The news of adjustment in the official pump price of PMS from N199 per liter to an undisclosed price by the management of the NNPC, on Wednesday, was greeted with condemnation and displeasure from residents of Bauchi. Those who spoke to Tribune Online expressed divergent views berating the President …
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SUBSIDY REMOVAL: Fuel Pump Price Hits N600 In States
Fuel queues which resurfaced across the country on Monday grew longer yesterday, as panic buying by motorists and hoarding by marketers shot the price of petrol as high as N600 per litre. The development followed apprehension created by the removal of subsidy as announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity Hits Cross River, Passengers Stranded
Twenty-four hours after President Bola Tinubu declared the removal of fuel subsidy, fuel scarcity has returned in Cross River State. Recall, Tinubu, in his inaugural speech, had declared that fuel subsidy which had been a lingering issue in the nation, especially between Organised Labour and the Federal Government, was gone. …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity: New Notes May Affect 2023 Election – PDP
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Dr. Musa Alih Jaba, on Tuesday, raised an alarm that if the current fuel and new notes scarcity is not resolved, it may affect this year’s general election. He expressed dismay over the lingering …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity Persists As DSS 48 Hours Ultimatum Elapses
Despite the 48 hours ultimatum issued to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and oil marketers by the Department of State Services, DSS, to make the Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol available for Nigerians, the situation has remained the same, DAILY POST reports. It could be recalled that the …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity: DSS Gives Dealers 48 Hours To Stop Scarcity Or Face FG’s Wrath
Angered by the lingering petrol scarcity in the country, the Department of State Services has ordered all the entities in Nigeria involved in the distribution process to make petrol available to Nigerians at official rate or face the wrath of the government. This was the decision arrived at between the …
Read More »No End To Fuel Scarcity Until…—IPMAN Western Zone
Vice-Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Western Zone, Mr. Joseph Oyewale-Akanni, yesterday, attributed the current fuel scarcity and increase in the pump price to the hike in private depot prices. He, however, urged the Federal Government to deregulate the oil sector to prevent frequent fuel scarcity …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity: Peter Obi Presidency Will End The Era Of Scarcity, Says Udeogaranya
A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 elections, Chief Charles Udeogaranya, on Thursday, called on the Nigerian electorate to vote for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, who has both the governance strategy and workable solution …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity Hits Port Harcourt, 1 Litre Sells For N350
Fuel queues have resurfaced in filling stations in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The scarcity which appears to be artificial began on Monday following the leadership tussle between two factions of the Port Harcourt unit of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN. One of the factions said the …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity looms again in Nigeria
Nigerians might experiment fuel scarcity again as the owners of Mega Petrol Filling Stations have threatened to shut down operations following an alleged imposition of a lower pump price on them by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) .This was revealed at a briefing held by the Mega Filling Station …
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