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Political campaigns ahead of the 2023 elections have commenced in full gear and candidates have started dishing out their campaign promises as enshrined in their manifestoes.

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bola Tinubu is not left out. However, Tinubu has continued to make recurring speech errors, deviation, conscious or unconscious, from his apparently intended utterances.

Tinubu’s gaffes have left many speechless and at other times questioning if he is mentally fit to be Nigeria’s president. The former Lagos State Governor has spoken incoherently and erroneously severally in public, leaving his aides to labour to quell the errors.

But what could be responsible? Read details here: https://thenewsguru.com/opinion/opinion-tinubu-and-his-many-speech-gaffes-possible-explanations/

It is instructive to note that speech and language difficulty commonly affects individuals with dementia and other neurological conditions. One of the neurological conditions is Aphasia.

While APC presidential candidate is yet to come out clean on his bill of health, read details of what could be responsible for his many speech gaffes here: https://thenewsguru.com/opinion/opinion-tinubu-and-his-many-speech-gaffes-possible-explanations/

The Accord party in Oyo State has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of Hon Jacob Funmi Ogunmola, its House of Representatives candidate for Atisbo, Saki East and Saki West Federal Constituency.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Ogunmola, who was chairman of Atisbo local government area of Oyo, died on Sunday night, a few hours after attending meetings and political engagements across his consistency.

Read more: https://thenewsguru.com/news/just-in-accord-reps-candidate-jacob-funmi-ogunmola-is-dead/

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has granted State pardon to Mrs. Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bello, who are both non-custodial convicts for offences related to the disobedience of COVID-19 lockdown regulations.

Read more.... https://thenewsguru.com/trending/breaking-sanwo-olu-grants-funke-akindele-husband-state-pardon/

A woman in her mid twenties, who does not want to be named, has cried out for help after she learnt of plots by her husband to cause her harm and marry another woman.

A marriage counselor shared the woman’s story with TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), seeking the opinion of the general public on how best to advise the young lady.

It started long ago, she narrated; but it got worse during the lockdown emplaced to curtail the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

“One fateful day during the lockdown, my husband hurriedly left the house without his phone. He usually locks his phone, but when I saw the phone and picked it, I noticed the stopwatch on the phone was running.

“When I picked it, I saw several notifications…read more: https://thenewsguru.com/trending/i-need-help-my-husband-wants-to-kill-me/

First death from COVID-19-related complications has been recorded in Nigeria, being an American Caucasian, male, 27 years old, who was visiting the country from Richmond, Virginia, USA, according to the Government of Ekiti State.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Dr. (Mrs) Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services made this known in a statement on Wednesday, saying that the COVID-19 test conducted for the American male returned inconclusive.

"The American male and his Nigerian female caregi... https://www.thenewsguru.com/features/health-news/article/breaking-nigeria-records-first-death-from-covid-19-complications/

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has discharged it's last Ebola patient from a treatment centre in a town of Beni, amid jubilation.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Ebola patient was discharged on Tuesday after a 42-day countdown began on 2 March to declaring the end of the world’s second-deadliest epidemic, after no further cases have been confirmed.

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, had… https://www.thenewsguru.com/features/health-news/article/breaking-congo-discharges-last-ebola-patient-amid-jubilation/

An FCT High Court in Jabi, Abuja has suspended Adams Oshiomhole as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Justice Danlami Senchi, on Wednesday, ordered Oshiomhole to step down pend… https://www.thenewsguru.com/news/nigeria-news/article/breaking-court-suspends-oshiomhole-as-apc-chairman/

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the decision of the House of Representatives to suspend plenary for two weeks is needless.

The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this while responding to a question on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme.

Ihekweazu said shutting do… https://www.thenewsguru.com/news/nigeria-news/article/coronavirus-it-hasnt-got-to-stage-we-shut-down-national-assembly-ncdc-cautions-lawmakers/

The United States Department of State has offered a juicy reward for information that can lead to the arrest of Abubakar Shekau, the Boko Haram leader menacing Nigeria and the neighbouring countries.

The bounty was the biggest placed on all the terrorists declared wanted by the United States government.

“Every government and every citizen has a stake in bringing terrorists to justice and in preventing acts of terr… https://www.thenewsguru.com/news/nigeria-news/article/us-offers-n2-52b-reward-for-boko-haram-leader-shekaus-arrest/

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the application filed by Emeka Ihedioha to review the judgement on the Imo State Governorship election.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who delivered the lead judgement said there is no constitutional provision for the apex court to sit on appeal over its own judgement.

He ruled that the court does not have the competence to review it's own judgement, stressing that the finality of the Supreme Court is entrenched in the Constitution, so that the inherent powers of the court does no… https://www.thenewsguru.com/features/politics/article/breaking-supreme-court-gives-reasons-for-dismissing-ihediohas-application-for-review/

No doubt, Dino Melaye was a popular voice in the Nigerian Senate, who frequently enmeshed himself in controversy before, through a seeming huge conspiracy, was “defeated” by Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recent Kogi West Senatorial District rerun election ordered by the Supreme Court.

In the rundown to the 2019 elections, Melaye, known for his flamboyant lifestyle, alongside Bukola Saraki, and 13 other Senators, who defected to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), tirelessly fought the APC-led Federal Government, but while others in that fight lost their re-election bid, Melaye was still standing.

