2011 – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:40:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png 2011 – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Viola Davis Celebrates 14th Wedding Anniversary https://www.theinfostride.com/viola-davis-celebrates-14th-wedding-anniversary/ Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:40:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=169763 Viola Davis and Julius Tennon have now been married for 14 years now! The supremely-talented actress shares the news with fans through her Instagram page on June 23 2017, with a photo from their renewal ceremony in February 2016 and the following sweet words “My life got sweeter, richer the day I met you. I [...]

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]]> I Was Arrested In 2011 For Credit Card Theft – Special Ed https://www.theinfostride.com/i-was-arrested-in-2011-for-credit-card-theft-special-ed/ Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:30:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=167991 Following Dammy Krane’s arrest for grand theft and identity fraud, Davido’s hypeman Special Ed came out to defend the pop singer. The former D’banj hypeman in a post shared via Instagram on Saturday, June 3, 2017, wrote, “WE DEY TOGEDA!!!!! #JETLIFE!!!! #DIAFADA WE ARE ALL SCAMMERS EVEN YOUR FATHERS ARE SCAMMERS AND CHEATS ONCE THEY [...]

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]]> NNPC Didn’t Remit $81.2bn In 4 Years – House of Representatives https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-didnt-remit-81-2bn-in-4-years-house-of-representatives/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:43:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=162363 The House of Representatives has reportedly discovered that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) did not remit a total of $81.2bn crude oil proceeds to the Federation Account in four years. The House ad hoc committee investigating the alleged export of $17 billion worth of undeclared crude oil and gas resources was said to have [...]

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]]> OBJ Told Buhari To Choose Okonjo-Iweala As Vice In 2011 – Tunde Bakare https://www.theinfostride.com/obj-told-buhari-to-choose-okonjo-iweala-as-vice-in-2011-tunde-bakare/ Thu, 09 Feb 2017 03:30:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=156000 Pastor Tunde Bakare has revealed how former president, Olusegun Obasanjo tried to make President Muhammadu Buhari choose Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as his running mate in 2011. According to Bakare, Obasanjo told Buhari that he would support him if he agreed for Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister, to occupy the Vice Presidential slot. Bakare made the revelation [...]

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]]> Adesina Slams Oshiomole Over Criticism Of Jonathan’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/adesina-slams-oshiomole-over-criticism-of-jonathans-agricultural-transformation-agenda-nigeria/ https://www.theinfostride.com/adesina-slams-oshiomole-over-criticism-of-jonathans-agricultural-transformation-agenda-nigeria/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2015 07:30:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/adesina-slams-oshiomole-over-criticism-of-jonathans-agricultural-transformation-agenda-nigeria/ Immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has slammed Edo State Governor, Adams Oshimhole, for describing the Agricultural Programme of former president Goodluck Jonathan as a scam. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye, the former minister said it was most uncharitable for the governor [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/adesina-slams-oshiomole-over-criticism-of-jonathans-agricultural-transformation-agenda-nigeria/feed/ 1 Nine Kogi Workers Die Waiting For Salaries | #NigeriaNews https://www.theinfostride.com/nine-kogi-workers-die-waiting-for-salaries-nigerianews/ Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:30:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/nine-kogi-workers-die-waiting-for-salaries-nigerianews/ Nine of the 142 staff placed on compulsory leave without pay since 2011 by the Kogi State Transport Company have died.Two colleagues of the deceased persons, Ndakwo Mohammed and Anate Audu, made this known in a statement circulated to media houses in Lokoja on Sunday.Messrs Mohammed and Audu said a number of their colleagues were [...]

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]]> Liverpool Add Fixture To Asia Tour https://www.theinfostride.com/liverpool-add-fixture-to-asia-tour/ Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:36:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=76765 English Premier League club Liverpool have added a fixture against a Malaysian XI after the club’s pre-season tour to Australia in July. . The 18-times English champions last played in Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and are arguably the best supported Premier League side in the soccer-obsessed Southeast Asian region. . “The national football governing body [...]

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]]> Sam Adebanjo releases a tribute song for mother’s featuring Rooftop MCs’ Snatcha https://www.theinfostride.com/sam-adebanjo-releases-a-tribute-song-for-mothers-featuring-rooftop-mcs-snatcha/ Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:25:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=76219 This year, in anticipation of Mother’s Day, Sam Adebanjo has teamed up with award winning producer, singer and songwriter Roof Top Mc Snatcha and Shabach Beautiful Soundz to a tribute song dedicated to mothers and also in memory of Christy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe (11 November 1960 – 30 June 2011), considered Nigeria’s “Lady of Souls”, who [...]

