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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Sunday assured Nigerians that there is sufficient  Premium Motor Spirit  (PMS), also known as fuel in the country. Don’t worry, we have sufficient fuel, Kachikwu assures Nigerians Kachikwu in an Interview with newsmen in Lagos, said that the country had gone past the era of fuel scarcity and urged motorists to desist from panic buying. “I can say that there shouldn’t be any reason for fuel scarcity, we have gone past the era of fuel scarcity. “ NNPC informed me when I made inquires that they imported enough. “Yesterday, I saw a few pockets of scarcity in Abuja, but I was told that it was Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) related distribution issues, and it will be sorted out as soon as possible.. “So, it is not an issue of lack of sufficiency, I am told they have about 28 day’s sufficiency, two weeks ago, they presently have between 14 and 15 days  product sufficiency,’’ he said. The ministe...

Young Sudanese wave their national flag as they rally to celebrate after an announcement made by Sudan’s new military ruler, outside the army headquarters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum,/ AFP Sudanese protest organisers presented demands including the creation of a civilian government in talks with the country’s new military rulers late Saturday, the group spearheading demonstrations said. Thousands remained encamped outside the army headquarters in the capital overnight to keep up the pressure on a military council that took power after ousting veteran leader Omar al-Bashir on Thursday. A 10-member delegation representing the protesters held talks with the military council and delivered their demands on Saturday, according to a statement by the umbrella group leading the protests, the Alliance for Freedom and Change. One of the alliance’s leaders, Omar al-Degier, said in the statement that the demands include restructuring the country’s feared National Intelligence and Sec...