fuel scarcity

Fuel scarcity queues The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to picket filling stations selling petroleum products above official pump prices. An official of Ebonyi chapter of the congress made this known to newsmen in Abakaliki. The source confided that the union decried the lingering...

A presidential committee set up to find solution to the perennial fuel supply crisis is considering three options for the price of oil to remain at N145 per litre. The options before the federal government include; 1. Allowing oil marketers to import fuel and sell at their own price while NNPC...

A petrol station being sealed by officials The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office, said it has sealed over 80 petrol stations in Delta since fuel scarcity begun in December, 2017. Mr Antai Asuquo, the Warri Zonal Operations Controller, made this known to newsmen on...

MC MANAKAI filling station in Abuja has been gutted by fire. The station was one of the petrol stations in Bassa Village, Airport Road, sealed by officials of the PPPRA for hoarding petrol. The petrol found in the tank was later dispensed free of charge to motorists. PMNEWS gathered … via PM...

The Presidency is currently meeting with stakeholders in the Nigerian oil sector over the ongoing fuel scarcity. The meeting is headed by Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is standing in for the Nigerian leader. The … via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷...

The police have said that making phone calls at filling stations is a criminal offence which could land the offender in jail. The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, stated that an offender could be prosecuted and jailed for attempted arson. He noted that police officers have the...

The level of fuel scarcity has made Nigerians resort to various means of storing the product for future and probably for re-sale. This are photos from Ikorodu, Lagos where Lagosians were seen queuing for petrol at the filling station with their generator sets. http://ift.tt/2C9rNtL via...

According to Punch, the Department of Petroleum Resources, has sealed over 62 petrol stations across the country. The petrol stations were shut down due to varying acts of malpractices, including selling the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, far above the N145 official price...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) bears the cost of fuel subsidy and not the federal government. NAN reports that the vice-president clarified this on Monday while answering questions from journalists after visiting the Oando and Total depot in...

The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) on Tuesday expressed concern over the inability of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to send petrol to its members’ depots. DAPPMA’s Executive Secretary, Mr Olufemi Adewole, in a statement in Lagos, urged NNPC to help...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Monday continued his “on the spot” assessment of the fuel scarcity situation in Lagos. Osinbajo visited Petroleum Depots of Total and Oando in Apapa. He was accompanied by Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu and Babatunde Fowler, the Chairman of...

Femi adeshina has said that importing of fuel will stop by 2019. Are guys aware? via Nairaland – http://ift.tt/2zw5Fnc Get More Nigeria Political News

Former Minister of Petroleum, Prof Tam David-West, has said he can fix the nagging fuel scarcity across the country if given the responsibility. David-West said the issue of fuel scarcity is beyond the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, and the Group Managing Director of the...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country during the Yuletide period as shameful. “It’s such a shame that Christmas has been, to some extent, with this sort of discomfort. This is deeply regretted. “And I know that, despite the resilience and strength of...

Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the South-West Chairman of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Monday confirmed that massive loading of petrol was ongoing at different depots in Lagos. Aboyeji made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed empathy and strong solidarity with members of the public over the lingering challenge in accessing petroleum products across the country just as it reeled out multiple measures to end the unfortunate situation before the end of the...

Petroleum pump price has risen to between N300 and N350 in filling stations and black markets in Ebonyi state as residents face bleak Christmas following hike in the petroleum product. Last week, commuters groaned as the product which was sold between N250 and N270 in black market across the...

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari gave Nigerians fuel scarcity as Christmas gift. Fani-Kayode made the remark while mocking the President, saying he will live forever. In a series of tweets via his social media handle, the Peoples Democratic...

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo, who was in Lagos yesterday, in a way of assuring Nigerians that the fuel scarcity crisis will soon be over, became a petrol station attendant during the visit. via Nigerian: Breaking News In Nigeria | Laila’s Blog – http://ift.tt/2D79vWg -- Get More...

Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State taking step to reduce the hardship being faced by his people because of scarcity of fuel. To reduce the hardship being faced by our people because of scarcity of fuel, I have directed that 80% of the petrol in the 60,000 litres capacity Govt House...