Tag: newsletter
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Cristiano Ronaldo sister slams Sariball
Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister Elma Aveiro has taken aim at Maurizio Sarri after Juventus lost the Coppa Italia final against Napoli on penalties. Gennaro Gattuso’s side triumphed after a goalless 90 minutes in which Sarri’s men struggled to carve out any clear chances, while Napoli were unlucky not to score a winner late in the game.…
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Naira depreciated by N24 to N385/$
Naira depreciated by N24 to close at N385 per dollar on Thursday at the official market. It had exchanged at N361 to a dollar on Wednesday as demand pressure intensified. The pressure on the Naira was heightened after news of the Federal Government’s plan to adopt a flexible exchange rate broke. The International Monetary Fund…
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Harvest of Deaths: Covid-19 and Sundry Causes – Micheal West
By Michael West The rising cases of sudden and sickness-induced deaths recorded in the last one week in Nigeria is alarming. Nigerians are mourning. Many of those passing away these days are known personalities and their exit elicits shock, grief and despair. May it never be a subtle fulfilment of Melinda Gates’ evil pronouncement that…
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Nigeria records highest single day Covid-19 infections, Lagos, Oyo, Ebonyi most affected
Nigeria is really in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, doubters had better believe this. On Thursday night, the NCDC announced new mind-boggling record of 745 infections. The figure increased national total to 18,480 cases. The last time a huge 673 infections were announced was on 30 May. Lagos recorded 280 cases on Thursday, while…
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Anglican Primate highlights key lessons learnt from COVID-19
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba has highlighted the lessons learnt from the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Primate Ndukuba, who gave the highlights during a media chat with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, pointed out that the COVID-19 experience has depicted that this world belongs to God and…
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Invictus Obi pleads guilty to $11m fraud, faces up to 20 years in prison
Obinwanne Okeke billionaire owner of Invictus Group, also known as Invictus Obi, on Thursday pleaded guilty to a computer based intrusion fraud scheme that caused $11 million in losses to his victims. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports 32-year-old Okeke, a Forbes celebrated billionaire, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States in…
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Developing story: Obaseki supporters besiege PDP office in Benin awaiting his arrival
…He is likely going formally declare tonight Supporters of Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki have besieged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Secretariat in Benin City awaiting his arrival from Abuja to formally defect to the party. Details for now are sketchy but inside sources reliably informed TheNewsGuru.com that the governor may declare tonight in…
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Hushpuppi has case to answer with us, EFCC insists
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said Ramoni Igbalode, popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi or just Hushpuppi has a case to answer with the commission. The EFCC, describing Hushpuppi as Nigeria’s most-wanted hacker, said it was familiar with the grisly details of his money laundering transactions, involving many high-profile cyber criminals. EFCC in…
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N700m Fraud: Court adjourns case involving Ize-Iyamu, four others
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, on Thursday, June 18, 2020, adjourned the money laundering case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Pastor Osagie Ize -Iyamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo State in 2016 election and four others to July 2. According to a release…
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PTF shares high points of battle against COVID-19 in Nigeria
The Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus disease (PTFCOVID19) at the national briefing of Thursday shared high points of the battle against the dreaded disease in the country in the last three months. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Chairman of the PTFCOVID19, Boss Mustapha, who is also Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) gave the highlights…