Commissioner – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:22:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Commissioner – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Ebonyi Governor Suspends Commissioner Over Alleged Gross Misconduct https://www.theinfostride.com/ebonyi-governor-suspends-commissioner-over-alleged-gross-misconduct/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ebonyi-governor-suspends-commissioner-over-alleged-gross-misconduct/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:00:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=396480 Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has suspended the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Uchenna Igwe, over alleged gross misconduct. The suspension was announced during a press conference held at the New Government House, Centenary City, Abakaliki. Governor Nwifuru stated that the commissioner was suspended for failing to address demands by civil servants at [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ebonyi-governor-suspends-commissioner-over-alleged-gross-misconduct/feed/ 0 Six Killed in Fresh Kaduna Attack https://www.theinfostride.com/six-killed-in-fresh-k/ https://www.theinfostride.com/six-killed-in-fresh-k/#respond Tue, 02 Mar 2021 18:54:13 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=286314 Six persons have been killed by bandits during fresh village attacks in Igabi and Kauru Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna State. This latest killing took place barely 24 hours after attacks by bandits in Zango Kataf and Chikun LGAs left 10 people dead. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/six-killed-in-fresh-k/feed/ 0 Ogun Commissioner Suspended for Alleged Rape Crime https://www.theinfostride.com/ogun-commissioner-suspended-for-alleged-rape-crime/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ogun-commissioner-suspended-for-alleged-rape-crime/#respond Sun, 03 Jan 2021 21:41:00 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=280513 The Ogun State government has suspended the Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun. Mr Abudu-Balogun was suspended from office over an allegation of sexual harassment of a 16-year-old girl identified as Barakat Mayowa Melojuekun. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, announced the suspension of the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ogun-commissioner-suspended-for-alleged-rape-crime/feed/ 0 APC Should Know That Yakubu Dogara Is Not My Client – INEC Commissioner https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-should-know-that-yakubu-dogara-is-not-my-client-inec-commissioner/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:41:58 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=229355 INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye has described allegations by the ruling party, APC, that Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is his client as false. APC did not accept submissions of the investigation committee chaired by him on the controversial outcome of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, which caused [...]

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]]> No Mysterious Disease In Kwara State – Atolagbe Alege https://www.theinfostride.com/no-mysterious-disease-in-kwara-state-atolagbe-alege/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:33:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=179729 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 [...]

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]]> Samuel Ortom Is Not Rearing Snakes – James Anbua https://www.theinfostride.com/samuel-ortom-is-not-rearing-snakes-james-anbua/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:19:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=176161 Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Benue, James Anbua, has refuted the rumours flying around that Gov Samuel Ortom is rearing snakes. Anbua told newsmen in Makurdi on Monday, July 31, 2017 that “no single snake farm exists in the state, let alone being owned by the governor ”. He said that some wicked [...]

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]]> Enugu State Assembly Confirms 3 Commissioner Nominees https://www.theinfostride.com/enugu-state-assembly-confirms-3-commissioner-nominees/ Fri, 21 Jul 2017 02:16:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=172974 The Enugu State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed the three commissioner nominees forwarded to it by Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. The commissioners-designate are Messrs Udidi Joseph, Robert Anikwe and Donatus Ani. Joseph told the lawmakers during screening, that he would use his knowledge in the power sector, if confirmed, to develop the state. Ani, a [...]

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]]> Kwara State Government Boosts Farmers With Farm Inputs https://www.theinfostride.com/kwara-state-government-boosts-farmers-with-farm-inputs/ Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:51:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=172384 The Kwara state government has subsidized farm input to farmers across the state to the tune of N360 million to enable massive food production this season as part of the N1b agriculture intervention scheme. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Bamidele Adegoke disclosed this while presenting seedlings, pre-emergence and post-emergence kits to farmers under the [...]

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]]> Commissoner For Environment Warns Against Indiscriminate Dumping of Refuse in Osun State https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-commissoner-for-environment-warns-against-indiscriminate-dumping-of-refuse-osun-news/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 11:28:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=170951 The Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Sanitarian Idowu Korede has again warned the people of the State of Osun to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse along water ways across the State. Sanitarian Korede gave the warning while inspecting the extent of damage wrecked by flood at Olorunsogo market and other areas in Ile Ife. He said one of [...]

