NNPC Fails to Begin Production at Port Harcourt Refinery Despite Promises
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has again missed its deadline to commence fuel production at the Port Harcourt refinery, despite six previous postponements as of August 2024. After the latest delay, NNPC Chief Financial Officer Umar Ajiya had promised in August that the refinery would be operational by September, but no update has […]
FG Unaffiliates Itself From NNPC Recent Petrol Price Hike
The Federal Government has denied a report that the Ministry ofPetroleum Resources ordered the NNPC Limited to sell petrol at ₦1,000 per litre. In a statement yesterday, the Special Media Adviser to the Minister for PetroleumResources (Oil), Nnemaka Okafor, declared that the report was concocted and ill-conceived to sow discord and confusion in the oil […]
Residents Ignore Explosion Threat, Scoop Fuel From Fallen Tanker in Edo
Despite the threat of explosion, some residents of Edo state disregarded safety warnings and began scooping fuel from a tanker that had fallen along the Benin-Agbor Road. The incident took place at Okhuaihe Hill near the Divisional Police office on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, when the tanker, carrying 33,000 litres of PMS, toppled while attempting […]
House of Reps assures 1.5 Billion Litres of petrol available, calls for Calm
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources, Downstream and midstream have said that from their findings, there is availability of petrol products which have since arrived the country but supply and distribution was disrupted by challenges of transport vessels. Our correspondent Nathan Williams reports that the downstream and midstream committees led by Hon. Ikenga […]
