The Nigerian Bar Association has called for the full implementation of the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the supply of crude to Dangote refinery and modular refineries in the country. Describing the establishment of the refinery as both nationalistic and patriotic endeavour, the umbrella professional association of lawyers, urged the Federal Government and Nigerians to support…
Following the recent issues generated by the supply of methanol blended petrol in some parts of the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reassured Nigerians of its capacity to restore sanity in the supply and distribution of quality Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across the country within a short period. The Chief Executive…
By Adewole Kehinde Since his assumption of office as the GMD of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari and his management team has made well, NNPC’s promise to ensure Nigerians enjoy a hitch-free celebration to date. It will be recalled that on October 22, 2021, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria…
If the threat by owners of mega fuel stations in Nigeria under the aegis of Mega Filling Station Owners of Nigeria, AMFSON, is anything to go by, then Nigerians will have to prepare for another round of scarcity of petrol. This is because the body has vowed to shut down operations if the Federal Government…
A man believed to be in his late 20s recently went berserk in Lagos when he put off his clothes, holding a jerry can to be used for the purchase of fuel. Despite pleas from stunned onlookers to him to put on his clothes and stop the embarrassment, the man refused. Even some policemen were…
As part of its effort to ease the flow of traffic in the state caused by the lingering fuel scarcuty, the Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it would no longer allow indiscriminate parking of vehicles on the road networks across the state on the basis of queuing up for Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has assured Nigerians that the lingering scarcity of petrol would be over in the first week of April. Kachikwu, who appeared before the Senate Committee On Petroleum Downstream on Tuesday in Abuja, when he was summoned, also apologised for remarks he made at the State House last…
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has kicked against remarks made by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on the lingering petrol scarcity in the country. Kachikwu had said last week that Nigerians may have to bear the hardship for two more months because he was not a magician that can…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has assured Nigerians that the lingering petrol scarcity would soon be a thing of the past. The Corporation made this assurance via a statement released on its verified Twitter and Facebook pages on Thursday morning. NNPC said it is working tirelessly to take the queues off the petrol stations…
Nigerians may have to suffer a little bit longer if comments by the Federal Government on the lingering fuel scarcity are anything to take serious. This is because the government has categorically emphasised that Nigerians may continue in the anguish of petrol dearth at least for the next two months. Minister of State for Petroleum,…