Coronavirus: FG allays fears over disruption in fuel supply
By Michael Eboh The Federal Government allayed fears over a disruption in petroleum products supply in Nigeria due to the spread of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, stating that in January 2020, 1.829 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, was supplied across the country. In a statement in Abuja, Executive Secretary of […]
Fuel scarcity looms as NUPENG issues 7-day strike notice
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, issued a seven-day strike notice to the Federal Government to compel Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, to honour the agreement it reached with the union on June 20, failing which members would down tools and begin an indefinite strike.
Strange: DPR shut filling stations for dispensing free fuel
PORT HARCOURT – THE Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Friday shut some fuel stations in Port Harcourt, Rivers state for dispensing free fuel to consumers.
Why not keep it simple
A RECENT news report quoted the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Alhaji Mele Kyari, as saying that selling petrol at N145 per litre was no longer sustainable. This again adds to the uncertainty surrounding the price of petrol in the country, and you begin to wonder why we keep going round in circles.
Ebonyi residents paid highest petrol price in May, says statistics bureau
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that Ebonyi residents paid the highest average price for purchase of petrol in the month of May.
Fuel tanker blast kills 58 in Niger
Fifty-eight people died in Niger’s capital Niamey after an overturned tanker truck exploded as crowds collected spilt fuel, authorities and witnesses said Monday.