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]]> Andy Carroll Facing More Injury Time https://www.theinfostride.com/andy-carroll-facing-more-injury-time/ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:36:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=73081 Type the name of West Ham United striker Andy Carroll into any internet search engine and you will be greeted with page after page chronicling various failing parts of his body. . You will also find a few more describing those all too rare days when he was fit enough to terrorise defences for club [...]

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]]> It’s Sink Or Swim For Dolphins In Africa https://www.theinfostride.com/its-sink-or-swim-for-dolphins-in-africa/ Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:04:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=72648 Just like the CAF Champions League, this season’s CAF Confederations Cup also begins this weekend and two of Nigeria’s teams, Dolphins of Port Harcourt and Warri Wolves will be looking to make their mark in the competition. Incidentally both sides will be on away turf for the first leg of their fixtures. . Dolphins: Domestic [...]

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]]> Amaechi Promises Rivers Workers Prompt Payment Of Salaries, Disowns Jonathan https://www.theinfostride.com/amaechi-promises-rivers-workers-prompt-payment-of-salaries-disowns-jonathan/ Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:15:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/amaechi-promises-rivers-workers-prompt-payment-of-salaries-disowns-jonathan/ Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has promised workers in the state of prompt payment of their salaries. Speaking with labour union executives at the inauguration of a secretariat complex constructed by the state chapter of the Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria at Rumuagholu, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, on Saturday, the governor also pledged to [...]

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]]> Northern Group Calls For ICC Probe Of Buhari Over 2011 Post-election Violence https://www.theinfostride.com/northern-group-calls-for-icc-probe-of-buhari-over-2011-post-election-violence/ Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:15:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/northern-group-calls-for-icc-probe-of-buhari-over-2011-post-election-violence/ A human rights group, Northern Coalition for Democracy and Justice (NCDJ), Monday, asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arraign the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari for post-election violence in 2011. According to a statement by the group, the former head of state should face justice over the violence that [...]

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]]> 2015: Buhari To Unveil Running Mate Monday As S/West Clinches Spot https://www.theinfostride.com/2015-buhari-to-unveil-running-mate-monday-as-swest-clinches-spot/ Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:25:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/2015-buhari-to-unveil-running-mate-monday-as-swest-clinches-spot/ Indications emerge on Friday that General Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in the February 2015 presidential election will likely emerge on Monday or Tuesday. General Buhari, who emerged as the All Progressives Congress’ flag bearer at the party’s national convention in Lagos on Thursday, has since begun consultations with leaders of the party to decide on [...]

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]]> Ogun Deputy Gov. Formally Defects To SDP, Promises to Send Amosun Packing https://www.theinfostride.com/ogun-deputy-gov-formally-defects-to-sdp-promises-to-send-amosun-packing/ Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:15:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/12/ogun-deputy-gov-formally-defects-to-sdp-promises-to-send-amosun-packing/ The Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Segun Adesegun, on Thursday declared his interest to unseat his boss, incumbent Governor Ibikunle Amosun, and his defection to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, ahead of the 2015 general elections Mr. Adesegun defected to SDP from the All Progressives Congress, APC. The deputy governor, who wrote a stinker to [...]

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]]> Environmental Sanitation Programme: Zamfara Govt Employs 29,000 Youths https://www.theinfostride.com/environmental-sanitation-programme-zamfara-govt-employs-29000-youths/ Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:15:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/environmental-sanitation-programme-zamfara-govt-employs-29000-youths/ The Zamfara Government has employed 29,000 youths from across the state as part of its efforts to boost its environmental sanitation programme in oder to ensure a clean environment. Alhaji Sunusi Dan-Alhaji, the Director-General of the state Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday [...]

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]]> LASU School Fees Slashed To N25,000 https://www.theinfostride.com/lasu-school-fees-slashed-to-n25000/ Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:15:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/lasu-school-fees-slashed-to-n25000/ Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday announced the reversal of the Lagos State University (LASU) fee from N350,000 to the old rate of N25,000 across board. Fashola made the pronouncement at the 19th convocation ceremony of the higher degree award in Lagos. The governor said he had met the State Executive Council on [...]

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]]> Dokubo Berates Jonathan For Condemning Assassination Attempt On Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/dokubo-berates-jonathan-for-condemning-assassination-attempt-on-buhari/ Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:15:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/dokubo-berates-jonathan-for-condemning-assassination-attempt-on-buhari/ A former Niger Delta militant, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has faulted his kinsman, President Goodluck Jonathan, for condemning the attack on former head of state General Muhammadu Buhari. Dokubo, who spoke yesterday in Abuja, also dismissed rumours that he paid those who executed the assassination attempt against Buhari in Kaduna last week. President Jonathan had [...]

