Nigerian state – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:41:30 +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 Nigerian state – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Comrades, ‘Come-Raids’ and the Nigerian State by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/comrades-come-raids-and-the-nigerian-state-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/comrades-come-raids-and-the-nigerian-state-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:41:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=482071 The current state of what passes for “activism” captures the dilemma and dysfunction of an underperforming post-colonial state. Nigeria once possessed a robust tradition of advocacy. This legacy is unambiguously illustrated by the November 18, 1949, Iva Valley massacre in Enugu, where miners were cut down simply for demanding labour conditions consistent with human dignity. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/comrades-come-raids-and-the-nigerian-state-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 New Moon Was Sighted In Some Nigerian States – Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III https://www.theinfostride.com/new-moon-was-sighted-in-some-nigerian-states-alhaji-saad-abubakar-iii/ Sun, 17 Jun 2018 02:16:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=208841 The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III has declared Friday June 15, 2018 as the day to mark the Eid-el-Fitr, and the end of Ramadan fast. Abubakar said that the new moon was sighted in parts of Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Borno, Jigawa, Nassarawa, Plateau and Sokoto States among others. He said:” In accordance with [...]

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]]> Benue State’s Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill – Where are the Priorities? https://www.theinfostride.com/benue-states-same-sex-marriage-prohibition-bill-where-are-the-priorities/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:48:29 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=208216 Benue State, a North-Central Nigerian State becomes more prominent in recent times for so many wrong reasons. It is a state with a population of 4,253,641 as of 2006 census. With farming as the main occupation, the state can be credited for cash crops such as potatoes, cassava, soya bean, guinea corn, flax, yams, sesame, [...]

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]]> South-South Front eulogises Oyegun at 78 https://www.theinfostride.com/south-south-front-eulogises-oyegun-at-78/ Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:27:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=177772 Prominent South-South leaders today hailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun for his total dedication to the service of the nation. “Nigerians have reasons to be grateful to Oyegun for his contribution to the development of democracy.” the leaders, under the aegis of the South-South Front (SSF), said. In a statement [...]

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]]> Soyinka urges Nigerians to Unite against the Common Enemy of Corruption https://www.theinfostride.com/soyinka-urges-nigerians-to-unite-against-the-common-enemy-of-corruption/ Mon, 07 Aug 2017 05:08:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=176984 The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and the Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay on August 3 made attempts to answer questions about the knotty issue of restructuring the nation. Speaking at the 20th Wole Soyinka Annual Lecture with the [...]

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]]> Federal Government Shouldn’t Ignore Agitations For Self-Determination – Kalu https://www.theinfostride.com/federal-government-shouldnt-ignore-agitations-for-self-determination-kalu/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:37:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110910 Amid sliding value of the Naira and mounting complaints by private sector players on the tottering state of the economy, all appears not to be well with the Nigerian state. But former Abia State governor, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, says it is not time to despair because President Muhammadu Buhari is making efforts to rework [...]

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