Presidential Villa – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:51:14 +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 Presidential Villa – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Vandals Plunge Parts of Presidential Villa, 60% of Abuja into Darkness https://www.theinfostride.com/vandals-plunge-parts-of-presidential-villa-60-of-abuja-into-darkness/ https://www.theinfostride.com/vandals-plunge-parts-of-presidential-villa-60-of-abuja-into-darkness/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:00:15 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=400949 The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that parts of the Presidential Villa and over 60 percent of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are experiencing power outages following the vandalization of a 132-kilovolt underground cable. In a statement released on Friday by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, TCN revealed that the incident occurred around [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/vandals-plunge-parts-of-presidential-villa-60-of-abuja-into-darkness/feed/ 0 Dele Momodu sends Open Letter to President Tinubu https://www.theinfostride.com/dele-momodu-sends-open-letter-to-president-tinubu/ https://www.theinfostride.com/dele-momodu-sends-open-letter-to-president-tinubu/#comments Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:17:14 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=384115 Chief Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation International Magazine and a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023 has written an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Read the letter below: Your Excellency, I have decided to write this open letter to you as a dear friend and brother. As you [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/dele-momodu-sends-open-letter-to-president-tinubu/feed/ 1 I Observe Juma’at Prayers At The Villa To Reduce Traffic – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/i-observe-jumaat-prayers-at-the-villa-to-reduce-traffic-buhari/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:13:57 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=230303 Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that his reason for observing Juma’at prayers at the presidential villa, and not the National Mosque in Abuja, is to prevent the inconveniences presidential movements might cause the ordinary man. Traffic is mostly rampant in the FCT anytime Buhari’s motorcade moves and citizens have always voiced out against this. His words, [...]

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]]> Buhari Hosts Ibikunle Amosun, Others At The Presidential Villa, Abuja https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-hosts-ibikunle-amosun-others-at-the-presidential-villa-abuja/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:51:21 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=224930 President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday hosted Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun and the state governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Abdulkadir Adekunle Akinlade, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Amosun, at the gathering, revealed a letter of adoption of the President by 4PM as the party’s presidential candidate in Feb. 16 general elections. The [...]

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]]> Buhari Has A Good Heart – Ibikunle Amosun https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-has-a-good-heart-ibikunle-amosun/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 20:09:59 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=224049 Muhammadu Buhari has received a letter of endorsement from the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) as its presidential candidate for the 2019 general elections. Reports have it that the letter was presented to the president by Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, who was accompanied by the APM Chairman, Alhaji Yusuf Dantalle, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. [...]

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]]> 2019 Presidential Election: South-South Leaders mock PDP over Plans to win https://www.theinfostride.com/2019-presidential-election-south-south-leaders-mock-pdp-over-plans-to-win/ Sun, 07 Jan 2018 12:01:36 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=195487 Notable leaders in the South- South geo-political zone on Friday ridiculed the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over plans to return the party to the Presidential Villa in 2019, saying it is cloud cuckoo land for anyone to believe that could be done. “The All Progressives Congress (APC) has broken the back [...]

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]]> Fact Sheets: Federal Government and PANDEF discuss New Vision for Niger Delta https://www.theinfostride.com/fact-sheets-federal-government-and-pandef-discuss-new-vision-for-niger-delta/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 18:48:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=176605 This is a brief fact-sheet describing on-going government efforts regarding the oil producing region released during the meeting between the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and PANDEF on the update and progress of Federal Government’s new vision on Niger Delta proceeded on Friday’s evening at the Presidential Villa. Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, presided over [...]

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]]> Yemi Osinbajo Mourns Chukwuma Onuekwusi https://www.theinfostride.com/yemi-osinbajo-mourns-chukwuma-onuekwusi/ Wed, 24 May 2017 09:37:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=166099 The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed sadness over the news of the death of Mr Chukwuma Onuekwusi, the Channels TV State House Correspondent. This is contained in a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, on Tuesday. Akande said Osinbajo extended heartfelt condolences to Onuekwusi’s family as well as Channels TV family [...]

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]]> I Was Never Banned From Presidential Villa –El-Rufai https://www.theinfostride.com/i-was-never-banned-from-presidential-villa-el-rufai/ Sat, 15 Apr 2017 00:22:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=162022 Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State says he was never banned from coming to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor, who stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after joining President Muhammadu Buhari to perform the two-raka’at Juma’at weekly prayer at State House Mosque, Abuja, on Friday, Reports on the social media said [...]

