Edeson Online News: 07/14/13

Sunday 14 July 2013

---Why I changed my name from ‘Nigga Raw’ to ‘Mr Raw’ –

“I am into importation of goods within and outside Nigeria and Also Into Real Estate”
The song “Obodo” is still as evergreen as ever but the singer of the song, Ukeje Okechukwu Edward, a.k.a Mr Raw, formerly known as ‘Nigga Raw’ , disappeared from the music scene and only recently reappeared with a new album featuring 2Face Idibia. In this chat with Weekend Groove, role model of upcoming Hip Hop acts in Eastern Nigeria speaks on his absence, his music and why he changed his name from ‘Nigga Raw’ to ‘Mr. Raw’.

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“My Husband is Always Running Away from Home”

“I am extremely confused at this point as I need to plan my future and my kid(s) future”

“Goodday Mr. Endy Edeson, please I want you to publish this my story on your blog and on facebook page so that your readers and fans can advice me on what to do. Though I have also sent this message to other bloggers on the internet but I need numerous comments so I can decide on what to do.

We have been married for 4years now, blessed with a child and expecting the second. For weird and unexplained reasons, my hubby is fond of abandoning our home whenever we have mild to heavy misunderstanding.
He first abandoned me 2weeks after wedding over a minor argument, came back, 4months later after wedding, same thing for one month and finally when I was pregnant with our first child over a little misunderstanding but this time for a long time. Yes I know it sounds funny.
We reconciled late last year after he came with his family to beg, my major reason of going back being because of my child. Now am some months pregnant and he attempted to leave again last two weeks. It was his friend who stopped him from leaving. During the meeting held last, Her friend asked him exactly the reason he keeps doing that, he said he just doesn't want wahala or stress.

This didn't start with me, he once said he ran away from home for 5years when he was in his early 20s because his mum was telling him to do house chores.

I regret reconciling with him. If I wasn't pregnant, I know i would have walked out finally since its still the same thing happening all over again.
I am scared for my future and the future of my kids”

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“I am extremely confused at this point as I need to plan my future and my kid(s) future”
“Goodday Mr. Endy Edeson, please I want you to publish this my story on your blog and on facebook page so that your readers and fans can advice me on what to do. Though I have also sent this message to other bloggers on the internet but I need numerous comments so I can decide on what to do.

Photo: Celebrity OBITUARY:

---Chioma Chukwuka’s Mother Will Be Buried on July 26, 2013---

Top Nollywood actress, Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha, is leaving no stone unturned to give her late mother, Mrs Grace Egoyibo Chukwuka , a befitting burial.
Edeson Online News gathered that the screen diva has fixed Thursday, July 25, for the burial rites of her mum. The Christian wake-keep will hold at her Surulere residence on Wednesday, July 24; while the interment will take place at her home town in Anambra State the next day.
R.I.P TO HER.

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Top Nollywood actress, Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha, is leaving no stone unturned to give her late mother, Mrs Grace Egoyibo Chukwuka , a befitting burial.

Photo: Aviation SECTOR: Nigeria ONE:

--Nigeria National Carrier To Begin Operations With 50 Aircraft --

The federal government and its private investor partners may have concluded that the new national carrier, known as Nigeria One, would start operation with 50 aircraft that would be delivered before the end of next year.

Among the aircraft types that would be operated by the national airline include Embraer, Bombardier and Boeing.

THISDAY gathered from authoritative sources on Wednesday that while Embraer short haul aircraft types would be used for domestic operations, medium haul Bombardier would be used for regional services and Boeing planes would be used for long haul international flights.
All these aircraft would be delivered from the manufacturers, but it is not known yet whether they would be leased or they would be acquired by outright purchase.

As government is planning on how to establish the airline, it is also brainstorming on route development and THISDAY learnt that right now the body set out to establish the airline is meeting with some airlines for possible code share and other partnership with the future airlines, and in recognition of this the federal government is streamlining its bilateral service agreements with individual countries, aware that it would soon have its national carrier.

As the Ministry of Aviation has reiterated, the federal government does not intend and will not fund the establishment of the airline as it has designed an arrangement where the airline would be funded on public private partnership (PPP).

The private sector will drive the airline while government intends to own less than 25 per cent equity while significant percentage of the equity would be sold to the core investor, which is an international carrier, that will also influence the establishment of a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO facility) that would be completed shortly after the take-off of the national carrier.

THISDAY learnt that an international carrier from the Middle East has indicated interest to partner the airlines and an international business tycoon may put his money in the airline as a significant investor.

In spite of the bleak history of airline operation in Nigeria and the failed Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Nigeria partnership, the plan to attract foreign investors for the new national carrier attracted surprising enthusiasm from overseas.

This is attributed to the burgeoning air transport market in Nigeria, which an insider from one of the major airlines said would explode when effective and consistent competition crashed the fares to domestic destinations, “which a successful national carrier will do.”

The source told THISDAY, “We have concluded plans to acquire 50 aircraft. Yes, it is good to start small but we don’t want to do that; we want to hit the ground running because we know the market is there. I know that it will surprise you to know that an international airline from the Middle East has invested in the national carrier together with other rich investors from outside Nigeria. Our strategy is that it will be operated on PPP. FG is not investing any money but will not have many shares.”

On how organisations and individuals are investing in the new airline, the source said, “What we are doing is that we are selling shares on paper until the company is incorporated and the shares are being sold in percentages. After buying the shares you will then know the authorised shares.”

Many Nigerians are sceptical about the planned national carrier; very few are giving it the chance to succeed due to hind sight, including the parlous history of Nigerian Airways, but the source told THISDAY that such cynicism was to be expected because “It is a typical Nigerian attitude because of the people that ran organisations aground in the past. They lacked expertise and they did not want to seek expertise. They were not really sincere but this one is different.”

