Edeson Online News: 06/30/15

Tuesday 30 June 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Amina Bala Zakari Appointed Acting INEC Chairman

Reports just reaching EDESON ONLINE NEWS DESK say INEC National Commissioner, Amina Bala Zakari has been appointed as the new acting INEC chairman as Attahiru Jega bowed out of office in style today.

Good news guys! Central Bank of Nigeria has extended the deadline for the Bank Verification Number, BVN, registration to October 31st. The Apex bank had earlier fixed today June 30th as the deadline for the registration. Hopefully more Nigerians would have completed their registration before the new deadline elapses

Nigerian artistes are sometimes known to be reckless with their music videos. Sometimes ago, Olamide shot a video for his song, ‘Story For The gods’, which some people were not happy about because it showed ladies intending to caress each other. Popular Nigerian artiste, Davido, did a song with US-based artiste, Meek Mill entitled ‘Fans Mi’ and he recently released the video. But this seems to have landed him in trouble because of a scene

Japan is pretty strange when it comes to sex. They get it on less than any other country, yet they’re also some of the most deviant people on the planet what with their octopus sex cartoons and used underwear vending machines. So, we can’t even begin to figure this out. Apparently women in Japan are falling in love with a handsome gorilla. He’s a silverback gorilla named Shabani, and he’s at the Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, Japan. He’s extremely muscular,

Pope Francis has told the Bolivian government that he would like to chew coca leaves when he visits the Andean country next month, a Bolivian minister said on state television and radio on Sunday. Situated at around 3,650 meters (11,975 ft) above sea level, La Paz is one of the world's highest capital cities and for centuries local people have chewed coca leaves to ward off the effects of altitude.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Osun State, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, said on Tuesday, that Governor Rauf Aregbesola has approved the payment of December, 2014 salary for workers in the state. Adekomi, who said this at a press conference he addressed after a meeting with the government delegation led by Chief of Staff, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, added that the governor also approved the payment of the 30 per cent balance of November salaries of some workers who were yet to be paid in full.