*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Good Morning to our Cherished Readers. Friday 31 May 2019 **NIGERIA* Appeal Court: Adeleke qualified to run for gov. Surrender yourself to EFCC, Fayose Tells Amosun, Okorocha. Ihedioha denies ordering demolition of Okorocha’s structure. Cybercrime: Naira Marley gets bail. Delta North: A-Court restores Nwaoboshi as Senator-elect, sacks Nwoko. IPOB sit-at-home succeeds in Awka; flops in Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo. Fayemi demands 330kv from TCN for stable electricity in Ekiti. Army accuses NGOs of providing humanitarian services to Boko Haram. Senate: N11tn Spent on Fuel Subsidy in Six Years. Britain, go or stay, stop diverting attention. FG to adopt new strategy in tackling insecurity, says NSA. Senate confirms N11tr oil subsidy payment, okays N129b for marketers. Sacked Oyo LG bosses vow to defy Makinde, APC kicks. Sanwo-Olu orders road repairs, directs Lastma to work till 11pm. Nigerian farmers to get $1.9m to boost seeds production. AfCFT
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Sanwo-Olu signs executive order on enforcement of traffic, sanitation matters ...Directs LASTMA to Operate Two Shifts a Day, Control Traffic Till 11p.m ...Orders Public Works to Commence Immediate Fixing of Potholes on Lagos Roads Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu today signed his first Executive Order to address the issue of traffic control and management, fixing of potholes on the roads, sanitation as well as cleaning of drainages in the State. The Order is to also ensure the attainment of zero tolerance for environmental abuse, including illegal and indiscriminate dumping of refuse and construction of structures on drainage points and setbacks. While signing the Order, the Governor declared: "I think we have to make some points about issues that happen around transportation, potholes on our roads, blockages and rest of it, I think its something we need to tackle immediately". The Governor, who signed the Executive Order in the presence of Security Chie
BREAKING: Court Grants Naira Marley Bail. He, therefore, urged the court to grant accelerated hearing rather than bail. BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKMAY 30, 2019 The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi has granted Nigerian musician Azeez Fashola bail. At the resumed bail application, the lead defense counsel, Olalekan Ojo apologized for his absence at the initial arraignment on May 20 due to heavy down poor. Ojo urged the court to accept the bail application Prima Facie based on the presumption of his innocence in accordance with Section 162 (1). The defense also pleaded that a liberal approach is taken in hearing the bail application. The prosecution counsel, led by Rotimi Oyedepo, however, argued that it is not the temporary release of the singer that mattered but the final judgment. He, therefore, urged the court to grant accelerated hearing rather than bail. He added that since the lawyer of the defendant said the defendant is a celebrity, then his actions and inact
BREAKING: Court Of Appeal Sacks Ned Nwoko, Reinstates Nwoboshi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on May 11, 2019, withdrew the Certificate of Return it issued to the chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) and senator representing Delta North senatorial district of Delta state, Peter Nwaoboshi. BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKMAY 30, 2019 The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the April 3, 2019 judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja which sacked Senator Peter Nwaoboshi as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Delta North Senatorial seat. Justice Mohammed Idris, in the lead judgment, held that the suit by Nwoko was statute barred and that Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja ought not to have heard the case and gave the judgment he gave in favor of Nwoko. The three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous judgment on Thursday, held that the Federal High Court had no jurisdictio
We can't afford to fail Lagosians, Sanwo-Olu tells workers ...Promises to Address Concerns of Workforce on Minimum Wage Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday urged workers in the State to brace up and contribute their quota to the development of the State, saying that they cannot afford to fail Lagosians at this critical point. Speaking at a meeting with Civil Servants and Permanent Secretaries during his familiarisation tour of offices in the Secretariat, Alausa, Governor Sanwo-Olu acknowledged that there were challenges, but urged the workers not to be deterred and imbibe the right attitude to work. "I just want to say to Lagosians that new things will begin to happen. Yes, there are issues and that is why there is a word ‘issue’. There will be issues, there will be challenges but out of it, looking at all your faces, we cannot afford to fail the citizens at this period. "So, my charge is this: whatever we know that we are not doing so well e