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Opinion: Expanding Nigeria’s Economy for National Prosperity

Sahel Standard November 17, 2019

By Abdulrazaq Hamzat ‘’A 510billion-dollar GDP as at 2013 when we celebrated being the biggest economy in Africa is of course too small for 200 million population’’ The above is a profound statement credited to Mr Gbenga Olawepo Hashim, the 3rd force presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2019

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How Governor Dickson Fight Jonathan,Ruin PDP and Allege Poll Violence

Sahel Standard November 16, 2019

Governor Seriake Dickson had a running battle with former President Goodluck Jonaghan and further ruined Bayelsa PDP by manipulating the party machine to impose his choice as party Guber candidate. The situation led to mass exodus from the party to the APC even as the governor made no efforts to correct the growing split within […]

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INEC Rates Kogi Election Successful

Sahel Standard November 16, 2019

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Oil Exploration: NNPC Pushes Further on Bida Basin Radiometric Survey

Sahel Standard November 16, 2019

After discovering oil in Bauchi,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation through the Department of Petroleum Resources is forging ahead with exploration activities in the Bida basin. The DPR’s Minna Field office under the auspices of the Operations Controller, Engr. Abdullahi Isa Jankara was at the Palace of the Emir of Minna to intimate him of the […]

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Ex-President Jonathan to Nigerians on Elections : Let do Things Properly

Sahel Standard November 16, 2019

Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan have cast their votes in the ongoing governorship election in Bayelsa state,expressing disappointment at the delay and urging Nigerians to start to do things properly. The former president and his wife voted at about 11:30 am on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at ward 13, polling unit […]

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Buhari Speaks on Sacked Osinbajo’s Aides

Sahel Standard November 16, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari who arrived Nigeria last night after a private visit to London has decried the politicisation of the ongoing reorganisation and streamlining within the Presidency. He noted that a new Ministry has just been created and the administration is streamlining offices and staffing to reduce overhead and personnel cost. Describing the misinterpretation

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Why Is Climate Change a Humanitarian Crisis?

Sahel Standard November 16, 2019

by Anne-Maria Yritys  Climate change knows no national borders.– Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Why has climate change become a humanitarian crisis?  Here are some of the facts:  According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC 2019), in 2018 alone more than 17 million (17.000.000) people in 144 countries and territories were

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World Toilet Day: Most Nigerians Lack Access to Sanitary Facilities-Minister

Sahel Standard November 16, 2019

By Idowu Isamotu, Abuja The Nigerian Government has expressed concerns over poor access to sanitary facilities, noting that sanitation crisis if allowed to continue, will undermine the overreaching ambition of the 2030 agenda, which aims at building safe, more resilient societies on a healthy planet.  The government, through its minister of Environment, Mohammed

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Dasuki, Zakzaky and Sowore Opt to Stay in our Facilities-DSS

Sahel Standard November 15, 2019

Amidst uproar over continued detention of Omoyele Sowore ,the Department of State Services has reacted to criticisms ,explaining why the online publisher and others are still being detained. The statement is published below:  SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT There has been outcry about alleged illegal detention of some notable persons undergoing trials at the Courts and

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Asiwaju Tinubu Condoles Alex Akinyele’s Family, Professional Colleagues

Sahel Standard November 15, 2019

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with the family and professional colleagues of former Information Minister, Chief Alex Akinyele, who died on Thursday at 81 after an illness. Asiwaju Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, described the late Akinyele as an elder statesman who contributed immensely to Nigeria’s