Edeson Online News: 06/25/15

Thursday 25 June 2015

SPORTS NEWS: NFF to sack Keshi if found guilty of Applying for Another Job

A member of the Nigeria Football Federation Disciplinary Committee Iyke Igbokwe has said the committee will recommend Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi’s sacking if it is confirmed he applied to coach African champions Ivory Coast. Keshi, who appeared before the committee in Abuja Tuesday, denied applying for the Ivorian post. NFF President Amaju Pinnick said Keshi it would be “suicidal” for Keshi

On June 25, 2009, the entire world was in shock as it was announced that Michael Joseph Jackson, perhaps the most talented entertainer of the century, had passed away at the age of 50. Jackson was only weeks shy of his 50-city “This Is It” Tour before he was found unresponsive in his famous Neverland Ranch home in California. He leaves behind his mother, father, seven siblings and his three children, Paris and both Princes to carry on his legacy.

Covenant University, located in Ota, Ogun State on Wednesday said that it would graduate a total of 1, 315 students, with 104 bagging First Class Degree. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Charles Ayo, made this known at a press briefing today. Ayo said that the event was for the award of first and higher degrees in various disciplines in the institution.

It has been revealed that a Nigerian prisoner daily feeding allowance is N3:50k as approved by the government. Infact it was previously N2:10k before it was now increased by the new Comptroller-General of prisons. There are about 56,000 inmates scattered in Nigerian prisons. A lot of prisoners would have been dying on a daily occurrence

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has formally restored all the entitlements and benefits of Sir Celestine Omehia as a former Governor of the state. Governor Wike on Thursday also formally reinstated the official portrait of Sir Celestine Omehia amongst the line up of former governors of Rivers State at the Government House, Port Harcourt Executive

A man, Onyema Orji was at the weekend in Nwakpu, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, forced to ‘officially’ marry his dead wife, Blessing so as to posses the children born for him by the deceased. Orji had divorced Blessing on the ground that her mother was interfering in their marriage, forcing Blessing to marry another man, one Chukwuma. The former marriage between Blessing and Orji produced children including twins; while the present union failed

"MY VIEW: Let's be realistic, in my opinion America have not been useful in solving the security issues in Nigeria. They even fail to completely wipe out or reduce terror or hate campaigns in their country, yet they keep on inviting our leaders for one 'futile' security talk or another. Will president Buhari visit to America come July 20 end the Boko Haram insurgency? America is still battling to end terror crimes too, how can a country that can't curb its' terror completely curb

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday ratified the candidates put forward by the All progressives Congress, APC, North-West and North-East zonal caucuses for the positions of Senate Majority Leader and Deputy Majority Leader. While Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume from Borno State got approved for the Majority Leader, Senator Bala Na’Allah from Kebbi central was ratified as Deputy Majority leader, Olusola Adeyeye as Chief Whip and Francis Makhana as deputy.