{"id":17350,"date":"2017-03-23T23:44:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T22:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17350"},"modified":"2017-11-06T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:08:07","slug":"murray-bruce-sen-benedict","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/murray-bruce-sen-benedict\/","title":{"rendered":"MURRAY-BRUCE, Sen. Benedict"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc; businessman, administrator, promoter; b: February 18, 1956, p: Lagos; ht: Akassa; so: Bayelsa; m: Evelyn Hargett, 1978; nc: one s, one d; ed: Our Lady of Apostles Private School, Yaba, 1962- 1968; St. Gregory&#8217;s College, Lagos, Simpson College, Iowa USA, 1975-76; Iowa State University, USA, 1976-77; University of Southern Carolina, USA, 1979; cr: md: Silverbird Productions Ltd., Lagos, Solar Nigeria Ltd., Lagos; International Business Concept Ltd., edir. (Nigeria) Coalition for A free Africa; ch\/ceo. Rhythm 93.7 FM, Radio Station, since 1998; dg. Nigerian Television Authority, July 1999; mm: Board of Nigerian Film Corporation, National Film Distribution Company, Federal Film Censors Board; Presidential Policy Advisory Committee, National Arts Theatre Management, Bootlegging and Copyright Laws, Black Music Association, USA; awards: Man of the Year 2000; ABI, USA, Outstanding Performance Award, Leadership Watch, Ugos Award, Port- Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines &#038; Agriculture, Nigerian Institute of Marketing, Industrial Giant Award, Ondo State, Council of Chambers of Commerce Industry, Mines &#038; Agriculture, Development in Nigeria, People State &#038; Resource Magazine; off: Silverbird Productions, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Ugos. MURRAY-BRUCE, Michael; businessman; so: Bayelsa; married, has children; ed: Locally and Internationally; cr: ch. Silverbird Group; md. Domino Stores; Brought International Music Acts Shalamar, Kool and the Gang, Dynasty, Delegation, Lakeside and others to perform in Nigeria; Organiser, Miss Intercontinental Pageant; Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria; Organisers of Miss World, 2002; hob: swimming, scrabble, fashion, television; off: Silverbird Productions, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Ugos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,166,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17350","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-politics","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17350"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}