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A thirty-three-year-old Nigerian business man, Obinwanne Okeke, who operated a group of companies known as the Invictus Group has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud to the tune of $11m by a US Court.

The judgement was delivered by Chief District Judge, Rebecca Smith.

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NASA successfully landed its fifth robotic rover on Mars on Thursday, with the U.S. space agency confirming that rover carrying the helicopter touched down safely on the red planet’s surface.

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has sent a congratulatory message to NASA on the successful landing of Perseverance Rover on the Martian surface.

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Juventus suffered a 2-1 loss to FC Porto in their first leg Champions League tie on Wednesday. Juventus were knocked out of the UCL by Lyon in the 2019/20 season despite winning the second leg 2-1 in Turin.

With a 2-2 aggregate, Lyon secured a last-8 spot by away goals in August 2020.

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On Tuesday, Bitcoin, a popular cryptocurrency, shot up to $50,000 and continued a remarkable rise that has sent it towering to about $20,000 this year.

The digital currency had struck a record of $50,602.53 after which it pulled back. Regardless of this, Bitcoin has rallied nearly 260% since the beginning of November.

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Following the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area, the 3 regional blocs are advancing the process of regional integration.

The council of ministers of the economic blocs, Southern African Development Community (SADC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC) had extensive discussions on several topics.

They also discussed the draft guidelines of the three-part mechanism on safe movement in the region.

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South Africa, which had a really tough time in coping with the harsh effect of the pandemic made a public statement on Tuesday revealing that it would be offering its doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to the African Union after scrapping their use as a result of efficacy concerns.

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Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has signed a new contract with the club until 2025, with an option to extend.

The 19-year-old joined United at the age of seven and is one of nine Academy graduates to feature this season. Greenwood made his debut against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League in March 2019.

With 82 appearances and 21 goals, Greenwood is also United’s youngest goalscorer in European competitions. His most recent goal was against Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth-round tie.

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Dr. B.R. Shetty, founder of Abu Dhabi headquartered NMC Healthcare, UAE ‘s biggest hospital group, who was in the news last year for filing a law suit challenging a move by Indian immigration authorities to prevent him from leaving to the UAE is yet in the news again.

This time, a court in London has put a freeze on any asset disposals by him. At the same time, the court also places a freeze on other shareholders and former top executives. This includes Prasanth Manghat, who stepped down as CEO in late February last year.

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The launch of Quickteller Business, a new comprehensive corporate solution focused on empowering businesses of all sizes, facilitate payments and manage transactions from anywhere in the world – through one, simple integrated platform has been announced by Interswitch Group, Africa’s frontline technology-driven company focused on the digitization of payments in Africa.

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One of the three most-affected countries in the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak “Guinea” seems to be gradually getting into a repeat of this very depressing situation if nothing urgent is done soon.

Health authorities have now alerted and subsequently declared an Ebola outbreak in the rural communities of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture following three Ebola cases which were confirmed by the national laboratory.

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Josh Maja bagged his first Premier League goals to give Fulham a 2-0 win over Everton on Sunday. Maja struck the opener in the first three minutes of the second half before doubling the lead before the hour mark. Thanks to the brace, Fulham picked up their first away win at Everton in the league in 28 attempts.

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