Kwankwaso gain grounds in kano As 9 PDP Lawmakers Defect To NNPP The Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, announced the defection of the lawmakers in a statement on Friday EDITOR’S PICK 2023: PDP Govs Reject Atiku’s Plan To Retain Peter Obi As Running Mate Fani-Kayode Makes Shocking Revelation About Nigerians 2023: Uwazuruike Under Fire … Read more
Kyari said in view of the negative impacts of the activities of the oil vandals on the country’s economy and environment, there was the need to set up a special court He said the country’s oil sector was recording an all-time low crude oil production of 1.49 million barrels per day due to increase in … Read more
The Presidency further accused the main opposition party’s politicians of “raiding the NNPC,” consistently failing to pay into the Federation Account The Presidency noted that with APC, funds from NNPC are directly and transparently used to fund social and health programmes EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Presidency on Sunday in Abuja has hit back … Read more
Oil marketers explained that Nigeria’s inability to give a definite figure on the amount of petrol it consumes daily was due to the continued smuggling of PMS The Minister said the truth was that if the country’s petroleum products were smuggled outside the country, nobody could say what volume was involved EKO HOT BLOG reports … Read more
He listed the challenges that contributed to the blackout to include the collapse of the grid, scheduled maintenance of facilities, vandalization of pipelines… The Minister stated that the recent collapse of the national grid had been sorted out EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has said there are other challenges that led to … Read more
Onyema said the deepening fuel crisis could cripple the operations of airline companies in Nigeria Nigerian airline operators have asked the federal government to grant them operational licenses that will enable them to import fuel EKO HOT BLOG reports that Aviation jet A1 fuel is to be sold at ₦500 within the next three days … Read more
Fuel Scarcity: The Zamfara State Taskforce on security has alleged sabotage of government efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) mega fuel stations in the state. This was disclosed by the chairman, State Taskforce on security, Abubakar Mohammed Dauran, who said the management of NNPC mega stations and Abanurat filling station in Gusau, have … Read more
Nigerians are again enduring the anguish of scarcity of petroleum products, especially the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol which is most commonly used by motorists as well as business owners, and consequently the infiltration of adulterated fuel in the black Market. Unending queues have formed at filling stations across the nation over … Read more
Long queues for fuel in filling stations across the country have refused to go away after three weeks The distribution of petrol was disrupted when it was discovered that adulterated products were in circulation EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured Nigerians that it has sufficient stock of petroleum … Read more
TUC Plans directing workers to stop going to work over lingering fuel scarcity The TUC intends to pass the directive across in the coming days are workers in statutory corporations and government-owned institutions. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Trade Union Congress (TUC) may soon direct its members to go on strike if the challenge … Read more
Kyari stressed that the company was not aware of the presence of methanol in the imported fuel… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has restated that the recent importation of adulterated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, into the country was not deliberate. It added that there was … Read more
NNPC GMD, Mr. Mele Kyari has revealed that all hands are on deck to ensure that normalcy is restored and the agency normalized the present situation of fuel scarcity hitting the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Group Managing Director, GMD of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, Mr. Mele Kyari has said that … Read more
Adeyemi made the announcement as a precautionary measure as the situation worsens in Abuja, Lagos, and some parts of the country… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has directed all its depots and outlets to begin 24 hours operations to address the fuel scarcity across the country. NNPC Group Executive … Read more
By Cynthia Nwoke A few weeks ago, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, indicated that the Federal Government had ordered an investigation to unravel the circumstance surrounding the importation and supply of contaminated PMS. Recall that the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari, to speak about the problem on Wednesday, February … Read more
The House of Reps has mandated NNPC to immediately suspend Companies that Import adulterated fuel into the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Members of the House of Representatives have called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to suspend the four companies which recently imported contaminated fuel into the country. The lawmakers also … Read more
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) on Wednesday threatened to begin a sudden nationwide strike to protest the failure of the Federal Government to fix 21 selected highways based on agreement reached by stakeholders. Also, the drivers, under the endorsement of NUPENG, stated that they … Read more
NNPC has revealed names of companies Supplying bad petrol in the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has uncovered the identity of companies responsible for importing bad petrol into the country which has led to an acute shortage of the product across the country. Read Also: Adulterated Fuel: Ownership … Read more
Who owns duke oil that allegedly imported contaminated fuel As fuel scarcity bits harder and commuters stranded in different bus stations, Nigerians are asking and requesting the full disclosure of the owners of Duke Oil, Eko Hot Blog learned. Duke Oil is alleged to be responsible for the importation of the contaminated Premium Motor Spirits,PMS, … Read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has imported and taken delivery of 300 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit to close the supply gap created in the country by the withdrawal of the wrong petrol grade. Farouk Ahmed, the chief executive officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, said this on Wednesday in … Read more
MRS Oil on Wednesday disclosed that a NNPC subsidiary, Duke Oil Imported the Contaminated Petrol into Nigeria EKO HOT BLOG reports that MRS OIL Nigeria PLC has revealed that the contaminated petrol with higher than normal concentrates of methanol was shipped into Nigeria through NNPC’s oil trading arm, Duke Oil in the last week of … Read more