Edeson Online News: 10/09/12

Tuesday 9 October 2012

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Good day my good friends, I guess you've all had your LUNCH. My name is ENDY EDESON, the editor-in-chief of

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Meanwhile, EDESON ONLINE NEWS has confirmed that the Weird Nigerian Entertainer, CHARLY BOY will be returning as a judge on Nigerian Idol Season 3. According to our correspondents, for this third season of Nigerian IDOL, he won't be returning as Charly Boy, but as his alter ego, Linda. Linda is the woman in Charly Boy and that's who you all will be meeting on the music talent show soon to premier. Also, Tiwa Savage will not be returning as a host, as she's busy working on her debut album.

Nigerian Activist and former Federal lawmaker, Dino Melaye, has denied impregnating star Yoruba actress, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe, but the actress is insisting that he is responsible for the pregnancy but he wants her to abort it.

The development, which is currently a subject of discussion among family members and close friends of both the actress and politician, is becoming messier by the day, as Bisi’s fiance, who is said to be a staff of NNPC is

The Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan will address the nation today, Tuesday at 7am. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, says the address will air live at 7 a.m. on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). This will be the second time he will be addressing the nation in two weeks. It would be recalled that in his last address, on Independence Day October 1 address, the President had falsely claimed that Transparency International had endorsed his administration’s anti-corruption campaign.

SECURITY operatives continued the raid on Umuokiri-Aluu community for the second day running on Monday in search of members of the vigilance group accused of lynching four male undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt. This is just as the university has declared seven days of mourning in honour of its students mobbed to death by the vigilance group in Aluu on Friday.

It will be recalled that men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) entered Umuokiri-Aluu on Sunday and arrested 13 suspects, including the traditional ruler who allegedly ordered the killing of the students accused of armed robbery. News men observed that the community has virtually been deserted as residents have continued to leave en masse in fear of rumoured reprisal by students of the University of

BARELY 24 hours to the expiration of the window of opportunity to appeal against the International court of Justice, ICJ, ruling that ceded the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon in October 10, 2002, there are influx of stern looking men believed to be security operatives from Cameroon. The increased presence of security operatives from Cameroon according to Nigerian Sources at the island was to ensure that the country takes absolute control of the area following Nigeria’s failure to appeal against the judgment or call for a review.

The Sources also claimed that in the past few weeks, Nigerian indigenes resident at the disputed island have not been able to reach at their relations in Nigeria through phone calls, while the Cameroon government had infiltrated families of Nigerians at the area causing division among them.

After nine years of dazzling millions of television viewers in Nigeria as the first host of the Gulder Ultimate Search, Nollywood play boy actor, Chidi Mokeme is back as the anchor of this year’s reality television show.

Gulder Ultimate Search 9 finalists were unveiled last Sunday, at the selection in Lagos. At a glamorous final selection party held inside the New Expo Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites, Mokeme was announced as the host of this year’s edition by the event compere, Cool 96.9 FM on-air personality, Freeze. Also at the event, the last 12 finalists were unveiled.

It's been confirmed that Charly Boy will be returning as a judge on Nigerian Idol. But for this third season, he won't be returning as Charly Boy, but as his alter ego, Linda.
Linda is the woman in the area fada and that's who you all will be meeting on the music talent show soon to premier

Meanwhile, Tiwa Savage will not be returning as a host, as she's busy working on her debut album.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, ordered the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, to select top 25 universities in the world where the 101 candidates who passed the maiden annual presidential scholarship test could study for their Masters degrees and Phds. The minister disclosed disclosed this at the presentation of certificate to the awardees in Abuja. She said the presidential scholarship scheme for innovation and development, PRESSID, was instituted by the Federal Government as part of government’s efforts towards achieving Vision 20:2020 goals. Beneficiaries of the scholarships are first class students of government recognised and approved universities in Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences, Special Aspects of Biology, Economics, Engineering and Technology, as well as Medicine.

Seven home-based players and officials of the Super Eagles arrived in Calabar on Monday ahead of the team’s make-or-mar 2013 Africa Nations Cup qualifier against the Lone Star of Liberia.

Ben Alaiya, the Super Eagles’ Media Officer, said on telephone that the team landed at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar some minutes before noon. The team, which left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in the 10.30 a.m. Arik Airline flight, will camp at the Metropolitan Hotel in the heart of Calabar.

Alaiya said the technical crew had scheduled a training session for Monday evening at the Abraham Odia Sports Complex, the University of Calabar, “as there is no time to waste ahead of Saturday’s qualifier against the Lone Star’’.

A few months after signing Jay Sleek to his record label, the 'Oliver Twist' crooner, D'banj announced on Twitter earlier this month that he has signed another producer, Divine Ifeanyi, also known as DeeVee, to DB Records.

DeeVee produced K-Switch’s latest single, “Sista Caro”.

<< ‘Edeson ONLINE News’ is Making PROGRESS >>
Good afternoon my good friends, I guess you've all had your LUNCH. My name is ENDY EDESON, the editor-in-chief of

EDESON ONLINE NEWS NETWORK. I want to say thank you for your comments and contributions. I have learnt a lot from your comments and I hope you've also learnt from my posts.

I’m glad to inform you that Edeson Online News is making progress; The News Network is growing every day. Edeson ONLINE News is not Online on Facebook but you can read it in other social Networking Websites. Just yesterday, One of 'Edeson News Stories' made front page Headlines on Nairaland. It may interest you to know