fuel scarcity

December 25, 2017

The Late 5: Osinbajo’s promise on fuel scarcity, Buhari’s confusion about his age, and other top stories

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. The Federal Government has said it is making efforts to maintain retail price of fuel at N145 per litre. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said “fuel queues will be eliminated” in a few days. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he thought he was 74 but was told he... Read More

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December 25, 2017

Vice President Osinbajo needs to take a break from making endless promises

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said “fuel queues will be eliminated” in a few days. Osinbajo said this after holding a meeting with some major oil marketers. He tweeted a video clip of the meeting with the caption, “Held a meeting with the major Oil marketers this morning. Within the next few days, we expect... Read More

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December 25, 2017

Fuel is now available, stop panic buying – NUPENG

The South-West Chairman of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Tayo Aboyeji on Monday confirmed that massive loading of petrol was ongoing at different depots in Lagos. Aboyeji made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, assuring Nigerians that the current scarcity of fuel would end... Read More

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December 25, 2017

YNaija Says: Buhari’s documentary is the greatest 55 minutes of deplorable adoration

by Alexander O. Onukwue Listen to a relaxed Chief Audu Ogbeh in nice blue jeans and attempt to share his wide-eyed enthusiasm in hailing Buhari’s temporary handover to Vice President Osinbajo earlier in the year as a ground-breaking achievement. Meditate on Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s effusive praise of Buhari’s “social justice” without your mind going... Read More

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December 25, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: Between Petroleum Minister, Buhari and ‘Fuel Scarcity Minister’, Kachikwu

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo “At home we face enormous challenges. Insecurity, pervasive corruption, the hitherto unending and seemingly impossible fuel and power shortages are the immediate concerns. We are going to tackle them head on. Nigerians will not regret that they have entrusted national responsibility to us.” — Muhammadu Buhari May 29, 2015. ... Read More

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December 25, 2017

Osinbajo joins Buhari, Baru, Kachikwu in making promises to end #fuelscarcity

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says it is regrettable that Nigerians have to celebrate Christmas in discomfort. His Spokesman, Laolu Akande, quoted him as saying this when he visited two filling stations in Lagos. During the surprise visits to Oando filling station in Lekki and Hayden Petrol station, Victoria Island, Osinbajo said the situation is “deeply... Read More

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December 24, 2017

Timi Dakolo and his yard people; the #MadeInNigeria pimped out ride | See our top 10 photos from last week

Last week, fuel scarcity showed Nigerians shege and the madness continues. Still, Vice President Osinabjo thought it was a great time to release Christmas photos. Sigh. On the bright side, John Boyega is in town and we caught some of our celebrities famzing him. Petrol or not, guys, do find a way to have yourselves... Read More

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December 24, 2017

“Buhari is a big time failure” “Make we start campaign” | See our top 10 tweets about fuel scarcity

The fuel scarcity situation in Nigeria which began early this month has come to a head. At filling stations and on Twitter, Nigerians have lost faith in the man at the driver’s seat, President Muhammadu Buhari, and no one can blame them. Transport fares have skyrocketed; instead of spending the holidays chilling with friends and... Read More

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December 24, 2017

Fuel crisis should not stop Buhari’s documentary from being aired – Presidency

The presidency has reacted to its decision to air a documentary on President Muhammadu Buhari at a time when there is fuel crisis. The documentary to show a different side of the president, will start airing on Sunday. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesperson, said complaints will not stop the documentary from... Read More

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December 24, 2017

The hilarious fuel scarcity video; The American embassy interview gone rogue | See our top 10 viral tweets from last week

Viral tweets just make Twitter utterly delightful; so we thought to curate our top 10 (there’s a bonus and then some) from last week. Some of the tweets will have you shedding a tear; others will make you bowl over with laughter; altogether they’ll give you an idea about what Twitter talked about during the... Read More

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December 24, 2017

Fuel scarcity: Governor Fayose is here with another Christmas gift for Ekiti people

Having promised to give 10,000 children Christmas dresses and ‘blessing’ tailors with sewing machines, the stomach infrastructure governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, has come up with an idea to reduce the fuel queues. Taking to Twitter, as he has been doing for sometime now, the governor and intending President of Nigeria said he will be... Read More

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President Buhari

December 24, 2017

President Buhari, you have failed, we are tired of baseless promises

President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken on the lingering fuel scarcity that is becoming worse by the day, saying he “sympathises with all Nigerians”. See the statement below: Enough promises, the work should be done The number of promises and ‘remain calm’ statements since this fuel crisis can no longer be numbered. From the FEC mandating... Read More

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Kachikwu

December 24, 2017

Kachikwu urges calm and understanding as fuel crisis lingers

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Sunday dismissed a memo on the fuel crisis currently circulating on social media. The memo was said to have been addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari. The statement signed by Idang Alibi, Director Press MPR reads, “Our attention has been drawn to a message making the... Read More

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Kachikwu

December 24, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Fuel scarcity: Buhari is your petroleum minister, not Kachikwu, incase you have something to say

It’s no longer news that the country has been on a total lock down since last week as a result of the prevailing fuel scarcity which has remained an unsolved puzzle. The man expected to solve the puzzle is probably still eating his 75th birthday cake for him to know Nigerians are suffering at the... Read More

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December 24, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] There is No Christmas in Nigeria

