BVP MEDIA STATION NEWS HEADLINES Good Morning to our Cherished Readers. Thursday 11 April 2019. *NIGERIA** APC lied on US lobbyist –Atiku Rivers APC Primaries, INEC and Supreme Court uncertainty Senate attacks FG, says only state police can stop banditry Labour urges Buhari to sign minimum wage bill immediately Four ‘whistleblowers’ get N3m bail PDP backs Tinubu over no VAT increment Police arrest kidnappers of Lagos Fire Service Director Kachikwu: Firms should raise Nigeria’s oil production to 7m bpd More woes for Okorocha As judge accused of bias withdraws from his Certificate of Return case Supreme Court dismisses appeal on Kwara APC leadership tussle suit IMF: China’s lending to Nigeria, others must conform with Paris Club arrangement Court orders Evans to get legal representative by May 17 Shittu Vs APC: Court reserves judgement for Thursday Your security chiefs are tired, Anrp tells Buhari Constituent wants Enugu senator to disclose constituency allowances...
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BREAKING: IMF Ranks Nigeria Second Worst In The World In Use Of Sovereign Wealth Fund April 10, 2019 IMF, News Alert, Nigeria, world news The International Monetary Fund has ranked Nigeria as the second worst country in the world in the use of sovereign wealth funds. According to the Fiscal Monitor report released on Wednesday, Qatar was the only country worse than Nigeria on the index. The Bretton Wood institution said the index was compiled using the corporate governance and transparency scores of the sovereign wealth funds and the size of assets as a percentage of 2016 GDP of the countries considered.
The library is a repository of information and knowledge. It's home to ideas and facts of the past, present and future. Today, I was at Bayelsa State Library, named after our literary icon, Pa Gabriel Okara, where I interacted with its management and members of staff. My Foundation will consider partnering with the Library to equip "an archive section" where facts and information about past and present leaders of the State, as well as all citizens who have distinguished themselves in their various fields, will be well documented. -Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
Police Arrest Five Kidnappers In Ondo Five suspected kidnappers terrorizing Ondo state residents were on Wednesday arrested by men of the Nigeria Police. They were apprehended following the abduction of one Omoghae Igbegbon along Akunnu – Akoko/Auga – Akoko road. They allegedly disposed him of N185,000 and demanded for N30m ransom for his release. Addressing reporters at state police command headquarters, Akure, Police Commissioner, Undie Adie said it took the spirited efforts of his men to track the kidnappers to their hideout in Ibilo, Edo State. He said: ”On April 2nd, one Prince Omoghae Igbegbon of Senior Staff Quarters, NIFOR, Benin City Edo State was attacked by unknown gunmen numbering six along Akunnu Akoko/Auga Akoko Road in Ondo State. “The hoodlums robbed him of N185,000 and dragged him into the bush. The abductors demanded N30m as ransom for his release. “On April 3, a team of Policemen with members of vigilante group trailed the kidnappers to their den at Ib...
Ovation as Prof. Adebambo Bows Out ...Says "Success Without Succession is Total Failure" Nigeria’s First Female Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Prof. (Mrs.) Oluwafunmilayo Ayoka Adebambo has graciously bowed out of FUNAAB after years of meritorious service and ground breaking researches. Delivering her Valedictory Lecture, titled The Days of small beginning, the first female Dean, College of Animal Sciences and Livestock Production (COLANIM) in the University returned all glory to God for seeing her through the years, especially through the thick and thin of her life's sojourn in the academic world Conspicuously displayed at the VIP arena of the sprawling Ceremonial Building were the research bred chickens of Professor Adebambo code named FUNAAB ALPHA. The harmony of man and birds peaked with noisy interruption from the chickens with Prof. Adebambo interjecting her Lecture with a funny response, “the birds are talking” which sent her audience...
PRESS RELEASE Atiku disowns posters in circulation in Abuja Abuja, Nigeria, 10 April 2019: Our attention has been drawn to posters of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election being circulated in Abuja. We disassociate the former Vice President of Nigeria from the said posters in circulation. The campaign season is over. The tainted electoral victory by the incumbent is being challenged in court. We refuse to be distracted, which is exactly the objective of our opponents, but to remain focused on diligently pursuing our election petition with a view to retrieving the stolen mandate. Signed: Paul Ibe Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of PDP in 2019 election and Vice President of Nigeria, 1999-2007.