However, his seat came under threat when the Supreme Court ordered re-run in his district, the result of which, Adeyemi of the APC, his major contender for the seat, was said to have polled 88,373 votes to Melaye, who secured 62,133 votes.

The questions being asked by curious fans of the ousted Senator are: now that Dino Melaye is out from the Senate, what’s next for him? After losing the Senate seat, how would he fuel the range of flashy cars he ostentatiously flaunts on social media? How would he be able to maintain his flamboyant lifestyle?

READ AMAZING DETAILS WITH PHOTOS AND VIDEOS HERE � https://www.thenewsguru.com/news/nigeria-news/article/see-jobless-dino-melaye-can-now-maintain-flamboyant-lifestyle/

As 2018 wraps up, we take a look at some tech events that heralded the year.

1. PP-18

2. Telecom World 2018

3. eNigeria 2018

…events details and more on the list available here: https://www.thenewsguru.com/technology/article/tng-list-top-tech-events-2018/

As existence draws curtains on the year 2018, TheNewsGuru (TNG) takes a look back at some unforgettable top trend moments of the year.

From Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s recent stuttering at the vice presidential debates to former governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose’s ‘I’m in pains, I can’t take this anymore’ gimmicks to small girls who have big gods, 2018 seems to be the year of assurance; assurance?

The unforgettable trend moments in the year 2018 were just dropping, one by one, gbagam, and we bring them to you in this list ‘gbagamly’.

Read the 2018 unforgettable moments in Nigeria here: https://www.thenewsguru.com/news-2/nigeria/article/tng-year-in-review-2018-unforgettable-top-trend-moments-in-nigeria/

A middle-aged woman attacked her alleged stalker and cut off his genitals before rushing him to hospital to save his life, police said on Thursday.

The accused woman on Tuesday asked two men to lure the 25-year-old to an isolated place where the three of them assaulted him.

The woman then used a kitchen knife to cut off his genitals, police said.

Details available here: https://www.thenewsguru.com/gossips/article/42-year-old-woman-cuts-off-25-year-old-stalkers-genitals/

It appears Facebook Web crashed early hours of today in Nigeria as a visit to the social media site on Google Chrome returned “This site can’t be reached” error message.

“The webpage at https://www.facebook.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address,” the error message further read.

Getting error messages similar to this, the first thing that comes to mind is an Internet connection issue.

I have to switch connections to my different Wi-Fi devices and restart the devices on several occasions, but the issue persisted.

Visits to other websites, of course, did not display the error message. They loaded as usual.

When I usually have error issues due to Internet connectivity, the image below is the message I usually get.

This left me curious to start searching for what might be wrong.

MailOnline confirmed the development as it reported that Facebook also crashed in some parts of the United Kingdom.

“Facebook appears to have crashed in parts of the UK, leaving thousands of users unable to access their social media accounts,” MailOnline reported.

I first noticed the issue at about 9:55AM WAT.

After I attempted visiting the site on several occasions without getting through, I have to try my hands on Mozilla Firefox. The website, however, worked on Mozilla Firefox and on the mobile app.

However, it appears engineers at Facebook are working to fix the issue, as the site would sometimes load and at other times display the same error message.

At the time of publishing this on www.thenewsguru.com/technology, the issue still persists.

However, according to a report on ZNet, going into ‘Incognito mode’ on Google Chrome appears to rectify the issue.

ZNet also says that a hard refresh, which clears the cache for a webpage, appears to be working for some users.

A trick that has, however, worked for me can be found on TheNewsGuru website (http://www.thenewsguru.com/breaking-facebook-web-crashes-nigeria/).

Edo state and the good people of Benin kingdom recently witnessed the historic crowning of the new Oba of Benin, but little did we know history has been wrong all these while.

Thursday 20 October 2016 will go down well in the history of the world as the Benin Traditional Council crowned Prince Eheneden Erediauwa as the 40th Oba of Benin.

The enthronement is coming after the April 2016 death of the 38th Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, who was crowned Oba of Benin in 1979.

Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, Ọba atọkpẹ e, Ọmọ n’ ọba n’ edo uku a’ kpọlọ kpọlọ, ascended the throne as Ọba Ewuare II. Why the name, Oba Ewuare II?

Oba Ewuare also known as Ewuare the Great, was the king of the Benin Empire from 1440 until 1473.

Ewuare became king in a violent coup against his brother Uwaifiokun. The coup destroyed much of Benin City.

After the war, Ewuare rebuilt much of the city of Benin, reformed political structures in the kingdom, greatly expanded the territory of the kingdom, and fostered the arts and festivals. He left a significant legacy and is often considered the first King of the Benin Empire.

The speech of Oba Ewuare II at his coronation is a proof that the spirit of Oba Ewuare is back alive in a whole new dimension. Ewuare means “the trouble has ceased”.

As if that was not enough, the newly crowned Oba preferred to be known as the 40th Oba of the Benin kingdom, not the 39th, and we think he is right.

The Oba of Benin, Ọba atọkpẹ e, Ọmọ n’ ọba n’ edo uku a’ kpọlọ kpọlọ, Oba Ewuare II, at his coronation said that henceforth, Oronmiyan, the son of Oduduwa and father of Eweka I should be regarded as an Oba for all purposes; because, according to him, “Oronmiyan was an Oba”.

How right can he be?

Many centuries ago... READ MORE HERE: http://thenewsguru.com/newly-crowned-oba-ewuare-ii-not-39th-oba-benin-kingdom/