petrol
11 Oct
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi has ordered that seized petrol be sold at an auction price of N630 per litre in Adamawa State. Adeniyi gave this directive at a press conference that was held on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State. The Customs CG who…
9 Oct
The Nigerian Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Zone D Bauchi has intercepted 628 jerry cans of smuggled petrol, 78 pieces of donkey skin, and four petrol drums in four weeks. The Comptroller of FOU Zone D, Aliyu Abubakar, made this known while briefing journalists on Wednesday on the activities of smugglers in Bauchi. He said…
22 Sep
The founder of Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, has chided the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) for creating a monopoly by dictating the price of Premium Motor Spirit in an already deregulated market. This was echoed by the legal icon and Senate Leader, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, who called for…
15 Sep
A fleet of trucks from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) on Sunday commenced loading Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, at the Dangote Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State. Footage shared on the Dangote Group's X handle showed the trucks arriving at the refinery. The post announced, “First set of trucks set…
15 Sep
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has initiated legal action against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
14 Sep
The Lagos State Government has conceived a comprehensive traffic management strategy to guarantee uninterrupted traffic flow along the Lekki-Ajah corridor, in view of the Dangote Refinery's commencement of operations and the distribution and lifting of refined petrol to outlets on Sunday, 15th September 2024. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, confirmed…
6 Sep
Minister of State (Petroleum) Heineken Lokpobiri said yesterday that the country has sufficient fuel supply and anticipated that products would be readily available nationwide by the weekend.
4 Sep
The Network Against Corruption And Trafficking (NACAT), has condemned the sudden hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), describing it as a direct betrayal of public trust The group, in a statement signed by its operational manager, Stanley Ugagbe in Abuja, said NACAT unequivocally rejects the hike in fuel prices and demands an…
26 Aug
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, has cautioned motorists against carrying petrol in jerrycans while in transit to prevent fire disasters. Dr Samuel Ibitoye, the State Sector Commander, gave the warning on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure. He noted that some motorists were in…
10 Jun 2024
No fewer than 150,950 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), worth over N100 million, were confirmed to have been intercepted across Adamawa State by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the last week. The Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, made the announcement on Monday in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, during an interactive…
21 May 2024
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N254.06 in April 2023 to N701.24 in April 2024. The bureau said this in its Petrol Price Watch for April 2024, released in Abuja on Tuesday. It said that the April 2024 price of N701.24 represented a…
18 May 2024
Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man and Chairman of Dangote Group, has assured that starting next month, Nigeria will no longer need to import petroleum products, following the implementation of the Dangote Refinery's plans. The refinery, he noted, has the capacity to meet West Africa's petrol and diesel needs and the continent's aviation fuel demand. Dangote…
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