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Nigeria: Energy Crisis Worsens - 'Only 5 of 23 Power Plants Functional'
Premium Times, 26 May 2015
Nigeria's energy crisis deteriorated Monday, as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the government agency responsible for regulating operations in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Oil Marketers, Govt Agree to Restore Fuel Supply
Premium Times, 25 May 2015
Hope that Nigeria's fuel crisis, which virtually shut down the entire economy, may soon be over, beckoned Monday after the Federal Government and oil marketers agreed to work… Read more »
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Nigeria: Country Plunges Into Darkness
Leadership, 25 May 2015
Fear of impending darkness all over the nation has finally become reality as power allocation to Abuja yesterday evening dropped to mere 15 megawatts (MW) from an average of 450MW. Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity Bites
Premium Times, 25 May 2015
Nigeria is facing a full-blown national crisis as virtually all sectors of the economy has grounded to a halt as the fuel scarcity bites harder across the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Capital Oil Boss, Ifeanyi Ubah, Pledges to Help End Fuel Scarcity
Premium Times, 24 May 2015
Capital Oil and Gas Ltd on Sunday commenced the loading of 13 million litres of petrol from its depot in Apapa for distribution to the various states to reduce the current… Read more »
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Nigeria: Deregulation 'Ll End Fuel Scarcity - LCCI
Vanguard, 25 May 2015
The business community, yesterday, has called for immediate deregulation of the oil and gas downstream sector of the economy by the Buhari's government, saying it is the solution… Read more »
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Nigeria: Unpaid Salaries - NLC Backs Strike in States
Vanguard, 25 May 2015
The national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said yesterday that the labour movement was in support of some state chapters of the union embarking on strike over… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity, Workers' Strike, Blackout - Jonathan Handing Over Nation in Crisis - APC
Vanguard, 25 May 2015
Against the background of the pervasive fuel crisis, strike calls, mounting government debts, power outages and other problems, the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - NLC Threatens Nationwide Strike
Independent (Lagos), 25 May 2015
The Deputy President of the Comrade Joe Ajaero-led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Issa Aremu, that should the scarcity of fuel linger more than it is, labour… Read more »
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Nigeria: Telecom Operators to Shut Network Over Fuel Crisis
Vanguard, 25 May 2015
Mobile phone operators in Nigeria, yesterday, warned that their networks face shutdown due to fuel shortages that have crippled the nation for the past few weeks. Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - Capital Oil Breaks Ranks, to Release 70 Million Litres
Vanguard, 25 May 2015
Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited said it was releasing, last night, about 13 million litres, approximately 400 trucks, of petroleum products including premium motor spirit,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - NLC Threatens to Direct Workers to Stay At Home
Vanguard, 25 May 2015
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday in Lagos, threatened to direct workers to stay at home should the current fuel scarcity get prolonged. Read more »
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Nigeria: Strike Cripples Activities Nationwide
Leadership, 25 May 2015
The strike embarked upon by workers in the oil sector under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Crisis May Shut Down Phones, MTN Warns
Independent (Lagos), 24 May 2015
Nigeria's biggest mobile phone operator, MTN, has warned that its network faces shutdown due to fuel shortages that have crippled the nation. Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Crisis - Depots "Dry" Nationwide - PENGASSAN
Premium Times, 22 May 2015
Fuel scarcity hit harder in Abuja and its environs Friday, as another strike embarked upon by oil workers entered the fourth day, worsening a fuel crisis that has lingered for more… Read more »
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Nigeria: PIB - RIP - 'Rest in Pieces
Vanguard, 25 May 2015
If ever there was one great damage President Jonathan did to the people of the Niger Delta, it would have to be his failure to get the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, passed twice -… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Scarcity - Lagos Manufacturers Want Buhari to Deregulate Petroleum Sector
Premium Times, 24 May 2015
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, on Sunday called on the incoming administration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to deregulate the oil and gas downstream… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy Reforms - Moving From Anger to Cooperation
Premium Times, 24 May 2015
Three years after Nigerians grudgingly submitted to the federal government's conditions for removing fuel subsidy, government-controlled prices for petroleum products continue to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Jonathan's Government Is Leaving Behind Stampedes and Street Fighting As Fuel Scarcity Deepens
Premium Times, 24 May 2015
Yet now we are all sitting docile waiting for magic to happen when Buhari resumes office. No magic can happen when he has no funds to work with and is saddled with what can only be… Read more »