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]]> Muhammadu Buhari Holds Secret Meeting With Bukola Saraki https://www.theinfostride.com/muhammadu-buhari-holds-secret-meeting-with-bukola-saraki/ Sat, 12 Nov 2016 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147826 President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, November 11, met with Senate President, Bukola Saraki behind closed doors. The secret meeting is said to have held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and lasted for one hour. It’s believed to have been connected to a $29.9 billion loan request which was recently made by Buhari but rejected [...]

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]]> Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As New Chief Justice https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-swears-in-onnoghen-as-new-chief-justice/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:35:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147602 President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Walter Onnoghen as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Onnoghen was sworn in on Thursday, November 10, 2016, at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He replaces former CJN, Mahmud Mohammed whose tenure ended on Wednesday after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

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]]> Buhari Hosts Solomon Arase, Tukur Buratai At Aso Villa https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-host-solomon-arase-tukur-buratai-at-aso-villa/ Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:40:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=133124 President Muhammadu Buhari hosted outgoing Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase and other security chiefs to dinner at the presidential villa on Monday, June 20, 2016. Arase, who was hosted by the President alongside DSS boss, Lawal Daura and Tukur Buratai, was treated to a sumptuous dinner as the President broke the day’s Ramadan fast. Also [...]

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]]> Amaechi Is Monstrously Corrupt, Says Governor Wike https://www.theinfostride.com/amaechi-is-monstrously-corrupt-says-governor-wike/ Mon, 14 Mar 2016 07:51:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=122517 The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has declared that former Governor Rotimi Amaechi needs urgent psychiatric evaluation and treatment. Wike said this while reacting to Amaechi’s appearance on a Radio Programme in Port Harcourt last week, where he said: “You don’t accuse me of corruption, because I am not corrupt, you don’t abuse my [...]

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]]> Alleged Marginalization: Igbo Occupied Strategic Positions In My Cabinet – President Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/alleged-marginalization-igbo-occupied-strategic-positions-in-my-cabinet-president-buhari/ Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:01:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116344 What else does South-East want after CBN, Petroleum, Labour Ministries’ top jobs? That was the questions President Muhammadu Buhari thrown out to the people from South-East Nigeria who are alleging the president of marginalisation. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday dismissed claims that his administration marginalized the South East geo-political zone in political appointments. The president, who [...]

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]]> UK Offers To Help Nigeria In Clearing Boko Haram From North-East https://www.theinfostride.com/uk-offers-to-help-nigeria-in-clearing-boko-haram-from-north-east/ Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:40:22 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=114552 Mr Michael Fallon, the UK Secretary of State for Defence, has said his country will deploy additional military advisers and trainers to Nigeria to help in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. Fallon stated this while fielding question from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja [...]

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]]> President Buhari Set To Sanitize Arms Procurement Process https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-set-to-sanitize-arms-procurement-process/ Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:04:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=114417 President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said that his administration was taking urgent steps to restore order, due process and probity to the procurement processes of the nation’s Armed Forces. The President stated this when the British Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Michael Fallon, visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He lamented that the [...]

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]]> Balance Of The Abacha Loot Stands At $26m And £19 Million – FG https://www.theinfostride.com/balance-of-the-abacha-loot-stands-at-26m-and-19-million-fg/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:38:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=113600 Nigerian Government, yesterday, December 17, declared that the balance of the Abacha loot stands at $26m and £19 million. The announcement was made at the end of the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, presided over by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, is believed [...]

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]]> Human Rights Group Asks Former UK Prime Minister, Blair To Leave Nigeria Within 7 Days Ultimatum https://www.theinfostride.com/human-rights-group-asks-former-uk-prime-minister-blair-to-leave-nigeria-within-7-days-ultimatum/ https://www.theinfostride.com/human-rights-group-asks-former-uk-prime-minister-blair-to-leave-nigeria-within-7-days-ultimatum/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:16:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=113590 A human rights group under aegis of “Coalition For Human Rights Advocacy And Social Action (COHRASA)” has given a former Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Mr. Tony Blair, seven-day ultimatum to leave Nigeria. Accusing the former British PM of planning to “steal” and “loot” from Nigeria, the group in a statement signed by its Coordinator, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/human-rights-group-asks-former-uk-prime-minister-blair-to-leave-nigeria-within-7-days-ultimatum/feed/ 1 $2.2b Arms Deal: FG Should Probe Okonjo-Iweala – Governor Oshiomhole https://www.theinfostride.com/2-2b-arms-deal-fg-should-probe-okonjo-iweala-governor-oshiomhole/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:51:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=111810 Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has called on the Federal Government to probe former Finance Minister, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over her alleged involvement in the $2.2 billion arms deal. Oshiomhole made this known while speaking to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, [...]

