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*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Good Morning to our Cherished Readers. Tuesday 28 May 2019 **NIGERIA* As N8.8 trn 2019 appropriation bill is signed into law… Buhari alleges N578bn padding in 2019… Supreme Court has imposed strangers on Zamfara, Oshiomhole laments. Court sacks Imo APC House-elect, orders INEC to return PDP candidate. I am leaving N42.5 billion for Ihedioha to govern Imo, says Okorocha. Ex-Police Affairs Minister, Ibrahim Lame, dies at 66. Buratai speaks on cultism, strike in Nigerian Army University. Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan advocates for electronic voting in Nigeria. Equities market opens week with 2.21% loss. Ibadan 21 Obas: Appeal Court reserves judgment on legality of crowning. Stakeholders urge NPA to investigate bid process. Architects get leave to file contempt proceedings against minister, others. NAWOJ asks EFCC to release report on NUJ housing ‘scam’. Northern governors at Aso Rock, condemn rising banditry, kidnapping. Buhari, on Children’s Day, cautions kids against drug abuse sembly leadership race. Crime Proceeds Bill Unsettles Anti-corruption Agencies. FG Targets 20m Jobs As PMB Signs 2019 Budget. HousekeeperTo Die By Hanging For Killing 79-year-old Woman. Northern Govs Meet PMB Over Insecurity. $40m Fraud: Court Acquits Jonathan’s Cousin. FG Panel Seeks Interpol’s Help In Loot Recovery. 2019 Election Litigations Rise To 1,575. 2023 Presidency: Amaechi Can’t Speak For S’East – Obi. PMB Signs 2019 Budget. INEC presents certificates of return to Zamfara governor-elect, others. Rivers guber, toughest 2019 poll –Saraki. Maryam Uwais replies Aisha Buhari. Presidency justifies Buhari’s non-assent to bills. EFCC, others urge president to ignore new anti-graft bill. Those calling me ‘Baba Go Slow’ will be shocked in my second term, says Buhari. Uncertainty in states as outgoing govs may shun successors’ inauguration. Police launch manhunt for hoodlums who killed Customs officer in Lagos. Primary education: Teacher scarcity hits public schools, 28 states fail to recruit personnel. FG has approved N47bn for Nigeria Air —Sirika. Insecurity: Afenifere orders South-West to activate traditional self-defence. Arewa pastors say 30 Christians killed in Jos attacks. *AFRICA* Malawi's Mutharika narrowly wins presidential race with 38.57 % of the vote. South African carbon tax finally becomes law. At least nine illegal Zimbabwean miners die after mine collapse. Head of Sudan's military council meets Abu Dhabi crown prince. Gunmen raid Burkina Faso church, kill four. **WORLD* Two dead, including 12-yr-old, after Japan mass stabbing. 42 inmates killed in Brazilian prisons. A Colorado climber has become the latest to die after reaching the top of Mount Everest. Israel says strikes Syria, Damascus says soldier killed. China: Impact of US tariff hikes on manufacturing controllable. EU summit: Merkel, Macron at odds over top European Commission job. **SPORTS* Joshua not worried about Wilder. FG hands Westerhof apartment papers 25 years after promise. StarTimes assures on Europa final. Ilaboya laments poor officiating in Rivers, Insurance tie. Akinwunmi retains LSFA chairmanship seat. USA beat Flying Eagles 2-0 in Poland. Thanks for Reading, God Bless and Happy Tuesday. *ADEDEJI VICTOR* *BVP MEDIA STATION* +2348101078154.