Days after the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Maikanti Baru, declared that the corporation had successfully ended the fuel scarcity, latest monitoring reports by PREMIUM TIMES’ correspondents indicate that although queues have reduced in many areas, prices remain above the official N145 per litre. “I …
Read More »Fuel diversion: Buhari orders security agencies to beef up surveillance
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to beef up surveillance and enforce distribution of petroleum products to intended destinations. The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, said this while briefing newsmen on steps the government had taken to ease persistent fuel diversions around the …
Read More »Fuel scarcity: Civil societies group accuses tanker drivers of holding Nigeria to ransom
The Coalition of Civil Societies for Transparent and Good Governance yesterday accused the Tanker Divers Union (TDU) of being responsible for the unending fuel scarcity that is troubling the country. Leading 24 other CSOs to address newsmen in Abuja yesterday, the National Coordinator of the group, Alhaji Ali Abacha, described …
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