BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES Good Morning to Our Cherished Readers. Monday 8 April 2019. *NIGERIA** Lack of presidential assent hinders auto policy implementation –DVCCEO,Obi Govt to Introduce Healthcare Fund for Lassa Fever Patients Nigeria spends $60m annually on fish import –FG APC yet to zone position of Deputy Senate President to any region – Oshiomhole APC will take back power from Seyi Makinde in 2023 – Ajimobi Kogi Police confirms death of officer, 3 civilians in herdsmen attack Cult war: 8 killed in Rivers community Firm unveils m-naira app for fund transfer and mobile payment Shell Emerges Nigeria's Most Impactful Local Content Company Livestock breeding: We need more veterinary doctors –NVMA RMAFC begins probe of banks over N100bn duties Malami denies plotting with Amaechi to void Wike’s second term victory as Rivers governor Experts call for market review to tackle confidence issues Seplat seeks public, private sector investment to deepen safe
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Zamfara Violence: FG Bans Mining Activities, Gives Foreigners 48 Hours To Leave Sites April 7, 2019 News Alert, Nigerian Government, Zamfara News The Nigerian government has given all foreigners involved in mining activities in Zamfara State 48 hours to leave the sites. The government announced a ban on all mining activities as part of measures to restore peace in the state. Bandits have been attacking villages in Zamfara for almost two years now. Hundreds have been killed while several others have been kidnapped for ransom. The bandits also often destroy houses and properties of villagers. Nigerians staged protest marches in Abuja and other cities on Saturday demanding urgent action to end killings by the bandits. Following the protests, President Muhammadu Buhari said ending banditry remains a priority of his administration and he would do whatever it takes to save lives. He, however, called on Nigerians not to politicise the matter The decision to ban mining and sack
YARI IS THE MOST USELESS GOVERNOR IN NIGERIA'S HISTORY, SAYS KADARIA AHMED Kadaria Ahmed, a veteran broadcast journalist and writer, says Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State is the most useless Governor in the history of Nigeria. Ahmed stated this while addressing pressmen in Abuja, during a protest against the ineffectiveness of both Zamfara State government and the Federal Government on the incessant killings in the state. When asked what she thought of the efforts of the state government in addressing the issue, she said: "As far as I am concerned, that Governor is the most useless governor in the history of Nigeria. "Quote me: he is the most useless Governor in the history of Nigeria. This is a governor whose reaction to the killings in his state was to resign as the Chief Security Officer. He went on the record to say that he cannot be the Chief Security Officer. So, I don't know what he is still doing in office; he doesn't care. "He only care
WOMAN CELEBRATES HER HOUSEMAID OF 13 YEARS, WHO GOT ADMISSION INTO HIGHER INSTITUTION. She wrote: "I am proud of us... On 17th February, 2005, my husband brought her home as my house help. She was smaller than l wanted. I needed a much bigger girl, but the mum could only allow her as the elder sister was elsewhere. The only option was to manage her, but managing meant that l had to nurse her as she was too small to even wash her own clothes, the breakable kitchenwares etc. It wasn't also easy to raise a child with certain orientations. But l tried. When the task became too tedious, I packaged her home, but the father gave us a mind boggling question: if she is your daughter, will you throw her away? Please, train her as yours. I want her different. As stunning as that question sounded, l thank God that l took that challenge seriously and to my heart. I teach, I scream, I plead, l appeal and l advice... To make sure she turns out better than she would. Sometimes, she mak
Babachir’s comment: Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Akpabio, Okorocha, Oshiomhole slaves to North – Fani-Kayode April 7, 2019 By John Owen Nwachukwu Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation minister and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha; National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole as slaves. The former minister also attacked the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi; and Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State. Fani-Kayode was reacting to a statement credited to former secretary to the federal government, Babachir Lawal, who was recently quoted as saying that it was not compulsory for the North to concede the Presidency to the south in 2023. The PDP chieftain, in reaction, said that Tinubu Akpabio, Amaechi and others have no shame, dignity and honour, while describing them as slaves to the N
SENATE PRESIDENCY: NDUME REJECTS TINUBU’S INTERVENTION TO DROP BID Last-minute attempts by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and other party leaders to pacify Senator Ali Ndume to drop his bid for the Senate presidency may have flopped. Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday revealed that the leadership of the party and some influential senators met last week and decided to reach out to Ndume, who is contesting the position against Senator Ahmad Lawan. It was learnt that Ndume rejected moves by Tinubu to make him drop his ambition, early last week. Details of how it happened were still sketchy as of Saturday while Ndume who could confirm or deny the development, did not answer calls put across to him. However, a senator told one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity on Saturday that a group of Pro-Lawan senators-elect who travelled to Maiduguri on Friday returned to Abuja on Saturday evening without achieving their mission. He
SENATE PRESIDENCY: NDUME REJECTS TINUBU’S INTERVENTION TO DROP BID Last-minute attempts by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and other party leaders to pacify Senator Ali Ndume to drop his bid for the Senate presidency may have flopped. Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday revealed that the leadership of the party and some influential senators met last week and decided to reach out to Ndume, who is contesting the position against Senator Ahmad Lawan. It was learnt that Ndume rejected moves by Tinubu to make him drop his ambition, early last week. Details of how it happened were still sketchy as of Saturday while Ndume who could confirm or deny the development, did not answer calls put across to him. However, a senator told one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity on Saturday that a group of Pro-Lawan senators-elect who travelled to Maiduguri on Friday returned to Abuja on Saturday evening without achieving their mission. He