persons – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:21:19 +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 persons – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 3,659,996 Persons Have Obtained Their PVCs In Kaduna State – INEC https://www.theinfostride.com/3659996-persons-have-obtained-their-pvcs-in-kaduna-state-inec/ Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:21:19 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=227095 Just less than 2 days to the General election, INEC in Kaduna State just announced that 3,659,996 residents have retrieved their Permanent Voter’s Cards ahead of the Saturday’s election. Alhaji Kaugama Abdullahi, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Kaduna State, shared this information recently. However, he also said 244, 092 persons will not vote. His words, [...]

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]]> Akpabio Is Moving To A Place Reasonable Persons Are Escaping From – Uche Secondus https://www.theinfostride.com/akpabio-is-moving-to-a-place-reasonable-persons-are-escaping-from-uche-secondus/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:24:08 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=213343 Uche Secondus has said that Senator Godswill Akpabio has endangered his political career. Akpabio formally dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling party on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. The PDP chairman also said that it was a pity that the Senator will move to a sinking ship. Secondus said that Akpabio defected to [...]

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]]> Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act Must Be Properly Implemented – NLC https://www.theinfostride.com/violence-against-persons-prohibition-act-must-be-properly-implemented-nlc/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:41:54 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=201735 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called for the proper implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, 2015. Wabba said that the proper implementation was necessary to prohibit all forms of violence against persons in both private and public life. Waba expressed concern that violence against women and girls was the most widespread violation [...]

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]]> We Will Do Everything To Bring Every Abducted Persons Back – Femi Adeshina https://www.theinfostride.com/we-will-do-everything-to-bring-every-abducted-persons-back-femi-adeshina/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:00:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=201055 Even after the abduction of 110 schoolgirls from the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe Dapchi, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina insists that Boko Haram has been terribly degraded. Adesina stated this while speaking on ChannelsTV programme, Sunday Politics on February 25, 2017. The presidential spokesman blamed the Dapchi incident on the [...]

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]]> Betty Akeredolu Rallies Support For Physically Challenged Persons https://www.theinfostride.com/betty-akeredolu-rallies-support-for-physically-challenged-persons/ Sat, 06 May 2017 06:49:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=163992 Mrs Betty Akeredolu, the wife of the Ondo State governor, says institutions providing training for the physically challenged should be given attention. Akeredolu, who spoke at the launch of two books at the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, said it was necessary to train teachers who could in turn teach persons with disabilities in [...]

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]]> Gunmen Kill 13 Persons In Benue State https://www.theinfostride.com/gunmen-kill-13-persons-in-benue-state/ Sun, 26 Mar 2017 10:51:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=159978 At least thirteen persons have reportedly been killed by unknown gunmen near Kasaa in Zaki Biam Local Government Area of Benue State. The assailants were said to have struck Tse Chia Mbarstev ward and wrecked havoc between Friday and Saturday in what is believed to be a retaliatory attack. Some gunmen had about five days [...]

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]]> 786 Persons Were Involved In Accidents In 5 Months – FRSC https://www.theinfostride.com/786-persons-were-involved-in-accident-in-5-months-frsc/ Fri, 03 Jun 2016 22:17:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=130958 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have reported that 786 people were involved in road accidents in the Okene-Zariagi-Lokoja-koton Karfe-Gegu area, within five months. According to Punch, 79 people were killed, while 399 were injured in crashes involving 147 vehicles, out of the number. The reports was released on Tuesday, June 1, 2016, by the [...]

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]]> I’ll Start Restricting Corrupt Persons’ Movement – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/ill-start-restricting-corrupt-persons-movement-buhari/ Fri, 13 May 2016 01:48:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=128513 President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his support for plans to restrict the movement of persons involved in corruption to prevent them from travelling abroad. This was disclosed via a statement released by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Thursday, May 12, 2016. The statement reads: “We commit to work together to [...]

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]]> I Will Punish Persons Who Padded 2016 Budget – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/i-will-punish-persons-who-padded-2016-budget-buhari/ Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:50:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=121254 President Muhammadu Buhari has said that all those found wanting in the 2016 budget padding scam will not go unpunished. The President said this while reacting to questions at a meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in Saudi Arabia at the Nigerian House in Riyadh on Tuesday evening. Buhari, who said that he never [...]

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]]> Ikorodu Boat Mishap: Three People Reported Dead https://www.theinfostride.com/ikorodu-boat-mishap-three-people-reported-dead/ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:57:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101211 Three persons were reported dead while three others were hospitalized, yesterday, in Bayeku area of Ikorodu in a boat mishap involving 21 passengers. According to reports, the deceased are three females between the ages of 24 and 26. Three of the survivors were reportedly hospitalized at two different private hospitals within the area. The incident occurred barely [...]

