Nigeria presently has between 3-4 million people living with HIV which is the second highest burden in the world

NUMEROUS residents and restaurant operators in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States have abandoned their gas and kerosene cooking stoves, resorting to cooking with firewood and charcoal because of the outrageous prices of kerosene and cooking gas, which have shot to about N400 per litre of gas and N210 – N280 per litre of kerosene.

THE Benin Solidarity Movement, BSM, has appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki and Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, to investigate the circumstances that led to the arrest and detention of the president of the movement, Curtis Ugbo, saying that the recent protest was against oil companies operating in the state but have marginalized the Benin people and not against the state government.

A Bayelsa State-based industrialist and President of Azikel Group, Dr. Azibapu Eruani, has said that the oil and gas section of the group is poised to support the Federal Government in improving capacity and increasing production and supply of petroleum products in the country.

DELTA State Government, yesterday, said that it has disbursed N550 million to offset the retirement benefits of 100 retires since the beginning of the year.