*BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES* Good Morning to our Cherished Readers. http://victoradedeji.blogspot.com/ Friday 21 June 2019 **NIGERIA* Edo APC chieftain, Idahosa calls for Oshiomhole’s resignation. Two speakers emerge in Bauchi Assembly. Omo-Agege appoints Chief of Staff, SSA, SA media. CBN forex intervention hits $42.3bn in one year. EFCC arrests 27 'Yahoo Boys' in Abeokuta. Nigerian governors move to tackle insecurity. Shehu Sani reacts as court stops El-Rufai from licensing pastors, Imams. Drama as Edo APC members get set to recall lawmaker, say they’ve lost confidence... Three teachers, student held for alleged exam malpractice. Boko Haram Releases Corps Member Abducted in January. Miyetti Allah Seeks Establishment of Fulani Vigilantes in South-east. Jonathan Not Dasuki Gave Me N400m, Metuh Tells Court. DSS Parades Fake Doctor Who Allegedly Killed 15 Patients. First Lady Tasks Buhari on Appointment. MAN, CIBN rally support for clampdown on smuggl
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BREAKING: Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan withdraws appointment of media aide 20th June, 2019. victoradedeji. blogspot.com Nigeria Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan has withdrawn the appointment of Mr Festus Adedayo barely 48 hours after his appointment as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. In a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday in Abuja by the Special Assistant to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Mohammed Isa, the appointment was rescinded in his best interest. Part of the statement reads: “The office of the President of the Senate has reviewed the appointment of Mr. Festus Adedayo as Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President of the Senate and decided to rescind its decision on the appointment, and wishes Mr. Adebayo the best in his future endeavours.”
NAFDAC bans the sale of Sniper Insecticides in open market and supermarkets. 20th June, 2019. victoradedeji. blogspot. Com The National Food, Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has ordered agro-dealers to withdraw popular agricultural pesticide, Sniper, from open markets and supermarkets, to reduce its use for suicide across the country. The federal government yesterday placed a restriction on the sale and use of the fatal agro-chemical product, Sniper. The development was made public by NAFDAC’s director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products Directorate, Dr Bukar Usman, at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan on Wednesday, June 19, Leadership reports. Since Sniper hits the Nigerian market, it has become the favourite of most Nigerians, especially the poor for killing mosquitoes and other pests. Similarly, the product has also been abused by many as they use it to commit suicide.
Traffic offence: LASG prosecutes 13 workers of '7Up Bottling Company' The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Wednesday arraigned 13 workers of 'Seven-Up Bottling Company' for assault on Officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, in a release by the Agency, stated that the enforcement team of the Agency arrested the 13 workers after they assaulted LASTMA Officers and injured three of them while trying to tow a truck (MUS 75 XX) belonging to the company parked illegally on the road and causing traffic gridlock at the former Lagos toll gate on the Expressway. In his words, "The prosecution of these 13 arrested workers became imperative in order to serve as deterrent to others who might want to attack law enforcement officers in the course of performing their official duties and enforcing the Executive Order recently signed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu." "It
Traffic offence: LASG prosecutes 13 workers of '7Up Bottling Company' The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Wednesday arraigned 13 workers of 'Seven-Up Bottling Company' for assault on Officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, in a release by the Agency, stated that the enforcement team of the Agency arrested the 13 workers after they assaulted LASTMA Officers and injured three of them while trying to tow a truck (MUS 75 XX) belonging to the company parked illegally on the road and causing traffic gridlock at the former Lagos toll gate on the Expressway. In his words, "The prosecution of these 13 arrested workers became imperative in order to serve as deterrent to others who might want to attack law enforcement officers in the course of performing their official duties and enforcing the Executive Order recently signed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu." "It
JUST IN: PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS NEW GMD OF NNPC 20th June, 2019. victoradedeji. blogspot.com President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). A release today in Abuja by the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, stated that President Buhari also appointed alongside Mr Kyari, seven new Chief Operating Officers. Until his new appointment, Mr Kyari, a geologist, was Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of NNPC and also doubled, since 13th May, 2018, as Nigeria’s National Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. President Buhari has directed that the New GMD and the newly appointed Chief Operating Officers to work with the current occupiers of the various offices till 7th July, 2019 towards a smooth transition on 8th July 2019 when their appointments would take effect to ensure a smooth tr