INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may have succumbed to pressure on the issuance of import approval for marketers to resume importation of petroleum products across the country, raising hopes of improvement in fuel supply in the country.

Sick Nigerians who desire bone marrow transplant and those with renal failure could now be treated at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), outgoing Chief Medical Director, Dr. Uriel S. Etawo, has said.

A MEMBER of the Delta Waterways and Security Committee (DWSC) in Delta State, Reverend Duke Akpososo, has asked the Federal Government to direct Nigerian military engineers to overhaul the weapons surrendered by ex-militants and use them to beef up the Nigerian armoury rather than destroy them.

President Umaru Yar’Adua has extended his heartfelt appreciation to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State for the assistance given the Federal Government in ensuring smooth airlift of Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.

DEPUTY Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Basil Ganagana, has cautioned beneficiaries of the state micro credit programme not to betray the confidence reposed in them by the state government.