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]]> President Buhari Hails Yayi’s Visionary Leadership, Calls For Peaceful Transition In Benin Republic https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-hails-yayis-visionary-leadership-calls-for-peaceful-transition-in-benin-republic/ Wed, 09 Dec 2015 08:17:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=111413 President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the President of Benin Republic, Mr. Boni Yayi, to complete the legacy of patriotism and statesmanship he began, by ensuring a peaceful transition in his country next year. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement on Tuesday, quoted Buhari as [...]

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]]> Nigeria Will Help Benin Republic To Conduct Free And Fair Elections In 2016 https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-will-help-benin-republic-to-conduct-free-and-fair-elections-in-2016/ Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:22:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=111365 President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria will assist the Republic of Benin in conducting credible elections  in 2016. The President made the pledge in Abuja on Tuesday at a joint news conference with his Beninoise counterpart, Boni Yayi, after a closed door meeting at the Presidential Villa. He congratulated Yayi, who will be completing [...]

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]]> President Buhari Presides Over Emergency FEC Meeting https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-presides-over-emergency-fec-meeting/ Mon, 07 Dec 2015 22:25:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110963 President Muhammadu Buhari today held what the federal government called a special Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting within the Council Chambers at the Presidential Villa. Before addressing the meeting, President Buhari swore in two Permanent Secretaries, Olakunle Bamgbose and Mahmood Dutse. Both of them were unavoidably absent during the swearing in of other permanent secretaries a [...]

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]]> President Buhari Fails To Convene FEC Meeting Again! https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-fails-to-convene-fec-meeting-again/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:45:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=110319 In a radical departure from the past, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will only convene the Federal Executive Council (FEC) once every two weeks. The FEC meeting, which is usually presided over by the president or vice president, in the absence of the former, used to hold every Wednesday under the past administrations since [...]

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]]> President Buhari Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Governor Ishaku Of Taraba https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-holds-closed-door-meeting-with-governor-ishaku-of-taraba/ Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:11:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=108166 Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State on Friday held a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Emerging later from the meeting, Governor Ishaku told State House correspondents that he was at the Villa to brief President Buhari on the security situation in his state and “the happenings there”. [...]

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]]> President Buhari Promises To Recognise Nigeria’s Fallen Heroes, Heroines And Veterans https://www.theinfostride.com/president-buhari-promises-to-recognise-nigerias-fallen-heroes-heroines-and-veterans/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:53:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=107460 President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) on Monday pledged that the sacrifices of Nigeria’s fallen heroes, heroines, and veterans who stood up to the security challenges facing the nation, won’t go unnoticed. He gave the assurance while launching the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal Fund at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Armed Forces Remembrance [...]

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]]> OBJ Visits President Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/obj-visits-president-buhari/ Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:27:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106806 Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (OBJ), today, met President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) yesterday in Abuja, behind closed doors. Although neither Buhari nor Obasanjo spoke to the media at the end of the meeting, it is believed that the former president was at the presidential villa to discuss recent assignments. He has been President Buhari’s special envoy [...]

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]]> Ministers-Designate Promise To Tackle Challenges Of Governance And Poverty https://www.theinfostride.com/ministers-designate-promise-to-tackle-challenges-of-governance-and-poverty/ Sun, 08 Nov 2015 09:28:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=106372 The two-day pre-inauguration retreat for ministers-designate ended in Abuja on Friday with the participants pledging to confront the challenges of governance and lift the masses out of poverty. Although the sessions held behind closed doors at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja after it was first declared open by President Muhammadu [...]

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]]> There Will Be No Coordinating Minister For Economy Under President Buhari, Says VP Osinbajo https://www.theinfostride.com/there-will-be-no-coordinating-minister-for-economy-under-president-buhari-says-vp-osinbajo/ Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:42:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=104189 There will be no coordinating minister for the economy under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB), Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared. Osinbajo made the declaration at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday, while receiving the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jonathan Richardson. The vice president pointed out that unlike the immediate [...]

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]]> Nigerian President’s Wife Aisha Buhari pledges Improvement in Maternal Healthcare Delivery https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerian-presidents-wife-aisha-buhari-pledges-improvement-in-maternal-healthcare-delivery/ Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:07:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100697 Nigerian President’s wife, Hajia Ashia Buhari has declared her intention to champion the course of women and children by improving maternal healthcare delivery in the country. She disclosed this recently at the stakeholders’ meeting of partners within the health sector at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, lamenting the number of women and children, who are dying [...]

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