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 …