BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES Good Morning to our Cherished Readers. Monday 15 April, 2019. *NIGERIA** PDP: APC’s claim on Atiku’s Cameroonian citizenship diversionary. NASS LEADERSHIP: We are not opposed to lobbying PDP senators – APC. Officers involved in Ajegunle shooting spree arrested, inspector declared wanted. ExxonMobil Nigeria dismisses rumour about leaving Nigeria. Insecurity: SERAP gives presidency, govs 7 days to release security votes details. PDP wins Rivers supplementary elections. Nigeria’s president promises, again, to Bring Back kidnapped Chibok students. We’ll assist you in dealing with bandits in Zamfara – Gov Yari tells security officers. One killed, four critically wounded in Ibadan As FRSC officials chase Micra driver into a ditch. POST ELECTION: Nigeria’s economy records $5bn foreign investment inflows —CBN. Zamfara APC: Supreme Court receives records of appeal. Onnoghen adopts final address at CCT today. Substandard engine oil: Court fixes Ma
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World’s Largest Plane Makes First Flight April 14, 2019 News Alert, World’s Largest Plane The world’s largest aircraft, a carbon-composite plane, took its first flight on Saturday from California, U.S., over the Mojave Desert in California. The carbon-composite plane was by Stratolaunch Systems Corp, a company started by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, as the company enters the lucrative private space market. The white aeroplane, called Roc, nicknamed after a giant mythical bird, has a wingspan the length of an American football field and is powered by six engines on a twin-fuselage. It took to the air shortly before 7 a.m. Pacific time (1400 GMT). It stayed aloft for more than two hours before landing safely back at the Mojave Air and Space Port as a crowd of hundreds of people cheered. “What a fantastic first flight. “Today’s flight furthers our mission to provide a flexible alternative to ground-launched systems. “We are incredibly proud of the Stratolaunch tea
Police Kill 9 Armed Robbers Along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway April 14, 2019 Armed Robbery, News Alert The Nigeria Police Force said it had killed nine suspected members of a notorious armed robbery gang at Akilbu forest, off Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. A statement by the Force spokesman, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, on Sunday in Abuja, said this followed an exchange of gunfire between the police and members of the gang on April 10. Mr Mba said that items recovered from the robbers include six Ak47 rifles; one pump action gun; 1,206 rounds of Ak47 ammunition; seven magazines; 28 cartridges and 158 expended shells. He said the items were recovered from them by police operatives attached to Operation Puff adder deployed to the area. Mr Mba said one policeman sustained gunshot wound and was presently receiving treatment in a hospital. He said that efforts were being intensified to arrest two members of the gang who escaped with gunshot wounds. The spokesman said the Inspect
I’m Afraid Nigeria Might Break Up, Nigerians Hate Each Other – Sultan Of Sokoto He said: “If Nigeria has these troubles in 2019 then, I have my fears over 2023. The signs are already on ground. Brothers no longer talk to each other. Friends are now divided in a very terrible way because they have been insulting one another before the election. Neighbours now hate each other because they belong to different political parties".
The story of the struggle of my life, by Atiku Abubakar I was born on November 25, 1946 in Jada, Adamawa State, Nigeria. I was named after my paternal grandfather, Atiku Abdulkadir. It was the practice among the Fulani people to name their first sons after their paternal grandfathers. My grandfather, Atiku, came originally from Wurno in Sokoto State. There, he had met and befriended Ardo Usman, a Fulani nobleman from what is now known as Adamawa State. My grandfather decided to accompany his new friend back to his home- town of Adamawa. They settled in Kojoli, a small village in Jada Local Government Council of Adamawa State. My grandfather farmed, kept livestock and raised a family. He married a local girl in Kojoli and gave birth to my father, Garba Atiku Abdulkadir. He was their only child. My father was an itinerant trader who traveled from one market to another selling imitation jewelry, caps, needles, potash, kola nuts and other nick-knacks which he ferried around on the back
OUR VICTORY IS FOR RIVERS PEOPLE SAYS GOVERNOR WIKE Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated that his victory is for all Rivers people, hence it is a new beginning for the state. Speaking during a family thanksgiving at the Salvation Ministry Headquarters in Port Harcourt on Palm Sunday, Governor Wike said despite the political turmoil, nobody lost during the elections. He said: "Nobody has won and nobody has lost the elections. But Rivers State has won. "I forgive anyone that has wronged me and I also ask for forgiveness from those that I have wronged ". He said that he was in Church to give thanks to God for his faithfulness in the face of fierce political battles during the 2019 General Elections. "We have come here to give God thanks because he is so faithful to us. We have come to thank God for the fight he fought on our behalf. "It is only God who can fight for us. We have no power of our own to fight". He noted
Today marks five years since the abduction of our Chibok daughters. We have succeeded in bringing back 107 of them, but we will not rest until all the remaining girls are back and reunited with their families. I made this promise when I became President, and I will keep it. We will never give up on our missing daughters, including Leah Sharibu; and all the other people held hostage by Boko Haram. In the last four years our security agencies have successfully rescued thousands of captives, and they will not relent until every captive is free. It gladdens our hearts to see the progress being made by the young women rescued from Boko Haram. We celebrate their courage and determination to defy the evil ideology of the terrorists, by continuing to pursue their education. There is no doubt that the world is inspired by them. I extend our best wishes to all the Chibok girls in various schools in Nigeria and around the world. Special congratulations to Kauna Yaga Bitrus, who has excelled i
Atiku’s Lawyer Not Licensed To Practise In Nigeria, INEC Tells Tribunal April 14, 2019 Atiku Abubakar, INEC, News Alert The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were not signed by a legal practitioner licensed to practise in Nigeria. Atiku had filed a petition before the presidential election tribunal to challenge the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku’s legal team is led by Livy Uzoukwu with 31 other lawyers. In its response as the first respondent in the case, INEC said the petition was not signed by a legal practitioner enrolled in the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The electoral body said the results Atiku claimed to have polled were “invented” solely for the petition, adding that it never transmitted results electronically. “That the Petitioner’s Petition, List of Witnesses and List of Documents as filed are incompetent and ought to be st
How LASU Pro-Chancellor, VC Diverted N198 Million Staff Pension To Buy Luxury Vehicles The management of Lagos State University (LASU) diverted N198 million it illegally withdrew from the contributory pension of the institution’s employees to purchase 12 luxury vehicles for members of its top echelon, Premium Times reported. According to the report, documents obtained also revealed that the management used an additional N83.37 million from the same fund to buy four buses. The N281 million was part of N474 million withdrawn in October 2018 purportedly to finance the National University Commission’s (NUC) accreditation of some academic programmes in the university. Nigeria’s pension legislation prohibits such withdrawal. The management of LASU collects pension contributions of staff members and remits them to Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs). However, a good percentage of the university’s employees are not registered with any PFA. Premium Times learnt that those without PFAs