BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES Good Morning to our Cherished Readers. Tuesday 9 April, 2019. *NIGERIA** Ndume meets Osinbajo, says he’s still in Senate Presidency race Rivers APC: Supreme Court strikes out Abe’s appeal Zenith Bank appoints Ebenezer Onyeagwu as new GMD/CEO Buhari assures foreign investors of huge turn-over EFCC arrests railway staff, two others for fraud in Kaduna Kogi Judiciary asks Court to nullify Assembly resolution FG signs $523,823 technical assistant grant with Islamic Development Bank Xenophobia: Two Nigerians stabbed to death in South Africa Offa banks robbery: Court admits medical examination report on wounded suspects Kidnappers of Lagos fire director, others yet to contact families 48 hours after Fresh headache for Wike, Ganduje as PPP asks tribunal to nullify their elections FG to move two more coaches to Abuja-Kaduna railway ICT firm partners Ekiti to curb cybercrime, others At K Fair, world leaders set to gather for the Future of plast
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Home News News INEC Releases Timetable For Bayelsa, Kogi Gov Polls This Week By Afemai Reporter - April 8, 2019 …Proposes N45.5bn annual budget The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it will release, before the end of this week, the timetable and schedule of activities for the end of tenure governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States billed to hold at separate dates later this year. Its chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure when he led other members of the Commission to defend the Commission’s 2019 budget proposal before a joint session of the Senate Committee on INEC and House Committee on Electoral matters. Yakubu, while breaking down the Commission’s 2019 budget proposal of N45.4 billion, explained: “This year we are going to conduct two end of tenure elections into the offices of the governors in Kogi and Bayelsa States. “This year towards the end of the year we are going to conduct governorship elections in Kogi
APC Will Lose 2023 Election If It Disrespects Zoning Of Presidential Ticket To The South-West. By Agency Report - April 8, 20190 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been warned not to renege on its zoning formula that cedes power to the South-West in 2023, else it risks quitting the political stage after just two terms. Umar Duhu, pioneer National Vice Chairman of APC (North-East), dropped the warning in an exclusive chat with SaharaReporters on Monday. He was reacting to media comments credited to Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), as saying “there’s no law that mandates the ceding of power to the South-West”. Duhu also spoke on a wide range issues, and accused President Muhammadu Buhari of self-centeredness and failure to provide the right leadership for the party. He expressed dismay at how candidates of the party contesting at various levels worked for the President’s reelection, but he could not return same gesture, only asking th
BREAKING NEWS: Bank robbery @ First Bank, Isewa qtrs, Idoani The robbers reportedly stormed d area around 2 in d afternoon shooting sporadically as they blew open d bank security door with dynamite. During d operations dat lasted about 1 hr, 7 ppl including bankers, a police Inspector & about 2 ATM customers were allegedly shot dead. Equally, 5 ppl wit serious injuries r now on d danger list @ d General Hospital Idoani. According to eyewitnesses, some of d armed bandits escaped wit unspecified amount of money b4 d arrival of men of the Nigerian Army. Luck however ran against one of them as he was caught by the brave & vigilant soldiers. Sola Obagbemiloye
Accident Claims Three Lives On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway April 8, 2019 Three persons were confirmed dead in an accident on Monday involving a tipper loaded with granite and a Dangote truck around Mile 12 Market, Ogere, Ogun, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun State, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta. Mr Akinbiyi said the accident occurred around 5:45 a.m., and added that the accident was caused by the tipper with registration number MUS-589 XX. “We learnt that the tipper was heading inbound Lagos on top speed from a Quarry at Isara. It lost control and rammed into the Dangote truck with registration number NSR-89 YQ from behind. “The three people who lost their lives were in the loaded tipper. “The two vehicles were taken to the Police Motor Traffic Division at Ogere,’’ he said. Mr Akinbiyi said the corpses of the deceased had been deposited at FOS Mortuary,
AMBODE PRE-LAUNCHES $50M FACTORY IN LEKKI Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday performed the pre-launch of a $50 million manufacturing plant in Lekki Free Zone, where he expressed optimism that the facility would go a long way to create jobs and boost the nation’s foreign exchange earnings. Speaking at the pre-launch of the factory belonging to Longrich, a Chinese firm, Ambode said the facility was another success story of the efforts of the state government in attracting investment, as well as an eloquent confirmation of the strategic importance of the free trade zone to the State’s economy. He said a total of 25 companies were presently setting up manufacturing plants within the zone, saying it was indeed gratifying that the efforts to drive investments were yielding positive results. He said the most important thing to him is that whether in government or outside of government, factories were springing up in the zone, thereby creating job opportunities for the
OLUMO ROCK, ABEOKUTA Olumo rock is a massive outcrop of granite rocks of primitive formation from which Abeokuta the capital of the state derived its name. The rock is a historical monument which served as shelter and fortress for the Egba people who at 1830 had settled under the rock during the intercity wars. The rock is a monument of Faith, Unity source of strength and unfailing protection for Ebga people. The highest point of the rock is 137 meters above sea level with the existence of a muster tree growing for over 200 years and surrounding caves. ORONNA STATUE, ILARO The shrine is located at ilaro, it was named after a great warrior who defended the town and the people from the intertribal wars that was ravaging the Yoruba kingdom of old. During his lifetime, no enemy dare challenge Ilaro to war. There was much peace all around. Oronna pledged that even in death, he should be called up to defend the town of Ilaro with appropriate sacrifices at his shrine. The point through whi
Legends Jacob Odulate, The Man Who Invented Alabukun Powder Over 100 Years Ago Alabukun, one of the oldest drugs in Nigeria and even is still very relevant and popular today. However, not many know the Jacob Odulate aka Blessed Jacob, a Nigerian pharmacist, inventor and entrepreneur and the brain behind the brand that has remained relevant selling in all parts of Nigeria, Benin republic, Cameroon, Ghana and some parts of Europe. 1.Jacob Sogboyega Odulate aka Blessed Jacob was born into a polygamous family in 1884. 2.He was originally from Ikorodu in Lagos State but later moved to the neighbouring Ogun State. 3.At age 14, he trekked for three months from Ikorodu before reaching Abeokuta to establish himself. 4. Blessed Jacob managed to create a brand from what served as his consulting room and workshop in Abeokuta. His modest headquarters was at the Sapon Area, not far from where he later built his famous three-storey building in Ijemo Agbadu. 5.In 1918, he invented the legenda
