By Michael Eboh Nigeria’s earnings from the oil and gas industry declined by 2.62 per cent to N3.973 trillion in the first nine months of the year, from January to September 2019, according to data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The CBN, in its Economic Report for the Third Quarter of 2019, […]

THE National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said the average cost of refilling a five kilogramme (kg) cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG (Cooking Gas) dropped to N1, 967.46 in October from N1, 976.11 recorded in September. This shows a marginal 0.44 per cent month-on-month (MoM) and a significant 8.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decrease in the period under review.

By Michael Eboh Nigeria spent N836.67 billion on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, and other petroleum products in the second quarter of 2019, according to data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. Data obtained from the NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics for the Second Quarter of […]

The Federal Government says it will not relent on the sustenance of “Operation White” developed to eradicate the smuggling of Premium Motoring Spirit (PMS) across Nigerian borders. Mr. Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, gave the assurance on Monday while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 13th Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL Africa […]

Some miscreants have crowded a leaking tanker in a bid to scoop its content at Mile 2 as onlookers raise the alarm. A video by our correspondents captured the energetic Nigerians dashing towards the leaking tanker with some of them desperate enough to mount the 33,000 litre-tanker. ALSO READ: I am committed to providing basic […]

A total of 16.6 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS worth N6.1 billion led the import chart for the month of May, the import statistical chat of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, the shipping position has shown.

The Edo State Government has commended petroleum marketers in the state for abiding by the directive to ensure Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) does not sell above the approved N145 per litre, noting that their sustained collaboration has led to hitch-free distribution of the product across the state.

The Edo State Government has dismissed rumours of impending scarcity of petroleum products particularly Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), and cautioned marketers against selling above the approved pump price of N145 per litre.

The Edo State Government has warned petroleum marketers in the state to desist from diverting petroleum products allocated to Edo State to neighboring states, thereby causing artificial scarcity of the products.

THE average price paid by consumers for premium motor spirit, PMS, popularly known as petrol, increased to N147.50 in November 2018 from N147.20 in October 2018, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistic, NBS report has shown.

he National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, dipped to 4.79 billion litres in the second quarter of 2018 as against the 5.67 billion litres of the product imported in the first quarter of the year by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Wednesday, disclosed that Nigeria does not know its actual fuel consumption and has recently put machinery in motion to determine the actual volume of the commodity purchased by Nigerians on a daily basis.

THE Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, yesterday assured Nigerians that the country has excess storage of 500 Million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS.

The Sango-Ota Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said that a danger was averted on Friday as a tanker loaded with fuel capsised on Iyana-Ilogbo Area, Ogun.

The Edo State Government has said 18 trucks carrying 720,993 litres of petroleum products have arrived the state to ease the lingering fuel scarcity, warning filling stations against hoarding the product.