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Teen tennis prodigies, Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, are set to compete against each other after completing astonishing runs to their first Grand Slam final at the US Open. Britain’s Raducanu and Canada’s Fernandez will meet on Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, where one of them will claim her first Grand Slam title. Eighteen-year-old Raducanu has become the first qualifier to ever reach a Grand Slam final and the youngest Grand Slam finalist in 17 years. “I’m in the final and I can’t actually believe it,” she said, according to the AFP news agency. Raducanu, who is aiming to become…

Joe Biden, US President, has announced a sweeping plan that could force millions of unvaccinated Americans to get the COVID-19 shot. Announcing this Thursday night, September 9, Biden ordered companies with more than 100 employees to either vaccinate their employees against COVID-19 or mandate them to test for the virus weekly. He also announced that the remaining 17 million healthcare workers employed in facilities will receive federal Medicare or Medicaid and be fully vaccinated to raise  from the groups of people up to 100 million Americans. According to the President, the US has been patient with people in the fight…

Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, has broken the South American men’s record of goals held by Brazil legend, Pele. Messi netted a hat-trick as they beat Bolivia 3-0 in a World Cup qualifying fixture in Buenos Aires. It took his total tally of international goals to 79, two more than Pele’s. Messi is however behind Brazilian duo of Marta (109) and Cristiane (96) for the overall record for most goals scored by a South American player at the international level. Third on the men’s list is the 34-year-old’s friend and Paris Saint-Germain teammate Neymar, who has 69 international goals for Brazil.…

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, failed to decide on the zoning of party offices in its meeting, pushing it to another session to be held at a later date. The 93rd National Executive Committee (NEC) of the opposition party at its national secretariat in Abuja only, but ratified members of the zoning committee, which it said, would now recommend the positions to be allotted to the different zones for the consideration of the next meeting of the NEC. The NEC has been widely expected to settle the issue of zoning to finally…

Rihanna has withdrawn a legal case against her father, Ronald Fenty, weeks before they were due to meet in court. In 2019, the music star alleged that her dad had misused her ‘Fenty’ trademark and his connection with her for the benefit of his own entertainment company. She said Ronald had tried to book an overseas tour for her without permission and brought a legal case against him, suing him for false advertising and invasion of privacy. Rihanna’s case to bring an injunction against her father was due to come to trial on 22 September, but this week, Rihanna filed…

Following the footstep of Rivers State, Lagos State House of Assembly, Thursday, passed Value Added Tax, VAT bill, into law. Before passage of VAT,  the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had reported that the title of the bill is “A Bill for a Law to impose and charge Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain foods and services, provided for the administration of the tax and for related matters.” In compliance with the Southern governors’ directive for the states to ban open grazing, Lagos also passed the bill that prohibits open cattle grazing in the state. The two bills have been…

As the controversy over collection of Value Added Tax rages, Kano State Hisbah Board says it has confiscated two vehicles loaded with 5,760 cartons of assorted beer. VAT is collected from beer too and paid into the Federal Government’s coffers for distribution to the benefitting parties. The Public Relations Officer of the board, Lawan Ibrahim-Fagge, who stated this in a statement said the vehicles were intercepted by Hisbah officials along Kano/Madobi Road at about 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 8. The Commander­­-General of the board, Dr Harun Ibn-Sina, while inspecting the vehicles at the headquarters, said the board has prohibited sale…

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Imo State to the warm embrace of Imolites adorned in leopard-coloured Igbo traditional attire called ‘isiagu’  with red caps. Buhari landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri, the state capital where he was received by dignitaries. Among the dignitaries were the Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, the deputy governor of Ebonyi,  Eric Kelechi Igwe and Secretary to Enugu State government, Prof. Ortuanya, among others. The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, in a post on Facebook, stated that the President is in the state to commission some projects. He wrote, “It is with…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has knocked his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, over his comment on praying to God to give Nigeria another president who has a good heart like President Buhari in 2023. Recall that Umahi stated this on Monday while addressing State House correspondents after meeting with the President at Aso Villa, Abuja. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, September 8, Governor Wike said that Umahi needs to undergo a psychiatric check, adding that the President himself knows that God won’t give the country another leader like him in 2023, Punch reports “That was how…

A 10-year-old genius girl, whose Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is higher that of than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, wants eyeing to colonise Mars. Adhara Pérez Sánchez from Mexico, scored 162 on her IQ test, which is believed to be two points higher than Einstein and Hawking, two of the cleverest men who ever lived. Adhara who hopes to be an astronaut, travels to space also plans to colonise Mars. Though 10, she is already pursuing two degrees in her native Mexico, one in systems engineering and the other in industrial engineering with a focus on Mathematics. Adhara was bullied at school by…