Tag: #fuel

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has reaffirmed that it has not ceased the importation of petroleum products into the country. In a statement...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused fuel marketers of artificially inflating petrol prices, claiming that the current pump price far exceeds the actual...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to reverse the recent hike in fuel prices and take immediate action to stabilize...

Mele Kyari, the Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has attributed rampant cross-border fuel smuggling to the now-removed fuel subsidy. He...

Alhaji Bukola Mutiu, Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) for Oyo, Osun States, and surrounding areas, has clarified that there...

The Nigerian Navy has dismantled an illegal refinery capable of producing over two million liters of Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO) daily, along the Isaka/Ogoloma...

According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command, three trucks carrying 1355,000 liters of petroleum products were confiscated, and nine suspects were detained for illicit petroleum product transactions and other offenses. This was revealed on Saturday at a press conference held at the Command headquarters in Uyo by Mr. Eluyemi Eluwade, the State Commandant of the NSCDC. Eluwade stated that the arrest was made on July 14 along the Ikot Abasi-Port Harcourt Expressway in Akwa Ibom by the command's Anti-vandal Unit. "NSCDC officers stopped the vehicles for a normal document inspection. They insisted on seeing the necessary documentation, including a license to purchase, sell, and transport petroleum products as required by the Petroleum Industry Act. “The inability of the suspects to produce complete relevant documents led to their arrest...