Tukur – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 08 Oct 2015 23:40:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Tukur – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 EFCC Faults Tukur, Four Other’s Bid To Quash Charges Over 1.5b Naira Subsidy Scam https://www.theinfostride.com/efcc-faults-tukur-four-others-bid-to-quash-charges-over-1-5b-naira-subsidy-scam/ Thu, 08 Oct 2015 23:40:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=102331 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, opposed bids by Mahmud Tukur and four other defendants, standing trial in a N1.5billion subsidy scam, to quash charges preferred against them. The other defendants are:  Ochonogor Alex, Abdullahi Alao and their companies: Eterna Plc and Ax Energy. They are standing trial before Justice Lateef Lawal [...]

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]]> Nigeria Army Vows To End Boko Haram Insurgency By December https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-army-vows-to-end-boko-haram-insurgency-by-december/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:32:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101530 The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has reiterated the military’s determination to end Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria by December. “I want to reassure Nigerians that Nigerian Army is ever determined to succeed in meeting up with the set deadline of defeating Boko Haram terrorists by the end of this year,” a statement [...]

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]]> Army Chief Holds Sallah Get-Together With Wounded Soldiers https://www.theinfostride.com/army-chief-holds-sallah-get-together-with-wounded-soldiers/ Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:05:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100972 The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Friday organised a Sallah “get-together” for wounded soldiers in Yola as a way of motivating soldiers and give them a sense of belonging. Buratai, who was represented by Colonel Aba Popoola, Commander, 23 Armoured Brigade, Yola, the army chief said the gesture was also an expression [...]

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]]> Insurgency: Nigerian Army Endorses Promotion Of 5,000 Soldiers https://www.theinfostride.com/insurgency-nigerian-army-endorses-promotion-of-5000-soldiers/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:26:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100272 The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said the Army has approved the promotion of 5,000 soldiers deployed in the ongoing offensive against Boko Haram in the North-East. He said the step was necessary to boost the morale of the soldiers. The Army Chief made the comment while speaking at the opening [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > President Buhari On The Right Path, Fulfilling His Campaign Promises – Alhaji Bamanga Tukur https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-buhari-on-the-right-path-fulfilling-his-campaign-promises-tukur/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:30:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-buhari-on-the-right-path-fulfilling-his-campaign-promises-tukur/ A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping faith with his campaign promises. Tukur’s commendation is contrary to criticisms by the PDP and its governors that the president has lost focus. According to the ex-PDP national chairman, Buhari has hit the ground running [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > Gen. Buratai Reassures Troops Of Welfare, Equipment In Fight Against Boko Haram https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-buratai-reassures-troops-of-welfare-equipment-in-fight-against-boko-haram/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:30:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-buratai-reassures-troops-of-welfare-equipment-in-fight-against-boko-haram/ The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, yesterday assured troops currently battling Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast of their welfare and provision of equipment. Speaking at the opening of the 2015 Regimental Sergeant Majors (RSM) Convention in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Buratai said the Nigerian Army would continue to ensure [...]

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]]> Army Chief Urges Nigerians To Support Boko Haram Fight By Offering Information | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/chief-of-army-staff-urges-nigerians-to-support-boko-haram-fight-by-offering-information-nigeria/ Sat, 22 Aug 2015 06:31:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/chief-of-army-staff-urges-nigerians-to-support-boko-haram-fight-by-offering-information-nigeria/ The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai has solicited for the cooperation of all Borno residents and citizens of Nigeria in ending Boko Haram insurgency by providing credible information on the “hideouts and modus operandi” of the terrorists. According to him, the sect members have refused peace to reign in the affected states of [...]

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]]> Nigerian Army is back, We’re Fully Back On Track, Buratai Says | #NigeriaNews https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerian-army-is-back-were-fully-back-on-track-buratai-says-nigerianews/ Fri, 07 Aug 2015 17:30:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/nigerian-army-is-back-were-fully-back-on-track-buratai-says-nigerianews/ The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said on Friday that the Nigerian Army was on track to effectively respond to emerging challenges associated with protecting the nation’s territory.Buratai said this while leading serving army personnel in Abuja to participate in the monthly ‘Route March Exercise’.He said troops across the country were physically [...]

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]]> Bamanga Tukur Begs Nigerians To Support Their Leaders At All Levels https://www.theinfostride.com/bamanga-tukur-begs-nigerians-to-support-their-leaders-at-all-levels/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:18:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=24453 A former National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has emphasised the need for Nigerians to support those in leadership positions at all levels to ensure national development. . He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when the Goodluck Support Group, a political pressure group affiliated to the PDP paid him a courtesy call. [...]

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]]> Make Your Presidential Bid Known To All, Shuluwa To GEJ https://www.theinfostride.com/make-your-presidential-bid-known-to-all-shuluwa-to-gej/ https://www.theinfostride.com/make-your-presidential-bid-known-to-all-shuluwa-to-gej/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:31:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=14635 Elder statesman and one of the founding fathers of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Abu King Shuluwa has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his intention over the 2015 elections to save the party from further crisis. . Shuluwa observed that the crisis bedevilling the party had direct links with the general perception [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/make-your-presidential-bid-known-to-all-shuluwa-to-gej/feed/ 1 Make Your Presidential Bid Known To All, Shuluwa Tells GEJ https://www.theinfostride.com/make-your-presidential-bid-known-to-all-shuluwa-tells-gej/ Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:27:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=14631 Elder statesman and one of the founding fathers of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Abu King Shuluwa has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his intention over the 2015 elections to save the party from further crisis. . Shuluwa observed that the crisis bedevilling the party had direct links with the general perception [...]

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]]> Will He Contest? Will He Not? GEJ Keeps Nigerians Guessing https://www.theinfostride.com/will-he-contest-will-he-not-gej-keeps-nigerians-guessing/ Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:30:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=14086 Nigeria has set a date for its presidential and parliamentary elections but the main question dominating discussion in the country is whether Goodluck Jonathan will seek a second term. . The 56-year-old, who stepped up to the top job in 2010 when former head of state Umaru Yar’Adua fell ill and later died, has yet [...]

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]]> Obasanjo Bears No Grudge Against Tukur https://www.theinfostride.com/obasanjo-bears-no-grudge-against-tukur/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:32:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11061 Past President Olusegun Obasanjo has no personal grudge against the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. . The Media Assistant to the former president, Mr Tunde Oladunjoye said that Obasanjo had no grudge against Tukur. . “I want you to note that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has nothing personal against Alhaji [...]

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]]> “Don’t Quit PDP”, Bamanga Tukur To Obasanjo https://www.theinfostride.com/dont-quit-pdp-bamanga-tukur-to-obasanjo/ Sat, 11 Jan 2014 20:36:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=10095 National chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on saturday, pleaded with former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to quit the political party. . Obasanjo had in a one-page letter dated 7 January, 2014 to Tukur, said he would, temporarily, cease to be a member of the party by withdrawing from its activities at the local, [...]

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