The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere has warned President Buhari not to treat the Indigenous People of Biafra like Boko Haram. The group’s National Secretary, Yinka Odumakin said that all IPOB has done is call for a sit at home, while Boko Haram has been murdering people and destroying properties in the North-East. “While Boko Haram is a terrorist organization that goes about bombing people and places, IPOB is an open organization. “What IPOB has done is to call for a sit-at-home but Boko Haram is a terrorist group, except you want IPOB to go underground like Boko Haram. “It is…
Author: David Folami
The Federal Government has commissioned 1,000 kilometres of major gas pipelines, with an additional 1,400km planned for construction before the end of the year. Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), confirmed this in Lagos at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Conference. He said the pipeline project shows the government’s determination to push enough gas to the power sector to ensure effective generation of electricity. According to Maikanti, trememdous progress has also been made in the reduction of flared gas volumes as, “we envisage a near zero flare in the not too distant future, as…
Atolagbe Alege, the Commissioner for Health in Kwara, says no outbreak of a mysterious disease had been seen in the state. A report circulated that a strange disease was taking over the Fulani community in the town, with infected victims defecating a black substance and vomiting blood before dying. “The ministry sees it as a rumour because we deployed a response team comprising of an epidemiologist, directors of public health and the disease surveillance response team,” he said. “The governor has directed the general hospitals across the state to be on standby in case of any unforeseen occurrence,” he said.
Three health workers of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) have tested positive for Lassa fever infection. The Chief Medical Director of LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, confirmed this recently. Bode said, “Three of the persons who had symptoms have been admitted to the Isolation Ward and are receiving treatment at the Isolation Ward. They are being cared for by a group of professionals, volunteer doctors, epidemiologists, microbiologists, emotional care givers and cleaners all round the clock. “And I want to assure the concerned public that they are responding well to treatment. This current outbreak is effectively being traced on the…
Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Wednesday said no life was lost to any “strange disease” linked to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in the hospital. Bode said: “HPV does not cause sudden mass deaths in humans. “Medical literature informs us that the human papillomavirus causes a number of diseases in man, and the ordinary wart is the commonest of these. “The virus is also known to cause cancer of the cervix in females, genital cancer and cancer of the throat. Occasionally, it can prevent pregnancy. “The virus is found only in humans…
The Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu, on Sunday said that the alleged unknown disease has been revealed to be gastroenteritis and therefore called for calmness. The state Ministry of Health, had in a statement, said that the disease took many lives in Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa in Yagba West Local Government Area. “The current information available to us is that the disease actually started six weeks ago in Okoloke village in Yagba West, which is a settlement that is predominantly inhabited by Fulani herdsmen. “There have been cases of reported deaths following abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea,…
Toke Makinwa, is ready to storm the Nollywood industry. She took to her Instagram page to announce her major acting debut in Nollywood. The untitled movie won’t be her very first screen appearance in Nollywood. In 2015, she made a cameo appearance on Funke Akindele’s hit TV series, “Jenifa Diaries,” sharing a scene with Akindele and Juliana Olayode. “So I’m going to be in a movie guys,” she wrote on Instagram. “No be Waka Pass O. I’ve had a few cameos here and there in the past and I have a lot of respect for actor film makers. #Issabigdeal. A…
Dammy Krane is here with new music titled ‘Prayer’. The jam is off his next album out “Your Body”(Odoo). Dammy says he wrote this song while he was in jail for alleged credit card fraud.
G-Worldwide artiste Sugarboy is not playing around this year as shown in his video for ‘Jofunmi’ a fan favorite off his debut album “Believe”. In the video directed by Clarence Peters, Sugarboy is seen buried under lots of cash asking his muse to please dance for him. The use of clear colors in the video reinforces the upbeat mood of the track and is sure to gain new fans for the dancehall artiste.
Omoni Oboli has shared her greatest fear as a filmmaker. According to the Nollywood actress, she can’t imagine making a film and not recoup her investment. “Not making my money back,” Oboli said. “I cannot even imagine making a film and not making my money back. What am I going to do? “How am I going to pay my children’s school fees,” she jokingly adds. “I want to make people happy. For me, it’s not necessarily about making films, it’s about touching lives. It’s about making the next person happier than they were before they saw your film. “I also…
Happy birthday Yaw. Yaw, a graduate of the Lagos State University with a diploma in Radio, TV and film production from the English department and a degree in Theater Arts and majoring in Theater Marketing.
