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Oil and Gas

FG empowers NMDPRA to tackle petrol price hike

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has hinted that the Federal Ministry of Justice would gazette three new regulations, this week, to enhance the authority’s capacity to curb fuel overpricing by marketers.   The Guardian reported that the Authority Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed, issued this warning in Abuja, on Monday, at a stakeholders’ […]

Group backs sale of NNPC
Policy and Regulations

NNPCL PMS pump price rises above N184/ltr

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Thursday, increased the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit at its filling stations in Abuja to N194 per litre from N179 per litre.   Leadership reported that, in Lagos, NNPC filling stations visited displayed N184 per litre for PMS.   This development is coming after weeks of petrol […]

Tweeps knock FG as fuel scarcity leaves commuters stranded
News

Scarcity: Two billion litres of petrol available – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has disclosed that it has two billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol in stock. According to The News Agency of Nigeria, this is contained in a statement issued by Mr Adeyemi Adetunji, Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Limited. According to Adetunji, the inventory of more […]

Nigeria, Morocco commence 5,600km gas pipeline project
Oil and Gas

NNPC denies issuing directive on fresh petrol price

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has denied issuing the directive on the new price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol. NNPC said on Tuesday that fuel pricing directly falls under the responsibilities of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The spokesperson for the NNPC, Garbadeen Muhammad, said, “The NNPC no […]