Nigeria Oil Minister Hospitalised

Saharareporters this morning reported that Mrs. Dieziani Alison Madueke, Nigeria’s minister of Petroleum Resources, is currently undergoing treatment in a London hospital for an undisclosed illness.

The online report, based on information from an unnamed doctor, said though the minister is not in immediate danger, her condition which was described as “abnormal cell development” is “potentially serious” and “assumed a dire dimension recently,” which necessitated the decision to admit her in the hospital.

It was also learnt that Mrs. Madueke has been travelling to London monthly for the treatment of the condition before the recent development.

There are also speculations that the minister was in the London hospital as a result of stress.
The news of the hospitalisation of the minister coincided with a fesh round of petroleum scarcity threatening to grind activities in various parts of the country.