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    Business NNPC Unveils 6 Strategies to End Fuel Scarcity in Next Few Days

    Following the controversy generated by the declaration of the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, that the current petrol shortages could last up to two months, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has unveiled strategies to end the scarcity within the next few days...
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    Politics Fuel Scarcity: Nigerian Senate Summons Kachikwu

    The Senate on Monday summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, to appear before its Committee on Petroleum Downstream on Tuesday, over lingering fuel scarcity in the country. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Sen. Jibrin Barau, told newsmen shortly...
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    Metro Nigerians Join Tinubu to Blast Ibe Kachikwu Over Fuel Scarcity Statement

    Nigerians on social media space have joined the former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday, blasted Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State, Petroleum, for telling Nigerians that he “was not trained as a magician”, a reference...
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    Politics Tinubu Blasts Buhari’s Minister Over Fuel Scarcity Statement

    The former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday, blasted Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State, Petroleum, for telling Nigerians that he “was not trained as a magician”, a reference to the lingering fuel scarcity that appears...
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    Business Petrol Sells at N300/Litre As Scarcity Bites Harder

    Following the scarcity of petrol on Monday across the country, illegal hawkers of the commodity on the black markets resurfaced in parts of Lagos, Abuja and other cities, selling the product for between N200 and N300 per litre to desperate motorists and other users. According to Guardian, the...
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    Business Oil Swap: NNPC's New Move Might End Reoccurring Fuel Scarcity Problem

    The Nigerian government is set to eliminate middle men in crude oil swap agreements. Starting from March the agreement will be replaced with a system under which it will directly sell crude oil to refiners and purchase refined oil products from them, NNPC said on Tuesday. "The...
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    Business Fuel Scarcity Hits Enugu Metropolis As Marketers Shut Down Stations

    Fuel scarcity resurfaced in Enugu metropolis on Wednesday as petroleum marketers closed down their filling stations, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. NAN reports that only the NNPC Mega Station on Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway was dispensing products to the a long queue of cars on its...
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    Politics Fuel Scarcity Is APC's Christmas Gift To Nigerians – PDP

    The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has decried the fuel scarcity in the country, claiming that it was APC's Christmas gift to Nigerians. Mr. Taofik Gani, the Publicity Secretary of Lagos PDP, said this in a recent interview the Punch Mr. Gani recalled that President Muhammadu...
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    Politics Lai Mohammed: Blame Jonathan For Fuel Scarcity

    Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has declared that Nigerians were now paying for the sins of the past government. He said the Jonathan government owed oil marketers ‎huge debts in oil subsidy payments, such that they have stopped importing the product in the last couple of months, hence...
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    Business Fuel Scarcity: Finance Minister Adeosun Orders Payment of $2.1bn Subsidy to Oil Marketers

    Nigeria's Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, has directed that $2.1bn be paid as subsidy to oil marketers in the country, Leadership says. Adeosun approved the payment of N407 billion for “subsidy claims to oil marketers”, said Marshall Gundu, a spokesman for her ministry. “The president has...
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    Metro Nigerians Criticise Buhari As Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder

    Nigerians have been grappling with fuel scarcity for some days now and are still not sure when it will come to an end. Scarcity of petrol has continued to bite harder. In spite of this, Nigerians have taken to the social media to blast President Mohammadu Buhari and marketers over fuel crisis...
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