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Obasanjo Urges FG to Promote Use of Gas as Vehicular Fuel

FROM LEFT: FORMER PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO; MANAGING DIRECTOR, NIPCO PLC, VENKATARAMAN VENKATAPATHY, AND PROJECT MANAGER, NIPCO PLC, RAJESH PRABHU, DURING THE INSPECTION OF VEHICLES USING COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS/LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS AN INITIATIVE OF GREEN GAS LTD IN OGUN ON SUNDAY(12/6/16). 4201/12/6/2016/WAS/HB/NAN/ A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to promote the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. Obasanjo made the plea during a courtesy visit by the management o

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Boko Haram: Buhari orders Nigeria Customs to distribute seized rice, others to displaced persons

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to transfer relief items in various customs warehouses to designated officials for onward distribution to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs. The Service Public Relations Officer, Wale Adeniyi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday. According to Mr. Adeniyi, the Comptroller General has set up a national committee that would coordinate and manage the movement and the transfer of seized relief items to give effect to the President’s directive. He