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DPR fines marketers N2.5bn for diverting over 9m litres of petrol

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has fined 20 marketers about N2.48 billion for diverting nine million litres of petrol. DPR’s Director, Mordecai Ladan said this on the sidelines of a meeting of Zonal Controllers from 28 states and heads of division in Abuja. DPR’s Head of Public Affairs Unit, Saidu Bulama, who spoke to journalists, on behalf of Ladan, ...

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NSCDC arrests petrol station manager for fuel diversion

A filling station manager has been arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Abuja, for allegedly diverting 26,000 litres of petrol, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the corporation, Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed this in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES. The statement said about 26,000 ...

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