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Funke Akindele heads to court to challenge her conviction
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday adjourned until July 21, to hear a suit challenging the legality of the conviction of Funke Akindele, her husband, Abdu-rasheed Bello, and 236 others. A Lagos-based Lawyer, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, had approached the court seeking a declaration that the law upon which Akindele and others were convicted…
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Osinbajo’s daughter, Kiki claims ‘self-made’
Kiki Osinbajo, one of the daughters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said like many young women in Nigeria, she works hard, and that it may be difficult… to understand that a young woman can work hard and succeed on her own steam. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Vice President’s daughter stated this against an allegation…
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BREAKING: INEC expresses concern over election campaigns in Edo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern that as campaigns begin for the governorship election in Edo State, campaign councils rather than candidates and party manifestos are taking centre stage. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Festus Okoye Esq, National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee for the INEC expressed the concern in…
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Missing Seoul mayor found dead
The missing 64-year-old Mayor of South Korean capital Seoul, Park Won Soon, has been found dead, the news agency Yonhap reported on Thursday. His body was found by police in the northern part of the city, the news agency said, citing police. Park had been reported missing earlier by his daughter after saying something that…
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Governor detained for allegedly ordering murders 15 years ago
Gov. Sergei Furgal of Russia’s far-eastern Khabarovsk region was detained on Thursday on suspicion of having ordered multiple murders allegedly committed by an organized criminal group about 15 years ago. Furgal, governor for the past two years, is considered the “organiser of an attempted murder and the murder of a number of business people” in…
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Nigerians to start enjoying Internet speed of 25 Mbps at N390 per 1GB
The federal government has designed a new broadband plan for Nigerians to start enjoying Internet speed of minimum 25 Mbps in urban areas and 10 Mbps in rural areas, with effective coverage available to at least 90% of the population at a price not more than N390 per 1 GB of data. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports…
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‘Hushpuppi absolutely not guilty’
The legal representative to suspected Internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi has said the popular Instagram celebrity is absolutely not guilty of charges levelled against him. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Hushpuppi, with over 2.5 million followers on Instagram, was arrested in Dubai and extradited to the United States for prosecution. Affidavit filed by the…
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BREAKING: Okowa’s entire media team test positive for COVID-19
The entire media team of the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, who himself marked his birthday in isolation, have tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reliably gathered that after the State Commissioner of Information, Charles Aniagwu tested positive, blood samples of his team were sent to the lab, and…
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Police ignored George Floyd’s ‘I can’t breathe’ plea: transcript
The former U.S. police officer charged in the death of George Floyd told him to stop shouting and save his breath as he knelt on his neck and Floyd gasped for air, according to a newly released transcript of police body camera footage. The death of Floyd, a Black man, in police custody on May…
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684 dead as Nigeria’s Covid-19 infections exceeds 30,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 460 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 30,249. Also, the death toll from the virus has hit 684, as 15 new deaths were reported on Wednesday. There was a drop in the number of confirmed cases reported…