Fuel Scarcity Archives

Petrol Price Hits N8,000 Per Litre In Niger Republic As Nigeria Shuts Petrol Stations In Border Areas

GISTSMATE 012 weeks ago07 mins

Despite growing complaints from marketers over revenue losses, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) declared on Monday that the stations would remain closed. For about four years, over 400 filling stations owned by independent oil marketers in Nigeria’s border communities have remained shut following the Nigerian government’s directive to curb petrol smuggling into neighbouring countries. Despite…

FLASH: With Nowhere Else To Turn, Niger Republic Begs Nigeria For Fuel Amid Severe Shortage

GISTSMATE 012 weeks ago08 mins

Niger Republic has seek Nigeria’s assistance to alleviate a severe fuel scarcity crisis that has brought the country to a standstill. For weeks, Niger has been grappling with a crippling fuel shortage, leading to long queues at petrol stations, skyrocketing black-market prices, and widespread economic disruption. “Our tanks have been dry for three days. No-one…

BREAKING: NNPCL Increases Fuel Price To N1,030 Per Litre In Abuja, N998 In Lagos

GISTSMATE 016 months ago04 mins

Filling stations belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) have increased the pump price of fuel. The product which previously sold for N897 in Abuja, the nation’s capital, currently sells for N1,030. Daily Trust correspondent who visited an NNPC outlet in Maitama observed how motorists queued up to purchase the product amid complaints….

FLASH: Presidency Reveals When Fuel Will Be Available, Speaks On New Price

GISTSMATE 017 months ago03 mins

GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Presidency has assured Nigerians that the current fuel scarcity in the country will soon come to an end. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed that the situation will normalize by the weekend. Lokpobiri, who spoke on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, expressed deep concern over the hardship…

VP Shettima Summons Petroleum Minister, NNPCL, NSA Ribadu Over Petrol Price Hike

GISTSMATE 017 months ago04 mins

Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Thursday summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. The Vice President also summoned the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu over the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS),…

BREAKING: Prepare For More Fuel Scarcity — NNPCL Tells Nigerians

GISTSMATE 017 months ago7 months ago02 mins

GISTSMATE MEDIA reports the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has warned Nigerians to get ready to witness more fuel scarcity. The warning was given by Adedapo Segun, Executive Vice President of NNPCL (Downstream), during a televised interview on Thursday. Segun’s warning comes on the heels of the recent fuel price hike, which has already…

BREAKING: Tinubu Increases Petrol Pump Price To N855 Per Litre

GISTSMATE 017 months ago03 mins

President Bola Tinubu’s administration appears to have upped the petrol price from N650 to N855, according to pump price displays on Tuesday on fuel dispensers at the government NNPC stations. Amid a lingering fuel scarcity and crisis, petrol prices on dispensing machines of government-backed NNPCL stations in Lagos and Abuja on Tuesday showed N855 per…

JUST-IN: FG Speaks On Ordering NNPC To Raise Fuel Price Above N1,000 Per Litre

GISTSMATE 017 months ago04 mins

GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria has denied a report suggesting that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell fuel at N1,000 above the approved pump price. The report claimed that the Minister for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, gave the NNPCL the directive. Dismissing…

Protests In Abuja Over Fuel Scarcity

GISTSMATE 017 months ago03 mins

Nigerians have on Monday stormed Abuja in protest against fuel scarcity. The protests led by the Coalition of Concerned Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria, was initiated to create awareness and push the federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to act in response to the scarcity of fuel in the country. Convener of the…

N1,000/Litre: FG Threatens To Shut Down ‘Profiteering’ Filling Stations

GISTSMATE 017 months ago04 mins

The federal government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has threatened to shut down any filling stations profiteering from Nigerians by selling Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, as high as N1,000 per litre. The NMDPRA alleged that several filling stations operated by independent marketers, have raised their prices…

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Fuel Scarcity

Petrol Price Hits N8,000 Per Litre In Niger Republic As Nigeria Shuts Petrol Stations In Border Areas

FLASH: With Nowhere Else To Turn, Niger Republic Begs Nigeria For Fuel Amid Severe Shortage

BREAKING: NNPCL Increases Fuel Price To N1,030 Per Litre In Abuja, N998 In Lagos

FLASH: Presidency Reveals When Fuel Will Be Available, Speaks On New Price

VP Shettima Summons Petroleum Minister, NNPCL, NSA Ribadu Over Petrol Price Hike

BREAKING: Prepare For More Fuel Scarcity — NNPCL Tells Nigerians

BREAKING: Tinubu Increases Petrol Pump Price To N855 Per Litre

JUST-IN: FG Speaks On Ordering NNPC To Raise Fuel Price Above N1,000 Per Litre

Protests In Abuja Over Fuel Scarcity

N1,000/Litre: FG Threatens To Shut Down ‘Profiteering’ Filling Stations