(Source: ThisDay Newspapers)
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The federal government and its private investor partners may have concluded that the new national carrier, known as Nigeria One, would start operation with 50 aircraft that would be delivered before the end of next year.

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“Prof. Wole Soyinka is An Embarrassment”

Patience Lambasts...

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, Thursday took on the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for attributing the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly to her.

In a statement by her spokesman, Ayo Osinlu, the President’s wife said Soyinka betrayed the moral duty that expected him, as a respected member of the society, to carefully consider all shades of issues that informed his opinions on any matter.

Mrs. Jonathan said Soyinka had become an embarrassment to his admirers with his diatribe against her.

The statement read in parts, “Unfortunately, Soyinka betrayed moral duty in his recent diatribe against Mrs. Patience Jonathan.

“Of course, this would not be the first time he would reach out against the First Lady, usually from self-righteously indignant lecterns.

“In this particular instance, his verdict was that Mrs. Jonathan was ‘stoking the crisis currently rocking her home state of Rivers…’, and thereupon asked Mr. President to caution his wife.

“The good, old Prof. reminds one of the truth that indeed, most of the giants on the street are men of like passions like everyone else. Worse still, most of them are actually standing on clay feet and would fail the test of a gentle push.

“Otherwise, who would have believed that the social, civil, constitutional and sundry rights crusader Prof. would maintain a safe distance from the heart of an activity that is a potential threat to the peace, security and safety of the people of a state, then collect exaggerated stories and jaundiced perspectives from familiar propagandists and character assassins, and promptly summon the media to a “state of the nation” address.

“It’s an embarrassment to his throng of admirers and followers, that a sage of Prof. Soyinka’s status, who used to be a gauge of public morality in this nation, would lend himself to a propaganda of high drive, to save a governor who elected to launch into a river without applicable survival skills.”

Mrs. Jonathan argued that the calculation was to attack the President and pull to pieces anyone associated with him, as a strategy for attracting public sympathy to the “clear underdog.”

She said Soyinka was only contributing to the project when he claimed that she was Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s problem.

Also read the six major points Prof. Wole Soyinka raised before now.
Six Major points from Prof. Wole Soyinka Speech of Urgent National Importance:

1) President Goodluck Jonathan will be vicariously liable if Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi is killed - Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka

2) Mrs Jonathan “cannot be a First Lady without first learning to be a lady.

(3) She is getting away with murder because she has the backing of her husband,” - World renowned playwright Soyinka said

4) “It’s insulting; it’s condescending. I feel, as a citizen, personally insulted. So I wonder what we have done to deserve this level of governmental banality. What is happening in Rivers is only a variation of our old familiar theme,” - Wole Soyinka

5) Five lawmakers who claimed to have “impeached” the Speaker are “the five fingers of the controlling hand”. it was wrong to refer to the so-called new “Speaker” in media reports (NTA) as if he is legitimate. “Stop treating this clown as an equal of the elected Speaker, though you can quote him. You can describe him as ‘self-declared’ speaker - Soyinka said

6) “Are we waiting for a smoke bomb to be thrown into the Governor’s Lodge before we take action?” Soyinka asked.
Source: Punch Newspaper

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Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, Thursday took on the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for attributing the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly to her.

In a statement by her spokesman, Ayo Osinlu, the President’s wife said Soyinka betrayed the moral duty that expected him, as a respected member of the society, to carefully consider all shades of issues that informed his opinions on any matter.

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“Allah Will Give My Mother Justice Where She Is”

--Al-Mustapha Visits TB Joshua Immediately After Release -

Lekan Abiola, the first child of late Kudirat Abiola has expressed his disappointment about Thursday judgement by the Court of Appeal which set Hamzat Al-Mustapha free.

In his words, Lekan said “I pray that God will forgive my mother and I know that my mum and dad will definitely get justice; maybe not in Nigeria, but I’m sure that Allah will give them justice where they are.”

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, late Kudirat's daughter and the younger brother of late MKO Abiola, Alhaji Mubashiru Abiola have also said the family will release a press statement on the matter very soon.

T.B Joshua explains why Al-Mustapha visited him first:

I got to know him many years ago when a petition was addressed to General Bamaiyi who was the then Chairman of the NDLEA. As you know, several efforts had been made by my detractors to bring me and my ministry down. One of those efforts was that petition. I was arrested for investigation and it was later discovered that it was a tissue of lies. I spent nine days with them for investigation and they found the whole thing to be a fabrication. From there, I was taken to Aso Rock (City of Power) to see the president. It was there that I met Mustapha.

I was able to reveal to them who I am by telling them what was to come as a prophet. One of those things I mentioned to them and to Mustapha in particular, was what he went through, though he did not believe me then. That was why when it came to pass, I was the first person he remembered. I told him that he would spend several years in prison and would be finally released which no one else had ever told him.

That is why you see him coming here as his first port of call. Where there is no vision, people perish.

I am surprised you are asking me why he is coming here first. When you look into your archives as journalists, you will find many stories in the past about my visit to Aso Rock, (City of Power) while Bamaiyi was Chairman of NDLEA. Many magazines and newspapers published my visions and prophecies on the government and the presidency.

When you know your picture of tomorrow, it will impart a strength to endure your present difficulty. When you know what you are passing through now will not last long, you will endure it. This is vision; this is prophecy. This can only come by revelation. This is what the Bible means by, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). I will leave you here.
GOOD ONE PROPHET.
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Lekan Abiola, the first child of late Kudirat Abiola has expressed his disappointment about Thursday judgement by the Court of Appeal which set Hamzat Al-Mustapha free.