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]]> EFCC Traces N6bn To Kantigi Liman https://www.theinfostride.com/efcc-traces-n6bn-to-kantigi-liman/ Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:33:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=162698 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced the sum of N6 billion to a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Niger state. The money was traced to three bank accounts belonging to Kantigi Liman, who is a former Commissioner for Local Governments. “The discovery brings to N6 billion traced to accounts [...]

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]]> Gunmen Kidnap Commissioner In Cross River State https://www.theinfostride.com/gunmen-kidnap-commissioner-in-cross-river-state/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:09:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=161505 Some unidentified gunmen on Sunday abducted Mr Gabriel Odu-Orji, the Cross Rivers Commissioner for Water Resources at Effionawan street in Mayne Avenue area of Calabar South. An eye witness, Mr James Ibri, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that five gunmen came in a blue Audi car and picked Odu-Orji away as he stepped [...]

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]]> Nyesom Wike Sacks Rivers State’s Health Commissioner https://www.theinfostride.com/nyesom-wike-sacks-rivers-states-health-commissioner/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:25:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=156663 Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has sacked his Commissioner for Health, Dr Theophilus Ndagene. The commissioner’s sack was announced by Wike< spokesman, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, on Wednesday, February 15. The Governor wished Ndagene luck in his future endeavor. No reason was however given for the commissioner's removal.

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]]> Commissioner for Health Declares Ogun State Free Of Lassa Fever – Babatunde Ipaye https://www.theinfostride.com/commissioner-for-health-declares-ogun-state-free-of-lassa-fever-babatunde-ipaye/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 02:33:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=143827 The Commissioner for Health in Ogun, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, has declared the state free of Lassa fever following a recent expression of fear at a patient showing signs of the fever. The commissioner made this known in a statement he issued in Abeokuta on Sunday. He said that the government immediately swung into action to [...]

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]]> Governor David Umahi Suspends Commissioner For Local Govt https://www.theinfostride.com/governor-david-umahi-suspends-commissioner-for-local-govt/ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:30:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=140861 Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has suspended the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development, Mr Samuel Okoronkwo. Umahi, who announced the suspension when he declared open the ITF programme in Abakaliki on Saturday, also disbanded the state’s Committee on Employment. He said that the suspension was with immediate effect, adding that his [...]

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]]> Buhari Appoint Tinubu’s Spokesman As NCC Commissioner https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-appoint-tinubus-spokesman-as-ncc-commissioner/ Tue, 02 Aug 2016 19:27:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=138542 President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Sunday Dare, spokesman to the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as the south-west Executive Commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement. Adesina said the President has sent [...]

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]]> EFCC Arrest INEC Commissioner, Sylvester Ezeani https://www.theinfostride.com/efcc-arrest-inec-commissioner-sylvester-ezeani/ Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:54:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=136872 The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Abia State, Mr.Sylvester Ezeani, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over corruption allegations. He allegedly benefited from the N23bn ($115m) disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. The EFCC alleged that the accused received [...]

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]]> Ogun State Dismiss Commissioner Ebenezer Olubena https://www.theinfostride.com/ogun-state-dismiss-commissioner-ebenezer-olubena/ Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:17:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=135968 The Ogun Government, on Wednesday announced the immediate removal of Mr Ebenezer Olubena, Commissioner IV in the State Civil Service Commission, for acts of misconduct. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa, the Secretary to the State Government, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Adeoluwa [...]

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]]> Happy Birthday Richard Mofe Damijo https://www.theinfostride.com/happy-birthday-richard-mofe-damijo/ Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:57:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=135023 Born 6 July 1961, Richard Mofe Damijo popularly known as RMD, is a Nigerian actor, lawyer and politician. Born in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, RMD attended Midwest College, Warri and Anglican Grammar School and was a member of the Drama Club. He enrolled into the University of Benin to continue his education where he studied [...]

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]]> Market Women Pay Tax For Governor Wike’s Perfume https://www.theinfostride.com/market-women-pay-tax-for-governor-wikes-perfume/ Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:19:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=121238 Market women in Port Harcourt, River State have allegedly been paying tax for Governor Nyesom Wike’s perfume, reports say. The women, who trade at Mile Three Market in the Diobu area of the state capital, made the claim while protesting at the Government House, Punch reports. “Each of us pays levies ranging from N1, 500 [...]

