In the first part of this series, the price of Brent Crude, which is closer to the Nigerian light crude, was quoted at $95.56 per barrel on June 20, 2012. On June 28, 2012, it came down to $93 and that was on account of the strike in Norway, the world’s eighth largest producer.

The Senate has been in the forefront in the debate on how to resolve issues emanating from the state of insecurity that has partially closed-down a number of cities in the North. The appointment of a new National Security Adviser in the person of Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) is one of the pro-active measures that have been taken by President Goodluck Jonathan towards frontally confronting the problem.

From the deep cave in Anambra where the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) operates to the creek in the Niger Delta which parades dozens of militant groups battling for resource control, down to the West where the Odua Peoples Congress holds sway up to the savannah in the north that has recently witnessed the insurgence of the Boko Haram group all at one time or the other holds the Nigerian government in arms-lock.

Dr Nnamdi. Oziri, a scholar, School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology (FUTO), Owerri, bares his mind on some vital issues in the presidential media chat including the president’s refusal to declare his assets publicly

For Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, the presidential media chat lacks credibility and therefore, it couldn’t address some stringent issues in the country. “It is indeed good that the President should endeavour to bare his mind on burning national issues concerning the people of Nigeria, but that must be done in a liberal atmosphere, not that of intimidation and exclusivity.”