Tag: Petrol
Sylva: Nigeria has 1.9bn litres of petrol, to last 32 days
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, on Wednesday said the country has 1.9 billion litres of petrol.
Sylva, while updating the Federal...
Fire guts building as petrol tanker explodes in Lagos
There was tension in the Mushin area of Lagos State on Wednesday as a three-storey building was gutted by fire.
It was gathered that the...
FG likens petrol scarcity to ‘accident’ as NNPC begins 24 -hr...
The Federal Government has likened the prolonged petrol scarcity in the country to an accident, saying it was undesirable and unexpected.
The Minister of State...
Adulterated petrol: Reps grill Emadeb-led consortium, narrows probe to Brittania-U
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), on Tuesday, grilled Emadeb Energy Services Limited, the lead of the Emadeb/Hyde/AY Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium, over...
17 persons burnt to death as petrol tanker catches fire in...
No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday after a tanker caught fire along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Ogun State.
The Federal...
Fuel scarcity: PDP calls for Sylva’s removal as petroleum minister
Following the prolonged fuel scarcity in many parts of the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the immediate removal of the...
NNPC orders 24-hour loading, dispensing of fuel at depots, outlets
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has started 24-hour operations in its depots and retail outlets, to restore normal supply and distribution of Premium...
Emadeb/Hyde counters NNPC, denies importing adulterated fuel into Nigeria
Emadeb/Hyde, one of the four suppliers alleged to have imported contaminated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol into Nigeria, has denied the...
Marketers distributed 1.5bn litres of petrol in August 2021 ― NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has said that a total of 1.532billion litres of white products were sold and distributed by the Petroleum...
FG withdraws methanol-laden petrol from market
Limited quantity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol, with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification was discovered in the supply chain, the Nigerian...
