Fuel Scarcity

The lowest price the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited can sell Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, to marketers, assuming there is no subsidy, is N400/litre, it has been learnt. Oil marketers, who made the…

Long queues surfaced in Lagos on Tuesday as motorists spent hours at filling stations while waiting to buy the product. The situation was worse in Ikosi-Ketu, Arepo area of New Lagos, Obalende, Maryland and Iju-shaga in Lagos State.…

The National Association of Nigerian Students has decried the recent scarcity of fuel in some states of the Federation. The student body, in a statement on Monday, asked the Federal Government to make the country’s refineries functional.…

Petrol scarcity hit different parts of Nigeria on Tuesday, forcing motorists to spend hours at filling stations while battling to get the product. Black marketers had a field day, selling a litre of fuel at N300-N400 in many parts of the…

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), on Thursday, appealed to members of the public to avoid panic buying fuel as all efforts are being made to resolve fuel shortage in some filling stations.…

Despite repeated denial by the federal government, many marketers have adjusted pump price of petrol to N185 per litre, a survey by Peoples Gazette in Abuja and Lagos on Wednesday shows. This is as the Major Oil Marketers Association of…

Motorists and commuters in Lagos and Ogun states on Tuesday again, lamented the biting consequences of the lingering fuel scarcity as the situation remained unchanged from the trends experienced over the past two weeks. Checks by our…

Some filling stations in Lagos, Abuja, Niger and other states dispensed Premium Motor Spirit at between N200/litre to N250/litre on Sunday, higher than the government-approved retail price of N165/litre, as queues for the product extended…

Oil marketers have yet to receive a response from the Federal Government as regards the outstanding payment of bridging claims incurred by dealers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country and might go ahead with their…

Most commuting Nigerians in Lagos were left stranded on Friday at various pick up points as fuel scarcity continues to bite harder. The fuel scarcity had lingered for a week leaving commuters struggling to board the few vehicles…