How FG is reversing fuel scarcity – Presidency
..President wants a plan to avoid a recurrence A plan endorsed by President Muhammadu buhari to conclusively end the recent fuel scarcity around the country […]
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IPMAN, NUPENG tango over illegal increase in petrol price
By Solomon Asowata The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) are at loggerheads […]
Bayelsa pegs petrol price at N230 per litre from N300 per litre
By Shedrack Frank As fuel scarcity continued unabated nationwide, Bayelsa has directed that no fuel station should sell petrol above N230 per litre as against […]
Scarcity: NMDPRA deploys surveillance teams to Lagos petrol stations
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Thursday, deployed seven ad-hoc surveillance teams to monitor petrol stations across Lagos State. The downstream […]
We’ll handle erring PMS suppliers, House C’ttee tells Nigerians
…As NNPC CEO Assures Fuel Queues Will Vanish in Few Days The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Hon. Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya has […]
Bad fuel: Buhari didn’t order query of NMDPRA Head – Presidency Source
Contrary to a story making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered that a query be issued to the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian […]
Adamawa IPMAN urges public to report sale of adulterated petrol
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Adamawa and Taraba chapter, has urged motorists not to panic and report any sale of suspicious adulterated […]
Substandard fuel: Buhari demands ‘full disclosure’, says providers must be held accountable
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that producers and providers of consumable products be held accountable for substandard services and or products sold by them. According […]
Petrol queues persist in Abuja
Motorists in Abuja on Wednesday continued to experience hardship in the purchase of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, for the fourth day […]
Fuel Scarcity: Agency confirms discovery, withdrawal of bad petrol, says supplier identified
Fresh explanation has seemingly been given for the lingering petrol scarcity across the country by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority Tuesday. The […]
CSOs urge FG to rescind planned petrol price hike
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has appealed to the Federal Government to rescind its plan to increase the pump price of Premium Motor […]
Customs intercept petrol worth N7m in Seme
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, has intercepted 30,150 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol along Seme and Badagry creeks. The […]
Civil society coalition supports withdrawal of fuel subsidy
By Haruna Salami Civil society organisations in Nigeria operating under the aegis of “Civil Society Coalition for Economic Development (CED) has decried a monthly payment […]
407.13m litres of petrol available in Lagos depots – NMDPRA
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Thursday said about 407.13 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) was available at various […]
NMDPRA seals 35 petrol stations in Bauchi
The Bauchi office of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says it has sealed no fewer than 35 filling stations for various […]
23 ships discharge petroleum products, other items at Lagos ports
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Monday, said 23 ships have discharged bulk wheat, general cargo, container, bulk gypsum, butane gas, bulk fertiliser and fuel, […]
Woman bags 6 months imprisonment for burning ex-husband’s new wife’s house
A Sharia Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna on Wednesday sentenced a 34-year-old woman, Zainab Ibrahim to six months imprisonment for burning her former husband’s new […]
NEITI to pay special attention to mining – Executive Secretary
The Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says it will pay special attention to mining in the country, to ensure that revenue accruing from the […]
Student dies from fire accident recorded while charging phone at fuel station
Kaduna State College of Nursing and Midwifery has confirmed the death of one of its students, Lydia Dantata, in a petrol filling station fire opposite […]
Gunmen attack Governor Uzodinma’s house, kill security guards
Imo state government has confirmed the attack on Governor Hope Uzodimma’s house in Omuma Oru East council area on Saturday by unknown gunmen but failed […]
NNPC boosts daily PMS truck- out from 550 to 1,661 to tackle fuel queues
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has increased the daily supply of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) across the country from 550 trucks to 1,661 trucks […]
Petrol queues resurface in Abuja over price hike, scarcity speculation
Long queues have reappeared in Abuja for the purchase of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, one month after normalcy returned to the […]
PDP advises FG against increasing pump price of petrol
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday advised the Federal Government against increasing pump price of petrol. The party in a statement by its National […]
DPR sealed 86 illegal gas plants in Lagos in 2020 – Official
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it shutdown 86 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants in Lagos State in 2020 for operating illegally. Mr Paul […]
Petrol: Roadside sellers still in business in Abuja
Roadside sellers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, are still in business hawking products in some part of the Federal Capital Territory […]