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]]> Nyesom Wike Reinstate Suspended Commissioner, Accountant-General https://www.theinfostride.com/nyesom-wike-reinstate-suspended-commissioner-accountant-general/ Mon, 15 Feb 2016 23:43:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=120648 Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has recalled the commissioner for Finance and Accountant- General of the state suspended last week. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Port Harcourt by Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media. It said the Commissioner, Dr Fred Kpakol and the Accountant-General, Sir [...]

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]]> Why We Demolished Oshodi Market – Commissioner https://www.theinfostride.com/why-we-demolished-oshodi-market-commissioner/ Thu, 07 Jan 2016 20:52:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=117525 The Lagos State Government says the demolition of Owonifari Market in Oshodi area of the state was done to further ensure security and bring sanity to the area. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde, gave the explanation at a news conference on Thursday while clarifying issues involved in the demolition exercise. [...]

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]]> D’banj Hangs Out With Commissioner For Tourism https://www.theinfostride.com/dbanj-hangs-out-with-commissioner-for-tourism/ Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:11:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116517 Yesterday pop star D’banj was at the One Lagos Fiesta for a performance. Always one to rub shoulders with the high and mighty, D’banj was with the Lagos state Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture Mr. Folarin Coker, and crown prince of Lagos state Prince Aremo Oniru who he calls his ‘godfather’. D’banj shared the [...]

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]]> Banky W Meets Lagos State Commissioner For Tourism, Arts & Culture https://www.theinfostride.com/banky-w-meets-lagos-state-commissioner-for-tourism-arts-culture/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 03:21:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=114069 Today (December 7, 2015), pop singer and EME boss Banky W met with the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture Mr. Folarin Coker. The hit singer met the Commissioner with his best friend and business partner Captain Tunde Demuren. Banky W shared the picture of him with the Commissioner and Tunde Demuren on his Instagram [...]

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]]> Lagos Commissioner Promises To End Traffic Gridlocks And Insecurity https://www.theinfostride.com/lagos-commissioner-promises-to-end-traffic-gridlocks-and-insecurity/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:01:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=105095 Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, has assured residents of the nation’s commercial capital that the major problems confronting them would soon be a thing of the past. AbdulLateef based his conviction on the personalities in the state executive council, who he described as people with vast knowledge and great potentials, whose [...]

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]]> Nominees for Cross River Commissioners to write Aptitude Test https://www.theinfostride.com/nominees-for-cross-river-commissioners-to-write-aptitude-test/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100258 Nominees for appointments as commissioners in Cross River State are to undergo mandatory integrity and aptitude test. A statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Chief press Secretary to the Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, Mr. Christian Ita, said the nominees would have to undergo the aptitude test before their names would be forwarded [...]

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]]> Police Parades 42-year Old Woman For Kidnapping Three Kids In Surulere, Lagos https://www.theinfostride.com/police-parades-42-year-old-woman-for-kidnapping-three-kids-in-surulere-lagos/ Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:26:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=99879 On Thursday, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni paraded a 42-year old woman named Mrs Nimotu Raheem for allegedly kidnapping three children at an Arabic School in Itire-Ikate, Surulere, Lagos. The children are a set of four-year-old twins, Taiye and Kehinde, and a 16-month old boy, Fatai Adeola. Owoseni said police rescued the [...]

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]]> #Security > I’ll Take Part In Patrols, Police Raids Against Cultists, Other Criminal Gangs In Edo – CP https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-ill-take-part-in-patrols-police-raids-against-cultists-other-criminal-gangs-in-edo-cp/ Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:30:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-ill-take-part-in-patrols-police-raids-against-cultists-other-criminal-gangs-in-edo-cp/ The Commissioner of Police, Edo State, Mr. Chris Ezike, on Monday vowed to personally lead street patrols and raids against cultists and other criminal gangs in their various hideouts across the state.‎Ezike led the special crack squad deployed by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, which resulted in the arrest of 56 suspected cultists [...]

