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Nigerian Petrol Marketers, IPMAN Directs Members To Sell Fuel At N180 Per Litre Amid Scarcity

Petrol pump
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Monday asked marketers across the country to begin dispensing petrol at N180 per litre and above. The union gave this directiveRead More

Politicians Buy Up Abuja Filling Stations’ Fuel, Hotels Fully Booked For Delegates

Long queue at a filling station in Nigeria
Amid fuel scarcity that gripped the nation’s capital in the past week, it has emerged that top politicians of political parties procured fuel in most petrol stations in Abuja aheadRead More

Fuel Scarcity: NMDPRA Threatens To Shutdown Filling Stations Hoarding Fuel In Kogi

Nigeria Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Agency (NMDPRA)
The Nigeria Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Agency (NMDPRA) has threatened to shut down filling stations hoarding Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS), popularly called fuel to cause scarcity in Kogi State. TheRead More

Long Fuel Queues Return In Abuja, Environs

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's spokesman, Mr. Garba Muhammad
After weeks of respite, following more than three months of punishing petrol scarcity nationwide, long queues have appeared in Abuja and adjoining states. Efforts to get the authorities, including theRead More

FG Vows To Sanction Depot Owners Selling Petrol Above Official Price

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva
Says rising diesel price hinders movement of tankers Truck owners direct members to resume full operations FG commences implementation of 25% freight rate The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mr. TimipreRead More

Power Outage, Fuel Scarcity: President Apologises To Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari
Says govt would soon restore normalcy FG working earnestly to resolve grid collapse NERC: Gas pipelines vandalism, not non-payment of Gencos, responsible for worsening supply Subsidy slumps to N30bn inRead More

With Withdrawal Of Wrong Fuel from Circulation, Queues Return To Abuja, Lagos, Others

Long queue at a filling station in Nigeria
Petroleum marketers confirm presence of adulterated fuel in circulation Motorists in FCT spend hours in queues, traffic grounded Group wants alleged petrol hoarders arrested, prosecuted Following the supply of aRead More