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NSCDC Threatens To Sanction Filling Stations In Jigawa

January 18, 2020 10:37 am
Jigawa State command of the Nigerian security and civil defence corps, NSCDC, has threatened to sanction filling stations and cooking gas vendors that are operating below standard across the state.

Spokesman of the command, SC Adamu Shehu disclosed this in a press statement issued to DAILY POST in Dutse.

He said the Command observed with dismay the nonchalant attitudes displayed by some of those businesses to safety standards set aside during emergencies.

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The statement explained that in its recent inspection tour to some filling stations and cooking gas selling

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Fuel Stations Sell Fuel In Daura Border Towns Despite Ban

December 27, 2019 10:26 am

Despite the Federal Government’s ban on the supply of petroleum products to filling stations within 20-kilometre radius to the country’s land borders, the product is reportedly being sold in border towns in Katsina State, THISDAY  reliably gathered.

Recall that on Thursday, November 7, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Hameed Ali, had directed that no petroleum products should be supplied to any filling station within 20 kilometres to the borders in the country.

However, investigations by the THISDAY revealed that some filing stations located at the border communities of Daura and Jibiya are having a field day …

DPR Seals 17 Filling Stations In Gombe

December 26, 2019 4:51 am
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Gombe State on Wednesday, sealed six filling stations for diversion of over 800,000 litres of petroleum product and operating with expired license.

Alhaji Abdullahi Abawa, DPR Head of Operation, disclosed this shortly after an inspection visit to some filling stations in Gombe.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the number of filling stations shut down so far in Gombe has risen to 17.

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Eleven filling stations were sealed on Monday for sharp practices.

Abawa said that most of the affected

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Pos: Fuel Stations To Charge ₦50 On Sales From Dec 1

November 26, 2019 3:48 am

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has announced that beginning from December 1, 2019, a fee of ₦50 will be charged on all Point of Sale (PoS) transactions from ₦1,000 at petrol stations. IPMAN, which members own 19,000 out of the 25,000 registered filling stations said this in an advertorial published on Monday, saying it was based on a directive of “the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) dated 17th September, 2019, to all commercial banks that charges of taxes and duties be imposed on all electronic transactions.

“In view of the foregoing, the general public should please note …

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