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]]> #PremierLeague: Spurs hand new deal to veteran keeper Friedel https://www.theinfostride.com/premierleague-spurs-hand-new-deal-to-veteran-keeper-friedel/ Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:05:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=47347 Tottenham's veteran goalkeeper Brad Friedel signed a new one-year contract with the Premier League club on Monday. Friedel, 43, moved to White Hart Lane from Aston Villa on a free transfer in 2011 and has often been used as back-up for France goalkeeper…

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]]> #Abduction: Arab TV airs video of Frenchman kidnapped in Mali in 2011 https://www.theinfostride.com/abduction-arab-tv-airs-video-of-frenchman-kidnapped-in-mali-in-2011/ Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:59:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=46335 Frenchman Serge Lazarevic, kidnapped in Mali by Al-Qaeda in 2011, appeared in a video aired Tuesday by Dubai-based Alaan television urging French President Francois Holland to act to secure his release. Lazarevic, wearing a black turban, sporting a…

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]]> Disgraced British fashion designer John Galliano reappears at Russian cosmetics chain https://www.theinfostride.com/disgraced-british-fashion-designer-john-galliano-reappears-at-russian-cosmetics-chain/ Fri, 23 May 2014 09:10:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=44419 Disgraced British fashion designer John Galliano, little-seen since being sacked by Dior in 2011 for making drunken racist tirades, reappeared in Moscow Thursday as creative director of a Russian cosmetics chain. The L'Etoile chain, which has some 850…

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]]> Magical Alejandro Sabella aims to conjure World Cup glory for Argentina https://www.theinfostride.com/magical-alejandro-sabella-aims-to-conjure-world-cup-glory-for-argentina/ Fri, 16 May 2014 18:03:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=43182 When Alejandro Sabella was handed the task of reviving Argentina's fortunes after a poor campaign at the 2011 Copa America, not everyone in his homeland was convinced he was the right man. "I don't know why they chose him," said the country's legendary…

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]]> Amazing Lytro Illum $1,600 Super-Camera https://www.theinfostride.com/amazing-lytro-illum-1600-super-camera/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:17:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=37797 When the original Lytro camera was first announced back in 2011, many predicted it would present a major shakeup to the camera industry as a whole. It didn’t, but you wouldn’t be blamed for making that mistake, since the $400 to $500 device utilized…

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]]> Iranian Supreme court overturns ex-US Marine’s death sentence https://www.theinfostride.com/iranian-supreme-court-overturns-ex-us-marines-death-sentence/ Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:27:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35413 Iran's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence handed to a former US Marine convicted of espionage, with the penalty being cut to 10 years in jail, media reported Sunday. Amir Hekmati, a dual US-Iranian citizen, was arrested in August 2011,…

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]]> Rodney Mason baseball camp begins Saturday https://www.theinfostride.com/rodney-mason-baseball-camp-begins-saturday/ Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:36:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32917 NEWARK — Let the games begin. The Rodney Mason Mentoring Baseball camp is hosting its first meeting at Weequahic Park on Saturday. The camp, founded in 2011, teaches kids and young adults between the ages of 6 and 24 the fundamentals of baseball just…

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]]> Not less than 150,000 people killed in Syria conflict https://www.theinfostride.com/not-less-than-150000-people-killed-in-syria-conflict/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:24:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32239 More than 150,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group said in a new toll released on Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 150,344 people, 51,212…

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]]> Confirmed! Skales Is Out Of E.M.E https://www.theinfostride.com/confirmed-skales-is-out-of-e-m-e/ https://www.theinfostride.com/confirmed-skales-is-out-of-e-m-e/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:30:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=22904 It can be authoritatively confirmed that Nigerian rapper Skales has parted ways with record label,Empire Mates Entertainment(EME) following the expiration of his contract a few weeks ago. . The popular label which signed Skales in 2010 has decided not to extend their initial three-year contract with the rapper. . EME boss Banky who has confirmed [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/confirmed-skales-is-out-of-e-m-e/feed/ 1 Singer Muma Gee Pregnant With 1st Child! https://www.theinfostride.com/singer-muma-gee-pregnant-with-1st-child/ Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=21392 Gift Uwame popularly known as Muma Gee is expecting her first child with husband, Prince Eke. . The Port Harcourt based singer confirmed the good news to Saturday Punch. . “Is there anything wrong with fulfilling the essence of my womanhood? It is a special feeling, I must tell you,” Muma Gee said . Muma [...]

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]]> 2015 Will Be Better Than 2011 Elections – Jega https://www.theinfostride.com/2015-will-be-better-than-2011-elections-jega/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:17:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=20206 Contrary to criticisms that have trailed the recently released time-table for the 2015 general elections by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, chairman of the commission, Professor Attahiru Jega has avowed that the exercise would be much better than the previous ones. . Professor Jega made the promise, yesterday, in Abuja at the National Broadcasting Commission, [...]

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