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]]> #Rivers > Five Feared Dead As Gas Explosion Hits Port Harcourt https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-breaking-news-5-feared-dead-as-gas-explosion-hits-port-harcourt/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 23:30:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-breaking-news-5-feared-dead-as-gas-explosion-hits-port-harcourt/ No fewer than five persons are reported dead in a gas explosion that occurred at a gas shop on Eliozu area of Port Harcourt. Rivers state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Muhammad confirmed the explosion to Vanguard on phone but said he would wait until he was sure of the situation before commenting on casualty. [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > 19 Feared Dead In Plateau Community https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-19-feared-dead-in-plateau-community/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:30:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-19-feared-dead-in-plateau-community/ At least 19 persons were feared dead early yesterday morning at Kadunung village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, following gunmen’s attacks on the community where houses were also razed and shops looted. But spokesman of Operation Safe Haven, Op SH, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, who confirmed the incident, said no one died in [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > 3 Die, Others Injured In Delta As JTF, Militants Duel https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-three-die-others-injured-in-delta-as-jtf-militants-duel/ Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:30:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-three-die-others-injured-in-delta-as-jtf-militants-duel/ Three persons were confirmed killed while several others sustained injuries when the Joint Task Force (Operation Pulo Shield) engaged suspected militants in a gun duel in Delta State. The JTF Commander, Maj.-Gen. Alani Okunlola, made the disclosure on Thursday in Warri while briefing newsmen at the 3 Battalion, Effurun. Parading one suspect arrested with various [...]

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]]> Police Kill Two MASSOB Members In Onitsha | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/police-kill-two-massob-members-in-onitsha-nigeria/ Sun, 23 Aug 2015 13:30:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/police-kill-two-massob-members-in-onitsha-nigeria/ Two persons, suspected to be members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have been feared dead in Onitsha, Anambra State, while four others, including a policeman, were critically injured in a bloody clash between some members of the group and policemen. The incident occured along Oguta Road when [...]

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]]> Buhari Needs To Convince Himself That He Is Morally And Politically Capable To Fight Corruption – Musa https://www.theinfostride.com/selective-trial-buhari-needs-to-convince-himself-that-he-is-morally-and-politically-capable-to-fight-corruption-musa-nigeria/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:30:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/selective-trial-buhari-needs-to-convince-himself-that-he-is-morally-and-politically-capable-to-fight-corruption-musa-nigeria/ Second Republic Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, yesterday, expressed doubt about the ability and sincerity of President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) to confront the endemic problem of corruption in Nigeria and put an end to it. Musa, who spoke in an exclusive interview with Vanguard in his Kaduna home, said President Buhari had already [...]

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]]> “The World Must Ensure Chibok Girls Are Never To Be Forgotten” – BBOG | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/the-world-must-ensure-chibok-girls-are-never-to-be-forgotten-bbog-nigeria/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:02:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/the-world-must-ensure-chibok-girls-are-never-to-be-forgotten-bbog-nigeria/ The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaign group has urged the world to ensure that the Chibok girls abducted by the Boko Haram sect in their school in Borno State last year were not abandoned nor forgotten. In a statement signed by the leaders of the group, Oby Ezekwesili and Hadiza Bala Usman yesterday, the BBOG stated that [...]

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]]> 1,059 Persons Killed In North Since May 29 – NGO | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/1059-persons-killed-in-north-since-may-29-ngo-nigeria/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:19:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/1059-persons-killed-in-north-since-may-29-ngo-nigeria/ The Executive Director, Stefanos Foundation, Mr. Mark Lipdo, has said at least 1,059 persons were killed in 75 major attacks in northern Nigerian since May 29, 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari took over the reins of leadership of the country. Lipdo said the highest number of attacks, 34, occurred in Borno State, where 551 people [...]

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]]> 3 Missing, 10 Injured As Land Grabbers Storm Ogun Community | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/3-missing-10-injured-as-land-grabbers-storm-ogun-community-nigeria/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:56:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/3-missing-10-injured-as-land-grabbers-storm-ogun-community-nigeria/ At least 10 persons were yesterday injured while three others have been declared missing, at Ipetoro/Lowa in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. This happened following an invasion of the community by suspected land grabbers. Vanguard reports that the development has given rise to protests by elderly women in the community, who reportedly stri*ped [...]

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]]> Senate At Crossroads As Niger South Senatorial District Gets Two Senators | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-at-crossroads-as-niger-south-senatorial-district-gets-two-senators-nigeria/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:30:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/senate-at-crossroads-as-niger-south-senatorial-district-gets-two-senators-nigeria/ A credibility crisis has hit the Senate over the swearing in of two different persons to represent a single senatorial district. Two persons – General Mohammed A. Garba (retd.) and Malam Mustapha Sani Mohammed, both of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are laying claim to the Niger South Senatorial District seat. While Garba was sworn [...]

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