fuel scarcity

Independent petroleum marketers in Lagos have threatened to withdraw their services from December 11, over the alleged breach of agreement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The marketers in the state, claim the NNPC has defaulted in a bulk purchase agreement to sell fuel to...

A fresh round of fuel scarcity is looming in some South-Western Nigerian states such as Oyo, Osun and parts of Ondo State, the Sun reports. This is due to the grounding of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot in Ibadan, Oyo State. The depot serves Oyo, Osun and some parts...

Fuel dealers in the South-West geopolitical zone (Lagos, Osun, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti states) of the country under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria have threatened to stop dispensing fuel in their various outlets this week. It was gathered that many of...

Board members of the Petroleum Products Pricing Agency (PPPRA) are to meet on Thursday to consider a review of the pricing template of petrol. Mr Gbenga Osinowo Director-General Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) and a PPPRA board member confirmed the meeting as well as the...

Socio-economic activities in Kano, Kano state capital have been partially paralyzed, following a scarcity and subsequent increase in the pump price of petrol. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, some marketers have increased petrol price from the official N145 per litre to between N153...

Fuel scarcity in Sokoto state has risen to a different level as fuel stations remain closed after NUPENG suspended its strike. The petrol station of independent marketers are however opened at night and they sell the commodity at N180 to N200 per litre, Daily Trust reports. Moreover only...

Nigeria is set to experience another round of fuel scarcity in the next few days if things remain the same, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has stated. Speaking to The Nation, IPMAN Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Dankigari said NNPC, which sold the product...

Fuel attendants are quite notorious for the way they cheat unsuspecting customers out of their hard earned money. The tricks they use range from faulty pumps to fake and adulterated fuel, false hanging of the nozzles and many more. These tricks are readily not noticeable, but ensuring that you...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, has lamented that lack of aviation fuel is negatively affecting ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. Gen. Olonisakin therefore seek the intervention of Nigerian...

Should the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, be allowed to linger beyond Wednesday, most depots in Apapa, Lagos, will run out of fuel stock. Following the commencement of the strike on Thursday, loading at Apapa...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has stopped pumping Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to its depots in a bid to avoid losses that arise from the incessant rupturing of pipelines that convey products to the various facilities. It was learnt that the corporation had also devised new...

Nigerians may soon be experiencing fuel scarcity as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, yesterday, directed its members nationwide to begin a strike from Thursday. Nigerian Eye reports that the strike is due to government's refusal to address...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said that about 50% of vehicles should by now be running on natural gas if his plan had worked out. Obasanjo said that his intention during his regime was to develop the nation’s natural gas for vehicles to use and reduce dependence on imported...

Barely 24 hours after the announcement of an increment of fuel price from N97 to N145, residents in the Federal Capital Territory have begun to experience hardships. Photos posted by PUNCH shows some walking to their places of work while cars file up to get the premium motor spirit. SEE PHOTOS:

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) yesterday said the outright deregulation of the oil sector would have been preferable to increase of pump price to N145 per litre. The association advised the Federal Government to deregulate the pump price of the Premium...

As Nigerians grapple with one of the nation’s most devastating episodes of fuel scarcity, there is need for motorists to understand how to conserve and manage the little fuel they have. A review of vehicle manuals point to tips that can help lower fuel consumption and save cost. Below are top...

Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited has resumed operation and discharged 28 million litres of petrol to the market to clear the present scarcity of the product in the country, DailyTrust reports. The company explained that the development was the product of a fast track strategy aimed at...

The Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed on Sunday apologised to Nigerians on the pains they have gone through over the last one month owing to fuel scarcity across the states Speaking with Seun Okinbaloye on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, he said that federal authorities were doing...

The Federal Government has commenced the release of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol to Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Lawson Ngoa, the Secretary, IPMAN Reconciliation Committee, on Sunday in Abuja. It...

Nigerian senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, representing Bayelsa East Local government is at it again with an epic tweet on lingering fuel crisis... See Tweets: