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Reps To Investigate $1.5bn Port Harcourt Refinery Rehabilitation Cost

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 24, 2021 121 0

The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream to organise an investigative hearing to ascertain the true state of the Port Harcourt refinery which the Federal Government has approved the sum of $1.5billion for the rehabilitation. The House also mandated the committee to carry out a comprehensive audit of funds previously […]Continue Reading

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Fayemi Denies N1 to $1 APC Campaign Promise

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 23, 2021 135 0

Fayemi, who was the Director of Policy and Research for the APC at the time, denied the campaign promise on Tuesday when he featured on an ARISE News programme, The Morning Show. In March 2015, during the build-up to the presidential elections, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) published a report, which was also syndicated […]Continue Reading

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More Information Needed To Justify Port Harcourt Refinery Rehabilitation, Says Fayemi

By Sahel Standard Magazine March 20, 2021 182 Post a comment

Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has said that more information is needed to justify the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery. The Federal Executive Council had on March 17 approved $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery which is said to commence immediately. Timpre Sylva, […]Continue Reading

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No Legal Basis for Dialogue with Bandits, Senior Nigerian Lawyers Insist

By Sahel Standard Magazine February 25, 2021 186 0

Senior Nigerian lawyers on Wednesday cautioned against the ongoing appeasement of bandits, terrorising several states, particularly in the North-west, through dialogue between them and some governors as well as non-state actors. They described the dialogue with the bandits, who have kidnapped and killed hundreds of people in Katsina, Niger, Kaduna, Benue, Plateau, Zamfara Continue Reading

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Fayemi: Nigeria Is Witnessing Terrorism

By Sahel Standard Magazine February 24, 2021 130 0

The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has said that what Nigeria is witnessing, whether banditry or kidnapping, has no name other than terrorism. Fayemi, who is the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, disclosed this on Tuesday in Minna when he paid a visit to the Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello. He […]Continue Reading

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How Peace was Restored in South West

By sahelstandard01 January 25, 2021 281 0

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS’ FORUM WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MIYETTI-ALLAH CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (MACBAN) AND THE HEADS OF SECURITY AGENCIES ON EMERGING SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTH-WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE HELD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND EVENT CENTRE (DOME), AKURE, ONDO STATE ON MONDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 2021. […]Continue Reading

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Governors Meet With Miyetti Allah, Condemn Criminal Activities Unleashed On Citizens

By Sahel Standard Magazine January 25, 2021 653 0

Some governors on Monday met with the national leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in Akure, Ondo State capital, and condemned criminal activities by bandits, kidnappers, rapists among others who hide in forests to unleash mayhem on innocent citizens.   The governors include Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State; […]Continue Reading

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2023 Presidency: Tinubu, Fayemi Split South West

By sahelstandard01 January 18, 2021 189 Post a comment

By Surukusku Dalori, Abuja As premature as many pundits think, the alleged presidential aspirations of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Ekiti state Governor, Kayode Fayemi have divided South West political landscape. Increasingly , the six South West states are polarised between supporters of the two leaders. While Fayemi supporters are discreet about Continue Reading

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Tension In Ekiti Over Alleged Plan To Sack Assembly workers

By Sahel Standard Magazine January 11, 2021 189 0

There is palpable fear in Ekiti State over alleged secret plot by the State House of Assembly to sack some of its workforce under the guise of staff audit. The list of affected workers, according to a close source within the inner circle of the Assembly Complex, who spoke with our reporter on condition of […]Continue Reading