. It continues to show strong network usage with over two million daily active addresses and more than $12 billion in total value locked.

Solana’s value proposition is its high-speed transaction system, which remains attractive for DeFi, NFTs, and consumer apps. There is a continued emphasis on improving reliability and execution efficiency. For many traders and builders, this positions Solana as a reliable choice among the top cryptos for 2025 discussions.

However, there are areas to monitor. The Saga phone project was recently discontinued, which suggests the consumer hardware angle may be paused. Analysts also note that Solana could face price volatility depending on how the market responds to macro conditions and ETF-driven demand.

At the same time, ETFs in Hong Kong and new DEX launches connected to the core team suggest Solana’s network services and liquidity systems are expanding. The chain remains active and widely used, which helps support its position moving forward. 3. World Liberty Financial: Stablecoin and Token Utility Push

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) combines a governance token (WLFI) and a stablecoin (USD1) intended to be backed by cash reserves and U.S. Treasuries. The token has traded near $0.14 recently. The project has announced a debit card and retail payments app expected to launch soon, with integration planned for mobile wallet systems.

Some investors view this as an attempt to blend traditional finance and crypto-based payments. This is another project sometimes mentioned when people consider the top crypto for 2025 lists, largely because of public attention and political backing.

There are important considerations. Token unlock schedules and shifts in ownership are still developing, and the project is under close public and regulatory observation. Some technical forecasts pointed to short-term price risk around $0.11-$0.13.

The strong interest comes from the stablecoin model and the card system rollout. Whether the adoption grows will depend on how effectively the card and app launch, how reserves are reported, and how consistent transaction use becomes once the product is live.

4. Aster: Trading Incentives Drive Growth

Aster has recently traded around $1.10-$1.14. It has introduced a ‘Rocket Launch’ campaign offering trading rewards funded by partner projects and ASTER buy-backs. This model rewards users who hold ASTER and trade selected pairs. Supporters say this increases trading activity and gives new projects easier entry into liquidity environments. The platform is positioning itself as a place where users can access early-stage asset launches.

That said, some analysts expect consolidation in the near term, partly due to a scheduled token unlock of roughly 4% of supply. Aster’s future momentum may depend on whether trading activity remains steady after campaign rewards slow down.

Projects linking trading incentives to platform utility often require consistent user participation to maintain price stability. Users watching Aster may look for clearer data around daily usage, partner expansions, and how liquidity holds through market shifts.

Final Thoughts

These four projects highlight different directions in the crypto market, from fast transaction networks to ecosystem-driven growth models. Whether someone is interested in payments, development platforms, or high-activity environments, each project has a trackable set of updates and goals. Watching how these plans unfold over time is important.

The crypto market can shift quickly, and no outcome is assured; however, BlockDAG’s ongoing $430M presale, over 27 billion coins sold, and $0.0015 TGE price ahead of its $0.05 launch make it the top crypto to buy now. Its live Awakening Testnet, audited code, and hybrid PoW-DAG model combine real scalability with active developer use, positioning BlockDAG far ahead of Solana, WLFI, and Aster heading into 2026.