Christmas is a season people around the world naturally expect good tidings from fellow human beings as custom demands. However for Nigerians it’s a season that takes an awful dimension. The awfulness stems from the annual fuel scarcity that usually starts tentatively on the second week of December and grows in scale and magnitude till... Read More

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December 24, 2017

‘President Buhari rejects demand to increase pump price’

There are reports that there is a subtle move by marketers to increase fuel price – as government accuses the marketers of sabotage. According to unknown sources quoted by The Nation, President Muhammadu Buhari said no to fuel price increment, including the re-introduction of fuel subsidy. “The key issue is a price war. The marketers... Read More

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December 23, 2017

Here’s what NNPC is doing to stop fuel scarcity

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said some major marketers are already loading products round the clock from their various depots in Lagos to other parts of the country. In a statement on Saturday, NNPC said it has “intensified efforts to flood the market with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)” to curb the fuel scarcity. The... Read More

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December 23, 2017

Marketers want fuel price increased, behind scarcity – PENGASSAN

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria on Friday said the fuel scarcity in the country is caused by hoarding and diversion by oil marketers who want the price increased. What happened: The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) had recently traced 129,000 litres of petrol diverted to Abuja by marketers. What PENGASSAN said: National President,... Read More

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December 22, 2017

DPR traces 125,000 litres of petrol diverted by marketers

The Head, Public Affairs Unit, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mohammed Saidu says petroleum marketers diverted 129,000 litres of petrol from Abuja on Friday. Saidu, who revealed this the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after monitoring the stations, added that some of the erring filling stations had been given a total fine of more than N30.5... Read More

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December 22, 2017

The Thread: “It promotes a healthy sex life” | 5 advantages of fuel scarcity

We know, we know, it is aggravating to speak of advantages of a problem every Nigeria is currently suffering. But don’t be angry; this is what oyibos call a silver lining. And we won’t be good Christians if we don’t thank God for little mercies. Enjoy: https://twitter.com/elnathan_john/status/944258847803396098 https://twitter.com/elnathan_john/status/944263889537073153 https://twitter.com/elnathan_john/status/944264079711105024 We’ll add the last one: it... Read More

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December 22, 2017

Fuel scarcity persists and PDP says we should blame Buhari as Minister for Petroleum

As fuel scarcity persists and queues grow longer, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to provide petrol to Nigerians and stop shifting the blames on marketers, considering he is the Minister for Petroleum. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday, PDP insisted that it is not... Read More

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December 21, 2017

Can NNPC stop making promises and faithfully end the fuel queues?

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday, in Abuja, says fuel queues will clear off by the weekend. The NNPC spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu said there was an increase in the number of incoming trucks of petrol into the FCT to curb the queues in the city. According to him, the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti... Read More

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December 20, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 20th of December

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: The Thread: 5 tweets that reveal what Nigerians really feel about this fuel scarcity The Thread: How Nigerians are changing people’s lives this Christmas Entertainment Roundup: Are you ready for Tonto Dikeh’s reality TV show, King Tonto?; The first full trailer of Ocean’s 8... Read More

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December 20, 2017

NURTW has something to say on the fuel scarcity

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Abdulsalam Motor Parks, Minna, Niger, has called for the setting up of mobile courts to prosecute “black marketers’’. The Union’s Vice Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Na’ura, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Minna. He advised the government and... Read More

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December 20, 2017

The Thread: 5 tweets that reveal what Nigerians really feel about this fuel scarcity

It’s Nigeria where we’ve completely acclimatized to promise and fail, so when fuel scarcity started at the beginning of December and the Federal government kept promising that there’s enough storage to last through Christmas, they’ll round up the culprits hoarding fuel and distribute PMS free of charge, and fuel scarcity will end in 48 hours... Read More

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December 17, 2017

Fuel scarcity created by FG to increase pump price – Fayose

Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose has said the fuel scarcity in the country is caused by the Federal Government to increase petrol pump price from N145 to N185 per litre. The governor stated this in a press release signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Sunday. He said, “Petrol is... Read More

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December 14, 2017

Fuel scarcity will end in 48 hours | Kachikwu promises

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu on Thursday said fuel scarcity in some parts of the country will end in 48 hours. According to Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, Kachikwu made the promise during the meeting of the council presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Obaseki quoted the minister as saying that there... Read More

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Fuel

December 12, 2017

Days after FEC’s order, fuel scarcity persists

The Federal Executive Council had on Wednesday, December 6, mandated the NNPC boss, Maikanti Baru and the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu to ensure that all fuel queues disappear before Monday, that is yesterday but, the problem is growing. Why it matters: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), through its spokesperson, Ndu Ughamadu,... Read More

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December 10, 2017

Fuel scarcity created to benefit few privileged Nigerians – NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the scarcity of petroleum products across the country. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba in a statement on Saturday in Abuja said it is sad that Nigeria was still importing petroleum products, 60 years after discovering crude oil. He added that none of the reasons given for the fuel scarcity was... Read More

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December 8, 2017

Fuel scarcity: The question of the ‘independence’ of marketers

by Alexander O. Onukwue There is an ongoing scarcity of products in the country. Thinking through the roles being played by the various actors in the country’s fuel subsector, one cannot but wonder what the causes are given the expectation that there should be a certain form of independence from government in the market. NUPENG,... Read More

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