FG inaugurates Technical Committee to monitor, stabilise pump price
The Federal Government has inaugurated a Technical Committee for the monitoring of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) price framework in the country.
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Pump Price Hike: Foundation writes Buhari, NASS leadership, others
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A civil rights advocacy group, One Love Foundation, yesterday, writes President Muhammadu Buhari, National Assembly Leadership, Edo State National Assembly representatives in the Senate and House of Representatives, National Union OF Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and others over the rejection of the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor
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Pump price: Why we sell below N160 per litre ― AA Rano
By Bashir Bello – Kano The Chairman Chief Executive Officer of the AA Rano Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano, has disclosed the reason why his company decided to sell the Petroleum Products at N160 per litre and below as against the N162 per litre price. Rano said the reason was to
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Pump price: Commuters in Kaduna lament 100 per cent increase in transportation
Commuters in Kaduna metropolis have lamented over 100 percent hike in transport fare following the recent increase of fuel pump price. A cross section of commuters, on Wednesday, said in Kaduna that they have been paying double transport fare due to the increased in fuel pump price. The Federal Government had increased the price of
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Buhari, Jonathan, and the devil’s bargain
By Rotimi Fasan Nigerians have expressed their displeasure with the government of Muhammadu Buhari in the last few days following sudden increases in the pump price of petrol and electricity tariffs. Food is costly and hard to come by. Even the increase in the cost of subscription of cable television has been traced back to
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CSOs rise, reject Buhari’s move for more hike of fuel pump-price
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Civil Society Organisations, Tuesday, angrily rose and rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s move for more hike of fuel pump-price. On Monday, Buhari said there will be more increase in fuel pump-price according to international market forces, and so, Nigerians should brace up for the tough days ahead. Govt should sacrifice for
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Deregulation: ‘PPPRA, PEF no longer relevant in downstream oil sector’
By Michael Eboh Immediate Past President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE, Mr. Joe Nwakwue, has called on the Federal Government to immediately find new roles for the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, PEF, and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, stating that the downstream petroleum sector regulators would become redundant and irrelevant under the
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New fuel price: APC says government working for citizens
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to wake up to a new Nigeria where the government works for the citizens, not for a few interests. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary made the call in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement was in
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Full deregulation of oil & gas sector will force down PMS price – PPPRA
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says full deregulation of the downstream oil and gas sector will help force down price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. The agency made this known in a statement signed by its Executive Secretary, Mr Saidu Abdulkadir in Abuja, on Sunday. The News Agency of
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PETROAN rejects strike, opts for dialogue on petrol price
By Emma Amaize PETROLEUM Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, has dissociated members from the call by pressure groups in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry to embark on strike to protest federal government’s incessant changes in the pump price of petrol. The federal government through the Petroleum Products Pricing
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