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Sri Lankan High Commissioner pays first official visit to ACCI

Sahel Standard Magazine November 8, 2019

….Discuss areas of partnershipsBy Lubem Gena,  Abuja The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Nigeria,  His Excellency  Ahamed Lebbe Sabrullah Khan paid a partnership building visit to the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) on Friday,  8th November, 

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Tiamin Rice injects $13.4m to boost capacity to 1,520 tonnes per day

Sahel Standard Magazine November 6, 2019

Tiamin Rice Mill Limited has invested a total of $13,370,500 to boost its production capacity from the current 320 tonnes to 1,520 tonnes per day. The Managing Director of the company, Aminu Ahmed, disclosed this when he led the management of the company to pay a courtesy call on the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, […]

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PRESS RELEASE: IGBO MAN KIDNAPS, RAPES, IMPREGNATES HAUSA GIRL: MURIC KICKS

Sahel Standard Magazine November 6, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: IGBO MAN KIDNAPS, RAPES, IMPREGNATES HAUSA GIRL: MURIC KICKS An 18-year-old Hausa girl, Maryam Dauda, who had been missing for several months has been found in the home of an Igbo man, Alex Chukwugo. Maryam went missing in January 2019 and all efforts made by the parents to locate her failed. Although the […]

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Ndume identifies Boko Haram hideouts in Northeast

Sahel Standard Magazine November 6, 2019

The chairman of Senate Committee on Army; Sen. Mohammed Ndume has saidthat Boko Haram terrorists are “still hiding” in three locations ofNortheast.Ndume disclosed this Tuesday at a security summit convened byInspector General of Police (IGP); Mohammed Adamu; held in Maiduguri,Borno state capital.He said that the insurgents are still hibernating on fringes of LakeChad,

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How to end Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast-Buni

Sahel Standard Magazine November 6, 2019

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state has said that Boko Haram is theonly security challenge to protect people’s lives and property for eight years.According to him; “The people; have borne the brunt, as insurgentscontinue to attack towns and villages, torched schools, public andprivate buildings and led to hundreds of thousands of people displacedinto camps […]

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Gov Sule swears-in commissionners, assigns portfolio

Sahel Standard Magazine November 1, 2019

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has sworn-in newly appointed Commissioners and assigned portfolios. They are Professor Allananah O. Otaki- Ministry of Agric & Water Resources; Boyi Obadiah, Ministry of Trade, Industry & Investment; Mrs. Fati J. Sabo, Ministry of Education, Science & Technology; Musa I. Abubakar- Ministry of Environment & Natural

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EFCC detains 16 Kwara LG chairmen over misappropriation

Sahel Standard Magazine November 1, 2019

The Embattled Sixteen Local Government Chairmen of Kwara State are presently being interrogated by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of part of N4 billion Naira Loan and ten percent of state internally generated revenue. The Local Government Chairmen include, Risikat Opakunle, Saidu Yaru Musa, Umar

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Boko Haram: Army inaugurates Special Court Marshal to prosecute erring personnel

Sahel Standard Magazine November 1, 2019

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has reaffirmed the victory of Mr. Ozurigbo Ugonna as member of Federal House of Representatives for Nkwerre/Isu/Nwangele/Njaba federal constituency of Imo state. The Imo State Election Petition Tribunal had dismissed the petition filed by Kingsley Echendu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Ozurigbo

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Organised private sector commends Buhari over Sochi achievements

Sahel Standard Magazine November 1, 2019

By Lubem Gena The Organised Private Sector in Nigeria has commended multivarious achievements of Nigeria at the recently concluded Russia-Africa Summit ,lauding President Muhammadu Buhari for providing a leadership that generated so much results alongside close collaboration between government and the private sector. President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry who is

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Torture centres not Islamiyyah schools, MURIC says

Sahel Standard Magazine November 1, 2019

An Islamic human rights group on Saturday refuted that torture centres recently discovered in some states of Nigeria are Islamiyyah schools. The denial was contained in a statement issued by Professor Ishaq Akintola on behalf of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) and made available to journalists in Abuja. The detailed statement can be found below: […]