President Muhammadu Buhari, today, January 27, 2016, travelled to Kenya on a three-day official visit. Buhari is expected to preside over the Kenya-Nigeria Business Forum, along with Kenyan counterpart, President Uhuru Kenyatta, during his stay. The Nigerian president will also attend a memorial service for Kenyan soldiers who were killed by Al-Shabaab in Somalia before holding bilateral talks with Kenyan government officials on Thursday.
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Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to Senate President, Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara over plans by the National Assembly to buy 469 vehicles. Obasanjo, in the letter dated January 13, 2016, criticized the legislators for being insensitive to the economic situation in the country, The Cable reports. “The recent issue of cars for legislators would fall into the same category. Whatever name it is disguised as, it is unnecessary and insensitive. A pool of a few cars for each Chamber will suffice for any Committee Chairman or members for any specific duty,” the former president…
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Tuesday, January 26, disclosed that the federal, states and local governments shared N387.8 billion as revenue for December, 2015. The Minister, who was represented by the Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary, Mr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, said this in Abuja while speaking to news men on the outcome of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. According to her, the shared fund comprised the month’s statutory revenue of N315 billion. She said: “Also, there is the exchange gain of N4.5 billion which is proposed for distribution. Adeosun also said that the money shared included…
Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad Elrufai, has promised to rebuild the burnt railway round about market in Kaduna South Local government Area of the state which was gutted by fire on Tuesday. Also, Senator Representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Comrade Shehu Sani, has expressed sadness over the inferno and promised that he would ensure that government support the traders. But El-Rufai, who paid a visit to the traders at the popular Station Market, Kachia road said plans were underway for the building of a state of the art neighborhood market centre behind the rail lines…
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has appealed to government to strive toward prompt payment of entitlements to the families of fallen soldiers. She made the call at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna on Wednesday where soldiers who sustained injuries while fighting insurgents were being treated. “The families of the gallant soldiers who lost their lives in the course of fighting insurgency in the North-East must be promptly paid because they are national heroes.” She said that the regular payment of such entitlements had become necessary as the families left behind would need basic things…
The Sokoto State Government on Wednesday said it had intensified surveillance across the state as part of efforts to curtail the spread of Lassa fever. “Despite initial apprehension of a possible case of the deadly disease in the state, the government said three suspected cases earlier been taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Laboratory Centre for blood sample analysis. “They all came out negative, reaffirming the zero case submission in Sokoto,” Gov. Aminu Tambuwal said in Sokoto on Wednesday. The governor stated this when he went round hospitals in Sokoto town, as part of efforts to intensify awareness…
The new governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has appointed Mr Edward Onoja as his Chief of staff and Alhaji Abdulkarim Abdulmalik as his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy. A statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday to newsmen also said that Mr Kingsley Fanwo has been appointed as the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor. The statement said all the appointments took immediate effect. The statement was personally signed by the new governor. It described Onoja, the new Chief of Staff, as a tested administrator who rose to management positions in several blue chip companies in financial, and…
The former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, on Sunday, January 24, lost her daughter, Jackie Ifidon-Ola (nee Waziri), to an undisclosed ailment. According to a reliable newspaper, the Jackie, 39 died at an Abuja hospital in the early hours of Sunday. Report said the deceased, who was based in London, is survived by her husband, two kids and her parents, Senator Ajuji Waziri and Dr. Farida Waziri Confirming the incident, media aide to the former EFCC boss, Ade Williams, said “highly placed Nigerian leaders have been visiting the Waziri family to console them in…
Yahaya Bello was, today, January 27, 2016, sworn in as the governor of Kogi State. Bello is said to have cried while honouring his mother during his inauguration speech. The new governor was sworn in without a deputy due to the refusal of James Faleke to fill the position.
