Alison-Madueke allays fear of fuel scarcity
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, Thursday has allayed fears that the nation could be thrown into another bout of fuel scarcity explaining that there is enough fuel in reserve within the country to last 40 to 45 days.
NIIA brainstorms on ICJ’s ruling over Bakassi
CALABAR – Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, is to organise a stakeholders’ conference to discuss Bakassi, 10 years after International Court of Justice, ICJ, judgment, which ceded the oil-rich peninsula to Cameroon and its implication.
Boko Haram: Reyenieju backs call for dialogue
THE Federal Government has been commended for not foreclosing the path of dialogue in the handling of the Boko Haram issue.
D’Tigers had only six weeks to prepare – Oyedeji
Captain of the national male basketball team D’Tigers, Olumide Oyedeji has defended the performance of the team at the just concluded London 2012 Olympics, insisting that the team should be commended for standing up among the best in the world.
Boko Haram not representing Muslims – Imams
The Council of Imams and Alfas in Eti-Osa, Lagos state has declared that the activities of the Boko Haram sect do not represent the teachings of Islam just as the Baba Adini of the area, Alhaji AbdulYekeen Olawale Bakare described the recent demand by the sect that President Jonathan must accept Islam as balderdash.
ACN lauds Dickson on adoption of state coat of arms, flag, anthem
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, yesterday, hailed the decision of Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, to create a coat of arms, anthem and flag for the state, saying claims of secession against the state government were mischievous.
