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How the quest for free fuel turned Cross River hillside into funeral pyre

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.
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Why fuel crisis persists — NNPCL, NMDPRA explain

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

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

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

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 […]

Amidst scarcity, NSCDC nab 2 persons with 30 kegs of fuel in Ilorin

Amidst scarcity, NSCDC nab 2 persons with 30 kegs of fuel in Ilorin

While PMS scarcity bites, hard across the nooks and crannies of Kwara state, causing very few vehicles to now be on the roads, the state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC said it has arrested two middle-aged men, Yunus Yusuf, 32 and Ismail Olamilekan 33, for allegedly engaging in the black market business of the premium motor spirit, PMS.

Fuel price hike not only way to raise fund for govt ― NANS

Fuel price hike not only way to raise fund for govt ― NANS

By Adesina Wahab The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has said incessant hike in the pump price of fuel is not the only means by which the government can raise funds to meet its needs. The student body has therefore challenged the Federal Government to look at other creative means of raising funds to […]

Yuletide: Group raises alarm over plans to sabotage fuel supply across Nigeria

Yuletide: Group raises alarm over plans to sabotage fuel supply across Nigeria

Plans by some unscrupulous oil marketers to sabotage the free flow of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as fuel ahead of the Christmas and new year festivities have been uncovered, by a group operating under the aegis of PMB Oil and Gas Progress with the group alleging hoarding of over 90million litres of the product by some marketers.