Scarcity – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:22:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Scarcity – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Fuel Crisis seems imminent as Tanker Drivers Halt Loading Over Harassment Claims https://www.theinfostride.com/fuel-crisis-looms-as-tanker-drivers-halt-loading-over-harassment-claims/ https://www.theinfostride.com/fuel-crisis-looms-as-tanker-drivers-halt-loading-over-harassment-claims/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:00:14 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=403886 Nigeria may be on the verge of another fuel crisis as petroleum tanker drivers have suspended loading operations, citing harassment by security agencies and regulatory officials. The drivers allege that they face constant intimidation, extortion, and unnecessary delays at checkpoints, making fuel transportation increasingly difficult. According to the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) union, members have [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/fuel-crisis-looms-as-tanker-drivers-halt-loading-over-harassment-claims/feed/ 0 PDP: Scarcity Of Brooms Hit Cross River As APC Orders Three Million Bundles For Defectors https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-scarcity-of-brooms-hit-cross-river-as-apc-orders-three-million-bundles-for-defectors/ https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-scarcity-of-brooms-hit-cross-river-as-apc-orders-three-million-bundles-for-defectors/#respond Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:00:34 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=298065 Cross River State has been hit by the scarcity of brooms. An investigation by InfoStride News around various markers found that brooms are now sold between N500 and N1000 respectively. A trip to Marian maker, Watt market, Mbukpa market and others in the state indicated a shortage of brooms as traders said they ”had no [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-scarcity-of-brooms-hit-cross-river-as-apc-orders-three-million-bundles-for-defectors/feed/ 0 Scarcity Of Fresh Meat Plagues Yola https://www.theinfostride.com/scarcity-of-fresh-meat-plagues-yola/ Mon, 15 May 2017 08:41:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=164990 Many households in Yola had to make do with meals devoid of ‘fresh’ meat Saturday as butchers in the state went to polls to elect their leaders, thereby creating artificial scarcity of meat. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that because of the significance the butchers attached to this particular election, most of them abandoned [...]

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]]> Scarcity Of Funds Not A Challenge To Projects Completion – Fashola https://www.theinfostride.com/scarcity-of-funds-not-a-challenge-to-projects-completion-fashola/ Sun, 19 Feb 2017 13:08:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=156999 Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has said scarcity of fund is not the major challenge to the completion of ongoing Federal Government’s road projects. Fashola spoke to reporters on Saturday in Port Harcourt after an inspection tour of ongoing road projects in the South-South zone. “There is no problem of paucity [...]

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]]> Fuel Scarcity Hits Calabar https://www.theinfostride.com/fuel-scarcity-hits-calabar/ Sun, 08 Jan 2017 16:05:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=153503 Kerosene scarcity has hit Calabar and its environs as the price of the commodity now ranges between N350 and N400 per litre, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN survey on Sunday showed that the product was not available in any filling station in the Cross River capital and its suburbs. However, the product [...]

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]]> Buhari Created Fuel Scarcity – Fayose https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-created-fuel-scarcity-fayose/ Fri, 13 May 2016 00:46:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=128462 Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has said that the Muhammadu Buhari administration created the fuel scarcity in order to increase the price of petrol. Fayose made the comment on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, via a statement released by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Punch reports. The statement reads: “Nigerians [...]

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]]> Fayose Is Behind Fuel Scarcity In Ekiti – APC https://www.theinfostride.com/fayose-is-behind-fuel-scarcity-in-ekiti-apc/ Mon, 25 Apr 2016 01:42:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=126615 Governor Ayodele Fayose has been accused of alleged complicity in the fuel supply crisis in Ekiti state. The allegation was made by the All Progressives Congress in the State via a statement that was made available to many media houses on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Signed by the Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party said [...]

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]]> Fuel Scarcity Will End Next Week – Ibe Kachikwu https://www.theinfostride.com/fuel-scarcity-will-end-next-week-ibe-kachikwu/ Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:44:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=126220 The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has again promised that the lingering fuel scarcity across the country will end by next week. The Minister had previously assured that fuel queues at filling stations would disappear between April 6 and 7; but the situation has seemed to be insurmountable as there is no [...]

