Huvatex Blog: September 2020

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

COVID-19:Global Tracker

REUTERS

UK court releases $200m guarantee for $10bn judgement

A United Kingdom Commercial Court on Tuesday ordered the release of the $200m used as security for the Process and Industrial Development $10bn arbitral award.

Punch

The Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria has asked the Federal Government to increase protection around the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum.

PUNCH

Ivorian football legend, Drogba wins prestigious UEFA President's Award

A former national captain of Cote D’Ivoire’s senior football team, Didier Drogba has become the first-ever African recipient of the UEFA President's Award

The award celebrates "outstanding achievements, professional excellence, and exemplary personal qualities" among footballers who win it.

The UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, described Drogba as a “pioneer".

He is expected to collect his award at the UCL draw in Geneva on Thursday.U

Drogba retired in 2018 after a final season with Phoenix Rising.

BUSINESS INSIDER AFRICA

First Person Known to Be Cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, Dies of Cancer at 54

Timothy Ray Brown, the first patient known to have been cured of an HIV infection, has died from cancer.Brown, 54, died at home in Palm Springs, California, his partner Tim Hoeffgen said, according to the Associated Press.

People

Wendy Williams 56, has always been a "say it like you mean it kind of girl" (its something she preaches almost daily on her talk show). So it didn’t come as too much of a surprise when the outspoken television personality spoke about her dating world on September 30 where she held nothing back about her current situation

Hollywoodlife

Saying she is “struggling to walk,” Serena Williams ended her latest bid for a 24th Grand Slam title and withdrew from the French Open before her second-round match Wednesday because of an injured Achilles heel.

Although Nikole Mitchell grew up in a strict Baptist family, she was anything but conservative. She says her dream of becoming a stripper started at a young age.

TheGuardian

Check out actors and other notable folk who have made it deep into their golden years.

Orlando Sentinel

Currency:Fx-rate

Half Million Sharks Could be Killed for the Coronavirus Vaccine

Conservationists warn that up to half a million sharks could be killed to produce the coronavirus vaccine. Sharks produce squalene, the natural oil in their livers, that’s used in vaccines around the world.

One Green Planet

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has asked the Senate to approve the appointment of eight new Supreme Court justices.

PUNCH

They’re hoping Obama fans will shoot high for this memorabilia.Clothes worn by Barack Obama and wife Michelle are being sold in a celebrity auction — with the former president’s high school basketball jersey expected to score as much as $200,000.

NEW YORK POST

Jessica Simpson flaunts 100-pound weight loss with yoga photo

Jessica Simpson is flaunting her fit physique on instagram just over a year after giving birth to her third child, Birdie Mae.

NEW YORK POST

Over 900 million votes were cast during the season 5 of Big Brother Naija reality TV show making it the biggest season ever since the series launched in 2006.

TheGuardian

Comedian Kevin Hart and his wife Eniko Parrish Hart have given birth to their second child together, a baby girl named Kaori Mai Hart.

Eniko, 36, announced the birth of Kaori on Wednesday, Sept., 30, calling her “a little bit of heaven sent down to earth,” on her Instagram page.

Eniko first announced her pregnancy in March on Instagram. She shared a black-and-white portrait of her baby bump and captioned it, “Baby #2”.

The Guardian

Newborn Baby Found Dead With Multiple Stab Wounds, Investigation Underway

I n a horrific incident, a newborn baby was found dead Monday with multiple stab wounds near a temple in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

IBT

Officially known as the Aokigahara Forest, one of the most mysterious places on the planet is better known as the Suicide Forest. As the name suggests, this is because of the sheer number of people who have taken their own lives there. Literally, hundreds of people commit suicide in this most chilling stretch of woodland each year.

LISTVERSE

Magic Johnson Calls His Wife Cookie 'A Gift From God' On Their 29th Wedding Anniversary

Magic and Cookie Johnson’s love is built to last—and this week, they’re celebrating the glue that keeps them strong.

The legendary couple just made 29 years of marriage. Though the pandemic has put a damper on their epic style of partying, it certainly didn’t stop the Johnsons from trading love on social media.

In a heartfelt post, the basketball legend shared a throwback photo of himself proposing to Cookie back in the early ’90s. In the caption, he speaks of his loving wife as his saving grace.

ESSENCE

Jersey Shore' star Angelina Pivarnick gets $350,000 from New York City over sexual harassment claims

Angelina Pivarnick has settled her lawsuit against the New York City Fire Department. The development comes just over a year after the sexual harassment suit was filed.

