Edeson Online News: 07/14/15

Tuesday 14 July 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5000 naked people to protest When Obama Visits Kenya

Members of the Republican Liberty Party have threatened to mobilize “approximately 5,000 totally naked men and women to protest over Obama’s open and aggressive support for homosexuality”.In a letter addressed to the Administration Police Commandant, the party, together with its 5,000 naked Kenyans are set to throng the streets of Nairobi on 22nd and 23rd of this month is protest of growing support for homosexuality.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Dr. Sade Yemi-Esan, on Tuesday said the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation has succeeded in stopping the signal of Radio Biafra because it was not licensed. Yemi-Esan disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of her ministry’s activities inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She said the commission was currently working with security agencies to apprehend those behind the illegal radio. She said, “We also gave a

The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has approved the immediate payment of July salaries to workers of the state ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr. This was made known in a press statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mallam Imam Imam today. It also stated that payment of salaries has commenced for all categories of workers in the state civil service. The Governor urged workers in the public service to reciprocate the government’s

A pastor who just got a set of new shoes marched on his church members while telling them it is for their own good. The South African pastor who had earlier forced some of the members to eat a live snake because they have been turned into chocolates professed; we have authority to change everything into anything and it will obey because of our authority. It will be recalled that in the past, different South African pastors had asked their members to eat grass, drink petrol

Market indications as at yesterday July 13th showed that the Naira is now 241 against a dollar. Financial experts say the ban placed by CBN on importers from accessing Nigerian foreign exchange markets for the importation of 41 items has led to the volatility of the Naira-Dollar exchange rate at the black market.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, has stated that Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state is suffering numerical diarrhea after he alleged that she took $1billion to fund the re-election bid of former president Goodluck Jonathan. In statement issued by Paul C Nwabuikwu, media adviser Okonjo-Iweala, he described Oshiomhole’s accusations as “another false, baseless allegation against Okonjo-Iweala by Oshiomhole.

The federal government has declared Friday 17 and Monday 20 July, 2015 public holidays to mark the Id-El-Fitr celebration. The permanent secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, enjoined all Muslims and Nigerians in general to extend the spiritual benefits of Ramadan, which include love, peace and sacrifice for the development of the nation. He also urged Nigerians to support the administration of President Muhammadu

Beggars, on Monday, returned to the streets of Kaduna, in defiance of a ban against street begging issued by the state government last Tuesday. The state government issued a ban against street hawking and begging on major streets in the state capital and surrounding local government areas. In a statement, the spokesperson to Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Samuel Aruwan, had said, “All beggars and hawkers are to stay off the streets until further notice. Any beggar

Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as basket mouth has received a special honour from the U.S as the city of Houston, Texas holds a Basket Mouth day on 17 of July, 2015 in honour of him.

The Mayor of Houston, Annice D. Parker who signed a legal document in respect to this also said that Basket Mouth was awarded the holiday in recognition of his commitment in uniting the communities in the city through his comedies.

50cent is down for the count after losing a multi-million dollar lawsuit ... he's just declared bankruptcy. TMZ has confirmed ... 50 filed for bankruptcy on Monday, 3 days after Rick Ross' baby mama won a $5 million jury verdict against him. 50 is in a world of financial hurt. A jury awarded Lavonia Leviston the $5 mil after determining the rapper intentionally leaked a sex tape in which she was featured, in order to embarrass Ross. 50 has been ordered

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An aide to Donald Trump said on Monday the FBI is investigating threatening tweets to the U.S. Republican presidential candidate purported to have originated from Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a notorious Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison on Saturday. Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the Twitter accounts from which the threats were allegedly made.

The Federal government through the National Sports Commission (NSC) yesterday threatened to stop the plan by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to unveil Nigerian former international, Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh, as the new Super Eagles head coach on Wednesday, insisting that the appointment did not conform with the Procurement Act procedure for engagement. This is coming on the heels of the NSC query to the NFF over the sack of former Super Eagles

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has been named ‘Best Bank in Nigeria’ by Euromoney. The lender won the award during the 2015 Euromoney Awards held at the Natural History Museum in London on Thursday, a statement by the bank said. The Euromoney Awards for excellence covers more than 20 global product categories in over 100 countries. it recognises institutions that have demonstrated leadership,

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the timetable for governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States. The election in Kogi is scheduled for Saturday, November 21, 2015, while that of Bayelsa will hold on Saturday, December 5, 2015. According to a statement released by the Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Chris Eyimoga, “campains by political parties shall commence on 24th July, 2015 and end on 19th November, 2015 in Kogi and 6th September, 2015 terminating

Nothing Can Stop Me From Hitting The Studio, Burna Boy Says Despite Going Deaf Burna Boy posted a photo of himself battling to hear with his right ear. He says doctors have warned him to stay off the studio because of what he is battling, but nothing can stop him from hitting the studio today as that is what he lives for.

A Federal High court sitting in Abuja has granted former Adamawa state governor, Murtala Nyako and his son Abdulazeez bail of N350 million. Both men are standing trial for a N15billion fraud. EFCC alleges that the former governor and his son along with two others used five companies- Blue Opal Nigeria limited, Serore Farms & Extension Limited, Pagoda Fortunes Limited, Towers Assets Management Limited and Crust Energy Limited which have been traced to the governor to siphon N15 billion

Very successful and one of Africa's top singers Davido is set to serve his fatherland. Davido's graduation from Babcock University happened last month June and come September, he will join thousands of other Nigerian graduates who will be posted all over Nigeria for the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC). Above is the tweet Davido shared to break the news.

Politicians often try to outdo each other by making promises they can’t keep and do not intend to keep, in order to win votes before an election. That is just how politics works around the world. That is what happened this year too when we had the presidential election. Both former president, Goodluck Jonathan and incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, made outrageous promises as they campaigned round the country.

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has renamed the Rivers state Polytechnic after late author and environmental rights activist, late Ken Saro-Wiwa. In a statement released yesterday July 9th and signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, Governor Wike said the school is being re-named after the late activist because of his achievements and legacies

Not many were aware that popular comedian, Julius Agwu had been sick and recently had a successful brain surgery in America. In an interview with Yes International magazine, the comedian opened up on his weight loss and brain surgery a few months ago. According to him, he can’t specifically point say when and how it started but all he could recollect was that at some point, he started losing weight seriously. This got many wondering what was going on and some concerned ones started proffering solutions, both medically and spiritually. Some others resorted to murmuring and gossiping.

Popular Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo has failed again in his attempt to clinch the rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee conferred the rank on 21 lawyers today without the well-respected lawyer, even though he made it to the final interview. It was gathered that the 21 lawyers were selected after an interview of the 50 shortlisted candidates held on Tuesday and Wednesday.