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]]> Lai Mohammed Apologize To Nigerians For Fuel Scarcity https://www.theinfostride.com/lai-mohammed-apologize-to-nigerians-for-fuel-scarcity/ Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:50:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=125493 Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has apologized to Nigerians for the suffering caused by the ongoing fuel scarcity. Mohammed gave the apology on Sunday, April 10, 2016, while speaking on Channels TV’s “Sunday Politics”. “I have said it on many fora that the government is keenly aware of the hardship and difficulties Nigerians have gone [...]

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]]> PDP Is To Blame For Fuel Scarcity – Tinubu https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-is-to-blame-for-fuel-scarcity-tinubu/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:11:17 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=124855 The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to blame for the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country. Tinubu also said that the PDP destroyed Nigeria during its 16-year rule, Punch reports. The APC leader made the comments on Saturday, April 2, [...]

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]]> Senate Summons Ibe Kachikwu Over Lingering Fuel Scarcity https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-summons-ibe-kachikwu-over-lingering-fuel-scarcity/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:48:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=124172 The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has again been summoned by the Senate. Kachikwu was summoned on Monday, March 28, 2016, and expected to appear before the Senate tomorrow, March 29, to explain the cause of the lingering fuel scarcity across the country. The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) summoned the [...]

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]]> Nigeria Increase Oil Production By 30% https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-increase-oil-production-by-30/ Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:32:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=123330 Following Ibe Kachihwu’s statement on the plans in place for the oil sector of the country on Monday, March 14, 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that his administration is focusing on reducing cost and encouraging oil exploration. Read: Nigeria to begin exportation of petroleum, petrochemical products in 4 years Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo who [...]

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]]> Why Petrol Is Scarce In Lagos – NNPC https://www.theinfostride.com/why-petrol-is-scarce-in-lagos-nnpc/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:33:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=120844 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the current shortage of petrol being experienced in Lagos State is due to a leadership battle between a branch of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) union and the national leadership of the union. This was contained in a statement released by NNPC spokesperson, Ohi Alegbe on [...]

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]]> NNPC Engages DSS And EFCC To Check Fuel Hoarding https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-engages-dss-and-efcc-to-check-fuel-hoarding/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:10:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109026 As the problem of fuel scarcity persists across the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has partnered the Department of State Services (DSS) and Economic and the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to help check the unwholesome practice of hoarding and diversion of petroleum products, by some unscrupulous marketers. The partnership with the security agencies [...]

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]]> NLNG Set To Flood Markets With Cooking Gas As Kerosene Scarcity Persists https://www.theinfostride.com/nlng-set-to-flood-markets-with-cooking-gas-as-kerosene-scarcity-persists/ Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:16:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/04/nlng-set-to-flood-markets-with-cooking-gas-as-kerosene-scarcity-persists/ The management of the Nigerian Jiquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has expressed commitment to supporting Federal Government’s efforts to get more Nigerians to switch to cooking gas by making the product available for consumption, as getting kerosene for households in Nigeria becomes a real struggle. Managing Director, NLNG, Mr. Babs Omotowa disclosed this in Abuja, [...]

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]]> NNPC Not interested In Rumour Of imminent Fuel Scarcity https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-not-interested-in-rumour-of-imminent-fuel-scarcity/ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:50:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=15676 The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday dismissed the reports of looming fuel scarcity. . A statement issued in Abuja by Dr. Omar Ibrahim, the General Manager, Public Affairs Division, NNPC, advised members of the public not to panic. . It said that the NNPC, in spite of the unending challenges [...]

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]]> Petrol Scarcity Beckons Over Unpaid Subsidy To Oil Marketers https://www.theinfostride.com/petrol-scarcity-beckons-over-unpaid-subsidy-to-oil-marketers/ https://www.theinfostride.com/petrol-scarcity-beckons-over-unpaid-subsidy-to-oil-marketers/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:22:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=14625 Oil marketers, yesterday, warned of an impending scarcity of fuel in the country from Friday, as Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, said their stock was fast depleting. . This followed the failure of the Federal Government to settle them their outstanding subsidy claims, totaling about N120 billion for the third and fourth quarters [...]

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