So no, Peter Obi isn’t selling utopia. He isn’t talking baloney! He’s making a bold, achievable promise. The only reason it’s raising eyebrows is because we’ve been repeatedly burned by unscrupulous charlatans in power. Trust has eroded us so badly that many now treat honesty as a political gimmick. 

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, said the Federal Government plans to move five million homes to clean cooking through its Liquefied Petroleum Gas penetration initiative. He said the five million target would be achieved in the year 2030.

Nigeria’s crude oil production rose to a peak of 1.78 million barrels per day (mbpd) in July, the highest level recorded year-to-date (YTD). The July production was about a five per cent uptrend compared to the 1.7 mbpd average output recorded in June.