Good evening guys. Thanks for joining me in a fresh and maiden edition of Edeson Front Page News; a rundown of top news stories trending in Nigeria and around the world.
Here are the headlines;
1. Today, the National Assembly resumed from its annual recess.SP Bukola Saraki read 17 letters from Nigerian President Buhari.
2. Despite the noise on the social media , the State of Minnesota , U . S. , has yet to issue an official statement about the alleged declaration of October 6 as Wizkid Day .
3. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said Governor Ayo Fayose is not wanted in its fold. The party chieftains have told the governor to forget his plans to dump PDP to join APC “until he clears himself of several criminal cases hanging on his neck.”
4. Finally the winner list of Afrimma 2018 is out as Davido , Wizkid, Flavour and Yemi Alade Wins Award. Davido - The Best Male West Africa. Yemi Alade - Best Female West Africa. Flavour - Best Live Act. Wizkid Soco - Afrimma Video Of The Year. Wizkid Soco - Song Of The Year. Burna Boy - Best African dancehall Reggea Act.
5.Phyno Celebrates His 32nd Birthday Today. Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike (born 9 October 1986), better known by his stage name Phyno, is a Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He started his musical career as a producer in 2003. He is renowned for rapping in the Igbo language. His debut studio album, No Guts No Glory, was released in 2014. It produced the singles "Ghost Mode", "Man of the Year", "Parcel" and "O Set".
7. Similarly, Asisat Oshoala Celebrates Her 24th Birthday. Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala, who plays for Chinese side Dalian Quanjian F.C clocked 24 on Tuesday. The ex-Liverpool and Arsenal star received a lovely birthday cake from her best friend, Enome Ebi.
8. Instagram influencer and skit comedian,Gloria Oloruntobi popularly known as Maraji isn’t big on interviews and event appearances and she tells her fans her reason on the latest edition of Rubbin’ Minds with host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. I was making 10k per post in 2016. But now, I make posts for N500k - N1million, and I get them very often that I turn some down.
9. 39 political parties are set to adopt Atiku Abubakar as their presidential candidate. The parties are all under the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP)
10. Former Minister of Education and co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls group, Oby Ezekwesili's dream of unseating President Buhari come 2019 gained momentum this week as she emerged the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN
11. Agbani Darego Announces The Birth Of Her Baby Boy. Former miss world, Agbani Darego and her husband, Ishaya Danjuma welcomed their first child, a baby boy in London, last month.
12. Funke Adesiyan's APC Ticket Taken Away From Her. Nollywood actress, Funke Adesiyan, who clinched the All Progressive Congress (APC), House of Assembly ticket for Ibadan South East State Constituency 2, has spoken about the injustice meted out by the APC to those who bought forms and contested for the party's primaries. Adesiyan who got 207 votes to defeat her rival who got 32 votes, has just revealed that her mandate has been taken from her and given to an "anointed candidate".
13. Cristiano Ronaldo, Others Make 2018 Ballon D'or Top 30 Nominees. FIFA best player of the year Luka Modric remains on track for a second major award after he was named yesterday among 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or alongside the likes of ex-Real Madrid teammate, Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
14. Alex Iwobi, Ahmed Musa and 5 other Super Eagles stars arrive Uyo for AFCON 2019 qualifiers against Libya .
15. Hurricane Michael reaches Category 2, threatens southern US. Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 2 storm with 100-mile-per-hour winds on Tuesday as Florida’s governor warned it could bring “total devastation” to parts of the southern US state.
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Endy Edeson
Thanks Musa. Expect today's Headline News and other news stories from 9pm tonight