Edeson Online News: 05/11/15

Monday 11 May 2015

SO SAD: Music Producer, OJB Jezreel kidney Fails again

Popular Nigerian music producer and singer, Babatunde Okungbowa popularly known as OJB is reportedly on admission at the General Hospital, Lagos following a relapse of his kidney ailment. OJB, who had a successful kidney transplant in India last year, had a relapse two weeks ago, this is according to a report by Yes! International magazine.A source at the hospital who spoke to the magazine said "The medical experts who attended to OJB at the Lagos Hospital were shocked at the sudden relapse despite last year's successful kidney transplant. They chided him for not going back to India for post-surgery check-ups as specified by the team of Indian doctors in the medical report given to him".

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Transformation Am¬bassadors of Nigeria (TAN), Ifeanyi Ubah, has es¬caped suspected assassins by the whiskers. It was gathered that the owner of Capital Oil Lim¬ited, was to inspect a landed property after Apo mechanic village, a densely populated area in Abuja, but asked two of his TAN directors to go at the last minute. When they arrived the site, gunmen, who were already waiting opened fire, killing one person simply identified as Mbanefo,

While many Nigerians may have known visa fees of different European and American countries, not many take interest in what the country charges other nationals for the document. But the fact is that the Nigerian Immigration Service has a long list of the fees on its website, indicating clearly the differences in terms of countries, the visa type and number of entries. If what the NIS displays on the website is anything to go by, nationals of Mauritania, Monaco,

The Chadian President, Idris Derby Monday made a volte face as he said that he does not know the where about of the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau. President Derby had in a widely circulated claim said some months ago that he knew where the Boko Haram leader was hiding and had warned him to surrender or risked being killed by Chadian forces. But speaking with state House correspondents after meeting with President Jonathan, President Derby said even

President-elect Buhari appeared to have dashed the hopes of the governors elected on the platform of the APC when he rejected their plans to submit a ministerial list to him. The APC governors, led by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, had, last Tuesday, visited Buhari in Abuja to pledge loyalty and make some demands. At the meeting, some requests were placed on the table openly, while the request to drop the list of possible ministers came up for discussion behind the closed door.

The rave of the moment, Kiss Daniel has received some bad news. The singer who has been enjoying a very good year after his hit song, ‘Woju’ dropped; has lost his dad. Mr Anidugbe died today, Saturday, May 9, 2015. Kiss shared the sad news on Instagram with a blurry picture and captioned it:“RIP Dad”.

Last month actor Yul Edochie rang the alarm on Twitter that he was being stalked and harassed by a man in Canada for his naked pictures. Yul said the man wants to his PENIS. In another interview with Punch last week, the 31 year old Nollywood actor whose father is Pete Edochie, explained that the said man, Steve Ugochuwkwu is a gay stalker making life unbearable for the married actor and his family. And now in a new twist the “stalker” who lives in Canada, is claiming to Punch he was in a low key sexual relationship with Yul for a year and a half and the actor repeatedly demanded gifts from him.

In a long overdue move, the Fed¬eral Government has prohibited the employment of children below the age of 12 as domestic helps in a new Act signed by President Goodluck Jonathan. Christened the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2015, the new law recommends a prison term of two years and a possible fine for violators. The law also prohibits the exploitation of domestic helps who are under 18 years. This law is a huge relief to parents and