Tag: PMS
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Fuel scarcity: Kachikwu allays fears, insists ‘no plans to increase pump price of PMS’
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, has denied news reports that the federal government was planning to jack up the pump price of petrol, at present fixed at N145 per litre. Idang Alibi, the Director of Press in the ministry in a statement on Thursday night, clarified the minister’s submission made to the…
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Fuel scarcity: NUPENG confirms massive loading of PMS at depots
The South-West Chairman of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Mr 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 (NAN) in Lagos, assuring Nigerians that the current scarcity of fuel…
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3 petrol dealers face N58m fraud charge
Three petroleum products dealers who allegedly obtained the sum of N58 million from a businessman under false pretences, were on Thursday charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused: Abubakar Adamu,40; Abubakar Aliyu, 54, and Isah Ibrahim, 34, are standing trial on a three-count charge of fraud, stealing and conspiracy. The accused, however,…