Tag: Kerosene
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Nigerians paid less for petrol, kerosene, diesel in November – NBS
Latest statistics by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the average price paid by consumers for petrol, diesel, and kerosene decreased month on month by 0.3 per cent, 1.3 per cent and 2.30 per cent respectively in November 2017. This was disclosed in three reports published on the bureau’s website on Sunday.…
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Average price for petrol drops, kerosene increases – NBS
The average price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) dropped by 1.2 percent year-on-year, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said. According to a report on the NBS website, the Bureau also listed states with the highest and lowest average price of petrol in comparison with the approved government price of N145.…
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Price for petrol drops, kerosene increases – NBS
The average price paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) dropped by 1.2 per cent year-on-year, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said. According to a report on the NBS website, the Bureau also listed states with the highest and lowest average price of petrol in comparison with the approved government price of…
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NNPC produces 5m litres of kerosene daily, meets 60% of domestic consumption
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it supplies five million litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) consumed in the country. The NNPC disclosed this in Abuja in a statement by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division on Sunday. Ughamadu attributed the statement to the NNPC Group Managing Director,…
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Kerosene scarcity: Residents blame product dealers for diversion
Residents of Hadejia in Jigawa have blamed petroleum products dealers for diversion of kerosene resulting to the current acute scarcity of the product in the town. The situation has also resulted in price hike of the commodity in the market . A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) check in Hadejia on Tuesday showed that most…
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P-Harcourt, Kaduna, Warri refineries resume kerosene, diesel production
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, announced that the Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri refineries had resumed production of Dual Purpose Kerosene, DPK, and Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, otherwise known as kerosene and diesel respectively. Similarly, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, blamed the current scarcity and high cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, nationwide on…
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Charcoal business booms in Ondo state as kerosene, cooking gas price hike lingers
Residents of Okitipupa in Ondo State have continued to partronise charcoal sellers as substitute for their daily domestic cooking, as the high cost of kerosene and cooking gas lingered on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that kerosene, formerly sold for N300 per litre has gone up to between N400 and N450 while…
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Hike in prices of cooking gas, kerosene, threat to tree conservation- Climatologist
A climatologist, Prof. Emmanuel Oladipo, has warned that the hike in the prices of gas and kerosene portends danger to the environment and human life. He gave the warning on Wednesday in Lagos in an interview with news. He said that natural disasters experienced globally necessitated pragmatic approach from both the government and citizens to…
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Scarcity of Kerosene hits Lagos
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Saturday lamented that there is no single drop of kerosene in any of the private depots and that of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Lagos. The National Chairman, Surface Tank Kerosene Peddlers (SUTAKEP) Branch of NUPENG, Mr. Rotimi Benjamin, disclosed this…