By Cornelius Umoh, Blessing Isong And Idorenyin Umoren The Commissioner for Petroleum Resources in Cross River State, Hon. Itaya Nyong has said the current Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), better known as fuel scarcity in the country, is as the result of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine since Nigeria’s lack of strategic reserve. Hon.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) have sealed off over 20 filling stations in the Central and Northern parts of Cross River State. The agency says it was acting on special information by some of its agents that some petroleum product marketers in the Central and Northern parts of the State were
By Jonathan Ugbal A 100 level Microbiology student in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Cross River University of Technology, Miss Ogolo Eke, has died after a kerosene explosion in her house in the Eight Miles area of Calabar roast her beyond recognition on Wednesday night. The fire is suspected to have been caused
By Rolland Enya-Forte The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has accused operators of Depots and Tank Farms of deliberately causing the lingering fuel scarcity in Calabar as they do not sell products to the “catchment area.” The Chairman, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states branch of IPMAN, Mr. Lawrence Agim disclosed this Sunday
By Rolland Enya-Forte A Calabar based Rights Advocate; Mr. Ben Usang has blamed the Federal Government and petroleum marketers for the lingering fuel scarcity that has lingered in the country since 2017. Mr. Usang said that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have failed Nigerians as