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There was pandemonium earlier today after a fuel tanker hit a police vehicle while being chased today in Akwa Ibom state. According to reports, the police officers from anti-robbery division chased chased a tanker driver and blocked him off at Uyo village road by Calabar-Itu highway. The driver being unable …

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed six filling stations across Gombe State for offences bothering on selling above the official pump price of N145 as well as hoarding of products. One filling station, Tukur Dahiru Mohammed NIgeria Limited, was sealed for allegedly diverting 26, 000 litres of petrol. …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has deployed its personnel to filling stations in Enugu State to maintain law and order, as motorists and motorcyclists struggle to buy petrol. The Corps Commandant in the state, Mr Steve Amoga, made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

Governor Ayo Fayose was at Alade filling station when the  filling station started dispensing the government house fuel made available to Ekiti people by the Governor . The gesture is aimed at mitigating the effect of acute fuel scarcity being experienced nationwide. Governor Fayose who was at the filling station …

The fuel scarcity has biting harder all over Nigeria with Nigerians queuing for hours before getting for, if they get at all. See images below

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has decried the current suffering and pains of Nigerians as a result of the persistent and what it described as unjustified fuel scarcity. This is even as the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the union yesterday denied the allegation …

It is no longer news that there is an ongoing fuel scarcity rocking many parts of Nigeria, and with this, private oil marketers are calling for government intervention to enable them to access foreign exchange at a special rate for the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). They have revealed …

The rowdy atmosphere in filling stations across the country has brought about different kinds of drama. While some people end up not getting fuel after several hours in the queue, others run out of patience and vent anger on those around them. On Saturday morning, a fight broke out between …

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has attributed the ongoing scarcity of fuel across the country on a cabal in the downstream sector. The group said that tanker drivers were not on strike. NUPENG, in a release yesterday, said its members were not responsible for the …