Edeson Online News: 07/23/15

Thursday 23 July 2015

POLITICS: Buhari Accuses America of Supporting Boko Haram by Denying Nigeria Arms

President Buhari says that the US is 'aiding and abetting' terror group Boko Haram by refusing to supply arms to Nigeria. A US law called the Leahy Law prevents the US government from selling arms to countries which fail to tackle human rights abuses. President Buhari made the accusation while addressing members of the US Institute of Peace yesterday July 22nd "In our efforts at combating the activities of Boko Haram, the new Government has sought and obtained the support

See how the world is changing. Guess whats Inside that big box? Its 5 megabyte hard drive being shipped out, IBM 1956. September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.’ Imagine, how useless 5MB Hard disk is in present day. Very funny.

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the gay marriage offer by the United States of America, stating that sodomy is against the law of Nigeria and abhorrent to our culture. The spokesperson of the president, Femi Adesina said that the issue of gay marriage was discussed during Buhari meeting in the US but he rejected the offer. “The issue of gay marriage came up here yesterday. PMB was point blank. Sodomy is

Mavin Record first lady Tiwa Savage has put to bed to a baby boy. The good news was disclosed by Don Jazzy on Twitter. The baby's arrival has also been confirmed with her husband posting a photo of him holding the baby's hand...

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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawunmi, has said prospective corps members with first class degree and their counterparts, who graduated with distinction from the polytechnics, would henceforth be posted to tertiary institutions for their primary assignment. The NYSC chief disclosed this in Kaduna on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of 2015 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Mobilization Workshop.

The Director of Corps Mobilisation, Mr. Anthony Ani, also explained that workshop would critically “look at the data entry used for the exercise for the Senate approved list, the list of approved

Ace Actor Emeka Ike yesterday prayed the Lagos Island Customary Court not to dissolved his marriage, saying he still loves his wife, Emma.Emma had gone to court, seeking dissolution of their 12-year-old marriage.Emeka, represented by his counsel, Abdul’Hakeem Labi-Lawal, said his client has not appeared in court because he is ill. “My client is ill but I will try my best possible he comes on the next adjourned date. We indulge the court to give us six months from this day to see if there is possibility of settlement between the couple,” he said.

The Union du Gabonais (UPG), a political party in Gabon has derided global soccer star, Lionel Messi over his shabby appearance at the country few days back. The Barcelona playmaker was in the African country last Saturday to lay the first stone of the the Port-Gentil stadium, which will host the 2017 African Cup Venue. The party members were thoroughly shocked to see the Argentine footballer in a t-shirt and ripped pair of jeans. They aired their disappointment via a press release issued by ESPN. Excerpts below!

A major accomplice of rogue broadcaster Radio Biafra, an engineer based in Enugu has been apprehended by the Department of State Security operatives. The suspect as Daily Sun exclusively gathered yesterday was being transported to Abuja as at Press time of filling this report. It is believed that the Enugu-based accomplice assisted the main radio pirate in London by placing not so large equipment on abandoned NITEL transmission polls and a few transmitters owned by other mobile telecom providers.