The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has increased the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol from N138.62 per litre to N151.56 per litre. “Please be informed that a new product price adjustment has been effected on our payment platform,” PPMC said in an internal memo signed by D.O Abalaka to industry…
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Ex-Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has passed away two months before his 61st birthday. This was disclosed on Twitter by Mele Kyari, the current GMD of the state-run oil company. The cause of the death was not made known. He said, “My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr…
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According to multiple reports, one person has been killed and several others injured after a fuel tanker burst into flames in the Obalende area of Lagos State on Friday April 2. The tanker belonging to the NNPC was said to have tipped over before bursting into flames in front of the Oando filling station. The…
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According to Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), at least 30 vehicles were destroyed during the fire that broke out yesterday at a Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station in Ogba community of Lagos. The agency’s Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made the announced on Tuesday, April 28, noting that the fire outbreak at Nigeria National…
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The Nigerian Government has finally reduced the pump price of petrol to N125 from N145 which has ignited mixed reactions on Twitter. The announcement was made at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and was shared via the official Petroleum Resources Twitter pages. In a…
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The ongoing protest by support staff members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation at the Warri Refinery on Friday entered its third day with the workers putting a coffin at the main entrance of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company. They also vowed not back out of the protest until their demands were met. One…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Thomas John as the acting alternate chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, relieving Dr. Ibe Kachikwu as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, who announced this in Abuja, stated that the new board chairman would hold the position until…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, bringing to an end the tenure of Maikanti Baru, as the oil firm’s boss. NNPC’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday morning, stated that…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has stated that it did not exclude people living with disability in its ongoing recruitment process. NNPC’s group general manager, group public affairs division, Ndu Ughamadu disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday. “We have a corporate policy here and we do employ many of…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has once again appealed to Nigerians to stop the panic of buying and hoarding petrol. NNPC urged Nigerians to disregard the trending social media report of an impending fuel scarcity due to purported refusal by some oil marketers to lift products from depots. In a release on Friday, by…
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