Former Governor of Kebbi State and senator representing Kebbi Central Senatorial District, Alhaji Adamu Aliero, has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo used fire brigade approach to address the power problem facing the country.

The Federal Government has received 49 letters of expression of interest from local and foreign investors willing to participate in the execution of the various projects as part of the implementation of the Gas Master Plan, THISDAY has learnt.

The Angolan Oil minister, Botelho de Vasconcelos, Friday left Luanda for Cairo, Egypt, to attend an extraordinary meeting of concert gathering members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Arab countries oil producing countries.

Angola's oil sector recorded a substantial growth in the period between 2002 and 2006, both in production and revenues, according to a report from the Episcopal Commission of Justice and Peace, presented Friday in Luanda.