By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed concerns about the continued scarcity of fuel across the country, saying the development could hamper election day logistics. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a consultative meeting with the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW. Yakubu […]

By  ALIYU TILDE AT the end of his tenure in 1985, the then Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, granted his last interview to Halilu Ahmed Getso of FRCN Kaduna. The answer to the last question in the interview was very informative. What last message do you have for Nigerians? Halilu asked. Buhari, aware of […]

By Adekunle Adekoya DESPONDENT. That word pretty much describes the state of my mind for weeks now, given the prevailing situation in our country. There is scarcity of petrol, which has endured for more than two months now, causing a massive upsurge in the prices of goods and services. Transport fares had tripled in many […]

*Shortage may continue till June — PMAN  *Queues increase in Abuja, Lagos, others *NMDPRA reopens 7 private depots *As commuters pay high fares By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor, Obas Esiedesa & Mariam Eko Private depots have raised the price of petrol by 6.7 percent to N240 per litre this week, from about N225 per litre the […]

No fewer than four Petrol Stations in Ibadan were sealed by the Department of Weights and Measures for under-dispensing of fuel per litre to consumers.

The lingering fuel scarcity is biting harder in Kebbi crippling soci-economic activities, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Investigation conducted by NAN in Birnin Kebbi and its environs reveals that only few filling stations sell Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, at exhorbitant prices. NAN reports that non of the filling stations […]

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said it is working with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited to solve the scarcity of fuel across the country. IPMAN, yesterday, said the scarcity of fuel leading to queues at filling stations came as the independent marketers have been lifting the product from private […]

The ongoing fuel scarcity across the country may worsen in Lagos and its neighbouring state, as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, weekend threatened to shut fuel supplies to the state over alleged violent attacks, intimidation, harassment and extortion of members by hoodlums.

.Blasts N-Delta govs for not investing in refining .Petroleum marketers threaten to down tool over unpaid bridging claims  By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Bashir Bello The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has warned that fuel scarcity would not end in Nigeria soon. According to the union, the country will also not reap […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited has attributed the appearance of queues at filling stations in Abuja to disruption in loading due public holidays last week.

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Middle Belt Movement for Justice and Peace, MBMJP, has raised concern over the lingering fuel scarcity in the country lamenting that the situation is worsening the economic challenges Nigerians are facing. Convener MBMJP, Comrade Joe Bukka in a statement issued Monday in Makurdi said it was the height of insensitive […]

Arewa youths Assembly has, yesterday, urged Nigerians to resist fuel racketeering, panic buying and acts inimical to the nation’s economy while the fuel scarcity last, saying efforts are ongoing to ensure adequate supply of petroleum products across the country.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the spending on the country’s four refineries, and alleged corruption and mismanagement of public money budgeted for the rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of the refineries since 1999. SERAP request which was contained in a letter dated March 5, 2022, and […]

*Scarcity persists as NNPC, IPMAN differ over availability of product *Queues persist in Abuja, Lagos, Osun, Kaduna, Kano, others *We have over 1.8 billion litres of PMS, no plan to raise pump price —Kyari *There is short supply in the system –IPMAN *Subsidy: Senate President Urges Buhari to transmit bill to amend PIA By Dayo […]

THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Oyo state, has warned members of the state chapter of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, against selling above the official pump price of N162 per litre, threatening to shut down any erring petro station in the state.