The All Progressives Congress National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has accused some members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting a smear campaign to tarnish his image and severe his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement released on Tuesday, Jan. 26, by his media aide, Sunday Are, he said the campaign was tagged ‘Destroy the reputation of Tinubu and his relationship with Buhari’. Tinubu alleged that some of the PDP members who have refused to recover from the 2015 election defeat would stop at nothing to bring him down. He said some of them are facing corruption…
The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The court on Wednesday, January, 27, said Wike won the April 11, 2015 governorship election in the State, overriding the judgement of the state’s Election Petition Tribunal and the Appeal court, which declared that he should vacate his seat. Wike, who was the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the poll, headed to the apex court after the Appeal Court on December 16, 2015, upheld the decision of the tribunal which nullified his victory. A seven-man panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun unanimous arrived at the decision.…
A former Inspector-General of Police, Sunday Adewusi on Tuesday, January 26, died at the National Hospital, Abuja. Adewusi, who was the youngest police officer to become the IG in 1981 at 45 years, was said to have passed at about 9pm on Tuesday. He was aged 80. His cause of death was not ascertained as at press time. Before his appointment as IG, the Asiwaju of Ogbomosholand, was promoted as Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1959; Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1962; Superintendent of Police in 1963; Chief Superintendent of Police in 1967; Assistant Commissioner of Police in 1969 and…
A male nurse at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Mr Oshafu Ibrahim, who treated the index case of Lassa fever outbreak in Nasarawa state, has died of the disease. The Chairman of the state’s Rapid Response Task Force from the Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Adamu, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lafia. Adamu said that the nurse died on Tuesday, having contracted the disease through the index case in December 2015. He described the death of the nurse as a colossal loss at a time when all efforts were being made to curtail…
he leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday took a new dimension as Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, the former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters declared himself as PDP National Chairman. Gulak, who arrived at the PDP national headquarters, Abuja, at about 1.45 p.m. immediately addressed a news conference and announced that he had assumed the position of the party’s national Chairman. He said that his assumption of office was to complete the tenure of Dr Adamu Muazu, from the North East, who resigned his position as the national Chairman of the party on May…
Just when every celebrity, African and Western alike, seems to creating their own emoji’s, American rapper, The Game, has released his own, winning the hearts of every gangsta hearted male. The new ‘interesting’ emojis have everything from the representation of home and hearth, to gang signs. The father-of-3 went as far as to make an emoji of rapper, Stitches, begging him, after their fight on instagram which had led The Game’s manager, to punch him in the face. He shared the photo of the emojis via instagram, commenting: “They don’t want me to have my own emOGi’s CLICK THE LINK…
Singer Solidstar yesterday (January 26) shared a photo of his son Instagram. The photo is totally adorable as his son lies on the bed. Solidstar’s son whose name is Josh looks so cute. The ‘My Body’ singer simply captioned the photo “reel nigga.” Solidstar welcomed Josh in October. The mother of his child is his UK lover. After his birth Solidstar travelled to the United Kingdom to spend some time with his new born. On January 20 Solidstar released a new single ‘Wait’ featuring Davido. Watch video below for more scoop.
<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Uche-Ogbodo-October-2013-BellaNaija-600×337-300×169.jpg" alt="Uche-Ogbodo-October-2013-BellaNaija-600×337" width="300" height="169" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-90680" /Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo, has been receiving a lot of animosity from her fans and haters alike in recent times for various reasons and they are at it again. Ogbodo shared a cute selfie of herself in a cleavage baring number via her Instagram page, but barely had time to enjoy it before her fans descended on her. The actress went on to make it clear that she was on the set of a new movie and that her looks could be attributed to the movie called 'Street girls', but that did…
Nigerian rap star Ice Prince, 29, was spotted aboard a flight with his girlfriend Maima Nkewa. The picture was taken and shared by singer YQ who was in the same flight with him yesterday (January 26). YQ captioned the picture “Maximum respect to those who respect and value their loved ones irrespective of what they hear about them. We are all human, with flaws,pasts only God is perfect. “Only the Angel of God is white”. Majek Fashek. “Nobody Holy pass” 2Baba . #RespectTheLadies #NoToMolestation #motivation.” Since the alleged report of Maima Nkewa cheating came out, Ice Prince and his girlfriend…
Shakira stepped out braless as she she supported partner, Gerard Pique at the Festa De Esport Catala awards in Barcelona on Sunday, January 24. The 38-year-old singer flashed some serious amount of sideboob in a silver sparkle mini dress at the glitz sports bash as the couple mingled with other very important personalities. The mother-of-two made sure to show off her toned legs in the short frock and a pair of black ankle boots gave her striking outfit a more casual vibe. A draped arm hole ensured she bared plenty of flesh and she appeared to leave her bra at…
The mother of popular Nigerian comedian Bovi Ugboma popularly known as Bovi has passed away. His close friend Basketmouth sent a condolence message to him on Instagram yesterday (January 26). Basketmouth who often does comedy sketches with Bovi shared a picture of his late mum and wrote “It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, and a day to love them, but it takes an entire lifetime to forget them. @officialbovi your mum is in a better place. Stay strong. I love you bro.” The 36-year-old actor has not made a statement about the…