With the scarcity of new Naira notes and fuel unabating in many parts of the country, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has once again appealled to Nigerians to remain calm as the government and relevant agencies continue to work out solutions. In Abuja on Tuesday, Tinubu said he sympathises with the people, especially the …

The anti-fuel/Naira scarcity protest in Ibadan turned bloody on its second day (Saturday) after one person was shot dead by security personnel. Some hoodlums, according to the police in Ibadan, had attacked the security personnel while on patrol around Apata junction market. Long queues at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) persisted across the country as people raced against time to dispose …

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Saturday announced the suspension of his political campaign until further notice. In Kwara State, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq called for more supply of the new Naira notes to the citizens to ease things for the masses and stabilise the currency swap policy. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Somorin, the …

Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, have taken to the streets to protest the lingering petrol and the scarcity of Naira notes scarcity across the country. Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari earlier on Friday where he promised to find a solution to the new Naira notes crisis. Last October, …

The National Association of Energy Correspondents (NAEC) has called on the NNPC Limited and Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission to find a lasting solution to the lingering fuel scarcity in the country. A statement signed by the association’s chairman, Olu Phillips, and secretary, John Meze, lamented that the development has led to man-hour loss, which ought to have been put into …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has blamed fuel queues in Lagos State and Abuja on ongoing construction projects in the cities. NNPC’s Executive Vice President for Downstream, Adeyemi Adetunju told a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday: “The recent queues in Lagos are largely due to ongoing road infrastructure projects around Apapa and access road challenges in some …

Premium Motor Spirit (well known as fuel or petrol) sold for between N198 and N200 in Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo States on Tuesday against the official pump price of N165 as more filling stations complained of short supply. Vehicular queues lengthened in the few stations that had supplies while bus stops were crowded by stranded commuters, who were agitated by …

Another round of fuel scarcity looms in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and some neighbouring states as the Suleja Depot branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN ) started a three-day warning strike on Monday. The Suleja depot supplies Kaduna, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger and some other states. The marketers are insisting that the Federal Government must pay their …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has blamed the sudden appearance of fuel queues in parts of Abuja on low load-outs at depots. In a statement on Monday by its Group General Manager in charge of Group Public Affairs Department, Garba Muhammad said the situation usually happened during a long public holidays. Nigerians returned to work five days …