Amid a persistent fuel shortage, tanker drivers in Lagos worsened the situation by blocking a section of the newly constructed Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, leading to severe traffic congestion.

Industry players in the oil and gas sector have emphasised the need to deregulate the industry to tackle the incessant fuel scarcity.

Nigerian activist and social entrepreneur, Idris usman, have raised concerns on the recent fuel scarcity in the country and the eminent danger ahead. In a press statement made available to The Guardian, Usman called on President Bola Tinubu to take immediate action in addressing the crippling fuel scarcity and economic hardship plaguing our nation. READ…

Coalition of Concerned Civil Society Organisations of Nigeria has called for the sack of the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, for his inability to handle the fuel situation in the country.

A coalition of Concerned Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria has staged a demonstration in Abuja over the short supply of fuel in the country. Convener of the group, Comrade Aminu Abbas, in a rally held at the Abuja Unity Fountain on Monday blamed the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL),…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called for the full implementation of President Bola Tinubu's directive on the supply of crude oil to the Dangote Refinery and other modular refineries across the country. Describing the establishment of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery as a nationalistic and patriotic endeavour, the NBA urged the Federal Government and the…

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association (PETROAN) has attributed the ongoing scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to lingering logistics challenges. PETROAN President, Billy Gillis-Harry, in an interview on Channels Television on Monday, said that oil marketers are currently supply-constrained and can only distribute available inventory. Gillis-Harry explained that the…

Two days before the scheduled ‘End Bad Governance’ protest, crowded fuel stations and overwhelmed telecommunication service centres have offered themselves as what appeals like a testing ground for the fury of the masses.  

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited has blamed the ongoing petrol scarcity and long queues in filling stations in the country on a hitch in discharge operations of vessels delivering petrol to filling stations. The spokesperson of NNPC, Olufemi Soneye, said that the hitch disrupted normal operations and promised that the company is working…

There are indications that Nigerians will experience nationwide blackout and fuel scarcity from Monday when the organised labour comprising m

It is unacceptable to subject Nigerians to excruciating pains while trying to access Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, the market of which the Federal Government claims has been deregulated. It also does not make sense for Nigerians to pay as high as N900-N1000 per litre of petrol, at a time when the cost of living is sky-high and the citizens are dejected.

A week after the Federal Government assured that the ongoing petrol scarcity will ease, many filling stations across Lagos and other cities remained shut yesterday with few outlets operated by major marketers opened to motorists.