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Fresh fuel scarcity looms as IPMAN embarks on strike in nine Northern states

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As members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in nine Northern states began a three-day warning strike over the non-payment of their bridging claims totaling N70 billion, there are fears that a new gasoline shortage may affect the nation. On Monday, September 5, Abdulkadir Mustapha, a representative of IPMAN in Borno State, […]

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Fuel scarcity may linger as marketers plan showdown N650bn debt

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Respite will not come the way of motorists soon as Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) warms up for a strike that will compound the present petrol crisis. The Association has given the federal government a 14-day ultimatum to settle a N650 billion debt owed its members. ICYMI: Dangote Refinery set to

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#Fuel Scarcity: Sell at N145 or lose your petrol, DPR warns marketers

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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned marketers within its Enugu Zone to comply with the N145 pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or have their products dispensed to customers free. Mr Unyime Akpan of Health, Safety and Environment Department, DPR Enugu Office, gave the warning in Awka when he led an enforcement

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No permanent solution to fuel crisis – Ibe Kachikwu says

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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu has disclosed that unless there are operational refineries, there won’t be permanent solution to the fuel crisis in the country. Kachikwu said this on Thursday in Abuja during a one-day public hearing of the National Assembly Joint Committees on Petroleum (Downstream), investigating the causes of

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Fuel scarcity will end this weekend – NNPC

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The group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has promised that the lingering fuel scarcity will end this weekend. Mr Baru gave the assurance while speaking to journalists after closing an illegal petrol depot in Abuja yesterday December 27th. ICYMI: #FuelScarcity: DPR dispenses free petrol in Abuja In his words: “I promise

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#FuelScarcity: DPR dispenses free petrol in Abuja

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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday sealed a filling station in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja, for allegedly selling petrol above N145 and gave out the product free to motorists. The Abuja Zonal Operations Controller of the department, Mr Mohammed Abba, said the report about the station, Khalif Civic Oil and Investment Limited,

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#FuelScarcity: Nigeria will stop importing, exporting fuel by 2019 – Femi Adesina

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Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has disclosed that the country will stop importation and exportation of petroleum products by 2019. He said that importation and exportation of fuel has a high effect on the lingering fuel crisis because the country does not produce the product locally and

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#FuelScarcity: FG orders marketers on 24-hour supply loading

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In its bid to ease the long queues and fuel scarcity witnessed across the country, the Federal Government has ordered depot operators to engage in a 24-hour loading of petrol. This directive was given during a visit by Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, managing director NNPC Retail,

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#FuelScarcity: Marketers say depots are empty

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The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) has expressed worry over the inability of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to send petrol to its members’ depots. In a statement signed by DAPPMA’s Executive Secretary, Mr Olufemi Adewole urged NNPC to help the association so as to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians. “Our members’

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#FuelScarcity: Fayose opens govt house storage to residents, sells at N145

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In its bid to cushion the effects of lingering fuel scarcity for residents in Ekiti State, Governor Ayo Fayose has opened the government house fuel storage. According to him, the fuel would be sold at the official pump price of N145 to residents, most of whom are likely to be from Ado, the state capital.

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