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Popular Hollywood Actor, Kevin Hart has suffered three separate fractures to his spine when he was involved in a car accident at the weekend. The 40-year-old actor was involved in an accident when his car veered off the Mulholland Highway in Malibu, California ending up in a gully about 10 feet off the road on Sunday. The Celebrity had been going through intense pains since undergoing surgery on his back soon after the incident occurred. The operation involved fusing the fractures, two of which are in the thoracic section of the spine and the other in the lumbar. Thankfully the…

South Africa on Thursday closed its diplomatic missions in the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Lagos following violence against South African businesses in reprisal for attacks on foreign-owned stores in Johannesburg. “After receiving reports and threats from some of the Nigerians we decided to temporarily close while we are assessing the situation,” foreign ministry spokesman Lunga Ngqengelele told AFP, adding the missions were shut yesterday. READ: Woman, 74, to deliver twins after 54 years of waiting The decision by South Africa to shut down its mission in Nigeria comes after South African businesses like MTN, Shoprite, PEP and others were…

A 74-year old woman will deliver twin babies on Thursday in India after being married for 54 years without a child. Yerramatti Raja Rao is set to be delivered of her babies in a private hospital in Guntur city, India as doctors have made all arrangements for the procedure. The birth of the twin babies will topple a record set by another Indian woman who gave birth to twin babies in 2015 at the age of 70. The oldest woman ever reported to have a baby was in Italy at the age of 101. According to doctors Yerramatti Raja Rao…

GOtv Nigeria has released an exciting line-up of programmes for this week with thrilling movies, kiddies’ shows, music and telenovelas for the pleasure of the whole family. On the programme menu is another delightful episode of Betty In New York where Ricardo and Armando try to learn more about Betty’s mysterious boyfriend but end up confused. The programmes would air Weekdays at 7pm and weekends by at 6pm For the crime story lovers, catch High Alert, on CBS Reality (GOtv channel 22) on Saturday 7 September at 7:20pm and 11:30pm. This season will showcase some of the South African underworld…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that digital technology and its application will change the face of agriculture in Africa. Osinbajo made this submission on Wednesday while featuring at the panel discussion session of the African Green Revolution (AFGR) being held at International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana. The theme of the forum scheduled for Sept. 3 to Sept. 6 is “Grow Digital: Leveraging Digital Transformation to Drive Sustainable Food Systems in Africa.” The vice president participated in the panel alongside host President Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo, Edouard Ngirente, the Prime Minister of Rwanda, and  AU Commissiner for Agriculture, Josefa  Sacko. The panel…

A US judge on Wednesday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s and Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s effort to revive a $1.8 billion arbitration award against Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC). The arbitration stemmed from a dispute over a 1993 contract to extract oil near the African country’s coastline. US District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan cited public policy and due process considerations in deciding not to enforce the October 2011 award against Nigeria’s state-run oil company, which was subsequently set aside by courts in Nigeria. “While this court may have inherent authority to fashion appropriate relief in certain circumstances, exercising that authority…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has obtained orders for the interim forfeiture of assets traced to a former Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, and his wife. The Head, Enugu Zonal Office of the commission, Mr Usman Imam, disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu while briefing newsmen on the activities of the commission in the last eight months. Imam said that the commission also obtained similar order on a property traced to a former aide to Okorocha, Mr Paschal Obi, and the former governor’s daughter. He said that the commission had established prima facie cases against the suspects which they would answer…

The Governorship, National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Sokoto has dismissed the petition of Mr Abdussamad Dasuki challenging the incumbent member, Alhaji Bala Kokani. Kokani of All Progressive Congress (APC) defeated Dasuki of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 election for Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency in Sokoto state. Dasuki through his Counsel Dr Garba Tetengi, SAN, led six witnesses to prove alleged electoral malpractice, voters’ intimidation, violence and non compliance with electoral laws. Counsel to Kokani Mr Solomon Alimasunya, and that of APC, Mr Nuhu Adamu led one witness and denied all the allegations on behalf…

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, have drawn the ire of some Nigerians over their attendance of the World Economic Forum on Africa holding in South Africa amid protests by Nigerian and other countries against xenophobic attacks by South Africans. Ezekwesili, who is the former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria in the 2019 general elections, and Ovia were panellists at the ongoing international economic summit, despite the Federal Government shunning the forum to protest the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians residing in South Africa. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal…

Former Super Eagles’ Chief Coach Samson Siasia on Wednesday in Abuja said he has appealed against the life ban slammed on him by world football governing body FIFA. Siasia told newsmen that his lawyers filed the appeal to FIFA on Aug. 27, while another appeal was filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Aug. 29. He however denied any involvement in any illegal act, such as match-fixing, saying he was well aware they are contrary to the ethics of the football sport. “I wish to state that I have never been and would never be a party…