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]]> #Biafra > Why Police Can’t Block Radio Biafra’s Frequency – Abia Police Commissioner https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-why-police-cant-jam-radio-biafras-frequency-abia-police-commissioner/ Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:30:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-why-police-cant-jam-radio-biafras-frequency-abia-police-commissioner/ The Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joshak Habila, has said the force is depending on members of the public for information on the location of the pirate radio station, Radio Biafra. He also said the reason why the police cannot jam the signals of the radio station is because there is an agency of [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > AIG Joseph Mbu Not Sacked, Still In Service, Police Force HQ Confirms https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-controversial-aig-mbu-not-sacked-still-in-service-police-force-hq-reacts-to-rumours/ Sun, 13 Sep 2015 11:30:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-controversial-aig-mbu-not-sacked-still-in-service-police-force-hq-reacts-to-rumours/ Following his unusual quietness and disappearance from public glare in recent times, many people wrongly assumed controversial Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, had been quietly dismissed but the Nigeria Police Force said on Friday that he is still in active service. The former Rivers and FCT Commissioner of Police, who came to national [...]

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]]> #Edo > Ex-Commissioner Denies Embezzlement Of 4.5 Million Naira https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-edo-ex-commissioner-denies-embezzlement-of-n4-5m/ Sat, 12 Sep 2015 23:30:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-edo-ex-commissioner-denies-embezzlement-of-n4-5m/ Immediate past Commissioner for Basic Education in Edo State, Patrick Aguinede, has denied media reports that he was sacked because of an alleged 4.5m naira fraud. According to a report published in a national daily, the former commissioner was involved in a fraud which has to do with the registration fee for the Junior Secondary [...]

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]]> #Security > Kano Police Commissioner Deploys More Officers To Falgore Forest https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-kano-police-commissioner-deploys-more-officers-to-falgore-forest/ Sat, 12 Sep 2015 21:30:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-kano-police-commissioner-deploys-more-officers-to-falgore-forest/ Kano State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Katsina, said on Saturday that he had deployed additional mobile police officers to Falgore forest along Kano-Jos road to enhance security.The commissioner said the deployment became necessary to reduce the activities of hoodlums in the forest. “Recently, I visited the forest to assess the security situation in the area, [...]

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]]> #Bauchi > Governor Abubakar Lied About The ‘Missing’ Aircraft Found In Morocco – Ex-Commissioner https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-bauchi-governor-lied-about-the-missing-aircraft-found-in-morocco-ex-commissioner/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:30:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-bauchi-governor-lied-about-the-missing-aircraft-found-in-morocco-ex-commissioner/ A former Commissioner for Information in Bauchi State, Alhaji Ahmed Barau, has faulted claims by Governor Mohammed Abubakar that the state’s aircraft, Embraer 145, 5N-BJM, was stolen or missing. ‎Governor Abubakar had while speaking with journalists as part of activities to mark his 100 days in office at the weekend, said that the state found [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > PDP Apologizes To Zakari Biu, Says His Reinstatement As Commissioner Of Police Followed Due Process https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-pdp-apologizes-to-zakari-biu-says-his-reinstatement-as-commissioner-of-police-followed-due-process/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:30:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-pdp-apologizes-to-zakari-biu-says-his-reinstatement-as-commissioner-of-police-followed-due-process/ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has tendered its apology to Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, for mentioning his case on a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Programme ‘Good Morning Nigeria’. A statement on Monday by the national publicity secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the party mentioned in passing, the issue of the reinstatement of [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > 100 Days Not A Realistic Target To Judge Developmental Activities – Alhaji Nasiru Zarumai https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-100-days-not-a-realistic-target-to-judge-developmental-activities/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 17:30:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-100-days-not-a-realistic-target-to-judge-developmental-activities/ Alhaji Nasiru Zarumai, the Commissioner representing Sokoto State on the Federal Character Commission, on Sunday said that Nigeria had been put on the right track in the last one hundred days.“The various tiers of government, all the agencies, both public and private, have also being striving to be more responsive to the yearnings and aspirations [...]

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]]> IG Promotes Sergeant Godwin Hosea To Inspector For Making Bullet-proof Vest | #News https://www.theinfostride.com/ig-promotes-sergeant-to-inspector-for-making-bullet-proof-vest-news/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 23:30:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/ig-promotes-sergeant-to-inspector-for-making-bullet-proof-vest-news/ Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has promoted a policeman from the rank of sergeant to Inspector for sewing a bullet-proof vest. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Mohammed, Monday decorated Godwin Hosea of the Bauchi State Police Command at the Police Headquarters in Bauchi, yesterday, commending him for displaying exceptional talent. In a statement [...]