AOL.

Iran has received gold from Venezuela for the fuel cargoes Tehran had sent to the Latin American country, a commander at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said over the weekend, as carried by Middle East Monitor.

OILPRICE

A Chinese teacher has been sentenced to death after poisoning 25 students with sodium nitrite, killing one of them.

USA TODAY

A group of African gray parrots who were quarantined together at a wildlife park in Lincolnshire, England, taught each other how to swear, Linconshire Live reported

INSIDER

COVID-19:GlobalTracker

REUTERS

Coal miner's daughter comes top in Afghan university entrance exam

The daughter of an Afghan coal miner has come top in the country's university entrance exam and set her sights on becoming a doctor.

REUTERS

What is special about these words: job, polish, herb? 🤔

MENTALUP

#BBNaija:How The Contestants Appear For The Final Showdown On Sunday

The BBNaija 2020 Lockdown show has no doubt kept to its promise of entertaining fans since its inception. The 2020 Lockdown show kicked off with 20 housemates in the BBNaija house and they eventually dwindled to five finalists which are Vee, Neo, Dorathy, Nengi and Laycon.

Legit

Kanye West has made his way to Haiti ... celebrating with locals without a trace of Kim Kardashian or the kids.

TMZ

DEmi Lovato

Demi Lovato started dating some guy named Max back in March just as this pandemic was gearing up. Because of quarantine the pair spent the last 6 months held up in her home in LA and basically put their relationship on the fast track

EGOSTATIC

Harper's Bazaar

FG develops rapid response register for poor Nigerians

The Federal Government through the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office is developing a Rapid Response Register to scale up the enrollment of poor and vulnerable citizens in urban centres.

PUNCH

A Minnesota mom has been charged with murdering her disabled 13-year-old daughter after allegedly turning off the alarm on her emergency medical device and depriving her of life-saving care while her husband was on a fishing trip.

Daily Mail

Henna is a historical part of India, Middle Eastern Asia and Africa. Yet, most cultures and religions of the world use henna, all in their unique ways.

TheGuardian

Piotr Cywiński, a professional historian and director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, in Poland, has sent a heart touching letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, appealing he intervene to cancel the 10 year-sentence passed on a 13 year-old boy by a Sharia court in Kano.

PM NEWS

THE death toll in Friday’s attack by terror sect, Boko Haram, on the convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State was on Saturday put at 30.

NATION

A new fungal coffin called the Living Cocoon offers people an option to help their remains biodegrade more naturally. Each coffin is grown from mycelium, the prematerial from which mushrooms are grown.

Lifestyle

With three goals from Jamie Vardy and one each from James Maddison and Youri Tielemans, Leicester City embarrassed Manchester City today.

Gistreel

A summer absent of all our regular warm-weather activities has given way to a post-Labor Day calendar of nonstop sports events—and, of course, releases from our favorite brands and watchmaker.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's longtime trainer said goodbye to the late Supreme Court Justice with an ode to their notorious workouts ... doing push-ups in front of her casket.

TMZ

This is the greatest marriage proposal fail ever ... when a bride gets so excited she hits the gas of her powerboat ... sending her would-be groom flying in the air.

TMZ

Fast-rising rapper and rave of the moment, Laycon has been crowned the winner of the Big Brother Naija Lockdown edition season 5.

The reality TV star takes home the winning title as well as the 85million naira grand prize.

INFORMATIONNIGERIA

Local fintech startups in the nation have raised $600 million in just five years (2014 – 2019), attracting 25% ($122 million) of the $491.6 million raised by African tech startups in 2019 alone, according to research firm McKinsey.

Business Insider Africa

Chrissy Teigen, already on bed rest during a high-risk pregnancy, was hospitalized Sunday due to heavy bleeding.The 34-year-old model, expecting her third child with husband John Legend, shared on Instagram that she was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after the bleeding continued for a “little less than a month.”

DAILY NEWS

McCarthy, Cowboys lament mistakes in loss: 'We're not a clean football team right now'

The fear coming into Sunday’s game in Seattle was that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson would continue his early MVP campaign with a lights-out air assault on a shaky Dallas secondary.

USA TODAY SPORTS

On September 19, Hazlynn Nozi shared Nana's tale to a local Malaysian cat lovers group on Facebook.Six-year-old Nana had belonged to Hazlynn's father, who was a retired teacher.The two had a special bond and would rarely be seen without each other.

Mashable SE Asia

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