The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has raised the alarm over likely fuel scarcity despite the increasing costs of petroleum products. The association said there appeared to be disagreement between members of the association and the management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Friday, the IPMAN National Public Relations Officer, …

To address ongoing fuel distribution issues and ease long queues at NNPCL Mega Stations, the Katsina State government has implemented a new regulation restricting fuel purchases to 50 litres per vehicle. This measure follows a meeting between the chairman of the committee on resource petroleum procurement and distribution, Muhammad Lawal Daura, and the NNPCL station managers. The initiative aims to …

Scores of demonstrators hit the streets of Abuja on Monday to demand the immediate dismissal of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kyari, over the lingering fuel scarcity bedevilling the country. The protest comes on the heels of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited’s confession that its substantial debt to suppliers is endangering the …

President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Comrade Festus Osifo, on Thursday attributed the persistent fuel queues across the country to a weak distribution chain within the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry. Speaking on the second day at the 3rd edition of the PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit in Abuja, Osifo …

As the scarcity of petrol worsens in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and oil marketers have blamed the development on a disruption of supply at key depots in the two cities. Sunday PUNCH reports that some oil marketers and transporters in the two cities reduced the number of trucks they sent out …

As fuel scarcity deepens across the country, marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have said their National Executive Council (NEC) would be meeting officially on Monday to find a lasting solution to the problem. Speaking exclusively with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday, the National President of IPMAN, Hammed Fashola, said that Monday’s meeting became …

The House of Representatives Committees on Petroleum Resources (Midstream and Downstream) yesterday assured Nigerians that the long queues at filling stations across the country will disappear in the next one or two days. They said the logistic problems that led to fuel scarcity, which caused untold hardship among Nigerians, have been resolved. The committees’ Chairmen Ikenga Ugochinyere and Henry Odianosen …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said that it would organise a nationwide protest on 7th May 2024 owing to the ongoing fuel scarcity and electricity crisis. The body of student also lamented the failure of the government to address the challenges affecting the power sector. In a statement on Tuesday by its Senate President, Akinteye Babatunde, NANS …

NNPC Limited (NNPCL) began offloading 240 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (otherwise called petrol) on Monday, as it stepped up efforts to tackle the worsening nationwide petrol scarcity. But filling stations in various locations sold the product at an average price of N800 per litre. According to The PUNCH, the South-West Regional Coordinator of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to embark on mass action if the Federal Government fails to take immediate steps to address the current fuel scarcity in the country. The students’ body also asked the Group Managing Director of NNPC Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari to resign if he could not take decisive actions to resolve the …