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Nigeria to get COVID-19 Vaccines by Feb

By Sahel Standard Magazine January 21, 2021 52 0

Nigerians should look forward to the end of February, 2020 for the possibility of accessing any form of inauguration against the ravaging coronavirus, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said. The nation’s 36 governors, at a virtual meeting on Wednesday, said the country was working with the World Bank to ensure the supply of existing […]Continue Reading

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Governors To Meet Over COVID-19 Second Wave As Schools Re-Open

By Sahel Standard Magazine January 18, 2021 240 2

The Nigerian Governors Forum on Monday said it will meet on Wednesday to chart a way out of the second wave of the pandemic as schools reopen across the country. In a statement signed by its spokesman Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Governors forum said it was alarmed by the intensity of the second wave of the […]Continue Reading

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Governors Fear Spread of Insurgency to Other Regions

By Sahel Standard Magazine December 3, 2020 492 0

Sultan: no place is safe in Nigeria now Buhari to honour House invitation Bandits kill four in attack on market Governors are afraid that insurgency which has ravaged the Northeast geo-political zone — especially Borno State — may spread to other parts of the country. They expressed this fear on Wednesday during a visit to […]Continue Reading

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Fayemi Condemns Attack As He Urges FG To Redouble Efforts

By Sahel Standard Magazine December 2, 2020 336 0

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has said there is a need for the redoubling of efforts to rid the country of violent extremism. Fayemi made the call on Tuesday when he led a delegation of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on a condolence visit to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State over the recent […]Continue Reading

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Govs meet to review effects of #EndSARS Protests on Internal Security, COVID-19 Palliatives

By Sahel Standard Magazine November 3, 2020 185 0

Governors of 36 states are to meet on Wednesday to review effects of the just- ended #EndSARS protests in relation to internal security, the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives and other related issues. The Head, Media and Public Affairs, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the issues […]Continue Reading

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Restructuring: El-Rufai, Fayemi In Trouble as Senate Attacks Them

By Sahel Standard Magazine November 2, 2020 147 2

The Senate, on Sunday, took a swipe at Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr Kayode Fayemi over their allegation that the National Assembly ignored the All Progressives Congress (APC) Restructuring Committee’s proposal on state police and devolution of powers since 2018. According to the Senate, Governor El-Rufai was not […]Continue Reading

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The Federal Government Approves N13.3 Billion For The Take-Off Of Community Policing In The Country.

By Sahel Standard Magazine August 21, 2020 216 0

According to Laolu Akande, spokesman of Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo, the nation’s number two citizen announced the approval at a national economic council (NEC) meeting he chaired on Thursday. Akande said Osinbajo directed Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF); Kayode Fayemi, chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF); Zainab Ahmed, Continue Reading

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Governors Not Against Judiciary Autonomy

By Sahel Standard Magazine August 18, 2020 131 0

Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Kayode Fayemi has said governors are not opposed to financial autonomy for state judiciary. Fayemi said governors support judicial autonomy but differ on  implementation methods. He spoke yesterday when President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata visited his office in Ado-Ekiti. The governor said he met Continue Reading

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Ortom Wants FG to Allow Responsible Citizens Carry AK47 Rifles

By Sahel Standard Magazine August 13, 2020 206 0

The Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has urged the federal government to allow responsible citizens to protect themselves with weapons such as AK-47 rifles as part of measures to curb the rising insecurity in the country. The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Terver Akase, titled, ‘National Security: Gov Ortom […]Continue Reading

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Northern Govs Demand Probe of Member’s Alleged Backing for Terrorists

By Sahel Standard Magazine August 13, 2020 183 0

Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has called on security agencies to investigate the allegation by a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia that one of them is a Boko Haram commander. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau State, Hon. Simon Lalong, in a statement in Jos, […]Continue Reading