How the quest for free fuel turned Cross River hillside into funeral pyre
What started as a stroke of desperate luck for the poverty-strapped residents of Ogoja Ndep in Ogoja Local Government Area, Cross River State, last week, ended as a mass cremation when a fuel truck, carrying premium motor spirit from the Calabar NNPC depot, crashed on a steep hill about 20 kilometres from Ogoja town.
State of the nation: Youths sue for calm, condemn fuel, naira scarcity
Lagos State residents, especially the youths have been urged to remain calm and peaceful in the face of the current challenges confronting the nation and avoid unhealthy protests which could disrupt the peace of the state.
Why fuel crisis persists — NNPCL, NMDPRA explain
The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, and the Nigeria MidStream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, have explained that the nation is facing a petroleum crisis because of distribution challenges faced by the marketers.
Why petrol shortage worsens in Lagos, Ogun, others
-Diversion, arbitrary pricing discovered By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor & Theodore Opara There were indications, weekend, that the prolonged petrol shortage in Lagos, Ogun and environs is worsened by illegal practices, especially arbitrary pricing and diversion, to unauthorised locations. Checks by Vanguard showed that some independent oil marketers, who complained about the high cost of lifting […]
NUPENG directs members to compile names of marketers hoarding PMS, increasing depots prices
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has directed members to, from today compile names of marketers hoarding Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol, or selling above official depot price. Recall that the Union had Saturday given marketers 24 hours to revert to the official depots price […]
Nigeria’s fuel crisis fuels health hazards
By Sola Ogundipe Amid the lingering fuel crisis in Nigeria, cases of hazardous health effects from unsafe exposure to Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, (petrol) has been on the increase. Reports of persons reporting to the hospital with complaints of headache, nausea, dizziness and respiratory irritation, etc., after accidental ingestion of petrol or inhalation of the […]
