Former Minister Of Petroleum Dies

A former Minister of Petroleum, Rilwanu Lukman is dead. The former minister who was in office under the regime of Late Yar’Adua died this morning in Austria at the age of 76.

Lukman was made a Knight of the British Empire (KBE) in 1989 and Officer of the Legion d’Honneur of France in 1990, as well as being conferred with the First Class rank of the Order of the Liberator from the Republic of Venezuela. He was the first African ever to be honored with the Fellowship of the Imperial College, University of London.