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]]> Fatima Atiku Sworn In As Health Commissioner, Forfeits Salary, Allowances | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/fatima-atiku-sworn-in-as-commissioner-forfeits-salary-allowances-nigeria/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:30:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/fatima-atiku-sworn-in-as-commissioner-forfeits-salary-allowances-nigeria/ Daughter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and newly appointed Commissioner of Health in Adamawa State, Dr Fatima Atiku, has forfeited her salary and allowances. Fielding questions from journalists in Yola, the state capital on Friday after being sworn-in along with 21 other commissioners, Fatima, a Medical Consultant, said she was making the sacrifice because [...]

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]]> Buhari’s Corruption Crusade: Nigeria’s Now In Safe Hands – Indian Envoy | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/buharis-corruption-crusade-nigerias-now-in-safe-hands-indian-envoy-nigeria/ Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:27:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/buharis-corruption-crusade-nigerias-now-in-safe-hands-indian-envoy-nigeria/ The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Rangaian Ghanashyam, on Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing effort at fighting corruption would attract more foreign investments. Ghanashyam made the assertion in Lagos at a three-day seminar on “Enhancing Trade and Investment between India and Nigeria” being attended by 100 Indian companies. The envoy said Buhari’s [...]

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]]> Benue Approves Bridge Road Construction To Check Flooding | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/benue-approves-bridge-road-construction-to-check-flooding-nigeria/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:30:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/benue-approves-bridge-road-construction-to-check-flooding-nigeria/ Benue State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr. Emmanuel Manger, said the state government has approved the construction of the Makurdi Old Bridge Road to check flooding. Manger, who is also the Chairman, State Committee on Erosion and Flood Control, said this in Makurdi on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. [...]

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]]> Soldiers Attack Ango Abdullahi In Bauchi https://www.theinfostride.com/soldiers-attack-ango-abdullahi-in-bauchi/ Thu, 19 Mar 2015 01:15:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/soldiers-attack-ango-abdullahi-in-bauchi/ The Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, was Wednesday shot by some soldiers in Bauchi on his way to Gadau, reports have said. The former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, was attacked when his driver overtook a military convoy. Speaking to newsmen in Bauchi, yesterday, Professor Abdullahi said [...]

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]]> Tiv Youths In Nasarawa Petition Police Over Killing Of Kinsmen https://www.theinfostride.com/tiv-youths-in-nasarawa-petition-police-over-killing-of-kinsmen/ Mon, 16 Mar 2015 01:15:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/tiv-youths-in-nasarawa-petition-police-over-killing-of-kinsmen/   The Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO) in Nasarawa State has petitioned the State Commissioner of Police, Sani Mohammed over the alleged killing of two of its kinsmen from Asumeku village in Lafia local government area of the state. This was contained in a letter of complaint jointly authorised by the President and Secretary-General of the [...]

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]]> Gov. Wamakko Cautions Against Politicisation Of Nation’s Security Agencies https://www.theinfostride.com/gov-wamakko-cautions-against-politicisation-of-nations-security-agencies/ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:15:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/02/wamakko-cautions-against-politicisation-of-nations-security-agencies/ Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has cautioned against the politicisation of the nation’s security agencies. Wamakko spoke in Sokoto on Thursday when the new Commissioner of Police deployed to the state, Mr Salisu Abdullahi, paid him a courtesy call. “The security agencies have no any constituency, as such, they should patriotically work to ensure [...]

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]]> Rivers Govt Expresses Shock At New CP’s Remark On Amaechi https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-govt-expresses-shock-at-new-cps-remark-on-amaechi/ Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:15:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/09/rivers-govt-expresses-shock-at-new-cps-remark-on-amaechi/ LEFT: IMMEDIATE PAST Rivers CP, AIG TUNDE OGUNSAKIN, Gov. ROTIMI Amaechi AND NEW RIVERS’ CP, DAN BATURE The Rivers State Government has expressed shock over a remark credited to the new Commissioner of Police in the state, Dan Bature that certain comments purportedly made by Governor Rotimi Amaechi were meant to provoke him (Bature). Mr. [...]

