*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Good Morning to our Cherished Readers. Wednesday 24 April 2019 *NIGERIA** Dogara hits back at Tinubu over budget padding comment. Hope rises As UN offers to raise $50bn for Lake Chad. British aid worker and former Kurdistan university lecturer killed in Nigeria. Osun guber: Battle rages as court hears Oyetola’s appeal today. Nigeria records 95.7m Invalid SIM card registration in eight years. Brothers claim Smollett ‘Directed every aspect’ of hate-crime hoax in new defamation suit. NCAA threatens to demolish over 7,000 telecoms masts. Olam to buy Nigerian flour manufacturer for $491m. Speakership race: ‘Step down for me’ – Abia Rep begs Gbajabiamila. NAF aircraft kills over 10 bandits in Zamfara forest. Leave collateral, give loans to farmers, Buhari orders CBN, others. NNPC partners Customs, DPR to curb cross-border fuel smuggling. Bitumen leads import chart. Onu asks DGs to submit achievements in last four years. Diplomat urges strong national institutions, democratic values. President lauds UN’s move to revive Lake Chad. Osun guber: PDP rejects inclusion of Oyewole in appeal panel. Court orders Navy to produce detained hotelier. Badeh: Why we’re still detaining security details, others -DHQ. IGP orders arrest, prosecution of attackers of police officers in Cross River. Enugu CP nabs 4 cops over extortion. Buhari to Inaugurate $70m Oshodi Transport Interchange Today. Shiites Lock down Abuja to Celebrate El-Zakzaky’s Birthday, Detention. Senate May Pass 2019 Appropriation Bill Today. NAFDAC Raises Alert over Fake Anti-hypertension Drug. CAN Seeks Urgent UN Action against Attacks on Nigeria, Sri Lanka. Buhari to inaugurate 820 buses, MMIA Road, Oshodi interchange, others today. Nigeria’s N24tn debt still sustainable, FG insists. Lagos policemen lament non-payment of election duty allowances. Six feared killed in Ogun cult clash. Health sector crisis: Patients sleep on bare floors, battle mosquitoes in teaching hospitals. Addide manager forges NYSC certificate, defrauds supermarket of N7m. My generation has failed Nigerians, says Soyinka. We expect every state to pay minimum wage – Presidency. Jilted lover sets girlfriend’s family members ablaze, kills five. IG orders arrest of hoodlums for beating up policemen. Bini people are strangers in Lagos, says Awori group. **AFRICA* African summit gives Sudan military three months for reforms. Sudanese militia commander waits in wings after president ousted. Algeria’s army chief hails judiciary for anti-graft move. Prominent Sudan protester says revolution seeks removal of whole regime. Protesters from city where Sudan uprising began head for Khartoum. Mali's Keita names finance minister as new PM. Saudi Arabia, UAE to send $3 billion in aid to Sudan. Five Algerian billionaires arrested in anti-graft investigation. Sudan's military council and opposition wrangle over transition. Ugandan police disperse supporters of popular lawmaker Bobi Wine with water cannon. *WORLD** North Korea’s Kim arrives in Russia for summit with Putin. IS continuing to plot attacks around the world. Trump says there's 'no reason' for White House aides to publicly testify. Philippines expects $13.6b investments, trade deals from China trip. New Zealand, France team up to tackle extreme violence, terrorism on social media in wake of mosque shootings. Over 50 believed dead in collapse at Myanmar jade mine. NASA scientists record earthquake on Mars for first time. Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes; most Shiites. Saudi Arabia Militia that has held hundreds of migrants at the border will leave their camp, police say. Navy veteran who stole $78,000 from AMVETS receives jail time. Sri Lanka blasts: ISIS suicide bomber pats young girl's head seconds before massacre. Sri Lanka death toll jumps to 359 as police round up more bomb suspects. *SPORTS* Iniesta named captain at Vissel Kobe. Milner backs Man Utd to beat City. City trip to United not scary – Guardiola. U-17 AFCON: Eaglets battle Guinea for final ticket. Gladiators camp moves to Abuja. New media officers for national teams. Thanks for Reading, God Bless and Happy Mid-week. ADEDEJI VICTOR BVP MEDIA STATION +2348101078154