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Kerosene scarcity hits Bayelsa as JTF clamps down on illegal refineries

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2018 0

The renewed operations of the Joint Task Force (JTF), deployed to protect oil facilities within the Niger Delta against illegal refineries and other oil related criminal activities has resulted to shortages of kerosene to residents in Bayelsa. Kerosene scarcity was sequel to a raid by the joint

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Average prices for petrol, others drop in March — NBS

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2018 0

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Wednesday, said the average prices paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), Kerosene, Liquefied petroleum gas (cooking gas) and Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) dropped in March by 5.3 percent to N163.4 from N172.5 in February 2018 while price for Kerosene decreased by 6.79 percent to N269 in […]

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Average price for petrol drops, kerosene increases – NBS

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

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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Kerosene imports gulps N70.7bn in quarter Q4, 2016

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2017 0

The petroleum products imports statistics for the full year 2016, show that 18.8 billion litres of premium motor spirits (PMS), 4.89billion litres of automotive gas oil (AGO) and 713.79 million litres of household kerosene (HHK), valued at N2.01trillion, N505.8billion and N70.7billion respectively, were imported into the country (NBS Q4 Report 2016). The head of Banking