*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Friday 24 May 2019 **NIGERIA* Buhari, governors confirm Adamu as IG. Govs’ll criticise FG constructively, says new NGF chair, Fayemi. Atiku alleges plot to set him up. Court convicts NIMASA ex-Acting DG, aide over N136 million fraud. Divisions in FEC holding down Nigeria Air, Amaechi reveals. NNPC recruitment: Applicants to undergo computer-based test. SEC, NSE streamline process to encourage more listings. Court fixes June 24 for Saraki’s suit against EFCC. Igwe emerges new VC of UNN. ASUU tackles education minister over comments on N25 billion earned allowance approval. Population Growth: Nigeria sitting on time bomb – Governor Yari. Fulani radio is route to crisis, leaders warn. Against court orders, ‘stolen’ aircraft departs Nigeria. I wonder if the pains I took for APC are worth it, says Okorocha. Ibadan Inland Dry Port to gulp N35.8 billion. Nigeria loses $1b to corrupt MSMEs development programmes. Nigeria seeks fresh $1.8 bi
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Africans Are Not Humans, How Can You Sit On Gold, Diamond And Oil And Still Be Poor —Donald Trump “If you sit on Gold, diamond, oil, manganese, uranium and your people don’t have food, are you humans?”. “I don’t need to harass you like the French Presidents say that France-Africa is over, yet they keep sending you the fake tourists who spy on you and come back and tell them how you should be recolonised.” “If after 50 years of independence you have not built the necessary infrastructure for your people are you humans?i
Breaking News: The Acting Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed has been confirmed by the Council of State, as the new Inspector General of police. Mr Mohammed was appointed in the acting capacity on January 15 when he took over from former IGP, Ibrahim Idris. His confirmation was announced at the police council meeting today which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
SPEAKERSIP POSITION : GOVERNOR WIKE CHARGES GBAJABIAMILA TO SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila to ensure that he serves the entire country, if he eventually emerges the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the next Assembly. Speaking on Wednesday at the Government House Port Harcourt when he granted audience to the Majority Leader and his Campaign Team, Governor Wike urged the Majority Leader to shun all forms of excessive party politics and focus on delivering development to the country. He said: "My belief is that we must work as a team irrespective of the political party that we belong to. It is because of party, that the Electoral Act was not signed "I will not support any candidate based on political party. I will support based on capacity to deliver. We must work as a people ". The Governor said that the political part
Statement on Justice Bulkachuwa’s Recusing From the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal~ATIKU One of the principal maxims of the Common Law is nemo judex in causa sua (no man shall be a judge in his own case). The call by my legal team for Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to recuse herself from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal was predicated on this principle, being that her husband, Alhaji Mohammed Bulkachuwa, is an All Progressives Congress Senator-elect and the case she was expected to adjudicate upon had a bearing on that party. My legal team's objection was not a reflection on Justice Bulkachuwa's character or competence. As a matter of fact, I have great respect for her, being a pioneer and advocate for gender equality and female empowerment. It is with this in mind that I commend Justice Bulkachuwa for recusing herself from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Panel hearing my petition against the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Pres
SANWOOLU HIGHLIGHTS LAGOS NEXT LEVEL AGENDA 1. I will clear Apapa Expressway gridlock in 60 days 2. I will employ graduate Lagbus drivers on N100,000 monthly salary 3. I will start & complete Fourth Mainland bridge in 24 months 4. I will pay Lagos State workers above national minimum minimum wage 5. I will complete Lagos Badagry Expressway reconstruction with light rail corridor in 12 months 6. I will open Lagos State financials, contract award processes and cost of projects for public perusal 7. I will accede to FOI requests on the activities of Lagos State Government 8. I will deploy brand new Lagbuses as Lagos State workers shuttle fleet 9. I will not collect Salaries or utilise Security Votes 10. I will in a gradualist manner empower all identified party members who laboured for my victory 11. I will complete all ongoing projects in Lagos State earlier than scheduled 12. I will provide free pan Lagos State internet availability 13. I will transit Lagos econom
ASUU threatens strike, says FG reluctant to implement 2019 agreement May 23, 2019 Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday said that its members should not be held responsible if there is any disruption in the university system, as the Federal Government had not shown commitment to carrying out the 2019 Memorandum of Action. The ASUU National President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this at a briefing in Abuja, to give an update on the ongoing renegotiation with the government and to clear the air over the N25billion confirmed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to have been approved for universities. Ogunyemi said the N25billion was meant to be a part-payment of the Earned Academic Allowances and should have been released between February 15 and 28, 2019, as agreed. But this was not done. He said, “Since information on the amounts mentioned in the media went round, the ASUU has been inundated with enquiries on the union’s perspective t
Obasanjo Is Right, Boko Haram Is To Islamize And Fulanize Nigeria —Prof. Wole Soyinka Everybody knows that my relationship with Obasanjo is not too cordial but at the same time, we should be very careful not to be dismissive. If there is a substance, the language must be put aside for a moment. “I heard the Minister of Information, and I had the feeling that they are leaving aside the substance and worrying too much about the language. Obasanjo was calling for a meeting of stakeholders on a very serious aspect of social menace this country is under going. “This country is under going a horrendous descent into the abyss. The perfect picture of Africa is what we must continue to uphold in view as leaders have used the word ‘unity’ to destroy our people. “The issue of Boko Haram is currently being discussed in the House of parliament in England in relation to Africa’s well-being.’’