Kerosene

The Nigerian Army has seized over 680,000 litres of adulterated diesel, kerosene and “black oil,” an official said.Brig.-Gen. Sunday Igbinomwahia, Chief of Staff of Nigerian Army 6 Division Port Harcourt, spoke at a formal handover of…

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…

The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other relevant agencies to urgently regularise the supply of kerosene nationwide in order to normalise its pump price.The House also mandated…

Amidst scarcity of Kerosene in the North, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), on Tuesday said it had dispatched more than 19 million litres of the product into the market between January to date.The Managing Director, Mr…

Local kerosene retailer, Mrs. Ata Buhari responded to the cry of her baby that was thirsty for water with the content of a plastic beverage bottle laying in her store. This will, unfortunately, lead to the death of her only son of four…

Residents of Enugu have expressed worry over scarcity and high cost of kerosene, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.A NAN correspondent, who monitored the situation in Enugu metropolis on Tuesday, observed that the high cost of…

The price of Kerosene, a major source of energy in many homes, has skyrocketed in Umuahia, the Abia capital, selling for between N300 and N400 per litre.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) checks in the town on Friday showed that the…

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)…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says its three refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri have resumed production of diesel and kerosene.Mr Ndu Ughamadu, Group General Manager, NNPC Public Affairs Division,…

The constant rise in the price of kerosene has compelled some Lagos residents to resort to the use of firewood as cooking fuel, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.The residents, who were seen on Tuesday besieging a firewood/plank…

Kerosine scarcity has resurfaced in Kano and its environs, forcing consumers to resort to using coal and firewood for their daily cooking.The situation had deteriorated in the last one week, forcing residents who could afford, to buy…

Alhaji Olanrewaju Okanlawon, a factional Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), in Kwara has ascribed the recurring hike in the price of kerosene to the unstable foreign exchange occasioned by the…

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says there is no single drop of Kerosene in any of the private depots and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) in Lagos.Mr Rotimi Benjamin, the National…

The Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru has announced the official pump rate for kerosene which has been pegged at N150.Dr Maikanti who said this during a courtesy visit to the Ogun…

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has fixed N150 per litre as the official depot price of kerosene.Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of…

The price of Household Kerosene has during the weekend taken a leap from N50 per litre to N83 per litre thereby putting an official end to the Federal Government Subsidy on the petroleum product.In the product pricing template released…