Tag: petrol
Panic buying of petrol in Ibadan
Despite assurances given by the Nigerian government that there is enough petrol stock to last 30 days, hundreds of vehicles…
Fuel scarcity spreads
Long queues have been reported at filling stations in many states of Nigeria as fuel scarcity spreads, even as the…
Man, 87, Killed With Acid Over Land
Members of the family of Alhaji Muniru Okeowo, 87, who was allegedly killed with acid on Thursday at his residence…
Jilted Jobless Man Burns Lover’s Apartment
The police at Takwa Bay Division, Lekki, Eti Osa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested and arraigned a man, Godspower Ikechukwu,…
Nigeria: Petrol costs N250 in Bayelsa State
Petrol is being sold at N250 per litre in some parts of Bayelsa state, a major oil producing state and…
Worker Sets Colleague Ablaze Over N500
A man unleashed his anger on his co-worker for withholding his N500 after work. He fetched some petrol and set…
Jonathan’s Govt And Need For Public Trust
During President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign, he told Nigerians that he passed through poverty in his early days and that…
LAWMA To Enforce Use Of Public Toilets In Filling Stations
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) is to ensure that petrol stations in the state complied with the requirement that…
SURE Was Programmed To Fail
President Goodluck Jonathan’s announcement on Monday at the 58th National Executive Meeting of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that the…
Lagos Island Boils, 4 Dead, Houses, Vehicles Burnt
Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria was a theatre of war this morning as scores of youths from Idungaran in Isale…
Petrol Tanker Fire Wreaks Havoc In Lagos
A truck conveying premium motor spirit or petrol, as it is commonly called, has reportedly exploded in Lagos, causing extensive…
Woman Burnt During Quarrel With Neighbour
A man identified as Ikechukwu Godwin has been arrested and is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department,…
5 Suspected Vandals In Police Net
The Plateau Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five persons for allegedly vandalising NNPC…
2 Pipeline Vandals Nabbed
Two suspected pipeline vandals, Kehinde Oremade and Mufutau Folorunsho, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police…
Fuel Subsidy Killing: Lawmaker Mourns Slain Ademola
Following the removal of the subsidy on petrol by the Federal Government which led to the nationwide protests and the…
Explosive On-board Ship Foils Inauguration Of Tanker Wagons
Inauguration of 20 fuel tanker wagons meant for the haulage of petroleum products by the railway system was foiled yesterday…
Two Docked For Diverting 33,000 Litres Of Petrol
Two men, Christopher Nnanna, 42, and Timber Chuba, alleged to be fuel distributors at a Lagos depot have been arraigned…
Police Arrest 4 Pipeline Vandals
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring unit, Force headquarters Annex, Lagos, southwest Nigeria have arrested four suspected pipeline vandals…
Lawmakers, Religious Leaders Slam FG Over Soldiers In Lagos
The Lagos state House of Assembly has described the deployment of soldiers to the state by the Federal Government as…
Facts You Must Know: Subsidy Made Simple (SMS) —Tunde Bakare
Pastor ‘Tunde Bakare delivered this expose on Fuel Subsidy at The Latter Rain Assembly last Sunday. Please read, digest, and…
Oil Marketers Confirm Availability Of Petrol
Independent marketers and oil majors on Tuesday assured Nigerians of the availability of petrol in all their filling stations. They…
Fuel Scarcity Hits Umuahia, Calabar, Aba
Umuahia, the Abia capital and its environs have been hit by fuel scarcity. An investigation by a News Agency of…
Senate Sits Over Subsidy Removal
The Senate this afternoon rose from an emergency meeting with a resolution that its leadership should continue with the ongoing…
Police Should Stop Attacking Protesters
As expected, Nigerians have risen in unison to condemn the withdrawal of subsidy on petrol, announced by the Petroleum Products…
Jonathan’s government exposed: the real cost of fuel in Nigeria
By Izielen Agbon Izielen Agbon On December 10, 2011, if you stopped at the Mobil filling station on Old Aba…