Teju Babyface has come out to reveal he feels he wasted his life as a standup comedian. “To say the truth, all the years I spent doing stand up comedy were nothing but a waste of time. It was later I found out my calling is in mentorship and teaching. That is why I am doing this now,” he revealed. Teju Oyelakin launched his book “Secrets of the Streets” on May 19, 2017, at MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. “While it is my hope that the book will provide answers for many young Africans who desire to have a successful career…
R Kelly has been accused of physical abuse and underage sex, again. Following recent allegations that he was fooling women in a cult-like setup, Jerhonda Pace says that she lost her virginity to Kelly aged 16, one year below the age of consent in Illinois where the incident took place. Pace said she cut all links with Kelly after an incident claiming, “I was slapped and I was choked and I was spit on” by him. Pace decided not to press criminal charges, saying “it would probably be like it was last time, where he wouldn’t get convicted”. She instead…
Eucharia Anunobi’s son, Raymond Ekwu, is dead. She revealed she’s currently in the hospital “sorting out things” relating to her son’s death. She didn’t reveal further details. The actress lost her 15-year-old son to sickle cell anaemia. Raymond, who she had with her ex-husband, Charles Ekwu, in 2002, has been living with sickle cell anaemia since his birth. He reportedly died from complications associated with the disease on Monday, August 21, 2017. Her last post on Facebook sees her giving thanks to God for safe journey on August 17, 2017.
Yul Edochie is extremely serious about running for the Anambra state governor’s seat. The Nollywood actor shared a video of himself picking up his nomination form in Abuja. He wrote, “I cannot thank God enough. Join me in thanking Jehovah Almighty as I picked my nomination form yesterday in Abuja to run for Governor of Anambra State 2017, under the platform of the DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S CONGRESS. DPC. I cannot do it alone. I need the support of every well meaning Nigerian who is tired of the old ways. Its a wake-up call for the youths, for the masses. I provide…
Nollywood star, Funke Akindele’s birthday was of recent and her husband JJC Skillz is full of amazing words. The artiste took to Instagram on Thursday, August 24, 2017, full of praises fr his wife. “I love you just the way you are hot & spicy creative and caring happy birthday @funkejenifaakindele my mummy, my queen, my bestie, my love. Next year we shall have multiple reasons to celebrate by Gods grace #mrsfab,” he wrote alongside one photo. “We went from friendship to relationship to love and family It was like yesterday when I was just another face in the crowd…
Nice coach Lucien Favre has blasted his star striker Mario Balotelli for putting in a “negative performance” as they crashed out of the Champions League at the playoff round on Tuesday. Balotelli had little or no impact on the game and was substituted at the start of the second half when Napoli scored their first goal of the night on their way to a 2-0 win. The controversial striker was called over for a jewelry infraction and while in the process of having it covered, his side conceded while down to 10 men. Balotelli had some words for the officials…
Paris Saint-Germain’s Serge Aurier is close to joining Tottenham Hotspur reports have said. Aurier, who has had a summer exit agreed with PSG since the beginning of July, will sign a five-year contract if he can obtain official proof of his successful appeal against a convertible two-month prison sentence and PSG will pocket around €25 million. Reports have said that if Aurier had not been awaiting his appeal against his convertible jail sentence for so long he would already be gone but that the delay has seen some suitors switch their interests elsewhere. Rumour has it that Aurier must still…
<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/karim-benzema-523×294.png" alt="karim benzema" width="523" height="294" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-93490" /In a summer of transfer activity fueled by the billions in television revenue flowing through the European market, Leicester City signed 20-year-old Manchester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho for £25 million. The Nigeria international had 64 career senior appearances under his belt and had scored 21 goals, at a phenomenal per-minute rate, which was seen by the Foxes as sufficient promise to part with a fee that fell just shy of the club record £27m forked out a year earlier for Islam Slimani. Eight summers ago, Real Madrid paid a similar amount…
Gary Neville has warned Jose Mourinho to stay clear of any temptation to bench Marcus Rashford in favour of Anthony Martial. Rashford has started both United’s Premier League games so far this season — two 4-0 wins against West Ham and Swansea — but it is Martial’s impact as a late substitute that has gained the most attention after he scored in both games. Rashford is yet to score this season, but Neville says Mourinho should not be in a hurry to drop the 19-year-old to make room for Martial. “Martial has been devastating when coming off the bench but…