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]]> Ex-Gov. Goje Detained For Moving Around With Large Crowd Of Supporters In Gombe https://www.theinfostride.com/ex-gov-goje-detained-for-moving-around-with-large-crowd-of-supporters-in-gombe/ Wed, 17 Sep 2014 02:15:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/09/ex-gov-goje-detained-for-moving-around-with-large-crowd-of-supporters-in-gombe/ Former Governor of Gombe State now Senator representing Gombe Central, Muhammad Danjuma Goje, was held for about 3 hours by the state police command on Monday for allegedly conducting a political rally in Kumo, headquarters of his senatorial district. State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, said Goje was invited for a chat because [...]

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]]> SEMENITARI DONATES WATER AND ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS TO OKRIKA COMMUNITIES https://www.theinfostride.com/semenitari-donates-water-and-electrification-projects-to-okrika-communities/ Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:20:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/semenitari-donates-water-and-electrification-projects-to-okrika-communities/ Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari has donated 99,000L capacity water and Electrification projects to Abam-Ama and Igbiri communities in Okrika Local Government Area of the State. According to Mrs. Semenitari the projects were donated to alleviate the sufferings of the people stress “portable water in my community, Abam-ama II has been a [...]

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]]> Youths Warned to Desist From Pipeline Vandalism https://www.theinfostride.com/youths-warned-to-desist-from-pipeline-vandalism/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 08:05:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/youths-warned-to-desist-from-pipeline-vandalism/ Bayelsa State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Iniruo Wills has charged youths in the state to desist from pipeline vandalism. He gave the charge recently during a meeting between the Ministry of Environment and officials of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) at the Conference Hall of the ministry. Mr. Wills condemned the [...]

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]]> Syrian refugee mothers in ‘spiral of hardship’, UN reports https://www.theinfostride.com/syrian-refugee-mothers-in-spiral-of-hardship-un-reports/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:25:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/syrian-refugee-mothers-in-spiral-of-hardship-un-reports/ 8 July 2014 – One in four of all Syrian refugee families in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan are headed by women who, on their own, are struggling to make ends meet and take care of their increasingly traumatized families, the United Nations today reported, calling for more resources to aid these single mothers. “For [...]

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]]> Renewed Central African Republic fighting displaces thousands of civilians – UN https://www.theinfostride.com/renewed-central-african-republic-fighting-displaces-thousands-of-civilians-un/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:35:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/renewed-central-african-republic-fighting-displaces-thousands-of-civilians-un/ 27 June 2014 – Thousands of people are fleeing new violence and reprisal attacks in and around the town of Bambari in Central African Republic (CAR) that have already left at least 45 people dead and scores more wounded, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. Violence in the town, which lies some 380 kilometres [...]

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]]> Police Debunks Claims 8 Abducted Chibok Girls Escaped https://www.theinfostride.com/police-debunks-claims-8-abducted-chibok-girls-escaped/ Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:15:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/police-debunks-claims-8-abducted-chibok-girls-escaped/ The Police Command in Borno said on Wednesday that no new abducted student of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok, had escaped from captivity. There were speculations that eight of the abducted school girls escaped from their captors. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Lawan Tanko, told newsmen in Maiduguri that the story [...]

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]]> Jonathan, N’guesso Urge African Leaders To Eradicate Terrorism https://www.theinfostride.com/jonathan-nguesso-urge-african-leaders-to-eradicate-terrorism/ Tue, 13 May 2014 23:15:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/jonathan-nguesso-urge-african-leaders-to-eradicate-terrorism/ President Goodluck Jonathan and his Republic of Congo counterpart, President Denis Sassou N’guesso, Tuesday charged African leaders, the African Union and its Peace and Security Council to intensify efforts aimed at eradicating terror groups, including Islamist sect, Boko Haram, operating on the continent. In a communiqué issued at the end of President Jonathan’s visit to [...]

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]]> About 900 Canadians’ tax data stolen in Heartbleed breach https://www.theinfostride.com/about-900-canadians-tax-data-stolen-in-heartbleed-breach/ Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:21:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35753 Personal data for as many as 900 Canadian taxpayers was stolen after being made vulnerable by the "Heartbleed" bug, officials in Ottawa said on Monday. Andrew Treusch, Commissioner of Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), said government security agencies notified…

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