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The scarcity of petroleum products have resurfaced in Lagos state with Petrol queues resurfacing in the state and its environs. Residents of the state could be seen forming long queues at any fuel station selling the commodity. Fuel stations without products have remained shut for some days.   While giving …

Women and children in Afghan cities endure hours-long queues for a vital resource—water. Credit: Learning Together Thursday, December 14, 2023 Inter Press Service Dec 14 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasonsAccording to …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has warned Nigerians against panic buying stating that it has enough fuel reserves. The retail management of the NNPC in a statement on Thursday, October 19 said the queues recently being seen in parts of Lagos and Abuja are due to reduced Depot …

Portable took to Instagram to lament about the fuel scarcity in Nigeria. As he waited in the queue at a petrol station in lagos, the singer is heard saying that waiting for hours to buy fuel is "sufferness". He blamed the government for this and revealed that he is sweating in his …

For British travellers, the summer of 2022 seems destined to be remembered as the season of waiting: queueing for passport control, parking on motorways, sleeping in airports or staring down tracks in fond hope of spotting a non-cancelled train. Getting there and back used to be the most tedious part …

The Port of Dover has declared a “critical incident”, blaming “woefully inadequate” French border control staffing for queues of up to six hours as the busiest summer getaway in years kicks off. The Kent port apologised to travellers facing long waits to cross the Channel on what was also expected …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has explained why queues for petrol returned at some filling stations in Abuja last weekend.   The petrol queues were blamed on “low loadouts” at depots. Garba Deen Muhammad, NNPC spokesman added that purchases by residents who recently returned after the public holidays also contributed to the queues. …